Rooftop Cop
A downloadable GAME + ALBUM for Windows
A world of Police that have forgotten what, and why, they are policing.
Rooftop Cop is a collection of five endless vignette games and a 7-track album. The games are set on a loose metaphysical timeline in which the Cops slowly lose their way.
Each of the five parts is quite different, and varies in theme from environmental terror, to manic industry, to a sort of darkly aloof joy.
Initially an MFA Thesis, you can read more about my process, thoughts, and feelings on the project over at
rooftopcop.com !
My 5-year Post Mortem talk, from Feb 2020, can be found here: https://rooftopcop.com/POST-MORTEM
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ROOFTOP COP
I: A Proud History
II: Capture the Flag, for One
III: The Datamines
IV: God Bles Everyone
V: Palace of the Organizer
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DOESN'T SPEAK, DOESN'T LISTEN
Permanent Sunrise [ 3:28 ]
Police Cave and Memorial Estuary [ 7:18 ]
The Great Slope [ 3:58 ]
Real Live Murderers [ 3:48 ]
A Friend in the Fog [ 3:10 ]
Doesn't Speak, Doesn't Listen [ 6:58 ]
God Bles Everyone [ 8:28 ]
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PRESS
Giant Bomb - Nina's Top10 of 2015
GameJolt - 'Strange Name Strange Game'
KILL SCREEN - 'Player As Artist'
KILL SCREEN - 'Ritual Manifestations'
Updated | 7 days ago |
Status | Released |
Platforms | Windows |
Rating | Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars (24 total ratings) |
Author | Lawra Suits Clark |
Genre | Adventure |
Made with | GameMaker |
Tags | album, Altgame, artgame, Atmospheric, Experimental, GameMaker, Music, student-game, Surreal |
Average session | About a half-hour |
Languages | English |
Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse |
Purchase
In order to download this GAME + ALBUM you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $3 USD. Your purchase comes with a Steam key. You will get access to the following files:
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This game is amazing based on visuals & sounds alone, but I have to agree with another user here about not knowing what the heck to do at all & i'm fine with it lolz! xD Thanks for making & posting this game. ~KC
I bought a bundle including this game for my brother while a fundraiser was happening, and I don't really play video games that much, but I was listening to the soundtrack, and I will say, it's amazing, I love it so much. Makes me want to actually play the game as well.
thank you! a couple songs are in the game, others were for the physical sculpture version of the game, and the rest were just made alongside it which is why I sort of considered the album to be more of a companion piece than a real soundtrack~
reminds me of Crime Zone. Interesting.
Crime Zone was a major inspiration for sure, though I was about halfway finished with this project when I played it :) made for a good final shove
Me and a few friends sat in voice chat together while I steamed this to them. We spent an hour pouring over possible symbolism, themes, and ideas. But the game just seemed to almost reject interpretation. The way this game can feel like so much whilst being so little is mesmerising. Lovely little game.
yes, mahler
lol thanks for noticing ;)
wasn't able to run this on macos mojave :(
logs:
Sorry about this! Mac builds were always a little volatile with the original GameMaker (a little less so now in GMS2), and unfortunately I kinda expected this would happen at some point. Apple has a habit of constantly breaking software with updates! If I can dig up the source files and make time to re-compile it with GMS2 then that might solve these issues for a time, but that isn't something I was planning on doing anytime soon. :<
IT'S A COPERA
"God Bles Everyone" stuck with me longer than I expected
I have no clue as to what is going on or what I am supposed to do at all lol
Favorite was vignette IV. Really enjoyed the audio throughout. Took a long time to figure out that I could use [space] on people in 1 but the rest were pretty natural.