Such a great game. Thanks for making this. I even like the glitches like the trees in front of some windows and the fact that we see the end of our career coming.
The graphics are really cool, that's minimal pixel art and the gameplay is s.a.f. but very effective.
It would have been an 8 bit console era hit back in the days.
I played 3 or 4 hours straight of this game and I feel I'm ready now for real world burglary, calling a buddy.
Oh... I forgot to tell that the game is freezing, randomly but rapidly in the new Android app I use: Infinity. I don't see any log but if I have I'll report.
It's a known issue with games made with pico-8 that they sometimes get flagged by antivirus. I'm looking into it if there's anything I can do on my end to make this experience better.
In the meantime, if you don't feel safe downloading it, it's available in full above in as a web game. Then there's no download and no virus. The only catch is your save does not carry over.
Had a lot of fun with this game, played it with a bunch of buddies while goofing off after class. Was wondering though, is there any way to escape a guard after being caught?
Thank u so much for creating such awesome game. I spent whole day with my buddy today playing it and we really enjoyed. You know today there are very few games like this , simple and exciting at the same time (kinda classic arcades [Ps : I love arcades] )
What an amazing game, it's really a special type of fun that I'll never have enough of. Just wish it had more features like having ways to spend our money for stuff like lock picks and it'll be golden.
Hopefully you give it some update soon, my new favorite Pico-8 game :)
I thought that was a bug. I observed it only happen when I lose the previous game by getting caught (both guys busted or can't afford bail). If I loose by running out of money while skipping targets, I start new game without missing out on the first day.
Good question. It's the engine used (pico-8) that has this as default, and it's not possible to change. If I'd wanted to change it I have to do my own mapping, but it would only work for the web version, and then I'd have to deal with instructing different keys for web and the downloaded versions. Which I rather not do.
Oh yeah, there's an emulator for google play store called P8 player and i dunno if it's something with your game or with it being outdated, but it only runs about half the game. (No pre-hit info, sound is completely broken and text is half-broken.) Would you mind having a look? Love the game!
that was pretty long playthrough, but at some point too many cash decreases everyday, imagine spending 400$ everyday. But nice game, enjoyed playing with my friend
If one of your burglars are still on the loose you can escape and pay bail to continue to play (if you have enough money). If both burglars are caught the game is over.
hi, thanks for playing! thanks for the report, just so I understand correctly: when you think you have unlocked it, you press up to open, but it goes red?
hi, sorry for the late response When you have unlocked the safe with the correct code it will start showing a green light. If the red light is showing you'd have to start over.
how would one rob a safe or hack a computer if its a part of a guards path. is there like a item i can buy to restrain a guard? also i love the hit and run strategy with statuettes
hi! thanks for playing, so guards have hearing and can be made go in different directions (it's random). But sometimes the head security has just done such a great job that it's just impossible, then it's better live to burgler another day! GL
hi, it's supposed to be a cam control, so you can both see what the cameras see and you can also turn them off while you stand there. Cameras themselves have a little light to indicate whether they are on or off. Happy burglerin'!
But how would you turn off the cameras as you are there, is it like the green thing is the monitor selection and if you press up it turns of the camera? And if its black its off?
that is exactly right! but you can only turn off one camera at the time, and if you happen to select it again it will become active again. You can disable the camera of you go up to it with burglar nr 2 ;)
The way you open the safe is push either left or right and keep pushing it until you hear a higher pitch and when you do, push the opposite key and keep doing that until the light turns green, then push the up key
Hi, thanks for playing! To open a safe you need sound on. Then imagine you put your ear to the safe's door and try turn the wheel left or right, just like in the old gangster movies.
Hey! Ironchest Games person, I'm a fellow gamedev and would just love to chat with you a bit, if you'd spare me a few minutes, please add me on discord! Thanks in advance. CH51#0897
Hey @ironchestgames, I'm the curator at the PLAY21 - Creative Gaming Festival and would like to exhibit your work. Can you dm me on twitter @sp4c31nv4d3r or mail at matthias.loewe(at)creative-gaming.eu? Thanks!
lol. I just say that because many times the only rooms with valuble stuff in it is guarded by a guard. If we could take them out then those levels would actually be possible
hehe yeah I know, it's a bit of a bummer when you get those situations in a row.
I know it's not a "security appreciation game", but unfortunately that's the only thematic explanation I can give at this point. This is because of technical reasons, the platform pico-8 has extreme restrictions to code length (which is good! otherwise I would still be working on this game!), so to add stuff I need to remove stuff as I'm currently maxed out.
I'm more than happy to hear suggestions though on different ways to fix this. Many of the ideas for updates that have made the game better has come from players like yourself. Any idea big or small on gameplay variation os welcome!
Idk if youve already tried this or how it would effect the game, but maybe try swithcing engines? I am also a fellow gamedev and I use unity. looking at this game I thought that if you switched it to unity you would have so much more possibilitys. I know youve probably heard that already, but that is my personal advice. switching to a different engine like unity or unreal will also improve the features you have already.
Thanks for taking the time to write! I've worked with a few other engines before, and my problem is with me. I can't finish a game if I have too much options. I just go bigger and better and more intricate at every turn, getting stuck in details. That's what I love about the extreme restrictions in pico-8 - you can't go overboard.
With that said, there's always a small chance I have opportunity to recreate this as a bigger game, then a full blown engine will have its place for sure!
I love this game so much I play it with my brother all the time. It was a little hard to figure out what to do at first but now we are masters at getting caught very quickly. The game is simple but so good and we are planning to maybe do this in real life one day (just kidding because they don't let you bring games into prison I asked my mum)
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This is an AMAZING game, i got 10,025 cash in 65 days, pls make more games like this
That's good cash! Thanks for playing and the kind words
It would help if the walls didn't have the same color as the field of vision.
hi, thanks for playing and commenting! sorry I don't fully understand, do you mean you always want to see the layout of the house?
The walls inside of the building and the floor when under light have the same color. It's a bit confusing.
ah I see what you mean now. I'll keep that in mind, thanks for the explanation!
I wish I could takedown guards from behind but other than that this game is fantastic :)
Well it's not Sneaky Chloroformy ;)
Thanks for playing and commenting!
Such a great game. Thanks for making this. I even like the glitches like the trees in front of some windows and the fact that we see the end of our career coming.
The graphics are really cool, that's minimal pixel art and the gameplay is s.a.f. but very effective.
It would have been an 8 bit console era hit back in the days.
I played 3 or 4 hours straight of this game and I feel I'm ready now for real world burglary, calling a buddy.
Thank you for playing and commenting. Your words warms at the right time. (btw that's a solid career with 175 days!)
I also really enjoyed the impossible heists... Peaking at the windows, try something, abort and run. Very effective and satisfying gameplay !
I'm really happy you enjoy that part as well :)
Oh... I forgot to tell that the game is freezing, randomly but rapidly in the new Android app I use: Infinity. I don't see any log but if I have I'll report.
So I played the online version.
thanks for telling me, what is this "infinity"? is it the reddit app thing?
It's from the playstore: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.dt2dev.infinity
Perhaps available on Reddit idk.
I had another p8 player before but it's not on the playstore anymore.
aha, thanks for the link!
Hi! I liked your game but I tried scanning it on Virustotal and got this:
hi, I'm very happy you liked the game!
Thanks for reporting this!
It's a known issue with games made with pico-8 that they sometimes get flagged by antivirus. I'm looking into it if there's anything I can do on my end to make this experience better.
In the meantime, if you don't feel safe downloading it, it's available in full above in as a web game. Then there's no download and no virus. The only catch is your save does not carry over.
That's OK, I just wanted to report that to you.
When are you gonna update this game? I have been playing it recently with my friend and we like it so please can u add more update into the game???
hi, thanks for playing and commenting! it brightens my old burglar soul. Sadly this game does not have any updates planned for the foreseeable future.
My brother and I played this game a couple years ago, along with "My rusty submarine" (both local co-op games) so this was a pure dose of nostalgia!
PS. I love ur games!
That makes me very happy! Thanks for playing and commenting!
literally my two most favourite games to play with my brother, are you me from another dimension
Very fun, but I can't for the life of me figure out why the controls are ESDF instead of WASD.
hi, thanks for playing and commenting!
(Keymap is the default in the engine the game is made in, pico-8, at the time of development there were no way of changing it, that's the reason :)
Had a lot of fun with this game, played it with a bunch of buddies while goofing off after class. Was wondering though, is there any way to escape a guard after being caught?
this warms my old burglar heart, thank you for sharing!
If only one of you get caught, the other one can escape and pay bail to continue, but that's the only way. It's hard for burglars nowadays.
i hope u won't abandon the game yet and will add more features ❤
how to crack the safe ??
hi, thanks for playing and commenting!
There's a little knack yo open the safe, you need to have the sound on and then listen with your best burglar ears...
Thank u so much for creating such awesome game. I spent whole day with my buddy today playing it and we really enjoyed. You know today there are very few games like this , simple and exciting at the same time (kinda classic arcades [Ps : I love arcades] )
this warms my old burglar heart to hear, thank you so much!
day 69, nice!
What an amazing game, it's really a special type of fun that I'll never have enough of. Just wish it had more features like having ways to spend our money for stuff like lock picks and it'll be golden.
Hopefully you give it some update soon, my new favorite Pico-8 game :)
hi! thanks for playing and for the kind words, warms my burglar heart. :)
Why do I have to waste money on laying low for a day every time I start a new game?
well, if you had a stable economy to begin with there'd be no reason to go burglering ;)
I thought that was a bug. I observed it only happen when I lose the previous game by getting caught (both guys busted or can't afford bail). If I loose by running out of money while skipping targets, I start new game without missing out on the first day.
that do sounds like a bug tho 😅
thanks for the explain!
I like this game
I like this comment
Great game! We had a fun evening playing it with some buddies😁
that warms my burglar heart! thanks for playing and commenting!
boy, with that inflation it is no wonder people start stealing
Right?! We're all just honest burglars trying to get by
why 'sdfe' and not 'asdw'?
Good question. It's the engine used (pico-8) that has this as default, and it's not possible to change. If I'd wanted to change it I have to do my own mapping, but it would only work for the web version, and then I'd have to deal with instructing different keys for web and the downloaded versions. Which I rather not do.
Thanks for playing and commenting!
Oh yeah, there's an emulator for google play store called P8 player and i dunno if it's something with your game or with it being outdated, but it only runs about half the game. (No pre-hit info, sound is completely broken and text is half-broken.) Would you mind having a look? Love the game!
(I myself am not a big pico-8 nerd so i 'm not sure what the issue is.)
thanks for letting me know! I'll make time soon to see if there's anything I can do.
If it’s not too much trouble would it be possible to get a .p8 for those of us who have a handheld that doesn’t have wifi? Please and thank you. =)
hello! I uploaded the p8.png, would that suffice?
Much appreciated but the emulator will only run .p8 which you get from the pico-8 carts folder after saving.
I uploaded the p8 too now. Happy burglerin'! :)
(I'm curious, what emulator and handheld you are using?)
Thank you kindly. =)
I’m running MinUI’s Pico-8 on an Anbernic RG35xx.
omg, that's awesome!
It's easy for a burglars to get used to the high-life ;)
Thanks for playing and commenting, makes me happy.
is there any way to escape the cops?
hi, thanks for playing!
If one of your burglars are still on the loose you can escape and pay bail to continue to play (if you have enough money). If both burglars are caught the game is over.
ok thanks for telling me
So simple, and yet so good. My second favorite game on itch
oh you heart burglar you! thanks for playing and commenting!
I think the safe is broken because there is no differ in the pitch and when I think I have it, the light turns red.
hi, thanks for playing! thanks for the report, just so I understand correctly: when you think you have unlocked it, you press up to open, but it goes red?
I can't tell if I have unlocked it or not since the sound for you to push the left or right arrow key doesn't seem to change for me
hi, sorry for the late response When you have unlocked the safe with the correct code it will start showing a green light. If the red light is showing you'd have to start over.
how would one rob a safe or hack a computer if its a part of a guards path. is there like a item i can buy to restrain a guard? also i love the hit and run strategy with statuettes
hi! thanks for playing, so guards have hearing and can be made go in different directions (it's random). But sometimes the head security has just done such a great job that it's just impossible, then it's better live to burgler another day! GL
So i found a bug where the guard got stuck in a wall here's some images:
He was only walking up and down forever
thanks for the report! they do be silly sometimes.
Very cool game i played it for hours and learned all tricks in the game >:)
hi! that's great! what do you think of disabling cameras? useful or nah?
VEEERY useful, when i discovered that you can disable cameras i literally became millionaire
haha niCE! I'm happy you enjoy the game!
How would you er use the wierd moniter thing the 4 screens
hi, it's supposed to be a cam control, so you can both see what the cameras see and you can also turn them off while you stand there. Cameras themselves have a little light to indicate whether they are on or off. Happy burglerin'!
But how would you turn off the cameras as you are there, is it like the green thing is the monitor selection and if you press up it turns of the camera? And if its black its off?
that is exactly right! but you can only turn off one camera at the time, and if you happen to select it again it will become active again. You can disable the camera of you go up to it with burglar nr 2 ;)
ah, good to know. i thought is was just some game humor showing some pong game.
oh, that's an impressive day count! straight A's in burglar school!
The way you open the safe is push either left or right and keep pushing it until you hear a higher pitch and when you do, push the opposite key and keep doing that until the light turns green, then push the up key
I can not figure out how to open the safe
Hi, thanks for playing!
To open a safe you need sound on. Then imagine you put your ear to the safe's door and try turn the wheel left or right, just like in the old gangster movies.
OK, thanks
damn this is fire
🙌🙌
Hello ironchest, i've been inlove with this game for a while, can you make it downloadable? so atleast i could play it offline
thanks for playing!
Your highscore and saved game would not be transferable between the stand-alone and web version, would that be okay?
absolutely! i love this game so much and i'm fine with it
Files added, just hit me up if you run into problems! Happy burglerin'
love the game but can't figure out how to open safes
hi! you need sound on, and then listen for the different clicks, just as any real burglar would
Hey! Ironchest Games person, I'm a fellow gamedev and would just love to chat with you a bit, if you'd spare me a few minutes, please add me on discord! Thanks in advance. CH51#0897
found a level where there's a golden statue but I can's get to it because of chair. A chair! Great game tho.
thanks for playing and commenting! if you ever see the bug again sometime, I'd love a screenshot! happy burglerin'
Great game, personal best is 84 days.
that's a real good run! well done!
hey bro pls download file
Hi! can you explain the use-case for a download file? also, which platform do you need?
windows
Hey @ironchestgames, I'm the curator at the PLAY21 - Creative Gaming Festival and would like to exhibit your work. Can you dm me on twitter @sp4c31nv4d3r or mail at matthias.loewe(at)creative-gaming.eu? Thanks!
you should ad like a sneak attack to disable guards.
only sneaky stealy, no sneaky attacky
lol. I just say that because many times the only rooms with valuble stuff in it is guarded by a guard. If we could take them out then those levels would actually be possible
hehe yeah I know, it's a bit of a bummer when you get those situations in a row.
I know it's not a "security appreciation game", but unfortunately that's the only thematic explanation I can give at this point. This is because of technical reasons, the platform pico-8 has extreme restrictions to code length (which is good! otherwise I would still be working on this game!), so to add stuff I need to remove stuff as I'm currently maxed out.
I'm more than happy to hear suggestions though on different ways to fix this. Many of the ideas for updates that have made the game better has come from players like yourself. Any idea big or small on gameplay variation os welcome!
And thanks for playing and commenting!
Idk if youve already tried this or how it would effect the game, but maybe try swithcing engines? I am also a fellow gamedev and I use unity. looking at this game I thought that if you switched it to unity you would have so much more possibilitys. I know youve probably heard that already, but that is my personal advice. switching to a different engine like unity or unreal will also improve the features you have already.
Thanks for taking the time to write! I've worked with a few other engines before, and my problem is with me. I can't finish a game if I have too much options. I just go bigger and better and more intricate at every turn, getting stuck in details. That's what I love about the extreme restrictions in pico-8 - you can't go overboard.
With that said, there's always a small chance I have opportunity to recreate this as a bigger game, then a full blown engine will have its place for sure!
Thanks again for commenting and playing :)
I love this game so much I play it with my brother all the time. It was a little hard to figure out what to do at first but now we are masters at getting caught very quickly. The game is simple but so good and we are planning to maybe do this in real life one day (just kidding because they don't let you bring games into prison I asked my mum)
Haha great! :D
Thanks for playing and commenting, it feels good to hear the game is being played as a 2p too!