A downloadable game for Windows

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Ambidangerous is a top-down shooter that puts your ambidexterity to the test. Simultaneously control two elite soldiers as you fight your way through four randomized areas, five unique bosses, and a dozen enemy types. Take the challenge alone or share the controller with a friend for co-op play.

You play as Amy and Dexter, two elite soldiers on a mission to rescue the rest of their unit after crash landing on a remote island research facility. A strange aura emanating from the island has turned the its residents into violent monsters, both organic and mechanical.

  • Control two soldiers simultaneously--one with each hand
  • Want to play with a friend? No problem. Couch co-op is supported with one or two controllers.
  • 7 different weapons
  • 4 randomized levels, completed in any order you wish
  • 5 unique bosses, each challenges your ambidexterity in a different way
  • 4 unlockable perks
  • Original soundtrack by Reed Russel full of absolute bangers
  • 100% original pixel art
  • Feeling hardcore? Put your ambidextrous skills to the test in the perma-death Speedrun Mode
  • Inspired by games like The Binding of IsaacHotline Miami, and the original Legend of Zelda

Ambidangerous is a game about ambidexterity (using both left and right hands), so enemies and weapons are designed with two-handed play in mind. However, you can opt to play in Amputee Mode, which lets you progress through the game with just one hand. Perfect if you're missing a hand, sipping a beer, or holding a baby.

IMPORTANT: This game uses a special control scheme that requires an Xbox-style (X-input) gamepad with two joysticks. It cannot be played with a keyboard and mouse.

StatusReleased
PlatformsWindows
Release date Aug 08, 2019
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Authorpabischoff
GenreAction
Made withGameMaker
Tagsambidextrous, Colorful, Controller, Co-op, gamepad, Pixel Art, Top-Down, Top down shooter, Twin Stick Shooter, weird
Average sessionAbout a half-hour
LanguagesEnglish
InputsXbox controller, Gamepad (any)
LinksSteam

Purchase

Buy Now$2.00 USD or more

In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $2 USD. Your purchase comes with a Steam key. You will get access to the following files:

ambidangerous_1.0.4.zip 166 MB
Soundtrack DLC.zip 61 MB

Development log

Comments

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I have the Racial Equality Bundle. But using the itch.io Windows client on Windows 10, the only available option is to download the soundtrack, no option to download the game.

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Thanks for letting me know. I checked a box for Windows in itch.io settings for the game. That might fix it.

If not, you should be able to download the game as a zip file from the website. 

Thanks, that looks to have fixed it.

Game requires controller input. Game does not detect controller. 10/10

what controller? should work with any xbox/betop controller

I'm using an ordinary gamestop Xbox 360 controller via USB. It's picked by windows and inputs are accurate, but the game won't have it.

This review made me chuckle.

At least it's honest though. I often have  hang ups with setting up controller inputs.

Did you have the same problem? This is the first I've heard of it and can't recreate it.

I haven't tested my own controller on this game yet but...maybe I can help here.

I've had problems developing the inputs as a dev and the name of the inputs can be tricky sometimes. If the name/string or int doesn't match the input name in the engine, the controller won't even respond to my input.

Hope this helps 😁

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Ahoy developers! It looks like you've got your Steam integration configured for "Mandatory", which means that people who got a copy of your game through the Racial Justice Bundle can't actually play it. You should probably fix that if you want to remain in the bundle.


Here's what the console logs look like if I try to run it (with wine) in an environment without steam (to be clear, in my case, the game doesn't launch at all):

$ wine ambidangerous.exe steamfile:Z:\tmp\ambi/steam_appid.txt
Steam being initialised with appId 1077420
Steam_Init
Steam - SteamAPI_RestartAppIfNecessary
Steam - Steamworks_InitCEGLibrary
Steam - SteamAPI_InitSafe
SteamAPI_InitSafe() failed
Steam_Init
SteamInit failed: Steam must be running to play this game (SteamAPI_InitSafe() failed)
Steam restarting via client
Attempting to set gamepadcount to 0
Not shutting down steam as it is not initialised
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minFPS, maxFPS, avgFPS
30, 30, 30
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minFPS, maxFPS, avgFPS
30, 30, 30
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As Sodium said, I can't seem to boot the game at all. It sends me straight to the steam store page whenever I try to launch the .exe. I also can't download the game through the itch.io client.

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My sincere apologies! I am uploading a fresh version that doesn't require Steam to run. It should be ready to update by the time you read this.

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My sincere apologies! I am uploading a fresh version that doesn't require Steam to run. It should be ready to update by the time you read this.

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It's a good game. Any plans for Linux support?

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No plans for Linux or Mac at the moment but someone else mentioned they got it to run on Wine.