Genre: Simulator, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Justice Sucks: Tactical Vacuum Action
The reviews are in: JUSTICE SUCKS doesn't suck!
After working hard for 2 and a half years, honing our skills and saying the word “suck” more often than anyone should have to in their workplace, JUSTICE SUCKS is officially here!
This game has been a massive labour of love for our team. Building on the short, experimental experience we released in 2019, Roombo: First Blood, we’ve finally given Dusty McClean the hero’s journey that he deserves. JUSTICE SUCKS is a colourful, chaotic cocktail of stealth, action, humour and love that we’re immensely proud of.
To celebrate the positive response we've received, we wanted to share the team's post-launch thoughts!
Here’s what our Character Artist, Callum Williams, had to say about his time developing the game:
“It's been a really cool experience to work on JUSTICE SUCKS, and to give Dusty the love he deserves. The original game was only a very small project that we never expected to take as far as we have. As the Character Artist, I think it's really cool that people like Dusty, and I hope they have lots of fun on his little adventure. I really hope you enjoy playing the game we've put so much effort into, and finding all the little things that we put into the game.”
Cyrian Guillaume, our Art Director, wrote a message for our wonderful players:
"To all of our players, I hope that you enjoy the crazy, nostalgia-filled wild ride that JUSTICE SUCKS has to offer. This is a work of love, and we hope that you feel as much joy playing it as we have making it!"
We’ve received lots of heart-warming praise for the soundtrack of JUSTICE SUCKS, thanks to the phenomenal work of our Composer/Sound Designer, Mitchell Pasmans. Of course, we couldn’t talk about the tunes in this game without also shouting out the incredible Jacob Leaney, A.K.A Monster Mansion, who collaborated with Mitch for the main theme song, Galaxies. (Seriously, the bangers in JUSTICE SUCKS will be stuck in your head all day, obsessively compelling you to “clean up that mess”. You’ll be the most productive you’ve ever been.)
Here’s some insight into Mitch’s role during the development of the game:
"Working on JUSTICE SUCKS was a wild experience. My instructions for music were essentially, 'Hey, you know how there's that definitive 80's sound that everyone knows and loves? Do that but for the 90's.' Pretty vague stuff. Maybe we do golden era hip-hop (Run-DMC, LL Cool J), maybe 90's pop (Spice Girls, Britney Spears), maybe early techno or eurodance (2 Unlimited, Technotronic), maybe we just use the Space Jam soundtrack? In the end we sort of took a little bit of spice from each and made a delicious 90's stew while hopefully steering just clear of copyright. Enjoy!"
One of our Directors, Winston Tang, wanted to share his perspective of the game’s place in the current industry landscape, and what this means to him:
“We’ve all worked diligently through COVID, lockdowns and various other challenges, but we’ve been able to deliver a game we’re incredibly proud of. The team have all done our best to leave our mark and pour love into each part of the game we worked on, and we hope that love shines through to you as you play the game. For me, JUSTICE SUCKS is a game that reflects on gaming history and remembers what made the games from my youth great.”
“It’s a love letter to the weird, crazy, experimental games from the 90’s and early 2000’s. It’s made for the gamers out there who are a bit fatigued with blockbuster cash-grabs, and are looking for something new and fresh, but it also taps into the old magic that made us fall in love with games in the first place. We can’t wait for you to experience Dusty and Sexy McClean’s bizarre adventure, and we hope you enjoy the game we’ve made for you.”
JUSTICE SUCKS is our most ambitious game yet. The whole team elevated every aspect of Roombo: First Blood tenfold, and expanded this 5-week project into an epic journey through various lovingly crafted worlds.
We’re thrilled to finally be sharing Dusty’s adventure with everyone! We hope you enjoy all the laughs, wacky battles, colourful characters and bangin’ tunes that JUSTICE SUCKS has in store for you. If you're already a fan of the game, please consider leaving a Steam review! Reviews really help us increase the game’s visibility, meaning more players can enjoy the Tactical Vacuum Action™ and carnage of JUSTICE SUCKS!
Lastly, for anyone wondering about future updates, we have a quality-of-life/stability patch coming very soon, so stay tuned for that!
JUSTICE SUCKS is a finalist in this year's Australian Game Developer Awards!
Dusty McClean has sucked up 2 nominations for JUSTICE SUCKS in this year’s Australian Game Developer Awards! 🤖
We’re thrilled to be finalists in these categories:
Excellence in Gameplay 🎮
Excellence in Sound Design 🎧
We also received Honourable Mentions for Technical Design and Music! 🎹
You can check out all the other brilliant finalists on the AGDAs website.
The event will be held at The Forum Melbourne at 7pm AEDT on Wednesday, October 5th, and streamed live on the IGEA Twitch channel for everyone attending remotely.
We’re endlessly grateful for everyone who has supported JUSTICE SUCKS so far. Whether you bought the game, left a review or just retweeted one of our posts, we can’t thank you enough.
We hope you can come along to the AGDAs, either physically or virtually, and celebrate the amazing achievements of Aussie devs with us!
RULES: 👍Like and retweet this release announcement tweet. 🥳We are giving 5 lucky winners: 1 key each to the full JUSTICE SUCKS game on a platform you prefer! ⏰You can enter from September 8th to September 15th. 🌏 Open worldwide!
Good luck everyone! We will contact you to deliver the keys when the giveaway ends! Brimming with nostalgia-soaked visuals and wacky battles, JUSTICE SUCKS guides you through various worlds as Dusty the robot vacuum cleaner and his fighting spirit, Sexy McClean.
Forget everything you know about vacuum cleaners; Dusty is ready to take the game up a notch. Playing as Dusty, together with his fighting spirit Sexy McClean, you need to hack, hide and suck your way to freedom, protecting the family and restoring the peace. Develop your strategies in a roster of vibrant environments, ranging from a summertime cruise ship to the heavily guarded headquarters of your ultimate enemy, FamilyCorp.
The enemies differ in styles and powers so make plans accordingly. Electrocute the thieves with power outlets, trap them between sliding doors, knock them down with falling fans; there are unlimited approaches to take. Spot a lazy kitten enjoying the sunshine on the deck? Interact with that furry friend and you may release unexpected killer moves.
Follow Dusty’s epic adventure as you progress through different stages and defeat the final boss of the evil FamilyCorp. What will be the most powerful weapon for the ultimate battle? Work your way to the last stage and you will be surprised.
Play JUSTICE SUCKS in your preferred way, choose from a list of game modes in each map that offer different objectives, enemy categories and resources. Earn an “S” score and make it to the top of the leaderboard. We look forward to seeing your great performances!
Don’t forget to join our communities and chat about the game with fellow players!
Lock down the date as Dusty completes the final check before the operation switches on officially in ONE WEEK!
Watch the Release Date Announcement trailer now:
Dusty is fully charged for brutal battles and wacky wins, with excitement to unlock new worlds, encounter new enemies and explore new storylines!
Set your reminder and start training in the playable demo if you want answers to these questions: 👇
What are some stylish hacks you can perform without missing a beat?
What new types of enemies will you encounter in the previously unrevealed worlds and how will you defeat them?
Why was Dusty dragged into the battle and who is the final boss?
What is Dusty’s/Sexy McClean’s ultimate power to defeat the enemy gangs?
What are some golden tips to rank higher on the Leaderboard?
All this and more will be revealed in one week as the full game releases! Spend the last week with us in our communities and chat about the game with fellow players:
JUSTICE SUCKS is featured at PAX East now with a real life robot vacuum!
Hello all!
Get hype and switch ON your party mode, Dusty just made his debut at PAX East in Boston!
You can play the latest demo of JUSTICE SUCKS at the convention and on Steam now! Watch out, you will probably bump into this little guy while roaming across the show floor:
We are proud to introduce the first ever physical version of Dusty! Greet this adorable robot vacuum (killer) if you are here at PAX and Dusty will throw a signature wink your way. 😉
An action-filled 3-stage playable DEMO will be available along with Dusty to keep you busy! Hack, hide, fight and suck the enemies in while petting your furry ally. Hint: You can turn its grumpy nature into your advantage against enemies in certain scenarios.
Can't make it to the show? Adam our video producer got you covered with a latest gameplay stream on our page!
🔴Watch the stream and don't forget to WISHLIST the game while you are there!
📨Subscribe to our mailing list or Wishlist the game on Steam with a just few clicks and then you are in! 🥳We are giving body pillows to 5 lucky winners! ⏰You can enter from April 21st to April 26th 🌏 Open worldwide!
Good luck everyone! We will manually contact you to deliver the body pillow when the giveaway ends!
Grab a front row seat in our social channels as we share more fun interactions and excitement happening on the show floor for the rest of the week!
Stop dreaming about owning a robot vacuum cleaner when you can turn into one! We are excited to announce that tinyBuild is on board the JUSTICE SUCKS project with Samurai Punk as the publisher! We look forward to how this collaboration allows us to bring more exciting news, updates and content to our community and hope you do too!
In JUSTICE SUCKS, you play as Dusty, a robot vacuum that goes on a wild quest for vengeance in the TV dimension, where you’ll be battling intruders, hacking smart devices and of course, cleaning, through nostalgia-soaked, 90s-inspired worlds. Transcend your limits and devastate your foes by harnessing the power of your fighting spirit, Sexy McClean.
👀 Check what you can do as Dusty in this brand new trailer!
Let us know your ideas and comments on the trailer in our Discord server!
Dusty was also busy building himself some social profiles! As a warm welcome to everyone who is interested in joining our community, we decided to start a GIVEAWAY!
Read on for a part of Dusty’s arsenal that you will see in this project! Note that we will share more content moving forward!
Hide + Hack!
As a savvy vacuum cleaner and shrew guardian, you need to get along with the environment and understand how to use the resources around to the intruders’ disadvantages.
Sneak into the enemies’ blind zones under the sofa, beside the potted plants or through the secret passages and hack into a variety of smart devices while you are there. Let the floating drone fall on their heads or freeze them in front of the fridge, honk to lure them into the deadly traps when necessary.
Eat + Suck!
Suck the intruders’ bodies in and eat their blood when you need to fill up on energy or health. After all, it cleans up the mess as well so why not?
With the sucking power, you also get to equip yourself with handy tools and friendly allies. Improvise a little if needed.
Unleash devastating powers!
The intruders differ in styles and actions. If some of them get too tricky to beat, save up your blood and call out Sexy McClean to unleash devastating powers!
That’s a wrap for today, hope you have fun at the Future Games Show and Dusty looks forward to seeing you in the game soon!
