Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD24 → Dr. X's Rainbow Arena
By thechemist
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolness | 1080 | 14 |
I was able to play your game because I have a 360 controller, but why don't you have keyboard support? This game would have been more playable for me (in my opinion) if you'd had keyboard movement and mouse aiming, and you'd probably be getting more plays and rates too.
I felt that using the controller triggers for firing was really redundant, and just autofiring towards the right stick location would have been nicer.
Would have been nice to play using the keyboard in mouse. Otherwise, after finding the right controller, the game's pretty fun.
Thanks for the comments guys!
I've added support for playing with the keyboard (WASD + arrow keys) which necessitated the change where looking is firing. It does negate the players ability to micro manage the energy of the two separate weapons but I've yet to see anyone make it far enough for it to really matter!
All told, I don't actually like how it feels on the keyboard but I agree, it was isolating too many people. Thanks again!
Very nice twist on the twin stick shooter genre, but above all, a very well-executed one.
The gameplay is simply fun. Everything just feels right (down to minor details like being able to heal by not being hit for long enough), and the randomly changing enemies add a lot of variety to the game (it strongly reminds of Warning Forever, which also has interesting changing gameplay like this).
The graphics look very nice, with the clearly 2D elements fitting perfectly with the 3D elements. The whole thing looks very polished.
The audio design was also well thought out, with a sound for everything I'd want a sound for. The shooting noises are a little harsh and become slightly repetitive, though.
This game is simply fun to play and replay. One thing I feel that could be added is saved high scores, possibly even online high scores - it would be great if I could compare my score to my highest score, or even to other player's scores. I can now post in the comments that I hit Virus Strength 35 (with best strain 0x02E1, 16 mutations, 10 splits and 120 dead), but experience has taught me few (if any) other players will also post their scores.
By the way, there's no way to restart the game from the score screen with the keyboard, other than just reloading the page.
Like this one, nothing new, but works well and fun!
Man, Got pretty enjoyable!
Wow, that was one heck of a game! And it was so different from the first play to the second because of how the enemies mutated; good job! And I for one prefer WASD and arrows over mouse and keyboard, so way to go :)
Fun game. The Arena is a little big in my opinion.