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I Dream of a Beam

By ocmu

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness295
Audio793.66
Fun2243.39
Overall3443.39
Graphics4523.18
Mood5392.90
Innovation6213.04
Theme6803.41
Humor9801.64

Comments

wonderwhy-er 2013-04-29 14:06

Nice, I like what you did with music.
Shooting somehow feels off... I guess something there is just not what I am used to in similar games so expectations of shooting and result feel off but not sure...

lrdkzrth 2013-04-29 14:07

I got "An error has occured while running this applet. Please contact support to resolve this issue." so I couldn't run it :(

ocmu 2013-04-29 15:32

Oh no! Can you tell me what OS you're running? Also, you might try to download the executable JAR (any of the OS downloads); sometimes the lwjgl applet loader gets finnicky about assets.

kochb 2013-04-29 16:10

I like the engine used. LWJGL is the leader in Java gaming.

krise20 2013-04-29 16:44

you gotta tell me how to get the sound working in an applet. it wont load for me in my game.

Pretty cool game though :)

cahman 2013-04-29 16:45

Neat game idea! The audio was especially well done. But sometimes it seemed like the baddie cubes would spawn right on top of me...

sab 2013-04-29 16:46

Nice game! I like the way what you do affects the music. Very unique and different! Awesome

karsyf 2013-04-29 16:46

Sorry can't run it, how can I get it working?

pjchardt 2013-04-29 16:53

I really enjoy the basic mechanic. Seems like it has some nice potential. I appreciated the restrained graphics and sound. I do have some issues with the controls. I found the fact that I stopped when I fired to be very frustrating. And the red guys got me pretty much every time. Some polish to flesh out the experience and I think this will be a fun web game.

bloogloo 2013-04-29 18:57

Web version didn't work for me =/

cmayhem 2013-04-29 19:06

Quite fun, I like the music.
Controls need a bit more work, the way you stop moving when you shoot. Also I guess the enemies can spawn on top of you.

edocentrique 2013-04-29 19:31

Very good game !

beerman 2013-04-29 20:10

Nice novel mechanic with the beam and multiple hit bonus. Love the explosions.

eteeski 2013-04-29 21:41

cool game. i really like how shooting squares makes music. the particles when they die are really cool tool. I really like it. i like that you included xbox controls. the only thing is that you stop when you shoot. i think it would play better if you kept moving normally while shooting. maybe even if the beam stays behind. it was cool though. could be a lot of fun.

kannas 2013-04-29 21:45

You did a graeat job with the music, man. On the gameplay side, it's a bit difficult to do all the work with only horizontal and vertical beams, but it was fun :)

ataxkt 2013-04-30 00:33

Sometimes I just die on startup :( One of the better avoider games in the comp!

cloudiestnights 2013-04-30 01:20

I liked how the enemies changed the music, and I liked how "minimizing" multiple enemies in one shot changed the sounds.

thebenjaneer 2013-04-30 04:09

Nicely Done!

raroadkill 2013-04-30 23:59

That is lots of fun. Well done.

mark_hildreth_ld 2013-05-01 00:05

Awesome job! I especially like the music, and the risk of missing damaging my score means I won't just be able to spam firing. Only complaint is when an enemy spawns almost directly on top of you.

nicealexanderas 2013-05-01 00:45

WOW! very original bro! nice work :D

gmaker 2013-05-01 05:01

nice particles ^-)

delfino 2013-05-01 12:27

Looks beautiful, plays well. Great job! (Web version worked for me, I'm on chrome, Windows 7)

psychomonster 2013-05-01 15:37

very minimalistic, cool music and yeahh i little kind of geometry wars :) Nice... but there are a few problems with the controlls ... in europe the "z" and "x" keys are miles away from each other... but i like the game... played it 5 times :)

hegemege 2013-05-01 23:55

Neat graphics and nice job with the audio. The small red ones started really close sometimes, almost instakilled, but other than that, the gameplay and controls felt smooth.

ithildin 2013-05-02 00:02

Nice execution! I love shooters and rhythm games, and this one was a good example of both. It reminded me a bit of a couple of Bit.Trip games. Fantastic job :)

I didn't find any problem with the controls and I'm from Europe as well, but I guess that @psychomonster is using an AZERTY keyboard layout, so I can understand his/her point.

boiuna 2013-05-02 13:57

Very nice. the game is very complete and funny.

hybridmind 2013-05-03 01:01

A lot of fun and the rhythmic music was cool sounding too! I got a highscore of 13,214 in the end.

bigbazwa 2013-05-04 14:45

This was actually a lot of fun!

mrexcessive 2013-05-04 14:59

11k first try... little orange ones did for me. Nice game... Grindy music, plink plonk too... good job

gremlin 2013-05-04 15:01

I like the music. And the combo scoring system.

I played the Windows Jar file.

spiridion 2013-05-06 02:10

Loved this game! One of my favorites in the compo. The scoring mechanic was great. It felt a bit like a rhythm game the way the sounds worked and I think you should build that in. Like getting higher bonuses for shooting on the beat. Great job!

lightnarcissus 2013-05-11 15:51

Fun game. Particularly liked the aesthetics of the game.