FoonLudum Dare ExplorerLD27 → Nelson

Nelson

By munkeebacon

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Audio803.57
Theme1313.46
Overall2273.25
Humor2312.67
Fun2553.00
Mood2772.96
Graphics3413.07
Innovation4872.43
Coolness115648

Comments

skarab 2013-08-26 18:51

Massive music. I loop it, even if I don't understand the game.

skarab 2013-08-26 18:53

Ok, just understand the controls, the counter and music are really fabulous. But the game sucks for commercial thing.

spiralcodestudio 2013-08-26 19:22

It would be great if you could aim with mouse and have a variety of weapons.

munkeebacon 2013-08-26 19:33

@SpiralCodeStudio I am planning on having newer weapons that you can unlock with each level in the new update:D

packsciences 2013-08-26 19:47

Really fun

meep 2013-08-26 19:52

Had nice music and was a nice little top-down shooter. I think instead of having 4 buttons to shoot in 4 directions, it might feel better to only shoot forwards and have a button to strafe/keep facing a direction as you move. Good work, though. :)

zuige 2013-08-26 20:07

What a lovely game for something developed in just 48 hours.

krides 2013-08-26 23:59

OH MY GOD KILLER PENGUINS!!!

blackbulletiv 2013-08-27 00:00

The music is great, and I like that "build-up" sound which plays in the last two seconds.

As for gameplay, let's just say it's WAY too hard to kill an enemy when starting off. It takes nearly the whole 10 seconds to do so, and there's not just a few enemies, there's 10-15 of them.

Also, I know it's probably the itch.io site, but having to go through a pay what you want system for a Ludum Dare game leaves a bad taste. I recommend just linking directly to the zip files.

skarab 2013-08-27 15:08

Oh, sincerely I apologize for my first comments, didn't see thats coming from itch.io, but yes the free download is a bit hard to see.
Greets for your nice game.

vaughn 2013-08-27 18:31

Pretty engaging and enjoyable, but gets very difficult at Wave 9+. I think I only got to Wave 11. Controls were responsive and functional. I think there's a bug with the level not getting reset on death - or at least the meter graphic? Not sure.

munkeebacon 2013-08-27 19:52

@Vaughn yea the bug is that the bar doesn't scale properly, so it looks like you have gotten no xp, but if you look closely at the numbers over the bar, you have some.


And it is not supposed to reset your level, it saves it even when you quit the game:D

josefnpat 2013-08-27 21:09

I like the level rotation!

cardboard 2013-08-28 06:37

The graphics are pretty awesome. All of the different time periods/locations were varied which kept the game interesting for awhile. The only thing I would have liked to see was some sort of change to the character/weapon/bullet as I leveled up. Otherwise everything is sort of the same the whole game. The music fit the game very well and was fun to listen to. Looking forward to the post-comp version!

ellipticaldoor 2013-08-30 00:58

Nice work and good idea!

sink 2013-08-31 21:25

Really fun and interesting! Music and graphics made it really fun! The game would sometimes hit major lag spikes though, and I with the upgrades from leveling up were more substantial. Other than those small complaints, good game!

meta87 2013-09-01 01:13

I had a blast playing this! Nice job :)

unorthodoxgames 2013-09-06 12:45

Nicely polished stuff. I really love the audio!