sakuyan 2013-12-16 03:51
Wonderful art on sides
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD28 → Cluster Buster
By arne
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Wonderful art on sides
Nice artwork, I especially love the whole feel of the game, very arcade-inspired.
Oh man! I blew myself up! It's kind of hard to tell which way you're facing (up or down) if you forget which way you last moved. That's my only issue with the visuals. This game looks 100 percent like it should. You even have the LED for the bomb count on the cabinet.
Speaking of the cabinet...
HOLY CRAP A CABINET!
Also an oddity... the cab says L Shift for laser but R Shift does the laser on my keyboard. Hmm.
The audio doesn't fit they visual style, unfortunately, but that doesn't mean it's not good. It's a very relaxing tune that helps me think about my next few moves.
Good work, man!
Works with Wine :-)
Very nice puzzle, I loved the concept. I have never played the original of this game, but I imagine that for some people it might be the source of a lot of nostalgia.
While I enjoyed the game, I think the controls could use some more love. In particular, the "skip step" control could use some sort of more explicit feedback, such as a "step" sound or something.
Cheers, and thanks for the game!
Agreed about all those things. I forgot to add a sound to the wait action. Would probably have caught it with 30 more minutes left. My brain must've misfired so I scribbled L Shift instead of R Shift on that control key. I thought about making two animation frames for the player character so you could tell which step you're on (player moves twice before enemies move once) but later I sort of learned to keep track of it. A different step sound could work too (Clac, cloc), because brains like to remember sound order.
The music was pretty much the only thing that I made day one and at that point I didn't quite know what game I was making. Maybe something Dwarf Fortressy looking... that game has guitar music. I suppose the only way to make sense of my music is to imagine that... the cabinet sits next to some guy fooling around on his guitar.
Glad you liked it. It's a bit flat but I enjoyed finally beating Level 3, which is the last one. Seemed like a hopeless fight at first and there were a bunch of fun desperate/tragic situations which made the music work a bit better.
Cool art - in game and illustrations. I am awful at this type of game, but I managed to take out at least half of the enemies!
Nice retro style!
Lovely art, and a good game, although the theme association may be a little lacking. ;) Great entry though.
Really enjoyed this, Arne! I really enjoyed the music, it set a good tone for the gameplay. I felt awesome beating the first level, then realized I hadn't won the game and I was scared :P Cool gameplay, and great side art :)
Fantastic art and graphics. When I started playing I had trouble remembering what direction I was facing, but I quickly figured it out. The music is also very nice.