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A Snowball's Chance In Space

By barkergames

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness284
Theme1973.45
Graphics4363.05
Humor5752.06
Audio5912.32
Fun7392.50
Overall7402.72
Innovation8042.40
Mood8352.23

Comments

teddy 2013-12-17 00:27

hmmm couldnt figure it out, maybe something to do with where the little ships come out of, but after 6-8 deaths I gave up. Thanks.

ambi 2013-12-17 00:28

I don't know how to finish the game. I died many times but seemed to be unable to find a way to defeat the enemies.

peacegiverman 2013-12-17 00:32

Good art and well polished. Too bad you only get one level.

jmcrafty 2013-12-17 00:35

I couldn't get it to run unfortunately. I have Windows 7, 6gb RAM, AMD graphics card.

loggs2 2013-12-17 01:46

Cool game I just wish it was longer. I was able to succeed and defeat the ship on the first try, but this meant the game was like 10 seconds. :)

barkergames 2013-12-17 01:56

Yes, sadly I wasn't able to make it as long as I wanted to :(

jomomomo 2013-12-17 20:38

Can't play windows games

supremefist 2013-12-19 10:55

I couldn't figure out where to shoot the mothership... maybe give some kind of a clue? Trial and error is no fun! Good execution, though!

cezel_ 2013-12-20 07:05

The game didnt start and I dont know why.

chrismingay 2013-12-20 10:03

Like the concept and especially the enemy ship movements but I am clearly missing something because I couldn't tell when I should be using my one missile.

thestolenbattenberg 2013-12-20 10:08

This looks really fun, but I couldn't figure it out! Sorry! I'll try it again some time, but for now it's added to my to do folder!

ace 2013-12-20 10:54

It's a nice game, though a bit too easy to beat.

You should have more levels that you have to beat, maybe salvage one missile from the defeated ship and using it on the next one.

alexrose 2013-12-20 11:38

I defeated the aliens. A p-pow.

I don't think it was that difficult to figure out where to shoot. The whole thing's symmetrical, so it was obviously going to be either the bottom or the top.

The control scheme is cool. I enjoyed just flying around dodging things for a bit at the start.

Nice one man.

tobbez 2013-12-20 13:43

Quite a short game, the boss didn't really have anything that made him interesting.

serialvelocity 2013-12-20 14:03

Took a few tries but wasn't really sure how to destroy the big ship? Is there a weak point? Good start though.

barkergames 2013-12-20 14:30

For those of you who try to run it but it just doesn't start:
You probably don't have the XNA 4.0 Framework installed.
Link is above description.

If that doesn't work let me know.

Thanks for playing my game everyone :)

glovecat 2013-12-20 16:59

I've just checked that you can destroy the enemy starship using two differents strategies :P. Good idea but toooooo short. But anyway you finished the game, congratulations!

ld_lan_party 2013-12-21 01:24

I like the mothership graphic.

nicealexanderas 2013-12-21 01:51

hahaha Excellent Work, i love the pixel art on this game! :D Was kind of hard but was fun to play! Great work n_n

bowlercaptain 2013-12-21 07:25

Couldn't figure it out originally based on ship design - I assumed I would be shooting some specific feature of the ship: into the docking bay, engines, etc., but a comment's suggestion made it not terribly difficult. I liked how the cycles of the weapon sounds were a simple multiple at eachother, making kind of a beat out of the sounds.

paperblurt 2013-12-21 08:44

Good usage of atmosphere together with gameplay!
Nice!

runvs 2013-12-21 08:46

Nice and working Game!
I figured out quite fast, what to do (and where to shoot). Unfortunately the game closes after i destroyed the alien ship, so no ending scene, credits or score for me. :-(
More levels would have been great, also so Music could have given the game some nice touch as well as some more particle effects.
The always displayed notice for Fullscreen is not neccesary and distracts me a little bit.
Nevertheless a nice game which fits the theme in multiple ways!

vamflax 2013-12-21 18:20

I figured it out! :D
I like the control scheme a lot. Would play a fully realised non-one-missile version! :D
Nice work!

daveloper 2013-12-21 19:38

Good attempt at the theme. though it wasn't quite clear how you would need to use your only missile.

moomoo112 2013-12-21 19:59

I like how you are just out of luck if you miss. Its a nice use of the theme.

lennaert 2013-12-22 00:31

I like the twist on the theme: one missile, doesn't matter.

misorastudios 2013-12-23 03:51

Like the art.

jupiter_hadley 2013-12-24 21:50

I beat the game!!! Nice job! I included it in part 10 of my Ludum Dare Compilation video series, if you'd like to take a look :) http://youtu.be/iZspNc9Kmjk

rodroy1 2013-12-25 12:56

Nice idea, but i think the implimentation of the jam theme kind of ruins this game. Only getting one missle makes this anticlimactic. Maybe if you had to go through a level before coming to the boss. Just an idea :D