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Attack of the Screen Scrollers

By drludos

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Innovation204.34
Theme204.46
Coolness276
Fun1483.61
Overall1823.63
Humor4782.59
Mood5612.93
Audio5932.64
Graphics7142.83

Comments

pjimmy 2014-12-08 02:26

Nice, very innovative

ohmmus 2014-12-08 02:59

My highscore: 146. No where near 1292 =p Lots of fun, though!

ViliX 2014-12-08 03:00

Wow. That's a very nice way of the theme interpretation :)

imer 2014-12-08 03:00

Very neat idea, way too hectic for me right now though. I should consider sleep.

jasonlj 2014-12-08 03:01

I really like how you interpreted the theme. I honestly didn't even think of doing something like this!

mokosha 2014-12-08 03:01

Great job! I really like the interpretation of the theme. :)

ultravisitor 2014-12-08 03:02

This is fun. Tricky - where we have to click right on the guys to attack. I like it.

jarry 2014-12-08 03:02

Good game ! innovating

sestren 2014-12-08 03:07

I really like this! Great and clever use of the theme!

fanttum 2014-12-08 03:25

Cool idea and was fun to play. I wish you could click anywhere to just shoot instead of having to click on the actual enemy.

agentparsec 2014-12-08 03:41

Very fun and innovative, but if you get stunned by one of those blasts, it's pretty much game over since you can't dodge any of the other ones also shooting. Either have it stop shooting for a bit, or have it outright destroy the player. Otherwise, good job.

jaloko 2014-12-08 03:53

Awesome use of the theme.

zanenga 2014-12-08 04:03

Lovely use of the theme!

coban31 2014-12-08 08:37

Very good game , innovative and addictive.

rozaxe 2014-12-08 09:57

Max 163...
But very funny and innovating !

drludos 2014-12-08 14:32

Many thanks to all of your for your comment and feedback!

One tip regarding the game: when you are "frozen", you are still able to shoot down enemies, it only prevent you from moving the character. So @AgentParsec, the real challenge actually begins when you are stunned: you'll have to click faster than before to defend your screen background ;)
(I'll update the description with this tip)

eduardo 2014-12-08 15:49

Nice concept! Good job!

figglewatts 2014-12-08 16:25

I really liked this one. Quite an addictive gameplay mechanic.

sputnik 2014-12-08 16:43

Nice use of the theme.

razzberries 2014-12-08 18:32

Awesome idea, I really like the presentation of it and the concept as a whole. Nicely done.

tiago-ling 2014-12-09 01:29

Very original take on the theme, cool and innovative! However it cannot be played correctly on a trackpad, had to play on my desktop to rate it correctly. Simple and fun, good job!

igoramendola 2014-12-09 02:58

Ohh, very cool! This is one of the best concepts based on the theme that I've played. It has a good gameplay and it's kind of addictive haha. I've enjoyed it and my best is 1016, so far.
Also, it's funny to see that we worked with almost the same tools: Flash to draw and code (quick'n dirty!) and as3sfxr to sounds. This time I didn't use Photoshop because of time (I'm kind of slow doing pixelart and I used only vectors).
:D

gokuhd 2014-12-09 04:50

Great game! my brain was a bit confused trying to shoot accurately and not falling! haha nice experience

lolwned 2014-12-09 09:59

Very cool idea ! Great execution too. Nice work.

tomvert 2014-12-09 12:49

Excellent idea, simple yet unique. Perfect use of the theme. Good job

kraln 2014-12-09 14:36

Really, really fun. A little unbalanced (those blue guys are evil).

bubblechien 2014-12-09 15:33

Clever concept!

It's really enjoyable to try to maintain a balance by keeping some enemies alive.

shanageek 2014-12-09 16:02

Nice use of the theme! We actually thought about doing something similar but with split-screen and multiplayer...and somehow ended up doing something completely different.

krunoslav 2014-12-09 17:32

My highscore: 248. A interesting game, innovative and very fun!

lmt 2014-12-09 17:34

Really awesome game. Great innovation and actually really fun to play.

jupiter_hadley 2014-12-09 17:53

Really neat concept! I Included it in part 3 of my Ludum Dare 31 compilation video series, if you would like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/81u-vDEfxwU

logun 2014-12-09 18:50

My fav entry from there, exploiting nicely the theme and i like that. + cool gameplay + different ennemies coming in a good timing its a not so far from perfect LD game.

rantt 2014-12-09 19:42

Really cool concept. Gets pretty tense when you start running out of room. I enjoyed it, great job :)

gamepopper 2014-12-09 20:25

Really innovative and fun game!

To answer the question you gave on my game, I composed the music in LMMS along with the Nintendo VST plugin. :)

spacedoubt 2014-12-09 20:58

Very clever take on the theme! Score: 424. This would make a great mobile game.

rushout-games 2014-12-10 02:24

Really cool concept and fits the theme nicely, was really fun to play too. The only issue I had is that I had to click too many times and that's tiring, if i could just hold the mouse button or have some other way of shooting it would be great!

_estuardolh 2014-12-10 03:18

my score: 66, haha
theme: six stars! :D

frump 2014-12-10 04:49

This was really unique and fun! I think it might be even more fun to have to shoot the enemies on the edge with bullets instead of clicks. Great job. My high score was 360.

adventureislands 2014-12-11 00:15

1592 Points! That was getting pretty intense. Great take on the theme! Very solid game.

Probably a good thing that freezing doesn't prevent you from shooting, otherwise this would be even harder than it already is.

mrexcessive 2014-12-11 11:50

Hi there. Nice idea, far too difficult I thought, managed to clear them until about 10 turned up at once, couple of Greenies then bazam... Like the sounds.

drludos 2014-12-11 14:37

Thanks to all for your comments and feedback!

@mrexcessive: In fact, a good strategy to make a high score isn't to shoot them all, you should try to maintain some kind of balance between the number/power of scrollers on each edge when you shoot them down, so your screen doesn't get "eaten" right away :)

slothmachine 2014-12-11 18:10

Yes! Cool new gameplay and yet very easy to learn! Great job!

ibilon 2014-12-11 19:01

Nice concept, congratulations :)

shackhal 2014-12-11 19:46

Nice concept idea, easy to learn and difficult to master. Also, simple graphics works better than expected.

Overall, I like it :)

PD: By the way, my game already have a jump button since the beginning. It's the "X" button xD

ceosol 2014-12-12 21:17

This is a really neat idea. The take on the theme is impressive. It literally is the screen being the main object in the game. I felt that the controls were very slow, having to be right on top of the guys to shoot and needing to move your mouse all the way to the other side to shoot that group, while 10 more guys just landed.

Just an idea, maybe have a direction control for the lasers, off of the x,y of the mouse compared to x,y of dude. The dude would then shoot in that direction when you click (or press space). This would give the player the ability to quickly change attack directions without needing to move the mouse much. It would also be cool in post-comp to have special multi-hits that activate every 5 seconds or ever 10 kills or something.

dans17 2014-12-13 02:51

Best take on the theme I've seen so far.

drgeraud 2014-12-13 19:00

The concept is so clever in itself. I love the game, really fun to play ! =]

stending 2014-12-13 20:15

Cool game, great progression and difficulty!

el-pepi 2014-12-13 21:30

Great idea! Very innovative and fun!
Plays really nice.

klianc09 2014-12-13 21:38

Really innovative game. It has more depth to it than seems at first glance. It's just strange, that you move with the screen, when you are frozen, but don't move with the screen otherwise. This makes it even beneficial to get frozen, because then you don't have to worry about moving around.

My best was 1370

franklins-ghost 2014-12-14 05:31

One of the best uses of the theme I've seen so far. Had quite a bit of fun playing this one, really challenging. My highest score was 172 so nowhere near your top score.

6downstudios 2014-12-15 05:26

Really innovative take on the theme one of my favorites, and much fun to boot! Graphics and audio are simple but effective, really solid entry!

oddballdave 2014-12-15 16:47

Great use of the theme, and enjoyable too. Good stuff.

themeorch 2014-12-15 22:18

This is a really cool idea. Having a system where enemies can actually be helpful in certain situations is really neat and results in some interesting strategic decisions. This was fun!

javabot 2014-12-16 00:08

gotta love the game play. Graphics not so much.

soulgame 2014-12-16 01:31

Brilliant concept. It's very cool how you tied "enemies" and victory/defeat conditions: enemies' role is to disturb you, sure, but on the other hand, you have to use them to keep the screen centered and that implies not killing them... "Using" instead of "killing" enemies is a pretty clever concept, especially well implemented here. 5/5 innovation. Regarding gameplay I would maybe suggest to switch from "click" to "rollover" function to kill enemies, I think that might be smoother and more intuitive to play. Plus, the core-gameplay is more about managing screen position than actually aiming and shooting. And even if it gets to simple my way, you might still add a few obstacles to force players moving inside the screen... Anyway! Just some thoughts cause I liked your game. You just got a bunch of stars!

moomoo112 2014-12-16 03:34

Nice use of the theme. Didn't realize what they were doing until half of the screen was gone.

aisland 2014-12-16 08:58

quick click game , i like it

stray 2014-12-16 10:07

It was really nice :D good job

nicepenguins 2014-12-16 17:09

A very clever use of the theme. A totally addictive arcade game, congratulations :D !

taro 2014-12-17 03:56

I really liked this. There were a lot of creative enemies to fight with that often changed the dynamics of the game. Is it possible to be killed by all those blue shots, by the way? I can't seem to survive them.

Lucariatias 2014-12-20 12:49

Pretty interesting, there really wasn't much to it, but it was a nice idea, I haven't seen it done before. Neat interpretation of the theme.
Possible improvements include music, some different mechanics other than "scrolling faster" and perhaps some change in pacing. Also, perhaps a goal like "survive for 10 seconds and you unlock a new level with some new mechanics" "survive for a minute in this one and you unlock another", etc.

tifu 2014-12-21 00:29

Clever idea! Really challenging.

aeveis 2014-12-24 07:09

i got 233. Very cool, I think the ramp up is a bit fast but I liked the mechanics. I was thinking if I could get an even amount of things pushing the screen to cancel each other out, but it got too hectic for me to manage haha. very cool idea!

derosa 2014-12-28 12:07

Interesting view of the theme. Thanks!

sh1rogane 2014-12-28 12:22

I like it, it was fun and I like how you made the theme as the mechanic instead of a limitation. I got 710 points.

thopis 2014-12-28 13:03

Simple and fun!great job!

job_ 2014-12-28 17:13

Very innovative and fun game. Nice graphics, pretty polished, lovely sound.
You actually implemented the theme in a good way, unlike many other games.
Good work!

arcturusdeluxe 2014-12-28 21:57

This idea is so cool. It feels like one of those ideas that should have been a popular arcade game in the 80s but somehow no-one thought of it. Nice use of the theme as well. Not a fan of the graphics unfortunately, but the concept more than makes up for it.