Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD37 → DangerRoom
By hermetic
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolness | 3 | 56 | ||
| Fun | 126 | 3.62 | ||
| Graphics | 137 | 3.69 | ||
| Overall | 152 | 3.62 | ||
| Theme | 194 | 3.86 | ||
| Audio | 283 | 2.89 | ||
| Mood | 307 | 3.11 | ||
| Humor | 332 | 2.36 | ||
| Innovation | 466 | 2.69 |
Good work overall. I like the background and layout, it has an unique feel to it, good choice there. I had a hard time telling which way I was firing, maybe make it a bit more obvious with a larger cannon or change the color of the rebounding bullets. I actually didn't realize I could move the ship during the first play through; I think it may even be easier if you just sit in the same spot!
Pretty nice game. Very fast. Can't quite keep up.
Great fast paced action, and the art&sound style is perfect for a game like this.
I liked playing on the xbox controller over the keyboard.
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something felt off about this game, then when i looked at it more closely it was that the gun and the ship are on different rotations and it was throwing me off. not sure if that is the game style, or a oversight.
Cool trippy graphics!
Definitely getting a Geometry Wars vibe. Using the keyboard and mouse, the motion feels fast and too direct. More momentum would probably feel better. And a larger cursor for the mouse to aim with would help. I betting it feels better with a controller.
I got to wave 8. Hard game. Such a treat but also a minefield for the eye! The controls and the graphics were very smooth. Good work!
The graphics in this game are absolutely incredible. However, it's really really difficult - I could never make it past wave three. I'm not sure what could be changed to make it easier - maybe I'm just really bad at this game. :P
The only other improvement I would suggest is music.
@TheMonsterFromTheDeep - Totally agree. Needs music badly. I even downloaded some tools. Alas, I am not a music composer. Maybe I will work on that for the next LD. The difficulty curve was tuned by me playing it. So maybe it's wrong. My best score so far was Wave 10 ~ 21k pts.
@MrEvilGuy - Awesome job. Thanks.
@erik - Definitely better with a dual-stick controller.
@Zarkonnen, @ambi, @tylerraz - Thanks
@jcmonkey - They are supposed to point in different directions.
@fdr - Good point, the cursor gets lost in the action when playing with a mouse. I didn't notice as much because most of my playtesting was with a controller.
Nice! I wanted to keep on playing, even though my best was level 3. Nice neon effects.
I like the style of your game. A 2d game projected on a 3d wall is a cool take on the theme. The game is pretty hard which is fine, but if you make a game difficult you should streamline the process to get back into the game. For instance only make the player read the intro on the first load.
This was pretty awesome. No negative critique.
Very solid shooter.
Has a tron likes cyber atmosphere with its neon design and sounds.
A more futuristic room scenario would be more fun for me.
I think the game would benefit from an aiming reticle better visible than the mouse cursor, but other than that it was a really nice experience, with smooth gameplay and nice style.
Tying your health and power together was a clever mechanic. I also enjoyed that it never felt "unfair", no enemies seemed to spawn right on top of me which is often a pit fall of these types of games. I will say that the 3D background didn't add much and it was a bit confusing that the walls were invisible (rather than being the edges of the screen, or otherwise represented).
Overall this is pretty decent, great job :D
Very solid twin stick shooter! It was definitely more manageable with a controller. I think the cursor would need a really beefy visual upgrade to be comparable. Also the purple dots didn't really convey "death" until I ran into them, I thought they were just more goodies to pick up that dropped from the purple spheres like the green pills.
Was fun to play, looked nice too. The enemies could be much more obvious. The controls and movement could be tighter, the enemy could spawn off screen to give more room too. The progression of waves and new enemies was good for gameplay.
Cool particle effects and nice art style in general. Music fits in just great and sets nice retro game vibe. Gameplay is fun and get chaotic really quickly, so you have to be focused all the time if don't want to get killed.
It was fun. Lots of frenetic energy and I enjoyed the particle effects surrounding the enemy germs. Had some difficulty steering the ship (specifically precision movement), but I think I could've gotten the handle of it over time.
great little game! i couldn' t understand how to control the character so i could avoid the red squares hitting me in the back...but overall it was fun and had a great mood...
Breakneck pace! I loved the particles in this game. Really pretty to look at.
I thought that the menu controls took me all over the keyboard and could have been chosen differently to optimize gameplay since the game is so fast but navigating is so slow.
Also, they could look a little more like bacteria and less like a generic ship and cubes as I immediately forgot what the story was, but I may be getting nitpicky.
Besides that, I love the idea. The feel of the game is nice and smooth and the gameplay could keep me going for a long time. I did quite enjoy playing this.