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Space Cactus

By brian-wurster

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall2983.7135
Fun1143.8935
Innovation9782.6635
Theme4193.6035
Graphics3223.9035
Audio2753.5335
Humor3403.4033
Mood3883.5135

Comments

tomer-cool 2017-12-05 13:27

Simple yet fun, good game. I think it would be better if there was more then one type of enemies.

11tomi12 2017-12-05 13:28

Great! I love that they don't spawn near you. Also, the graphics and music are great!

luther 2017-12-05 13:31

After you've scored more than 120 points the game becomes very hard but it's alot of fun!

pierallard 2017-12-05 13:36

Simple, efficient! Had a lot of fun playing it!

brian-wurster 2017-12-05 13:43

Thanks everyone, @luther at around 100 a bomb spawns, you REALLY need to get it to survive the next wave without being overwhelmed. I tried to set lots of mini goals that way, shoot enemies, get coins, get/use bomb and repeat while keeping the tension high.

sahilts 2017-12-05 13:55

Its a decent game ,I expected it might be about more you shoot something get worst ,at one point it is imposibble to be alive , at least your game don't have 10's of bugs link mine have! :p

dunin 2017-12-05 15:06

not original, but cute cactus, and pleasant to play the bomb moment is really stressful and fun

beebo-studios 2017-12-05 15:43

Nothing new or innovative, but looks and sounds good and is reaaaally fun to play! My high score is 392 points. I'd wish for some more features like weapon upgrades, but then you already stated yourself you'd like to improve there. So just keep it up! :)

freezedice 2017-12-05 16:41

Gameplay is quite typical, but the graphics is good

lillybyte 2017-12-05 16:44

A cute lil' game, congrats! :)

gyfis 2017-12-05 16:46

I like the smoothness and graphics, well done!

cammy 2017-12-05 16:47

Okay I actually love this!! The gameplay is a little generic but you *nailed* the "juice" factor - it's so satisfying to shoot those little dudes. Speaking of the little dudes - the art is adorable! I love the hats. Also, nice font for the title!

I'm glad to see Phaser.js being used, it's a stellar framework.

My main criticism would be that there's no disadvantage to holding down "shoot" - I'm not sure if there needs to be one, though! Also, for a game like this, I suggest making the player hitbox smaller. Most of my deaths felt a *little* unfair.

Overall, fantastic job!!

girts-kesteris 2017-12-05 16:47

Loved it!

emil-sunesson 2017-12-05 16:51

213 fun game, Some more game-play would have been nice. Other than that good job!

profan 2017-12-05 16:54

It's fun, it quite simple but really who cares if it has been done before when it's done again so satisfyingly? ^^

The bouncy music is such a nice fit to the game, even if a tad repetetive :)

bodom4ever 2017-12-05 16:59

Simple, fun, and worked with the theme. Well done!

(PS. High score is 501, I'm pretty sure anything higher is impossible ;))

brian-wurster 2017-12-05 17:00

@bodom4ever my high score is over 2000, there is a strategery to it even if it isn't immediately obvious :)

bodom4ever 2017-12-05 17:29

@brian-wurster jesus man! I guess the dev would know best!

enot487 2017-12-05 19:00

Cute game =) Cowboy cactus and mustachioed mutants are very nice! And I like the temp of gameplay, the change of calm intervals and waves of enemies. For some reason it took me a long time to understand that I need to pick up the bomb to use it. And sometimes the cactus movement gets stuck when I use the right mouse button. Congratulations with your first LD! Well done!

PS. High score 973 :smile:

beepyeah 2017-12-05 20:52

love the graphics, feel, and mood.

caramelcode 2017-12-06 02:03

My favorite part of this game: you used phaser.js. It's great to see more people using this awesome engine. I loved your art and music too!

svr-audio 2017-12-06 13:17

This game is very cute, you did a great job, good music and good sounds effects, the gameplay is easy and fun, good game, and those cactus are too cute haha

valkyrie 2017-12-06 20:15

Very cute game. I didn't realize the gold was gold (I thought it was just particles from the cacti exploding); other than that I really liked the graphics.

automatonvx 2017-12-08 00:25

Great job, looked great and played really nicely, well paced, and really good feel. Weirdly the WASD was not working for at all in chrome although left click to shoot was. Worked fine in firefox though.

patrick-woodcock 2017-12-08 21:52

Nice. I love the cute graphics.