Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD52 → Pipeline Defender
By papad
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 3.50 | 10 | ||
| Fun | 3.37 | 10 | ||
| Innovation | 3.43 | 10 | ||
| Theme | 3.00 | 10 | ||
| Audio | 3.00 | 10 | ||
| Mood | 3.50 | 10 |
Nice game!
My main issue with it is that having more pipes seems to not have a big effect on gameplay, as the AI doesn't go towards to other pipes too often, and they're so spread out I didn't seem to find heading towards them made much difference.
Holding the mouse button should also let you auto-fire, but as that is an upgrade I don't find that as big an issue.
Apart from that, the music and sound effects were good, and they added a lot to the game feel.
Looking really good! No idea how to defend all the pipes tough.
There's the bones of a really cool game here. The idea and the slow zoom out as it gets harder is all really clever. I found the character a little hard to control - easy enough to move around and shoot basic targets, but hard to pull off jumping trick shots like I wanted. And I kept thinking I could stand on the pipes. I missed a lot, but maybe I'm just bad at it! I also didn't know what any of the items really did. Despite that, I think I got really far? The music didn't work for me, even on a second playthrough. I still think this is pretty neat though, well done!
That is one big map to defend all alone, hah!
It's fun, the zoom out works nicely for progression - and I'm sure that with Multiplayer already implemented, something like trying to kill another teams pipeline in some kind of intersections could make this top notch fun fun! But it's already great, also powerups add to the killing charm of these little buggers.
GG
I like the idea here! I think the screen zooms out a bit too far and becomes too difficult for a single player to defend. Maybe allowing the player to place turrets or some sort of defence would make it easier for the player to zone off these areas and focus his shooting in other areas.
The art is this game is really nice! The slow zoom out is interesting, and the animation is a bit jarring with how it scales the pixels, but somehow the art looks good when zoomed in and when zoomed out. I like the idea of the game, but I find it pretty hard to play, at least as a single player. It would definitely be easier with others, but I think it's missing some more flexible aiming controls. Only being able to fire ahead of you was really limiting when there was dozens of flying enemies around. I also found that the pipes weren't really dying, their passive regen seems really high. The game didn't end until I jumped off the bottom of the map :) I think you guys have a great concept here, that could be polished into something really fun!
The controls were definitely the weak point. Even having arrows+X+C would have been better.
Love the animation style and the sound! It's definitely tough as a single player, especially before the screen begins to zoom out. The enemies coming from the left can be tough to hit in time. Great starting point though, this could become something really great!