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Mothership
By Favoured Fool and waschi
View on ldjam.com
| Category | Rank | Score | Count |
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| Overall | 152 | 4.02 | 24 | |
| Fun | 26 | 4.30 | 25 | |
| Innovation | 247 | 3.76 | 25 | |
| Theme | 187 | 4.19 | 25 | |
| Graphics | 314 | 4.04 | 25 | |
| Humor | 727 | 2.55 | 19 | |
| Mood | 262 | 3.88 | 24 | |
Comments
Really fun game! I made it through the upgrade tree on my third attempt :) Here's the score I had on that game:
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The upgrades were nicely balanced and I liked that you had to weigh, which side of the tree is more important in the moment.
The graphics look really nice, especially that green planet(?) that the ship is circling. Everything felt "correct" while playing: The controls, the physics, the tether to the mothership. Maybe a tiiiny but more acceleration, if I had to nitpick.
I just wish there was more to the game, so I could play more :P
Overall really well done! Hope you had a nice jam and didn't overwork yourself. Maybe give my game a try, if you like :3
yheeky
2023-10-03 09:35
Was a bit frustrating that I only got the small parts from the beginning, but I liked the challenge :) In any case: great graphics!
Excellent use of the theme and fun arcade space shooter. The tech tree was a good design choice and kept it interesting. Would play this game, nice work!
bredera
2023-10-03 09:55
Fantastic little game! Loved the simple art and implementation of the theme.
Upgrading the mother ship, upgrading the range you can go felt great and was fun to do. Good challenge by the increasing amount of enemy ships that swarm the mother ship.
Music and sounds fits well with the game.
All in all great little game!
isaac
2023-10-03 10:26
Definitely at some point had to start to priortize shooting aliens over gathering resources. I like the design decision on making the thrusters infinite as having them limited or on cooldown would create a lot of moments of leaving the mothership stranded on the other side of an alien attack so it definitely encourages you to go fight them. Great game, had fun!
Really cool game and really liked the graphics, gave the game a really cool feel. Well done!
willoxs
2023-10-03 10:52
Oh no - i have a problem with my browser. It seems like some combination of left and right klick triggers the back to last site option. Do you have a downloadable version perhaps? Because right now its sadly unplayable (with no fault of yours).
@willoxs hmm, that's unfortunate! We'd need make sure the UI is scaled correctly for a download version - I can look into that later in the day (could I even upload it during the jam?). Did you try to use a different browser? That might be a quick-fix for the problem!
igor-fam
2023-10-03 12:32
Really unique shooter! I just think the player projectiles should be just a little stronger/faster in the beginning, but great concept!
willoxs
2023-10-03 12:39
Hey - yeah i was unsure about later uploading either. I switched to my slightly underpowered laptop (didnt want to install chrome on pc) and i don't have the problems here. Just a slight freeze roughly every 30 seconds. Maybe that's when new enemies are spawned - or it's just the laptop.
But i must say i had a lot of fun. Throughout the year i keep notes of ideas for the big LD brainstorm and "have an engaging progression system" is high up there. I didn't find a way to use it but this game does it really well.
I cheesed it a bit in the beginning, by not buying anything until i had 100 squares. I noticed that no enemies would spawn then.
I really like the feel of the game and the theme is incorporated in an interesting way with being thethered and all. Also a good use of glow for the extra style points.
Cool! I like the level loop and upgrading system. The visual style is also awesome!
Nice touch on a theme! Love that you also spawn a little amount of resources without need to destroy cubes, because after some point there were so many aliens that I had no time to farm. Good job!
Really fun game! I would actually play a full version of this since im addicted to skill trees
treenut
2023-10-03 21:54
Cool little game. The movement being tied to the mothership confused me a bit at first, but that went away quickly. nice job
veridis
2023-10-04 00:55
Very cool vibes from this, great visuals and music. Wish it was a little quicker to get the initial upgrades though!
chaoli
2023-10-04 14:55
I like the art! Very polished game
kerdelos
2023-10-07 19:23
324 aliens, a full upgrade tree and quite a lot of ressources to spare at the end, that was fun !
The gameplay was interesting and it's always a nice feeling to climb up the upgrade tree. It was sometimes a bit frustating to be able to destroy a block but being too far away to retrieve the resources. Fortunately i could gather them during a following orbit !
I think I found some kind of cheat because the ennemies do not appear before the first upgrade so that gives ample time to gather resources.
Overall congrats for your game :)
Very fun game, the gameplay is very well exploited and is very satisfying!
Fun game! I like the simple idea of limited space to roam, and the upgrades are really fun, I found myself wanting to play more and get all the upgrades. Love these styles of games, awesome visuals, good smooth controls, and great music!
Insanely addictive, the simple art style works really well. It was a bit slow at first, but once you got the ball rolling it got pretty fun!