Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → Users → Battle Buddy
| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Au | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 39 | Running out of Power | 👥 | Low Battery | jam | 274 | 3.58 | 3.04 | 2.65 | 3.91 | 3.87 | 3.83 |
I sat around confused a little bit trying to figure out the goal. Turns out this is a multiplayer game! Pretty good idea having unusual gravity for aiming. Normally these games don't have moving terrain like that moon, so it makes for a unique challenge in aiming.
I finished the game and liked the unexpected twist at the end.
80MB that's a lot texture! The visual quality was certainly there. Good work on the ambiance. I was worried there would be a jump scare at any moment.
The movement was pretty stiff: I got the impression the player is taking 'steps' rather than just moving by a simple velocity, so it led to having to adjust around in order to get where I wanted to go.
Oh yeah baby! Ok, you really got a laugh out of me.
The obsession of a developer doesn't always lead to greatness. In this case... man it sure did.
This was a really strong entry. Great easing into the game by starting it slow and leading into upgrades that always have value. Well done!
I am throwing my hands up and resigning. It's like the BattleToads level 'Clinger Winger', but after 20 tries I can't get past the first 10 seconds of level 2. The reaction time is far too precise for anyone to accomplish on a first play through, or even the 20th. Maybe having a little leeway on making turns would help (instead of a total game restart, just slow down and run out of time eventually).
The flow from menu to game is really well executed. I went straight to the Don't Play option and was not dissapointed!
This is really something that you could expand further into a much more complete game. I love the whole concept of! I had to stop playing because my hand was filled with Kill cards that wouldn't let me end the turn. I ended having my cities income levels roll over to the negatives every other turn, so that was an interesting surprise.
Played probably half of the levels, which was a considerable amount of time. Nice work having a fair challenge.
It's like a never ending claw game. Pretty good for what it is. I can see a lot of potential in extra content later on.
It took 3 tries, but I got to the end! The radar really helps to know when you need to focus on max weapon, or just leave it at 50%. It's pretty tough, but still a lot of fun figuring out how it all works.
Like others have said, a tool tip is nice, but a tutorial for this level of complexity is a necessity. I didn't know what the purpose of anything was and didn't understand why things were happening. My units were dying on their own due to lack of resources I guess?
There is a lot of potential in here. Maybe add a document to your game's post so we can try again?
This was a curve ball that really shows true innovation. Well played!
It's Flak Attack! Nice rendition of it. The lighting effects were pretty cool. That's something I want to learn eventually.
Really cool idea! It a nice relaxing game. I tried going really fast and taking out all of the lights, but the auto timed scroll let me slow down and enjoy the artwork. It's a cool art style really.
I got the crash like many others, but trying again and only clicking (not dragging) got me through the intro screen. It was smooth after that.
There was a lot of content in this submission. What's really nice is that the levels were randomly chosen so I could see them all even if I lost a lot of the time. The jump mechanic was a little too difficult for me to handle so I ended up not getting the movement that I wanted. But either way, I think I ran through all the levels at least one time. Definitely enjoyed it!
My mouse has a 300 million click lifespan. I needed to buy two more after playing.
Clickers were never my thing, but the theme is a pretty cool twist to an 'upgrade' game. Looks like I'm building up protesters to make an army of communists!
Shame that only the intro level could get running. You can always try to upload a fix for it that's in line with the rules.
It took about 10 tries for me to realize you basically want to avoid all enemies, rather than attack any single one. Beat it once I learned the kites give energy back. Totally missed that feature! I felt that the randomness of the enemy spawns acted as artificial difficulty: some arrangements were trivial to get past while others were completely impossible.
Overall, the art style, music, and theme really played together. I could see this being a classic SNES game back in the day.
I was able to get to the end by rotating my mouse in a circle around the sockets. It kept them charging at a pretty steady rate so the shields only broke towards the very end. I'm sure that's not the intended way to play, but having alternate strategies is always cool.
I get that this is more of an interactable art piece than a 'game', but it was a little too abstract to figure out how to proceed. I got to the earth in space section and it kind of just sat there. I don't think that was the end, but I'm not sure what to do next.
I don't think anyone else made a game like this for the competition. Nice work on getting something unique.
It's an interesting change on tower defense when you can move your towers and they can also die. I ended up kiting all the bad guys instead of walling out so it took a bit of awareness to make it through.
The pace was a little slow like others have said, but it feels like the game was designed with that in mind. I had a bit of difficulty scrolling the map: having a full screen option would solve it.