Ludum Dare #23compo

Minisk, You Will

by miltage

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.43

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.47

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.08

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.71

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.50

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.56

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.13

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.93

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★67%

Minisk is a planet, a very small planet. So small, in fact, that it is located in a single drop of water. It is also your home.

Its surface being rich in nutrients and resources alike, it has become the target of all nearby living organisms. Unfortunately, they don't want to live there. They're only after its resources, and won't stop until they've sucked your planet dry, leaving it uninhabitable.

It's your task to ward off these thieves. Five waves of enemies, each progressively more harder than the last.

Controls:

WASD/Directional Keys - Movement

Q - Shop

F - Place Teleporters

W - Use Teleporters

Mouse - Fire Arrows

Tools:

IDE - FlashDevelop

Engine - FlashPunk

Graphics - Photoshop

Sfx - Sfxr

Music - FL Studio

Comments28

DoktorAce23 Apr 2012, 15:56

What inhabitants!? ;)
Very nice game, but I would have loved to gotten more resources and action from the start. I have 1000 games to play!

MarekkPie23 Apr 2012, 15:57

Maybe it's my screen size; but I can't get all of the screen to appear.

Suese23 Apr 2012, 16:00

Fantastic game.

The only thing that would have made this better would have been some fast-paced music and some mouse-able buttons for the shop/teleporters instead.

Thank you for this.

thristhart23 Apr 2012, 16:01

Woo-hoo! I beat it! Towers are OP.
Innovation: 3/5 - Not particularly new, but not a copycat.
Fun: 4/5 - I was surprised by how enjoyable it was.
Theme: 3/5 - A literal tiny world.
Graphics: 4/5 - Pretty, and functional. No complaints.
Audio: N/A - Not on a computer with sound, so no rating.
Humor: N/A - Didn't see any attempts at humor, so not rating.
Mood: 3/5 - Very lonely.

omaha23 Apr 2012, 16:02

very fun. also very hard to play with a touchpad.

j_peeba23 Apr 2012, 16:06

A fun game! I only wish the player arsenal would be bigger but it was still very entertaining to try and hold back the enemy waves.

Hume23 Apr 2012, 16:56

Great art, great controls. The arrows require skill to properly use. I enjoyed playing this.

Congratulations on a polished entry.

Miltageauthor23 Apr 2012, 17:27

Thanks for the fantastic comments so far guys! :D

vigrid23 Apr 2012, 23:00

I've had a lot of fun playing this game - it's a bit hard though.

Mesene23 Apr 2012, 23:04

Good job man.
The arrows somehow are affected by the rotation of the planet, it was intentionally?

Miltageauthor24 Apr 2012, 06:21

Not intentional, no, but I didn't fix because it's fun to shoot arrows into an orbit around the planet and watch them come back around and kill a wasp.

Miltageauthor24 Apr 2012, 13:58

I realise now what MarekkPie meant about the screen size, the webpage was preventing you from scrolling down on smaller resolutions, but I've fixed it now. Also, I think I've got one or two of the winning/losing screens mixed up, I'll see if I can switch them tonight.

Miltageauthor24 Apr 2012, 15:44

Alright, I did indeed have them the wrong way round. I have switched them now, I'm sure a small fix like that isn't against the rules.

Daniel24 Apr 2012, 18:08

It's pretty nice. But I think it would be more dynamic if money came in faster

Zed24 Apr 2012, 18:40

Very good. Very clever. And very pretty, with clean and simple design. Good job!

Birchmountain24 Apr 2012, 20:04

A very simple and entertaining game! The game difficulty scales rather slow but after a while it gets quite intense. I really like the audio on the sucky-thingies, it really makes you panic. Well done!

Several25 Apr 2012, 02:40

Upon realizing this would be game primarily about shooting random spawns, I was quite dubious at first, but having to frequently outrun my own wild arrows made for a very pleasant experience. Well done on the gravity + planet size + ease of missing.

marudziik25 Apr 2012, 22:31

Very nice - feels very much complete. I like that there is a shop available, those turrets help a lot! Great animations, consistent graphics - liked it very much.

MarekkPie26 Apr 2012, 02:02

Alright, played on a bigger monitor. Great game. A little tough the first play through, but once you realize what to do isn't not too hard.

Knighty26 Apr 2012, 04:49

Good game. It was a little hard to predict how far my arrows would fly, and they move a bit slow even when fully charged.

Kitch27 Apr 2012, 04:16

Cool little game. Graphics worked really well.

Zillix29 Apr 2012, 06:20

I had a really fun time with this game. Shooting my arrows into orbit was really neat, and I liked the mechanics. Would have been awesome to be able to move while aiming!

robcozzens1 May 2012, 01:54

Really good. Even though it's kind of frustrating, I like that you stand still while charging your arrow.

samoojamies1 May 2012, 09:28

Finished it. Great use of the theme and overall really nice game.

rvmook2 May 2012, 17:40

Lovely game, didn't really get to use the teleport though. I figured four turrets were better then one working teleport.

Miltageauthor2 May 2012, 17:56

Thanks for the great comments, everyone!

@rvmook I know, the teleporters are my proudest feature, but also the least viewed feature, because everyone (including myself) seem to be able to beat the game without buying them. Oh well. I should have spent some more time balancing the game. Lesson learnt for next time!

philhassey6 May 2012, 14:02

Liked the round world, looked very nice. Pretty easy to pick up.

Sodaware11 May 2012, 17:24

Fun game, with a lot of polish. Loved the animation of the little sucker guys as they fell. I was sad I could only have 5 turrets, so my plan to cover the world with them failed :( An upgraded bow would have been nice, and some more variety in the enemies, but the core game is solid and well built.