Are you ready to embark on an epic sci-fi journey that will take you on an untold voyage? Are you ready to see the epic cutscene we poured a little too much time into? ;)
Then sit back and enjoy that ol' B-movie, handcrafted awesomeness!
This desperately needed a post-compo version for better gameplay and a highscore bugfix and now there is one with those things and more! :) However, we submitted in time and I think the compo is a pretty good entry overall!
P.S. I FORGOT TO MENTION it before but for the compo release, I don't recommend playing the game to completion. The completion time of five minutes was chosen in the insanity, seconds before the jam deadline, when unity was crashing left and right from the newly-added highscore. After five minutes, you just see "Good job!" This is way too long, so, in reality here's some difficulty levels for how long you need to survive the game: (honor system :) ) Easy: 45 seconds Medium: 60 seconds Hard: 90 seconds if you survive that long for the difficulty you choose (honor system), good job! :)
*STORY* What we didn't get a chance to explain, you can try to figure out as you go :)
*HOW TO PLAY* Once it starts, you use a 3D-targeting cursor to shoot missiles at pills that are trying to wipe you out. You can use the mouse wheel to change the depth. (See above note about not trying to play the compo release to completion)
Yay, that was fun! I found a "cheat" - there's a point on the screen where you should aim and click endlessly - and you won't get any troubles. That was weird, but acceptable)
Overall game is good - it's fun, funny and has tons of mood! Now I want you to make another game with that style)
I do agree that it could be improoved, but to do so you got to improove every single piece of it, because for now it feels soooo complete.
Hey everyone, thanks for all the great comments! It's really encouraging to know that the game is getting played! :)
I've noticed more people are rating the game without leaving comments. Please try to leave a comment if possible, even if you're repeating what others have said; it's really helpful to get the extra feedback of how many people feel a certain way.
Lastly, there's now a post-compo version that addresses some issues everyone had with the initial release. Can you please say which version(s) your comments are relevant to?
This is a really odd game. :) But it hangs together and that is a good thing. The pills coming towards the house on the right are hard to hit. After they start getting closer I couldn't find any way to hit them. But fortunately once that building is dead I was able to stave off the ones coming for the buildings on the left. Glad I didn't have to go for 5 minutes! ;)
I liked the beginning, with the somewhat chaotic style/storyline... but then the gameplay didn't match that whatsoever. The shooting was a bit off too, but not too shabby.
The shooting is very difficult without depth perception; the player has no way to tell exactly where (along the Z axis) a bullet will go (the cursor may change size with depth, but that only tells the player a given cursor depth's *relative* position to another cursor depth, without showing how close/far the cursor is to the pills). This might be better as a 3D game, if you can figure out a simple enough way to implement that- perhaps two side-by-side views where the player has to cross their eyes? Also, as far as the control scheme is concerned, make sure to have alternate controls for people playing on more limited systems (like laptops)- for instance, not everyone has a mouse wheel.
That said, I like the artsy/eerie aesthetic this game has. Some of the graphics (the people in the intro, the buildings you defend) are a bit too messy to tell what they are/what's going on, but I definitely wouldn't take out the "messy" aspect wholesale; that's one of the game's strengths. I applaud the decision in the post-compo version to keep that high-pitched drone confined to the opening cutscene, but the new gameplay sounds sound more whimsical than eerie. Even so, some audio feedback for the player's actions is better than no audio feedback, and I don't know if you plan on swapping those sounds.
Looks interesting! I always like a unique art style in a game.
...Crap! The executable crashes on me after showing the Unity splash! :(
PS OK you were right...I should've removed the dropbox link after several people said their virus scanners told them the file was infected. I fixed that now. Thanks for playing my game!
I scanned with the program you reccomended and found 33 files infected with Paramite A!! I have been violated! Raped! Infected! Betrayed! I will never trust anyone again!!!
Luckily it also removed all the infected files. One was an early version of my current project, which made me very glad of my compulsive habit of saving a backup of my work every 1-4 days.
Thank you for bringing it to my attention... I shouldn't have been so naive about viruses, but I have this other really old computer that refuses to let anything work and often gives things like false virus warnings, and I guess it desensitized me.
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Thanks for trying.
I found a "cheat" - there's a point on the screen where you should aim and click endlessly - and you won't get any troubles. That was weird, but acceptable)
Overall game is good - it's fun, funny and has tons of mood! Now I want you to make another game with that style)
I do agree that it could be improoved, but to do so you got to improove every single piece of it, because for now it feels soooo complete.
I've noticed more people are rating the game without leaving comments. Please try to leave a comment if possible, even if you're repeating what others have said; it's really helpful to get the extra feedback of how many people feel a certain way.
Lastly, there's now a post-compo version that addresses some issues everyone had with the initial release. Can you please say which version(s) your comments are relevant to?
THANKS guys, you rock!! :)
Interesting art style, I had some problems to hit close targets, projectiles sometimes seemed to go through them...
That said, I like the artsy/eerie aesthetic this game has. Some of the graphics (the people in the intro, the buildings you defend) are a bit too messy to tell what they are/what's going on, but I definitely wouldn't take out the "messy" aspect wholesale; that's one of the game's strengths. I applaud the decision in the post-compo version to keep that high-pitched drone confined to the opening cutscene, but the new gameplay sounds sound more whimsical than eerie. Even so, some audio feedback for the player's actions is better than no audio feedback, and I don't know if you plan on swapping those sounds.
I also like the art style.
...Crap! The executable crashes on me after showing the Unity splash! :(
PS OK you were right...I should've removed the dropbox link after several people said their virus scanners told them the file was infected. I fixed that now. Thanks for playing my game!
Thank you Jedi!
I scanned with the program you reccomended and found 33 files infected with Paramite A!! I have been violated! Raped! Infected! Betrayed! I will never trust anyone again!!!
Luckily it also removed all the infected files. One was an early version of my current project, which made me very glad of my compulsive habit of saving a backup of my work every 1-4 days.
Thank you for bringing it to my attention... I shouldn't have been so naive about viruses, but I have this other really old computer that refuses to let anything work and often gives things like false virus warnings, and I guess it desensitized me.