
Ludum Dare #23compo
Pin Party
It's a party! How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? Seven. Gather the other six angels and bring them back to the pin in this fast-paced score-attack twin-stick-style shooter... hyper fighting edition.
Controls:
Arrow Keys: Move
WASD: Shoot
Use the Party Sense Arrow above your head to find the nearest angel or your way back to the pin.
Spacebar: Start
Controls:
Arrow Keys: Move
WASD: Shoot
Use the Party Sense Arrow above your head to find the nearest angel or your way back to the pin.
Spacebar: Start
Comments18

omaha23 Apr 2012, 18:04
love the font. i think i picked the same one for my game :)
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=5229
Lots of fun. I just wish I could shoot diagonally.
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=5229
Lots of fun. I just wish I could shoot diagonally.
Gremlin23 Apr 2012, 18:38
I like the approach to the theme.
The highest I got was six angels. I kept getting swarmed and losing all of the followers. That said, I'm terrible at twin-stick shooters (and I think my keyboard had an issue with me trying to press four buttons at once).
The highest I got was six angels. I kept getting swarmed and losing all of the followers. That said, I'm terrible at twin-stick shooters (and I think my keyboard had an issue with me trying to press four buttons at once).

nihilocrat23 Apr 2012, 19:23
Cool interpretation of the theme! There are not enough medieval-philosophy-dance-party games in the world!
ChrisWhitman23 Apr 2012, 22:31
Pretty solid! Enjoyed the art style and music. Pretty difficult, but not totally impossible. I found it pretty tough to complete the party after getting all the angels, but I did at least make it to round two.

KevinWorkman23 Apr 2012, 22:33
I played all the way through before realizing I could shoot. D'oh.
Cambrian_Man23 Apr 2012, 22:44
KevinWorkman, wow, that's.. actually kind of impressive.
Shackhal23 Apr 2012, 23:17
I made like 30000 pts but lose in the end. Great game, i like the rainbow shoots xD
BlackBulletIV24 Apr 2012, 01:50
An nice, polished, and solid game. It was frustrating though; it took me a while to work out where I was supposed to go, and I quit at round 2 due to it taking ages to advance. But anyway, good work!
Cambrian_Man24 Apr 2012, 02:54
BlackBulletIV, doh, I forgot to put in that the arrow above the lead angel points either to the nearest angel or back to the pin, so you just follow that.

gritfish24 Apr 2012, 10:42
It took me a while to see the arrow too, but once I did, the game became a lot easier and more fun - I'm pretty surprised by how well 4-directional shooting works once you've got some angels following you - you just send walls of bullets (or a laser of death!) Maybe the arrow would have been more obvious if it'd been around the edge of the screen? That music is also spot-on. Well done.

Terra24 Apr 2012, 22:10
Yeah, the graphics & music are great! I failed pretty miserably, the most I had I think were 5 angels before I gave up.
Making a million colourful bullets was fun though :D
Making a million colourful bullets was fun though :D

R3ason27 Apr 2012, 05:42
Ahh, pretty good after I read the instructions :D Was a little hard with the dual keysets, but that could just be me. Very colorful, and the music was great. Thanks for sharing!

Jim Haslett28 Apr 2012, 20:29
It seemed too hard to for me. I couldn't keep the others alive. I did like the way they all shot at the same time.

moonmagic29 Apr 2012, 05:28
I thought this was an amusing take on the theme and I enjoyed the enemy sprites and the lasers, as well. I think it would have been more fun to shoot the enemies if there was some visual / aural feedback, but I loved getting the new angels and seeing the huge wall of rainbows I was creating. I was ready for the game to end the first time I got back to the pin; increasing angel speed might help with this?
schizofunky5 May 2012, 18:29
What a great idea for a game! I got quite addicted and loved the reward of building up your angel team! Nice work!
Robert Swan5 May 2012, 18:35
Far too hard... and maybe swapping wasd and arrow keys would help some of us used to other configs too :) Shame as I like these games, and this did look cool

machinas7 May 2012, 07:18
heh. my keyboard has the arrow keys split between the left and right hands, so i can't wasd and arrow at the same time. I might see if i can find a spare keyboard to try it out






It's too bad I didn't get to see more of your hard work.