Ludum Dare #23compo

World Saver!

by zythiku

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.91

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.57

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.83

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.51

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.97

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.74

Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.79

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.83

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★61%

Updated Version at bottom links!
Made game easier while adding a very hard mode.
Now options to adjust mouse sensitivity and turn off music.

WORLD SAVER

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Save the whole world against the invaders!
Shoot them and destroy their mother ships.
Dash, Double Jump, Collect Boxes and ammo and fight through
20 levels of mayhem!

Tips to Win
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-Start on Easy Mode. Game is tough!
-Collect enough boxes to get to the next level.
-Every 5th Level (5 10 15 20) You will have to destroy the motherships instead of collecting boxes.
-Get rid of as many enemies as you can before collecting all the boxes since a whole bunch come out at the beginning of a level.
-You can double jump then dash in the air to cover ground quickly.
-You will dash toward where your looking.

Created using Unity3D.

Updated Version (done after 48 hours):
Web: http://hithergame.com/ludumdare/WebPlayer/WebPlayer.html
Windows: http://hithergame.com/ludumdare/WorldSaver.zip
Mac: http://hithergame.com/ludumdare/WorldSaver.app.zip

Comments24

Jonathan Whiting23 Apr 2012, 06:37

This game is way hard, even on easy. I find it near impossible to find more ammo, which combined with the audio gave things a neat survival horror vibe, but also made me stop playing in frustration before too long.

aaronsnoswell23 Apr 2012, 06:39

Feels like a cross between TRON and Half Life 1 :) The idea of a spherical, small world is awesome. I LOVE the fact that due to the bizarre terrain you physically have to use audio to locate incoming enemies.

Negative points: I couldn't find any mother ships :) It would also be nice to be able to tune mouse sensitivity, mine was uber sensitive, making it a bit hard to play :)

Amazing work!

invaderJim24 Apr 2012, 04:09

Good execution, but why is the world so small?

Tourgen24 Apr 2012, 04:11

I had a rough time because I'm not used to non-inverted mouse-y look. The game is pretty nice looking. I like the mood.

R3ason24 Apr 2012, 04:12

Interesting! Was a bit on the hard side for me, but I liked the feel of it. Very other-worldy. Thanks for sharing! Will now go and try the post 48hr version :D

youdonotexist24 Apr 2012, 04:16

Had trouble getting my bearings in this game. Controls felt a bit weird (even after playing around with the sensitivity).

I like the spherical world concept and the visuals were very interesting.

Zythikuauthor24 Apr 2012, 04:18

Thanks for trying the game everyone! I updating the game with some of the feedback. Seems I made it a little to hard ><. The updated version makes the easy mode easier and allows you to adjust the mouse sensitivity. I'll have to add an invert y-look option. Eventually I'll like to add new levels and possibly bigger worlds.

omaha24 Apr 2012, 04:36

the screenshots remind me of half-life 2. Damn I wish unity would run under linux.

gregdevice24 Apr 2012, 05:16

I couldn't reach some of the targets. Cool sound and visuals when the enemy is right on top of you.

graytest24 Apr 2012, 05:21

Fun idea. Really hard game and the controls could need some refinement (difficult to jump).

Julian Ceipek24 Apr 2012, 05:43

I don't know if I'm ever going to get that buzzing out of my ears! At least for me, "Easy" is still really difficult, and I haven't been able to get past level 2. I agree with youdonotexist with respect to getting one's bearings, and I also kept falling off the platforms. However, the game's mood is extremely well executed.

KevinWorkman25 Apr 2012, 03:17

Interesting level setup and take on the theme, and like the others said, the difficulty curve is a little too steep, but this is an awesome start.

gavin556425 Apr 2012, 03:46

Pretty difficult game. Cool concept tho.

NefariousZhen25 Apr 2012, 04:02

I like the world a la Super Mario Galaxy style. Nice execution.

Dracir25 Apr 2012, 04:18

Cool game, hard to see (fov too small ?) and too fast for me(ok it's late). But it's nice :). I like jumping around with the dash and double jump.

karnakgames26 Apr 2012, 01:17

When the enemies first approached me I almost fell off the chair, got scaried lol :) A little confusing on the beginning, but then starts to develop.

fatSquirrel26 Apr 2012, 03:41

Cool concept of being on a small planet, I really like getting knocked back by the enemies when hit.

Wyzfen27 Apr 2012, 15:12

Too hard for me :)

oddgoo28 Apr 2012, 16:35

Woah trippy! I like the generous use of interesting architecture =P.

jrasmussen241 May 2012, 05:00

Initially played the web version, it did not work well. I'm on a macbook and the sensitivity was just too high. After I nixed that and tried native, it was pretty fun :)

dansludumdare1 May 2012, 05:50

The mouse sensitivity was incredibly high. Not used to inverted Y-mouse either.

thatshelby1 May 2012, 06:00

Nice atmosphere. I did not care for the music, it got on my nerves pretty fast. It's p hard. It was a neat concept but the execution was just off. I wish it was easier to find more ammo.

Toast5 May 2012, 21:04

Lol invaderJim, you best be trolling.

Codexus13 May 2012, 09:29

Nice game. Could use some extra ammo :)