Dr. Maleficent's Doom-Ray

by pelton
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.67
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.42
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★1.75
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.50
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.58
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.42
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★24%
Blast! The damned Superfriends have stolen your Doom-Ray! You must get it back!

You play as the evil Dr. Maleficent as he attempts to recover his stolen weapon. Sneak into the complex, avoiding guards, and then blast your way out once you have your sweaty hands on your precious laser. Good luck!

Tony and I created this game from scratch using C++, SDL, and OpenGL. One really feels the time pressure when you have to program the game engine as well. There's definitely some bugs here and there, the art could be better, and the "guards" are not much more than lobotomized superheros: they have x-ray vision and can walk through walls, but are as dumb as bricks.

All art made using GIMP
Sound effects created with Bfxr
The music loops are from Partners in Rhyme

Known bugs:
* On Windows, the game crashes on exit.
* The guards are idiots.

Comments10

TheSheep
TheSheep17 Dec 2012, 22:39
$ ./doomray
bash: ./doomray: No such file or directory
peltonauthor18 Dec 2012, 02:51
@TheSheep
Turns out zip files don't preserve file permissions. You can chmod +x the binary and/or download the new tarball.
recursive frog
recursive frog18 Dec 2012, 06:47
main.ogg is one of the neatest songs I've heard in a while! I would put it in my regular rotation!
Gazok
Gazok18 Dec 2012, 07:11
Ah, another engine programmer! I'm rating you a little higher just for that :P. The graphics are really nice.
recursive frog
recursive frog18 Dec 2012, 22:13
Okay this is a really crazy request, but seriously, would you guys make a long form version of main.ogg and release it as a bonus track? I can't believe how many times I've listened to this short little clip today.
zenmumbler
zenmumbler20 Dec 2012, 23:10
The external music gives this short game a longer lease on life but it's quite simple. The visual style is good and consistent. Music choice is fun but not yours so only rating the effects.
Martin Vilcans20 Dec 2012, 23:17
Got the "./doomray: No such file or directory" error. Tried "make". Installed libsdl-dev and other dependencies. Still not working. :-(
kibertoad
kibertoad3 Jan 2013, 22:46
Nice music and art.

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