Minimalistic Shooter

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.22
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.39
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★1.44
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.06
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★1.89
Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.75
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★26%
This is the game I made for Ludum Dare 26. I only had very limited time, so didn't set my goals too high. It works, though!

Controls:
Mouse - control player
LMB - shoot
W - move forwards
S - move backwards

I'm working on building for Mac OSX and Windows(and 32-bit Linux), but I needed to enter the game before the deadline.

PLEASE NOTE: The game might have a few bugs, I'll correct them tomorrow.
Also, if you're on Linux, it will sometimes not recognize libSDL_mixer.so in the lib/ folder, and you will have to execute this command:
sudo apt-get install libsdl-mixer1.2-dev

apt-get can be replaced by either pacman or yum

screenshot

Comments12

josefnpat
josefnpat30 Apr 2013, 14:28
Nice job!

A few bugs here and there, but other than that, it was rather nice.

With more polish, better choice in sounds and more UI, this game had a lot of potential.
PsenFilip30 Apr 2013, 18:36
The controls are good except for something on the mouse+WSAD stuff. They seem to conflict with each other.
I would put some work on the background as well (random colored bg would do the trick). Keep it up
Aceria1 May 2013, 09:12
A neat little game.

Give the ship inertia and wrap the screen (like asteroids) for a more dynamic feeling control scheme.

I liked the surprise end of game boss! :D
Xaychru04
Xaychru041 May 2013, 09:49
The graphics and the audio are simple, but that's very hard to dodge bullets without lateral movement.
StMatn1 May 2013, 09:51
Good job!
Nice particle effects.
I really missed moving sideways with A and D.
Knowing ones health would be good.
Anickyanauthor1 May 2013, 09:56
@StMatn, I initially though about displaying health, and moving sideways, but I thought it would make it too easy. But I'll add it if I make a post-LD version, for sure.
Sanguine1 May 2013, 10:01
Simple, yet relatively addicting and fun :) Good job!
Tokken18
Tokken181 May 2013, 15:01
Can't play, have a mac.
skintkingle3 May 2013, 13:40
Wont run on my Windows 3.11 D: Says Windows (all) so i must complain!!

No but seriously. It's fun but it didn't keep me in it for long, Need a score tally as a minimum if nothing else otherwise if i walk away for 5 minutes i might aswell have just begun there's nothing to show how many awesome kills i've made and how far through i've got. If i hadn't read the comments i wouldn't have known to keep going for something.
Kvisle
Kvisle11 May 2013, 15:32
I like it. It would be cool if the camera moved along with the craft - showing the ship at the center of the screen at all times. Would be cool for aiming, I think.

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