Ludum Dare #26compo

Single-button Survivor

by meszka_archived

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.44

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.15

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.00

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.29

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.48

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.15

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.80

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★46%

The title says it all. Survive for as long as you can, avoiding lava and killing off the horrible lava-dwelling zombies!

Controls: Space. Tap to move, hold to rotate, release after holding long enough to shoot.

If for some reason you want to pause, press P.

Made with JavaScript, HTML5 canvas API and Jaws.

Comments18

drkrunk29 Apr 2013, 03:00

Very neat.

ede29 Apr 2013, 09:13

I like this one!

Markavian29 Apr 2013, 23:29

00:02:05 kills, 42 kills. I got dizzy.

jayemjee29 Apr 2013, 23:30

I love the one-button-control concept! Aiming is hard when I can't use arrows to do it!

Great work sticking to the minimalism idea.

TheMightyComp29 Apr 2013, 23:31

Nice - a seemingly complex mechanic that is actually quite easy to master and pull of fancy tricks with. Minimalistic in every sense of the word. It was also a nice touch that shooting a zombie in a group causes the other ones to exploded. Great job!

ataxkt29 Apr 2013, 23:31

Love it! One of the best fitting with the theme, plays almost like a comedy! Why not make the viewport bigger so you can see everything?

howieV (binarygirl)30 Apr 2013, 00:07

great use of the theme and good mechanic..good job :)

fullmontis30 Apr 2013, 16:32

Love the concept, but the controls make the game very hard...

timtipgames30 Apr 2013, 16:33

This is so cool! I know a lot of people that say one button games can't be fun. This proves them wrong :) I find it amazing how fast one can adapt to this completely uncommon input scheme. Sure, I wouldn't want it for super mario, but this game does it really good.

Idovoodoo30 Apr 2013, 16:36

Big fan of one-switch games. Nice use of the length of key-press for different interactions. Well done! :)

TenTonToon30 Apr 2013, 19:14

Very nice use of both the theme and the one-button mechanic. I found it easy to learn and (somewhat) difficult to master, and that's the mark of a great design.

Congratulations! :)

sythe30 Apr 2013, 21:54

Wow...another game that would be perfect for touch screens. CocoonJS or Cordova would package it up for you.

DaveDobson2 May 2013, 05:45

My best was 2:23, 53 kills. A lot of fun using only one key. The movement was the hardest - my finger got tired. Very cool concept; well executed.

dremelofdeath3 May 2013, 05:33

very cool; thought it was gonna be frustrating to control, but it actually works really well once you get used to it: smart

finefin3 May 2013, 08:42

I like the concept. Controls are are hard at first but I learned fast (first try 10 seconds, second try 1 minute...)
Fits the theme perfectly in terms of visuals and mechanics. good job :)