Ludum Dare #26compo

Survival Shape

by johnnymallie

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.70

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.59

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★1.87

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.09

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.50

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.40

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★40%

Here is my First LD Game : Survival Shape

You will need Java installed to run the game( it's a .jar )
Double click on it should work, if not, right click, run with , Java (TM) Platform

It should work for Windows, Linux & OS/X , as long as Java (1.6) is installed.

EDIT 30/04 : I've deleted linux & os/x links, there is apparently some problem :( . The game works fine on WIN 7/8 , I've got 5 people who tried it, i'll try to fix for the other platforms
EDIT 30/04 : Linux & os/x links are back. Remember that you need to have the permission on the files to execute it :) Or you can try with the command line : java -jar pathtothejar

The launch is pretty slow (the song loader take quite some time ( 3-4 sec ) and i don't have the time to see what's wrong ).

Controls :
Left/Right Arrow : rotate
Up Arrow : go Forward
P : Shoot

Goal : Survive as long as you can ( You have 3 HP ), shoot the ennemies with P and try to have fun )

Tools :
IDE : Eclipse
Engine : Slick2d
Sound Effect : sfxr / Audacity
The main music come from http://www.nosoapradio.us/
Graphics : Paint.NET, Photoshop

Comments15

kreddor29 Apr 2013, 14:34

I get "Error: Invalid or corrupt jarfile LD26-1.6RUN.jar"
Tried both with java 6 and 7 :-/

johnnymallieauthor29 Apr 2013, 20:52

Hi kreddor :)
Can you describe what are you spec ? the OS and stuff ?
Thanks :)

Arcana30 Apr 2013, 15:43

Lovely music. Is it an original composition or something else?

The gameplay is solid but a little simple. I think one of the biggest improvements would be acceleration and deceleration of the ship, or some kind of mechanic related to the bullets.

Also, the P button to shoot was difficult because it's too close to the Arrow Keys and thus gets my hands cramped up.

Nice job, keep it up!

johnnymallieauthor30 Apr 2013, 15:53

Hello Arcana, The main music come from http://www.nosoapradio.us/

smealum30 Apr 2013, 16:10

nice start but the game felt much too easy. there wasn't really any point in moving around and one-shot kills when the enemies are so slow felt overpowered. so as I said, good start, but you could probably make it a much more interesting game !

Jonny D30 Apr 2013, 16:12

Using premade music isn't allowed, but the game is decent in its own right. I would have liked something more though, so I didn't just sit in the middle spinning and shooting.

Jonny D30 Apr 2013, 16:13

Also, what kind of keyboard layout has 'P' in a comfortable place??

spacechase030 Apr 2013, 16:15

I got about 35,000 points. :)

Maybe you could speed the ship up a little, and add some pentagons (or something) that shoot back?

bowlercaptain30 Apr 2013, 16:18

It's a good start. As others have stated, it could be made more difficult - having the circles require more than one shot would help. The difficulty could also scale up a bit faster.

johnnymallieauthor30 Apr 2013, 16:21

Thanks everyone for the feedback :) Very appreciated

Jonny D : i've use P cause it's in the same spot for QWERTY & AZERTY layout. ( At first it was on Enter but there was a hardware problem that sometimes didn't allow me to shoot )

queader30 Apr 2013, 19:49

Nice game! And the only one thing I would change is to have more bullets on higher levels :)

gmaker5 May 2013, 05:58

nice game! great job man!