Saved out as an HTML5 game, if you have a modern browser it should work, let me know what you think :)
Goal is to do as much damage to the planets as possible with your setup within 10 seconds. Enjoy!
Also click to use missiles in the battle, not sure if I made that clear or not.
I used Construct 2 for the game, Photoshop for the graphics, BFXR.net for the sound effects, and inudge.net with virtual audio cable and audacity for the audio.
Edit: I'm as done as my motivation can take me, didn't get a chance to add in a tutorial or info screen like I wanted but I think I squashed most of my bugs, there might be 1 or 2 left that I just cant find. unfortunately I'm not an artist so I didnt waste any more time on art either. Hopfully you enjoy the game. :)
*Start Edit Post-Submit* I'm glad most of you like it, Totally know I need to add in a tutorial screen or something, might do a quick one up and put in a post-compo build in the links above.
I was also thinking of taking this idea and fully fleshing it out, if your interested in that let me know by signing up to my mailing list, I won't use it for anything but the announcement of the post-compo build, but I want to do it all proper and in a different engine so it might take some time.
The game is a bit unclear(there's no explanation on how combat works, what the misiles are for, prices, etc.). And I once both won and lost in the same planet at once. Other than that, I really liked it.
Thanks for the feedback, a small tutorial or intro explanation is in the books for tomorrow if I have the time. And Ill have to look into the victory/losing conditions, must be a bug
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Fanvadar25 Aug 2013, 11:18
yea nothing happens when the timer runs out... just saying
I just cant get that bug (When the time runs out it is defeating the player for me), but I changed how my victory and defeat triggers are working so hopefully that will fix it. But without a way to test it, I'm not sure.
Thank you very much for the feedback, I'll keep trying to get it.
Looks like a nice little strategic game. However would need a bit of quick explaining on how different upgrades help you and how the different mechanics work. At first I wasn't really quite clear on whether I was the planet or the fleet destroying it. Haha!
After beating the first planet the game seems to be very easy. There also isn't much to spend money on other than more ships once you have the missiles. Good game though.
found this game to be rather soothing. great job on the sfx and projectile graphics! some more ingame direction (why it's good to have more damage, missiles, etc) would be helpful
The only negative I can post is the lack of costs on upgrades.
The good though, loved the simplistic soundtrack and classic laser sounds. The fire and hit effects were really nice. Spamming a huge fleet and just destroying planets was good fun.
Wow thanks for all the great feedback, I'm glad most of you like it :) If I keep developing this I definitely need to work on the UI and include a Tutorial, and probably scale the difficulty a bit more as some have pointed out it's pretty easy near the end (on the plus side its more planetary explosions? that's something right?)
It looks fun and the graphics are simple but aesthetic - but don't understand how I can affect the outcome of a battle? Can I control the ships or not? Would love a tutorial or a little help :)
@rasmusrn Once your in a fight unless you have missiles you can only sit there and watch it unfold, the way to aid in the battle is by setting up your fleet outside of it then watch it inside it. once you have missiles you can click to fire them while in the battle for extra damage to the planets.
@davidwparker For quickly making the game and prototyping it is amazing, one of the best I've used to date. But I will need to learn a bit more about creating the plugins and what-not to see if I could use it in a fully polished and finished game, it still feels a bit restrictive and hacky, although by the end whether you write the game engine yourself or not most finished products do hahaha.
Interesting game concept, For some reason the game ran extremely slow for me, but the nice little music loop made it tolerable. I was using firefox on an older computer, not sure if that's the reason it was so slow or not. Great game overall though.
I thought I was defending the planet from invaders ha. A small intro would have been handy but no biggie and the end was nice. Music made this planet destroying feel like a stroll in the park. Camera movement following the action was subtle and good
thanks for the feedback :) and I really wish I could have added in a tutorial screen at the start or something, would have REALLY helped XD.
@Beardbotnik TBH I don't have an older system to check it on and my system is quite fast, but I can see the slowdown due to the sheer amount of particles. Sorry I didn't optimize it a bit better didn't realize I would run into an issue.
Web version is a bit off for me on some details, like the price and upgrade points that I see in the screenshot. Game as otherwise clean, simple and soothing, Kinda like the "plan then execute" formula.
I like the effects you've got in there. It is a bit unclear at the minute about what you do and how you win etc but I'll be coming back to see it updated :)
Game was pretty good. I had a few issues with it though: 1) its very easy, once i killed one planet i just steam rolled the others, 2) not sure why the missiles spawn from the cursor and not from one of the ships, you could even randomize which ship they spawn from for variety, 3) ships frequently overlapped eachother with more than enough room for them all to fit side by side. Other than those 3 quarrels I actually enjoyed it and played till the end, and appreciated the fanfare once you win :P
Fun little project. Could use a little clearer rules, and more strategy in it (for example, deploying your ships in your own way), but it was fun nonetheless.
The title of the page says "New project". Really nice art and animation! I don't like so much the strategic games, i felt the need of doing something when the animation of destruction of the planet was going on... But probably it's just me!
PRetty good visual effects and music. I didn't get the idea how to control the ships (except of deploying rockets) so it's not very challenging. Won all battles from the first try.
@lcass ya I just tested it on my laptop, I was stupid and forgot to use deltatime so its based on how many ticks happen, on slower computers it will be slower, never noticed on my pc as its 10seconds based on the max frame rate set. Just an oversight
Very nice graphics though I sucked at the game! XD I featured it in my LD27 compilation video series, if you'd like to check it out :), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1OMEshCeQ0
Other than that, I really liked it.