Try to collect as many nuts as you can while you and your opponent try to blast each others' nuts to smithereens. All crammed into action packed 10 second nut-busting bomb-bursting volleys!
Instructions :
The goal of the game is to score points by having your squirrel collect the nuts that he comes near. You do this by using various attacks to knock the squirrel and the nuts around.
The first 5 seconds (grey countdown) is for you to choose your attacks. Click the attack you want at the bottom, then click in the playing field to place where it will land. Most attacks happen in the same sequence you click them.
The remaining 5 seconds will launch your attacks and blast those nuts!
Your opponent will also be launching attacks simultaneously, and you will see these incoming with the markers that appear when your attacks begin launching.
Weapons :
Bomb : Causes standard explosion in sequence.
Magnet : Causes vacuum pull in sequence.
Timed Mine (Bomb with clock) : Creates a red Timed Bomb cube immediately when attacks start, but does not explode until 3 seconds later.
Proximity Mine (Greenish with red accent) : Creates a Proximity Mine immediately, which will gain power and explode when a nut comes near. Try to put these far away so they gain power!
EMP (Yellow antenna tower) : Creates a super powerful vacuum in sequence. This attack does not appear in the first sets.
Nuke (Red bomb) : Creates a super powerful explosion in sequence. This attack does not appear in the first sets.
Have fun and happy nutting!
Lead Developer / Programmer : Derek Mastromonaco Programmer / Physics : John Wiacek Programmer / Music : Shawn Anderson Artist : Kelly Wald
(Disclaimer : There is currently only 1 level in the game, and the high score table and victory screen didn't quite make the deadline. Nut Commander will grab you regardless!)
This game is very wild and a bit busy for me. Its hard to really see whats going on. However, I featured it in my compilation of Ludum Dare 27 games, if you want to check it out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8Polnsp4F8
ahahaha this is insane but I love it. It's oddly polished in that there's a lot of attention to detail, even if all those details basically clash. The playscreen itself is kinda muted which detracts from the overall experience, might as well have gone bright colors, or even flashing colors on that.
@folmerkelly Haha, thanks glad you like it! The general end idea was to have a frantic theme to everything, but we didn't get in the particle effects for explosions and shockwaves that would have helped the playscreen be more exciting and engaging. :)
@tlasol There is a 'squirrel' model that begins near the middle top of the screen which is basically the goal you knock the nuts towards. It really needs an arrow or highlight or something to make it visible, I am sorry, hope this helps!
Fun idea, but very hard to keep track of what's going on. (Use a stronger contrast color for the floor.) The music is good and it helps set the mood and pace very well. The physics seemed to be very good as well.
I'm hoping the lack of ANY effects, particles, sounds, etc when the attacks launch (they currently just do the physics effect they are) is a lot of what makes what is going on hard to follow. This is coupled with some attacks launching at second "0" after the countdown, so they do not even have the secondary launch marker (nuke spin) before they explode. Leaving you seeing nothing but it's effect on the nuts atm.
Very chaotic! A lot of things happening on the screen at once kind of makes it difficult to follow at times but there's a certain fun factor in the mayhem that follows lining up your attacks and seeing everything go flying. I would definitely think about highlighting or emphasizing what the player should be paying attention to somehow. And a heads up, I think I managed to kill/knock my squirrel out of the level on my second try! Threw me off for a bit haha. Regardless, I like it a lot. And high scores? Pssssh that's what these comments are for! Anyone top my 16281??
That's quite an impressive score for the way that level is! I think I had somewhere in the 17ks once, but who knows what build that was :P
I'm hoping to get a lot of the polish in and a full set of levels this weekend (fingers crossed....). But I'll be sure to make a more prominent post if I do.
Wow crazy. I didn't understand how I was getting points. Everything was kind of all over the place. But, it was pretty fun after I got the hang of it. Good job.
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Haha, thanks glad you like it! The general end idea was to have a frantic theme to everything, but we didn't get in the particle effects for explosions and shockwaves that would have helped the playscreen be more exciting and engaging. :)
@tlasol
There is a 'squirrel' model that begins near the middle top of the screen which is basically the goal you knock the nuts towards. It really needs an arrow or highlight or something to make it visible, I am sorry, hope this helps!
I'm hoping to get a lot of the polish in and a full set of levels this weekend (fingers crossed....). But I'll be sure to make a more prominent post if I do.
add some sound effects when you develop it further
UPDATED RELEASE : http://www.chronosapps.com/nutcommander2/
Have you played that one? http://www.chronosapps.com/nutcommander2/
Let me know if he is still too hard to find ^^