Bubble Cannon

by acuity
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.63
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.13
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.07
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.62
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★1.87
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.43
Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.65
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.14
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★54%
This game is about a ship armed with a bubble cannon trying to collect artifacts.

Hold Z to charge your bubble cannon, and release to shoot!

Left and Right to move your ship.

Much of my time was spent learning how to use flash and learning how the APIs in flashpunk worked. Music was written in 1.5 hours or so in FL Studio 10, from around 3-4 pm PST today. Sfx was done in around an hour after that.

Edit: I forgot to include a link to sourcecode.

Also, music uploaded to my SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/acuitynpc/bubble-cannon

Comments18

PapyGaragos
PapyGaragos28 Apr 2014, 10:58
You have a solid mechanic here, I kept playing for a while despite the lack of metrics or any real goal. Good job!
Candyhandy29 Apr 2014, 06:33
Nice mechanics, but a little too slow.
muramasa
muramasa29 Apr 2014, 06:34
There is no end/losing condition, not even score. But it's pretty addicting, I have to say.
john_conder929 Apr 2014, 06:37
This is a really simple entry - but despite that I played it for quite a lot longer than I thought I would. The mechanic is just brilliant, possibly the funnest mechanic I have ever seen in an LD submission. Really solid job here! Now, just make it into a game and I would be thrilled to play it :D
Acuity
Acuityauthor29 Apr 2014, 16:37
Thanks for the feedback! I haven't learned how to make menus or a separate screen yet, so I didn't put in a win/lose condition...

I'll work on making my future games much more game-like! :D
dusho29 Apr 2014, 22:34
interesting gameplay mechanics, quite fun
really loud music, missing some obstacles, score, something..
oranebeast
oranebeast2 May 2014, 06:35
Fun but, It just didn't seem compleeted
petey1235672 May 2014, 06:37
A solid star - get some hazards in there and there will be real tension!
Lancelot Gao
Lancelot Gao2 May 2014, 07:09
Find the control is hard to master, but the game mechanics is fun!
Fox_in_sox2 May 2014, 07:18
Suprisingly fun! You have an entertaining mechanic her, but the game could use better graphics and a possibility to win or fail. I hope you will work on a post-portem vesrion.:)
petrih2 May 2014, 07:36
Great music!
Pitzik4
Pitzik44 May 2014, 01:31
There is no way any other games have been submitted this LD with music this good. And the charging sound actually harmonizes with it. I would rate this 10/5 in Audio if I could.
Game-wise, it's unremarkable, but addicting. But, man, I'm going to go download the music from SoundCloud! How can this even be Ludum Dare music?
Acuity
Acuityauthor4 May 2014, 06:22
Thanks for the comments and feedback! For another entry with awesome music, check out Ripple Runner by DDRKirby(ISQ)!
ThingoStudios4 May 2014, 15:56
The lack of actual goals hurts this game a little bit, but the sheer fun of the gameplay and the brilliant music bring this up.

Bubbles bounce off of bubbles with other stuff in them, but I think it would be more interesting if the bubbles bounced off of each other even when they're empty.
matthias_zarzecki6 May 2014, 16:29
Nice music!
matt_j7 May 2014, 20:35
Nice music and sound. Game needs some work, though.
woodenrabbit16 May 2014, 03:48
What a cool game mechanic for the bubble cannon. Its really fun, feels like a real life toy but in video game form.

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