Whack-A-Burster

by fortyseven

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.72

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.76

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.25

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.80

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.57

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.68

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.35

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.81

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★84%

What's beneath the surface? A chest-burster.

What you've got here is Aliens themed whack-a-mole. That's it. ;)

Arcade gameplay is roughly in place, with bugs of course. Hastily added sound effects. Wrapping this up with a couple hours to spare since I have to be someplace. Will definitely finish it up, since there's a bit more I wanted to do with this.

Comments25

Warzone Gaming28 Apr 2014, 23:54

Dropping from ceilings, and chest busting aliens... Most legit I've ever played! If it weren't for all the glitches... It would be freakin awesome.

RARoadkill29 Apr 2014, 01:09

Hard to go wrong with a whack-a-mole game

danbo29 Apr 2014, 01:09

This is pretty funny. Scream sound effect took me by surprise!

conormn29 Apr 2014, 01:29

Might be the best game of the Alien franchise.

Korwegian29 Apr 2014, 01:41

I love the concept but it's really glitchy and confusing.

SmilingCat29 Apr 2014, 01:44

Very nice graphics and atmosphere.

Fortysevenauthor29 Apr 2014, 01:46

Thanks, guys! :D But yes, lots of bugs. Much glitching. I plan to fix up most of that and polish it up in the coming days.

theundeadwarrior29 Apr 2014, 03:05

WOOAHHHAHAAAAHAHHHHHH ;)

mechabit29 Apr 2014, 03:15

Nice graphics, don't think I've yet to whack an alien

gene-z29 Apr 2014, 04:28

Good Work.. really impressive

blockbot29 Apr 2014, 19:34

Art is pretty sweet.

Gins29 Apr 2014, 23:03

Whack-A-Mole :)
The game seems to have gotten stuck after a while, because nothing new happened.

hyouko30 Apr 2014, 03:43

The scream definitely makes it. Wish there was an easier way to start over than reloading the page, though!

GamerTaters30 Apr 2014, 11:07

That scream! Nice presentation. Definitely a little buggy though.

urisensei30 Apr 2014, 11:08

It's all fun and games until a chest burster flies into your face. Wacky idea, and good execution, only bug I came across was after wacking the Medical Hammer tm (great name) a few times in a row, no more patients came down.
Don't do drugs kids

byExclusive2 May 2014, 07:59

Great idea!!!

timtipgames2 May 2014, 07:59

Very funny. Very bugged. ;)

CMaster4 May 2014, 11:08

Kinda funny.
Shame it tends to lock up.

Guessing most of the graphics are pulled from elsewhere?

mrexcessive5 May 2014, 18:09

Hi. Several bugs on mouse tracking. Really good mood.

Jupiter_Hadley9 May 2014, 20:34

Glitchy, but pretty good for the time. I included it in part 17 of my Ludum Dare compilation video series, if you want to check it out :) http://youtu.be/wBne0r55jPY

TeamFlare10 May 2014, 17:02

Cool idea.^^ I played several rounds :)

Moosefly15 May 2014, 22:57

The most hardcore whack-a-mole game I've ever played! It's a diamond in the rough :P.

Anssi@MooseflyGames

Fortysevenauthor16 Jul 2014, 22:53

I went back and revised the hell out of the game over the last couple weeks; fixed lots of bugs and polished things up. Learned a lot. :) -> http://fortyseven.itch.io/whack-a-burster

Fortysevenauthor18 Dec 2014, 05:11

Came back to link to the final version on GameJolt: http://gamejolt.com/games/arcade/whack-a-burster/30298/

It's still barely a game, but I'm pretty proud of how it turned out. :)

Fortysevenauthor18 Dec 2014, 05:12

And I'm just realizing that it's probably the same build. I should have looked first. [Talks to an empty room.]