Super Shaker X

by voxel
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.46
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.51
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.33
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.22
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.81
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.59
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.04
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.16
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★60%
Bring shakey destruction to the universe and your screen in this overly ambitious unfinished mess of a game.

Inspired by chaos engine, nuclear throne, earthquakes.

25/08/14 : Uploaded Windows and Linux64 versions, fixed sounds getting progressively louder each level

27/08/14 : Uploaded different linux version. Works for Plash, so if you have a problem blame him.

Comments29

wolfmother
wolfmother25 Aug 2014, 04:09
Screenshots look nice, but targeting OSX only really restricts your audience. :/
voxel25 Aug 2014, 07:34
Hold on to your hat, other OS versions incoming
wolfmother
wolfmother25 Aug 2014, 11:24
Windows version works OK.
Fantastic graphics, sound and music! This is art that could go in a paid game.
Mechanics are a little simple but smooth, really polished and nice.
Don't see how it relates to the theme.
KevRevDev
KevRevDev26 Aug 2014, 08:40
Really really great. Fantastic art and sound. Simple but fun gameplay. And lots of levels! I think the only problem I had was that enemies would get stuck on me when they got too close.
JBM26 Aug 2014, 08:43
Loved the music and the style and gameplay was pretty catchy too:)
r0x0r
r0x0r26 Aug 2014, 08:45
linux version works ok :)
MalphasWats26 Aug 2014, 08:53
I played the Windows version. Once I worked out that mouse is shoot (I'm slow, I'm sorry!) it was good.
Endurion
Endurion26 Aug 2014, 08:57
A very good game, fun, polished, atmosphere.

The theme isn't too apparent though.
miwuc
miwuc26 Aug 2014, 10:14
Very fun game! And ambitious indeed, with 3 characters and 4 planets. Simple but I enjoyed playing it a lot. Funny ending.
x1212
x121226 Aug 2014, 10:43
nice game, I like how the AI switches from getting as close as possible to running away
plash
plash26 Aug 2014, 21:23
Foba Butt for space president! This is a fun little thing. At first I thought the screen shake was a touch too vigorous, but it discourages bullet spamming, so it's totally OK.

Great work on the animations. Text and AI could use some work. Enemies get stuck on walls too much, but it's passable considering this is LD :D

Nitpicks:

- The only music that annoyed me was on Rocky Moon. Repetitive no-no!
- No playable space kitten.
plash
plash26 Aug 2014, 21:36
Also, forgot to mention, the new Linux release has one non-halting error:

Sound.hx:96: Error: Could not load "assets/sfx/rock0.ogg"
eastes
eastes27 Aug 2014, 00:20
Are you from Brisbane? Me too. Congrats on a really fun game. Good balance of AI. Shooting them was gratifying.
voxel27 Aug 2014, 19:37
hey plash, all versions have that error :) not sure why but rock0.ogg fails to load the first time, so i load it twice :p
TeamQuadratic28 Aug 2014, 04:38
The AI could use some improvement, but for Ludum Dare it wasn't that bad. Interesting game that could definitely be expanded upon.
christopf
christopf28 Aug 2014, 14:34
its good to play but you hit the theme not on bullseye. would love to see more story implemented in this
Jedi1 Sep 2014, 22:46
Haha, best ending ever! I'm giving you 5* for humor which feels unfair to people who put more jokes into their games but that ending had me laughing out loud.

It could have used more polish. The buttons on the menus could have been animated on mouseover, there could have been sound effects. Also, sometimes enemies were able to shoot me through walls. I assume that wasn't intentional.

The screenshake and graphics were great, as was the music. I liked the idea of choosing different characters too.

Really good job, overall!
ghenoroc10 Sep 2014, 13:43
Transitions to planets seem to take too long, but otherwise it's a very good game.
udo
udo10 Sep 2014, 15:16
This is a solid compo entry. In the beginning I couldn't tell whether I had died or moved on to the next level ;) Good job overall!
dancingmad10 Sep 2014, 18:28
Very nice game! The gameplay is very nervous and the polishing is nearly perfect.
kristof10 Sep 2014, 19:52
Nice game! It needs a lot of polish though. I like the idea of having different AIs on the different worlds. But they were too predictable. It happened to me a few times, that an enemy managed to sit right on top of my character. It was able to hurt me, but I couldn't get rid of it anymore... Collision between all entities should solve this.
I really like the graphics and audio!
kyru10 Sep 2014, 20:00
Good looking game, plays really well. Might need more than just killing guys, but it's a great start to something really fun.
arhpositive10 Sep 2014, 21:01
Nice entry. Kinda repetitive after a while but the solid graphics and audio make up for it.
iona10 Sep 2014, 21:08
Not too innovative, but I like the art and music (especially considering the timeframe!) Good job!
aeveis
aeveis12 Sep 2014, 08:20
liked the different characters, could be interesting to see different kind of ranged attacks to vary up the gameplay. good job!
ZYXer
ZYXer12 Sep 2014, 21:56
I love the character selection. Very funny! :D
Managore
Managore13 Sep 2014, 04:50
It looks and feels great, and it's a whole bucket of fun!
Sheepolution13 Sep 2014, 14:50
I liked the graphics and audio. The game was pretty hard. I managed to finish at least 1 planet, before instantly at the second one. Good game, good job!
pansapiens15 Sep 2014, 05:15
Really nicely juiced (particles, screen shake), all adds up to a great feel. I guess I would have liked some progress indicator for each planet - never quite sure how far I was to completion.

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