SWARM

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.80
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.97
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★1.97
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.33
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.17
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.70
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.38
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.57
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★56%
As two neighboring worlds battle, a horde of mechanized drones approach.
You are the highest ranked fighter pilot tasked with defending your planet
and saving mankind. Can you defeat the swarm?

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Comments22

StrideWide25 Aug 2014, 04:11
I like how they smile when they win
Seraphic Media25 Aug 2014, 05:07
Love how you took the theme and made it so you lose when the worlds connect haha. Really fun!
Tanner25 Aug 2014, 05:31
Well done game! Keep it up!
superzac25 Aug 2014, 05:32
Almost expected it to ask me for another quarter when I died. Good job with the arcadey feel. I wish there was a custom cursor though, because my cursors are black and it really upped the difficulty. Good job!
Piscythe25 Aug 2014, 05:35
I think this might actually have worked better with chunkier pixel graphics - like a retro arcade. The soundscape and gameplay give this game a hectic arcade atmosphere, and I think that's its biggest strength.
Jupitron
Jupitron25 Aug 2014, 05:36
Nice game! Made 138 kills, please add a leaderboard!!! Awesome graphical style.
stimpact25 Aug 2014, 05:55
Difficulty progression was good. Enjoy the arcade feel. I laughed when I saw the robots smile once they won. Sound effects for shooting was nice. Good job :)
micahcowan
micahcowan25 Aug 2014, 16:32
Like missile command, without having to wait for the missiles (and only one city to save).
sanojian
sanojian25 Aug 2014, 17:22
Nice simple gameplay. Good job. A leaderboard would make this game better.
alvarop26 Aug 2014, 00:43
The game's quite simple, but it works! Good job. However, I don't see how it's related to the theme?
IHateATMFees
IHateATMFees26 Aug 2014, 05:02
nice job...very macabre ending :)

thanks for the feedback on my game. i'm thinking about a post-jam version with about a billion times more explosions
LaFleur
LaFleur27 Aug 2014, 14:24
Showing accuracy at the end was a great feature! Great job!
tatmos
tatmos27 Aug 2014, 15:21
I like sound.
plash
plash29 Aug 2014, 20:20
Score: 118500! Kills: 149!

The laser effect is nice, but it stopped appearing once ~3 drones started appearing. Probably just my browser (yay, web!). This is quite challenging on its own, but I think it could use another mechanic. Maybe have the drones shoot lasers that you have to deflect!

Nitpicks:

- No space kittens.
mildmojo2 Sep 2014, 05:58
95200 w/133 kills. Cute game! Near CGA palette. Looks like you picked a simple mechanic and got the job done.

Once enemies start spawning in large numbers, they appear as a dense horizontal wave. They could maybe be less like waves and more like rainfall?
Retr0spectrum
Retr0spectrum5 Sep 2014, 19:28
Not bad, but the graphics need a bit of work.
Retr0spectrum
Retr0spectrum5 Sep 2014, 19:29
For some reason the yello lines dissapeared for me about half way through the game.
Kate Kligmanauthor17 Nov 2014, 06:28
Thanks for all the comments. I've added a post-competition version that fixes the laser, uses a custom cursor, and reworks the spawning a bit.

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