This is my entry for the Ludum Dare 30 - 48hr Compo, the theme of which is "Connected Worlds". This game was made in the 12 hrs free time I had during the 48hrs of the competition. It's a very simple 1 button game for kids aged 4-8, that switches between 2 connected worlds:
Green World = Fight. Collect the stars to increase your score and press the Space Bar to shoot the enemies but try not to shoot too many stars!
Pink World = Flight. Avoid the rocks and jump out of the way of the enemy bullets!
Gameplay video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ev7x762WFQ
I hope you and your children have as much fun playing this game as I had making it. Cheers, Ben.
EDIT: Just wanted to say thanks to everyone that has played my game WARP of the WORLDS and taken some time to rate it and give me some feedback in the comments.
The new global high score is 3738, if you manage to beat that please Tweet a screenshot from the main menu to me: @ThumbsBlue (Note: to get back to the main menu from the Game Over screen press "L").
WARP of the WORLDS: Fight and Flight v2.0
I've now updated WARP WORLDS with all of the things I wanted to, forgot to and ran out of time to add in for the Ludum Dare 30 - 48hr Compo.
It's still a very simple 1 button game but it's now aimed at kids aged 4-10 (due to the slightly increased difficulty), that switches between 2 connected worlds:
Green World = Fight. Collect the stars to increase your score and press the Space Bar to shoot the enemies but try not to shoot too many stars!
Pink World = Flight. Avoid the rocks and jump out of the way of the enemy bullets!
This updated version includes: - The ememies in World 1 now jump randomly. - The player in World 1 and the enemy in World 2 now slowly creep forwards. - The enemy in World 2 now shoots bullets at a random timing for every time you enter World 2. - The warp points in World 1 and World 2 now spawn randomly at different times, every time you enter a world. - Increased the bonus score to 25 points for shooting enemies and jumping over enemy bullets. - Increased the penalty score for shooting stars and hitting rocks to 25 points. - Tweaks to some of the graphics including a new Game Over screen.
If you would like to play a Windows .exe version of this game send an email to [email protected]
You can watch a quick gameplay video of WARP WORLDS v2.0:
Funny and a bit face palming to look through my concept notes for WARP WORLDS. For example I totally forgot that I was going to make the World 1 pink enemy jump! That would have been so easy to do and would have made World 1 a lot better! >_< I'll add it in post LD30.
Thanks! I'm glad you like the graphics and that's funny because they're what I spent the least amount of time on and what I was most horrified with when submitting. Haha
I gave it a few goes. Interesting idea making the stars destructible. I don't know what those things are, but they look funny, so that made me smile. I enjoyed it.
Thanks for the feedback everyone! The new global high score is 3738, if you manage to beat that please Tweet a screenshot from the main menu to me: @ThumbsBlue (Note: to get back to the main menu from the Game Over screen press "L". Also if anyone is interested in playing this game after I update it (a non LD30 version) with various features I forgot to put and extended game play, please send an email to [email protected]. Cheers, Ben.
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The new global high score is 3738, if you manage to beat that please Tweet a screenshot from the main menu to me: @ThumbsBlue (Note: to get back to the main menu from the Game Over screen press "L". Also if anyone is interested in playing this game after I update it (a non LD30 version) with various features I forgot to put and extended game play, please send an email to [email protected].
Cheers, Ben.