Ludum Dare #31compo

StarFighter

by megamasterx

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.68

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.72

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.00

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.13

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.31

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.32

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.53

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.65

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★63%

You're a new recruit that's been deployed to Star Field D56 to take down a pending threat - an alien Spawner capable of producing theoretically infinite armies of enemy ships.

Recommended Resolution: 1280x1024 or any widescreen resolution

====CONTROLS====
Mouse Cursor - Move Ship
L Mouse Button - Fire Cannon
F2 - Escape/Quit Game

====Tools Used====
Unity Pro (Jam License, Thanks LD and Unity!)
GIMP
Audacity
Greenfish Icon Editor Portable
Otomata (http://www.earslap.com/page/otomata.html)
http://unicodesnowmanforyou.com/
Visual Studio 2013

Comments26

Crafting4U8 Dec 2014, 03:27

The audio gave me a space-y or futuristic feel. Anyway, nice short and simple game. :)

Halleflux8 Dec 2014, 03:30

The web version is currently down.

Halleflux8 Dec 2014, 03:36

Overall, it's ok. It doesn't exactly do anything new, but it's fun to watch the enemy fighters fly around the screen at high speeds.

Croze8 Dec 2014, 03:42

Didn't work for me, just got a ship with a barrier that I hit to -50 health and nothing changed

Logun8 Dec 2014, 08:52

Cool voice ! :D Liked it
I enjoyed to see the ennemies comming from nowhere in strange directions ^^
Too easy sadly, I need more bullets on me, and different ennemies !!
A simple more challenging thing could have be a moving mothership, which fire on you !

lisac8 Dec 2014, 13:20

Really enjoyable, I liked that you used voice commands. For a simple game it was very immersive.

Tasteslikefuture8 Dec 2014, 13:43

Nice shooter, though I found distinguishing the bullets from passing stars to be a little difficult. Great work!

Jupitron8 Dec 2014, 13:59

Nice voice acting! It reminds me that im a little kid playing with my toys (now making games...)
I love space shooter games and this one is good but i wanted to go to base after defeating the ship.

chadheim8 Dec 2014, 15:19

Needs more explosions! Otherwise nice idea and enjoyed the voice acting :-)

MegaMasterXauthor8 Dec 2014, 15:25

@Cladheim: Explosions were planned and are actually implemented for the Spawner, but the script that makes it tick...I couldn't get it working in time. Thanks!

Saturnyn8 Dec 2014, 15:50

It would be nicer if we didn't have to mash mouse button to shoot imho.
Good work anyway :)

frondeus8 Dec 2014, 16:44

It's kinda simple to win and I didn't know when enemies shoot me. But I like this voice ;)

paps8 Dec 2014, 16:47

Love the voice acting, and with the background noise it felt like I was there. Good job. One question though, is that bananas as projectile/laser?

MegaMasterXauthor8 Dec 2014, 16:56

@Paps: It's just a blob, really. Promise! :}

Linus Lindberg8 Dec 2014, 18:05

Hey, solid entry! A little too easy perhaps (or too short?). Keep up the good work!

TheScragglyMan8 Dec 2014, 18:09

Loved the voice acting, Very simple game, i enjoyed it and felt good winning :D haha nice work

AlSweigart8 Dec 2014, 18:23

Decent game.

andysolace8 Dec 2014, 20:30

Decent game, with great voice acting :D

That, with the cartoony feel of the... *ahem* "Rock-it..." reminded me of my son playing with his toys lol.

Very easy, but I guess that's no big deal. Making the Spawner move through space would have been a simple way to make it a little more challenging, perhaps?

Rated well :)

ianh9 Dec 2014, 01:40

All those hours playing Cookie Clicker finally paid off!

ianh9 Dec 2014, 01:40

All those hours playing Cookie Clicker finally payed off!

Silii9 Dec 2014, 13:36

Onky 40$ in pizza budget ? need more !
haha, joke, nice work, maybe need more work on the Star Field D56 graphics to enjoy the player :)

Jupiter_Hadley9 Dec 2014, 17:52

Love the narration! I Included it in part 3 of my Ludum Dare 31 compilation video series, if you would like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/81u-vDEfxwU

mrexcessive9 Dec 2014, 18:18

Hi there. Nice short game. Destroyed spawner and finished. Nice effects, like the movement patterns of the alien fighters/small-craft. Good job!

Slothmachine11 Dec 2014, 18:23

Great game. Nice encouragement in audio :D

AdventureIslands11 Dec 2014, 18:32

not bad, short and simple, the audio was a nice touch. Wish there had been a great explosion of the spawner in the end, now it was little anti-climatic.