Ludum Dare #31compo

The 5th Layer

by iaknihs

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.88

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.06

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.03

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.39

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.27

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.09

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.46

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.50

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★58%

The Story of a lone Fire Elemental trying to prove his worth... By Destroying all the Snow Golems!

Controls:
WASD - movement
SPACE - shooting
LeftShift - slowing down (this also shows your hitbox!)
ESC - pause/quit

OSX: The OSX version may not run correctly (using lwjgl natives) - Not sure why!

Original Release and Post-LD Versions: (See "Version History.txt" for more Information)
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/os6bmjd5s8ehu86/AADjQ8iuk6cEHnWqNJHV10b-a

Last Post-LD update: +added HP-Bar to Cloud-Boss
Currently testing (available in link up above, too):
+Added Menu -> Options, -> Info
+Added new Enemies
+Added Enemy Movement

Comments22

BtheDestroyer7 Dec 2014, 20:58

Nice little bullet hell :)

Wezley7 Dec 2014, 21:33

This game is insane! Nice job! :)

LedgeTheDev7 Dec 2014, 22:35

Nice

wandersenus7 Dec 2014, 23:33

remind me of the japanese game tohou

Mopz8 Dec 2014, 08:34

I died a couple of times, difficult but fun!

wandersenus8 Dec 2014, 09:30

Pretty fun game!!!

Rulrite8 Dec 2014, 14:44

Simple, yet very moreish... I think you did a great job with the difficulty, although I haven't gotten past the third phase yet!

Iakauthor8 Dec 2014, 18:19

There are currently only 3 phases - I already started working on more though!

davesoft8 Dec 2014, 18:42

Nice bullet-hell game, the player bullets need to have more impact, maybe add a few fluff enemies to show that your gun does actually work.
Keep working on it, great start :D

The Jahn8 Dec 2014, 18:44

Gotta dig bullet hells.

harley778 Dec 2014, 20:16

Crashed on OS X :(

Iakauthor8 Dec 2014, 21:05

I don't have a Mac to test it myself, I just exported to OSX using the standard files provided with lwjgl - if you have any specific errors appearing I could try to find a fix...

eusekerci9 Dec 2014, 12:13

nice game, but a lit hard

HolyBlackCat9 Dec 2014, 20:28

Nice, but too hard for me. Can't beat the boss. D:
By the way, I fixed my game, now it should run on your PC. Thank you for that report!

Wezley9 Dec 2014, 23:27

Nice game haha, you deserve a 2nd rating as well! :p I love the game!

triplefox11 Dec 2014, 01:39

I won!

Wakka12 Dec 2014, 12:04

funny game haha :)

RockhopperGames14 Dec 2014, 11:56

A fun little shooter, but I'd suggest adding a hitsound for when you hit the enemies, and a slight delay between enemies being killed and new enemies spawning, since the first snowman you kill looks like it summons two more at half health, instead of being replaced by three.

naufr4g014 Dec 2014, 12:00

The game needs visual feedback for shots that hit the target (flashing enemy or something else). Anyway the game is fun and i just did it! It needs also more levels.

Iakauthor14 Dec 2014, 18:47

working on more levels already, visual/audio feedback for hitting enemies is a good idea, too.
Animations for enemies moving onto the screen rather than them just appearing there are already done and will be uploaded once I am relatively certain it causes no gamebreaking bugs.

Thanks for the feedback!