Keep the falling pieces from reaching the bottom of the screen.
Controls: Move mouse to aim, click to shoot.
The game was made in ~22 hours, from start to finish. I had a graduation party of one of my best friends this weekend, so I wasn't able to work on it for more than that.
Update: People seems to like it a lot! I'm so glad... Thank you! I'm thinking about making a better version and posting here for feedback. If you have any ideas, feel free to share!
I'm speechless. Was this really made in under 48 hours? Amazing work! I love how the game feels, controls, the music and most definetly the animations! They are incredible! I could honestly see myself playing this on my phone. I also love the little things: that little screen shake, chaining kills, and how the game 'restarts' is awesome! All of this feels so dynamic and beautiful.
Very nicely done. I thought it started a little slow, and then got hard really fast before I could find a good rhythm. You should totally make this a mobile game cause that would be a super easy port.
Oh my gosh that was good! The particle trails were awesome, the laser was awesome, sounds, awesome, and fitted perfectly with the theme! Awesome job dude!
Solid, fun, focused, and polished. No really weak categories, and lots of nice touches. You had me at the clever way of starting the game! I also really like the explosions and pushback on the triangles, very satisfying to push a triangle into a crowd and light them all up at once. It feels like there's depth there I haven't touched yet, which is really impressive for as simple a game as it appears to be (let alone one created in 48 hours)!
I think there's great comments about the game about graphics, audio, gameplay and even idea about it, so I'll not repeat all these complements. But I'll say one think very tiny but I really enjoy it: the background. Looks like he's alive, I love it. Great entry. Two cents: sometimes it's impossible to hit them all. A simple solution is a bomb.
Good game =) It could have some sorts of power ups for changing the pacing a little and help the player when the game gets a little more difficult, still just keeping the one button gameplay though. Simples mas bem massa =)
The reaction of shooting the enemies is so well done, like that they get pushed back and you can use them against each other. Great job making this in 22hrs and looking forward to seeing the mobile version.
oh my god, the little deluge at the end ._. This game concept is so nice and clean, and so juiced up! I especially love your placement of the hit bar. It makes it a lot easier to see your health, so you don't have to keep looking at the top of the screen like usual. I wish I were better at this... I felt like it gets a bit fast a bit quick, and the amount of force it takes to push a triangle back away from you, along with the lack of horizontal control, made it very hard for me to get anywhere at all even though I played four or five times. I get the feeling that I still don't really "get" this game, as much as I wanted to. Maybe a little bit more scaffolding near the beginning? Having the particles speed up a bit, too, as the game goes on, and starting slower, would probably help a lot. This is sort of an "active puzzle game" like Tetris, and I feel like future design should maybe follow the same principles.
Looks great, feels great, handles great, is great! Thank you for the great game!
Wow, this game is very cool! (and very hard, I like it!) Perfect for mobile devices! The game could have some powerups to improve the player's shot (the default laser is awesome, by the way). And like other users said above, your game is nicely polished, great work! =D
Awesome! First polished game I've played so far, so I really appreciated it!
Nice job with the menu/tutorial system. Love it when I see this done well. The music was also great. And the controls worked really well on my touchscreen pc. A nice touch how the gun can also deflect particles.
Oh, I also found a way to cheat your game. If you quickly move the gun back and forth you can create a barrier of triangles that then block all the other particles. Then, whenever you want to get points just blow one up and they'll all explode!
I originally thought the triangles moved at constant velocity, and the idea was to change their velocity so they flew back to the top and off the screen, which I thought was cool, and a new take on the shmup style game genre. But then I realised that lasing them for long enough just made them explode.
My only criticism is that that the theme didn't really effect the game in a meaningful way - although doing that was more difficult this time.
For some reason I got my best score the first time, 61.
This game gets really challenging fast. Well done. I Included it in part 14 of my Ludum Dare 31 compilation video series, if you would like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/3dnkCRJktbw
Best entry I've seen so far. Kudos!