An Alien Sniper

by pauljs
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.49
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.36
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.51
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.29
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.46
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.65
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.46
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★100%
It's a story about a man who kill alien with a big weapon in his spacecraft, but this weapon has a soul.
Make with processing.
This is my first Ludum Dare. I have not had time to add sound effects and music loops.
I have use my smartphone and Photofiltre for photographs.
I'm french and my english isn't really great, sorry if i made mistakes.

Comments31

TheLion20 Apr 2015, 01:57
Bien joué Charlie :)
HeskHwis
HeskHwis20 Apr 2015, 14:29
Ça devient franchement coton au bout d'un moment... J'aime bien l'intro et le "IT CRU BECAUSE IT IS SAD" :D
Et les photos sont bien amusantes.
Jakob37
Jakob3720 Apr 2015, 15:49
I enjoyed this! The smoke effect was nice, and I really got into trying to shoot that alien for a while.. Sound would have been nice, but in 48h you can't have it all. Nice job :)
Tasteslikefuture20 Apr 2015, 15:53
Nifty game! Definitely has a lot of potential for expanding. It was fun trying to anticipate enemy movements when you couldn't quite see them. Good work!
Linus Lindberg20 Apr 2015, 15:54
Fun concept! I found it very hard but I might just be bad haha. The graphics are nice and fit well for the game.
Andrew Quartermain20 Apr 2015, 16:02
Very stylish and atmospheric. I like the smoke and the photographs.
celisoft20 Apr 2015, 17:05
L'histoire est bonne et colle parfaitement au thème mais le jeu est très difficile dès le début, c'est dommage.
PTSnoop
PTSnoop20 Apr 2015, 20:04
I had trouble with this one... After successfully sniping about three aliens, the framerate when targetting dropped to about 1fps. At this speed, the alien moved roughly its body length per frame, which - combined with the input lag - made it very difficult to hit. Swapping from Chrome to Firefox didn't make any difference.

It looks like this game's got lots of potential... shame my PC didn't like it. :(
PaulJs
PaulJsauthor20 Apr 2015, 20:10
@PTSnoop It's the gameplay of my game, each successful shot the frameRate is divided by 2. Sorry if that was not clear enough.
ALobker
ALobker20 Apr 2015, 20:51
I also thought the framerate was a bug, but I guess it's an added challenge.

By the way: Sound effects can be created in 2 minutes if you make some funny noises into a microphone.
PaulJs
PaulJsauthor20 Apr 2015, 21:00
@ALobker I created sound effects with Audacity but I use Processing Js and it's pretty hard with him to added sound or sound effet, I have try to add music but the loop didn't work ! In truth I just do not know how it works.
I hope there is no clear explanation for the frame rate will not penalize me ! :(
I'm sorry fot that ! But thanks for playing and comment !
PaulJs
PaulJsauthor20 Apr 2015, 21:01
Oh and the framerate isn't in the Endless mode which has accelerated ship instead.
Fanttum
Fanttum20 Apr 2015, 23:54
An interesting idea, but hard to play. That smoke is like impossible to see in.
Jajo
Jajo21 Apr 2015, 16:13
I have to say, this was hilarious, but needed more sound.
rzfmzn21 Apr 2015, 16:14
good job :)
grillaface
grillaface21 Apr 2015, 16:15
Love the graphics and the music is good. I had a hell of a time hitting anything though, and really missed a good firing sound. Good job!
bentglasstube
bentglasstube21 Apr 2015, 16:16
Interesting concept. The smoke makes it nearly impossible to shoot even before the drinks start kicking in. It also got really choppy after a while
bitdecaygames21 Apr 2015, 22:00
The gameplay was pretty limited. And I'm not sure that it really had much to do with the theme. I like sniper games. So there's that at least...
someone
someone21 Apr 2015, 22:14
Interesting concept. The frame rate thing did feel like a bug. There are probably better ways to increase the difficulty.
Also I don't seem to be able to select anything other than story mode.
PaulJs
PaulJsauthor21 Apr 2015, 22:17
The other two modes are unlocked after finishing the story mode.
Tipyx
Tipyx22 Apr 2015, 06:03
Hum, pretty interresting, but more sfx are welcomed :)
rd127p7722 Apr 2015, 20:51
It is pretty good in terms of your first Ludum Dare entry. I would have made the width of the window larger and the height smaller for smaller monitors I had trouble playing it.
PaulJs
PaulJsauthor22 Apr 2015, 22:50
Sorry for that, I would look for the next Ludum Dare, thank you.
Grouflon23 Apr 2015, 11:50
I don't think it's really in the theme, it's basically a sniper unless I missed something, but the game overall was fun, and I liked the idea behind it, i had a good time playing it :)
TeamCalcium23 Apr 2015, 11:52
Text is cut off a bit in the web version. Still brought some enjoyment.
Coban3123 Apr 2015, 21:34
Pas mal du tout même si c'est pas évident à prendre en main !
lucentbeam25 Apr 2015, 03:08
Very weird, and definitely original.
syncxzoz25 Apr 2015, 04:31
that smoke makes it hard to play.. but i love the story
011011019 May 2015, 14:11
Great Ambiance ! Sweet music and polidhed graphics ! It's a great stroy game but how does it fit into the theme ?

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