Nice game! I would have preferred a bit faster movement for the player and the enemies, and it became very easy after obtaining the first and second bonus shots. But I had a good time, and it would be interesting to see where it could end up in the future if it was to be further developed :)
I was amused by how with tons of gun upgrades, this game basically became a reverse bullet hell by wave 20-30. Enemies were barely able to get on screen.
Thanks for allt he feedback! For those asking about background music. There actually is a tune but it seems I set the volume too low, and it stops playing after a while (bug).
While the game works from mechanical point of view, it is just a regular shooter with sprites replaced by something related to the theme - hey you even have regular explosions. I think the idea of a shooter with cakes and sugar is good, but the mechanics and graphics should do better job at supporting it - enemies could explode into small candy bars, you could protect innocent teeth from onslaught of sugar and pickup toothbrush powerups... Or thinks could just become stick by contact with sugar...
It's not that innovative, but it's well put together! Gameplay feels smooth, and enemy movement patterns are interesting. It's a shame it gives so many powerups to render the enemies powerless after a while...
Would be cool if the level scaling gave the enemies multiple hitpoints so you can't just cheese them as they spawn onto the screen :)
That pear becomes incredibly owerpowered once you manage to stack up a few power-ups. All you have to do is stay at the bottom of the screen and keep the space bar pressed. I think it could have been interesting if each fired melon caused you some kind of penalty... making it both good and bad to fire such huge blasts. Anyway, well done. Hope to see you in future LDs! =D
The programming language and most of the tools were new to me and I had many plans for the game. But as LD veterans have told me, you start boldly and then just cut away features until you fit into the deadline!
I hope I can make the time to implement some of your great suggestions.
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But as far as gameplay goes, it's pretty solid! Good graphics and audio.
Technically the game seems to run great despite the high numbers of bullets flying around, which is very important in a game like this.
Would've really loved to have music to go with the blasting though!
For those asking about background music. There actually is a tune but it seems I set the volume too low, and it stops playing after a while (bug).
Would be cool if the level scaling gave the enemies multiple hitpoints so you can't just cheese them as they spawn onto the screen :)
Anyway, well done. Hope to see you in future LDs! =D
The programming language and most of the tools were new to me and I had many plans for the game. But as LD veterans have told me, you start boldly and then just cut away features until you fit into the deadline!
I hope I can make the time to implement some of your great suggestions.