Player will find out what the title means ! Hope you'll like it. It's very short btw.. didn't have time to develop more stages / gameplay.
have fun ! =)
FULLY SUPPORT GAMEPAD ! (xbox one at least)
Select or "F" to toggle fullscreen.
CONTROLS :
GAMEPAD : button A to jump. button X to run (pressed). button B to shoot. you can use analog stick to move (not in menus) or Dpad.
KEYBOARD : (yes sorry no wasd keys, i like azerty people.) ARROWS to move. numpad 2 to jump. numpad 1 to run. numpad 5 to shoot.
Start & select is "M" or "enter" or "escape".
Here you go. And no its not a virus if your "antivirus software" says so... It's just an exe file. If you antivirus or chrome or whatever says something. Just force copy the game on DESKTOP and run it from there. Should work all the time !
I feel like some sort of in-game tutorial would help a ton. It took a bit for me to figure out what was going on. That, and the default controls are very awkward. It would be nice to be able to remap them.
Hay Pachow, thanks for your comment. Default control should be fine i think, you can use a gamepad, or keyboard if you prefer. I wish i had the time to add more ways to "inform" the player about what's going on, but i quite like the idea of leting them figure out. Title should tell you a lot .
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Kyozumo20 Apr 2015, 03:28
The idea is great, with a nice twiat to it.
You'll have to play it atleast two times to get it right. Could use more stages. Even if it was more of the same.
And the controls are weird. The game would benefit of a wasd spacebar default control scheme.
Even if a game is short, in LD what matters is how it was implemented. In that case, this game provides you with a neat unexpected weapon along with some cartoony graphics that set the aesthetic of the game.
It was short, yes. Was it fun and original? Absolutely.
@NeoRoshi's comment is so funny but also so true :P Nice twist, I had a great laugh when it happened. Great idea, the red slimes are hard to beat though, I feel like they are impossible to dodge because they are so fast.
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TaoPhoenix20 Apr 2015, 09:48
Okay, here's a bit of a controversial post. At least part of my audience is the game reviewers.
This is also, the Age of Information. That also includes game spoilers!
Arrow keys move, and the 5 key spits out a green blob to help you fight the existing red blobs. But if you bomb the screen, then you find they all flip and turn into angry red enemies and you die!
Instead, only split out about 2-3 green ones. Then when a couple of them left turn red, the same 5 key shoots stars to kill them.
You should be able to win in about 30 seconds.
I think LD games should angle a bit past a "1 time joke", and more towards a repeatable game in itself. A game that is easy to beat is fine - just don't make it so the entire gameplay relies on first-play ignorance!
Solid mechanics, I got startled when my blobs turned on me! When playing with a keyboard I couldn't figure out what the start button was to restart the game after dying :S
I agree with the other posters about the controls. It seems like you tried to remap the gamepad controls to the keyboard and it is just a little awkward. A WASD control scheme might work better.
My heart stopped for a microsecond. I should take this less seriously. Great twist anyway. On the keyboard, what is the start button ? I have figured how to retry without restarting the program completely.
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The idea is really neat though.
Default control should be fine i think, you can use a gamepad, or keyboard if you prefer.
I wish i had the time to add more ways to "inform" the player about what's going on, but i quite like the idea of leting them figure out. Title should tell you a lot .
You'll have to play it atleast two times to get it right. Could use more stages. Even if it was more of the same.
And the controls are weird. The game would benefit of a wasd spacebar default control scheme.
Even if a game is short, in LD what matters is how it was implemented. In that case, this game provides you with a neat unexpected weapon along with some cartoony graphics that set the aesthetic of the game.
It was short, yes. Was it fun and original? Absolutely.
Gr8 game 8/8 would gameover again
This is also, the Age of Information. That also includes game spoilers!
Arrow keys move, and the 5 key spits out a green blob to help you fight the existing red blobs. But if you bomb the screen, then you find they all flip and turn into angry red enemies and you die!
Instead, only split out about 2-3 green ones. Then when a couple of them left turn red, the same 5 key shoots stars to kill them.
You should be able to win in about 30 seconds.
I think LD games should angle a bit past a "1 time joke", and more towards a repeatable game in itself. A game that is easy to beat is fine - just don't make it so the entire gameplay relies on first-play ignorance!
By the way,
The DonationCoder LudumDare 32 April 2015 thread is here:
http://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=40573.0
It happens to be their 10th anniversary! I don't program myself ... so I am unleasing Weapons Grade Enthusiasm!
If you stop by DonationCoder, please put in the code/tag LudumDare-Tao so they will know it's my doings that brought you in! I'm not
part of any of the site structure ... just doing my bit for my favorite site on the net!
Also over there, I post a few of my detailed reviews of some LD games.
--TaoPhoenix
And no problem with controls either.
simple , you use gamepad (xbox) or keyboard.
with keyboard its on the right , arrows and :
numpad 1 to run. numpad 2 to jump. numpad 5 to shoot.
easy ha ? on top of that, its better than WASD keys that doesn't take in account the fact many people can have an azerty keyboard.
have fun.
All we need now are a bunch more levels... maybe some other colours of slimes that interact in a rock-paper-scissors kind of system?
Yep the game actually is more of a gimmick, a 48h concept on the theme.
I had to play until I won, so it's a successful game.
The gameplay is good and the end keeps you on your toes.
Good job!
I liked the twist and the gameplay.