HINT: Each enemy has a different health value. Try using different shot combinations to find the most efficient way to kill them, and earn back score.
This is my first Ludum Dare Jam game, so please be as honest as possible!
Known Bugs/Updates: For some reason, when you use a smartbomb, your score and your # of enemies killed doesn't update properly. I'll see if i can find a solution soon.
4/23/2015: Fixed an issue where the enemies were not giving the right amount of points when killed.
Greens should give 5 points, Yellows shoukd give 16 points, and Reds should give 40 points.
Credits:
Design, Development, Audio, Graphics, Balancing : Jordan Johnson (me)
Font: kenpixel by Kenney
Boss Battle Jingle: Atari's Pitfall - Vine Fanfare
I thought this was a clever idea, though having only three enemies meant it was rather quick to solve. I beat it the first time. The sound was unpleasantly piercing. I think the concept could be evolved into something quite nice. Good job!
I was surprised by how fun I found this! Only suggestion I would make would be to balance it a bit; dominant strategy is to just shoot the green ones. Maybe get more points for destroying the others?
Very cool game! There was an element of strategy to it that's not like most space-style shooters. The problem being, I don't think the best strategy is the one you wanted it to be. It looks like every enemy gives you the same amount of points. So all you have to do is shoot only the weakest enemies and dodge everything else. That's what I did on my second runthrough, spamming 10-shots at the boss whenever I could, and it wasn't too hard.
Fun little game! I thought it was an interesting risk/reward concept. However I wish there were more enemies as well health bars to help gauge how much score each type took.
Noted, CornflowerBlue. I purposefully inflated the amount of point you made just to see how players react. I fully understand if it feels a bit too easy. If more player feedback is similar, I'll be sure to scale down the point value on the Red and Yellow enemies, for sure.
Solid shooter. I like the element of different bullets only hurting different enemies. I think the game could be improved when focusing on that specific feature.
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Awsome first submit.
Great job!
Greens should give 5 points, Yellows shoukd give 16 points, and Reds should give 40 points.
Otherwise, score = ammo. Pretty generic to me.