Secret Weapons Factory!

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.36
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.35
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.32
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.16
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.45
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.91
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.86
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★75%
Welcome to the Secret Weapons Factory!

The objective is to build many terrible weapons for the military to use against the incredibly rude pink aliens.

The game is won when the military finally have enough weapons to win the war.

Sadly though, the game is lost when you or your staff are swamped and eaten buy the pink alien hordes.

Such is life in weapons research . . .

Comments25

BabaJaga21 Apr 2015, 17:20
I can see only purple screen :(
spin-down
spin-downauthor21 Apr 2015, 19:53
Dang it! Game breaking bug which only took me a few minutes to fix. I've re-uploaded it now and should work fine. thanks BadaJaga!
Zeriver
Zeriver21 Apr 2015, 21:56
I like the concept and gameplay is pretty cool too.
dunin
dunin22 Apr 2015, 11:53
Nice graphics. But I don't really understand how it works and the mouse aiming is pretty hard to control.
Acrimiens
Acrimiens22 Apr 2015, 18:20
MInimalist and Fun! Good!
HotBoxGames
HotBoxGames22 Apr 2015, 20:18
I like that you have to pass the items along the chain, good idea! Nice entry
MFEP22 Apr 2015, 20:22
i like the concept, but it becomes boring after a few waves :/
KhaoTom
KhaoTom22 Apr 2015, 20:34
Cool minimal retro arcade style. The gameplay is interesting, I like the split between fighting the hordes and running the factory. The player's own weapon is pretty weak, which gives the game a hectic feel. It would be nice to be able to actually use some of those weapons we are building though.
shrapx
shrapx23 Apr 2015, 09:58
Fun mechanics in this game. I wonder if anyone has managed to survive the pink alien hordes indefinitely? My score: 467400 / 5 weapons made.
Prowler
Prowler24 Apr 2015, 15:02
This is fun to play :D Very creative game design. I also like the graphics. Reminds me of the C64 Mafia game. Good job! Bust a move!
Tanser24 Apr 2015, 15:02
Interesting entry!
plokdev24 Apr 2015, 19:27
You should have allowed people to rate the game on graphics. I thought it looked pretty nice.

I enjoyed it once I figured out what to do. I'm not sure how to save my researchers though, which seems to be the thing that gives you a game over. The writing is very funny.
spin-down
spin-downauthor24 Apr 2015, 20:08
Thank you all for the comments.

@polkdev
I personally liked how the graphics style came out but, at the time, seeing the efforts others had put into their own art, I thought it would be a bit cheeky to add it. On reflection however you're right, so I've now added it to the vote categories.
CarlsonAndPeeters25 Apr 2015, 06:08
Nice stuff! Really like the idea of managing research/building while also fending off enemies. I think the fighting enemies part could be improved though; they could be more threatening of a foe, and maybe not be so far away from the research. Great job!
frosty
frosty26 Apr 2015, 00:15
Really interesting gameplay, mixing the multi-step weapons development and tactical combat. I agree with the others that the minimal graphics work really well. Nice work!
Sytech26 Apr 2015, 14:48
I liked the minimalistic presentation. Fun concept!
Good job!
jprogman
jprogman26 Apr 2015, 21:57
The shooting is rather frustrating to work with. I do wish for the shooting angle to be more precise so the aiming would be more forgiving.
I love the little auction feature!
Bastienre4
Bastienre427 Apr 2015, 15:59
I'm sad there is only a Windows version, I would love to try out this game.
diegomachado
diegomachado28 Apr 2015, 16:34
I really like the research/defend/manage loop mechanics! Great job!
Tselmek
Tselmek29 Apr 2015, 20:09
Nice gameplay, it was pretty fun. I'd suggest to balance the difficulty a bit more so that we can survive longer and not run out of money so easily. Also it would be nice if we were able to run several steps of the chain at the same, but that's just my point of view. Good job!
lizard455
lizard4552 May 2015, 17:23
Pretty interesting! I enjoyed playing this and how it makes you think about how to spend the cash you have.
mathmadlen2 May 2015, 19:46
Very interesting concept! The design is pretty good, I really liked the minimalistic graphics, good job!
reiknight
reiknight7 May 2015, 20:29
Good job! I love the mechanics and the graphics :D. It's a bit repetitive but entertaining.
Yoon
Yoon8 May 2015, 10:21
I'm taken back to the time of the Atari Flashback. I loved the weapon suggestions and the gameplay requires some management skills while being right into the action.

I would lower the alien's resistance or reduce the cost of guards, because the feeling of firing everywhere like crazy and not killing anyone is a bit frustrating.

Otherwise it was very enjoyable. Well played.
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