Solo entry: kakarotsan Contest: Jam 25 August 2015
Dependencies python 2.7.6 pygame 1.9.1
How to Run
From the command line type: python main.py
How to Play Arrow keys move the UFO. Space bar fires bullets. Hold down the space bar for continuous fire. Left control uses a nuke (1 equipped, but not shown). Nuke erases all enemy fire. Get past all of the spaceships to win. Destroy all of the ships to get the highest score possible.
Disclaimers BGM is not owned by me. The song is "Metroid" by the Minibosses. Sound effects were created at www.bfxr.net. Hexagon shield and bullets were created by myself. Planet, UFO, and spaceships are public domain.
Pretty good! The choice of music gives an interesting feel. The slowly scrolling earth in the background works good too. The gameplay is actually pretty fun too!
IMO you could've brainstormed up a better idea to go with a theme. There's really too many space games every LD just because people don't even try to innovate.
I tried the source version on Ubuntu and it works great. That's a huge download. It's not a huge deal, but that 13MB png of the Earth could probably be cut down quite a bit if you saved it as jpg, plus you only actually see the corner of it in the game.
Anyway, the game is not bad but way too short and easy, I would say. Not a ton of replay value. Music was a good choice.
I tried to launch you game but I get this error :
self.screen = pygame.display.set_mode(GV.resolution, pygame.FULLSCREEN, 32)
pygame.error: No video mode large enough for 1920x1080
My videocard only can go on 1440x900 max
(btw, i found a was to more or less launch my game on Linux)