I decided to fool around with a new style this Ludum Dare: Diagonal pixels! It was weird to program, but I love how it turned out.
I incorporated both themes: - Your goal as the DESEEDER is to destroy all of the seeds, otherwise you'll feed the giant plant following you! - Your controls are only UP and DOWN. Shooting is automatic.
Press P to pause, and M to mute.
Hope you all really enjoy the game! Let me know your scores! :D
Pretty spiffy game! Diagonal pixels look damn awesome (although you probably didn't have to tilt the whole screen for it)! Rather difficult, though, but not unfair!
5611 high score maybe? For some reason, the tutorial was WAY more difficult for me than the game itself. It took forever for me to time the 3 shots so that each of the obstacles got two shots each. I felt like one should be enough.
Unique idea with the diagonal pixels! Nice audio too.
I really enjoyed this game! The graphics are simple but nice. The diagonal look is a cool twist on the classic 8-bit theme. The music fit well, and the gameplay and controls were really fluid.
(Working high score table too!)
Not sure how hard this would be, but something that you could do is space things out so that the sound effects sync up with the rhythm of the music. This is something pretty minor, but as a rhythm game player, this would make the game complete for me.
Very nice! I like the rotated graphics, the audio is cool - I can really see myself playing this from time to time, should this become a mobile port at some time.
Love the diagonal pixel style! The music is very well done and all around this game is fantastic! I'd love to see a post compo version with more variety.
So many comments! Thank you all! <3 I will be checking out everyone's games soon, I promise!
Danidre: I can't say for sure if I'll participate in the next one! It's really hard planning around my school schedule. And I have an exam to take today, so thanks for the good luck :D
JanGames & tgrehawi: I should have totally spent more time adding more variation to the walls!
Justinooncx & Aurel Bílý & Fanttum: Getting mixed comments on difficulty! I really need to figure out how to balance this :) Fanttum, the shots end on the screen as a gameplay element. You can always see your bullets and plan their locations - also it gives you a chance to see incoming walls and stuff before you destroy them)
GAFBlizzard & killthealias & esayitch: The tutorial is too difficult? I must really be used to it by now. Thanks for letting me know! :)
gkxd: A rhythm game! That would actually be pretty cool, but that would be so difficult to balance with gameplay xD Thanks!
Gyfis: I had mobile in mind when I made the resolution! I might work on it after Spike Tower!
Waynetron: The hardest part was trying to make the game balanced with constant shooting! Thanks!
Wow, great job! The diagonal pixel idea works really well, and goes a good job to set this game apart from the flurry of pixel art we see every Ludum Dare (including from myself.)
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adiaden15 Dec 2015, 02:55
Zanzlanz, I watched you make this from the first minute, and seeing what it has become in 48 hours just amazes me. Keep up the good work, and keep on making games! :D
Wow - this is one of the most polished endless games I've seen this Ludum Dare so far! I love the sound effects and the dynamic camera shake when you destroy objects. Keep up the good work - I look forward to seeing more of your work!
Great music and SFX! The pixel art is very pixel-ized and retro in a very good way. This game is well stylized. It is probably just me but I wish my bullets went a bit farther as I have trouble shooting all the seeds that appear. Loved it.
Wow. One of the sickest game I've played on Ludum Dare yet. The diagonal pixel idea is freaking me out! Nostalgia...
But the best thing is the music. Completely unbelievable you did that during the compo! It's actually so good, I have it running in endless loop in the background ATM... Yes, it's repetitive after a while, but I also like Underworld and Crystal Method ;-)
Wow, slick all-arounder here, it's got nice gameplay, plus good graphics and sound, plus a soundtrack... that's a lot for a compo entry!
Great job. Only nitpick I could offer is that a few times I was confused about when I got hit, otherwise it was all clear and fun. The tutorial was well done, I usually find them intrusive but not in this case.
Very cool game! Loved the music, and somehow the sound effects when I shot enemies seemed to sync up to the music.
Nice to see an entry that focus so much on the juicy-ness /game feel. I'm not a huge fan of the graphics, it just seems like a big blur to me so something a bit crisper would be great.
But the gameplay is really the reason why I come back to this game! Well done!
Very cool entry! I love the graphics style, and the music is very entertaining! The gameplay is simple yet challenging, and most of all, quite fun to play! Congrats for putting this out in 48h hours only, it's very polished fast-paced game :)
Wow! Awesome game, really =) Art syle looking interesting. Game mechanic is perfect! Like the challenge, it's fun and very adictive, man! Like that I can destroy walls, it's really cool feature =) Very solid entry, man!
Thanks again everyone for the kind feedback!!! I did make a post compo version that improves in most of the areas you guys mentioned. The level design was fixed, the tutorial is 4% easier, and I added a scoreboard (There you go, @CrownCity :D)! I really slacked off on playing everyone's games, but I still plan on getting to it soon. I want to rate everyone back and give feedback if I can. Love your games so far! <3
Thanks @ButtonMasherBros for checking out the game! I wish I had a way to make it more obvious that the seeds feed the plant and make you lose a heart!
And thank you Jupiter_Hadley for playing too! Your commentary is always pleasant and to the point. Keep up the great work!
I love the graphics, and the gameplay was great. The only thing that bothered me was that the walls to get to extra hearts took too long to break, and had no indication of damage.
@TerraCottaFrog - Agreed: walls do show damage in the postcompo version (they turn red - making them shader was confusing to the player), but I still never decided on a good way to provide hearts. :D
WOAH GUYS! Thanks so much for voting me so high on the audio! That's the highest I've been rated in any category before (the last was 9th in audio for Str1ngle). <3
Otherwise pretty decent scores. Thank you everyone for playing! ;D
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Fixed. Thank you.
Thank you for participating in this jam, and please do so next time.
Good luck in your exams!!! :D
Unique idea with the diagonal pixels! Nice audio too.
(Working high score table too!)
Not sure how hard this would be, but something that you could do is space things out so that the sound effects sync up with the rhythm of the music. This is something pretty minor, but as a rhythm game player, this would make the game complete for me.
Nice job!
Well done on all counts!
Amazing graphics, sound is fantastic, gameplay is straigh forward and very effective. Great work and good luck ^_^
Danidre: I can't say for sure if I'll participate in the next one! It's really hard planning around my school schedule. And I have an exam to take today, so thanks for the good luck :D
JanGames & tgrehawi: I should have totally spent more time adding more variation to the walls!
Justinooncx & Aurel Bílý & Fanttum: Getting mixed comments on difficulty! I really need to figure out how to balance this :)
Fanttum, the shots end on the screen as a gameplay element. You can always see your bullets and plan their locations - also it gives you a chance to see incoming walls and stuff before you destroy them)
GAFBlizzard & killthealias & esayitch: The tutorial is too difficult? I must really be used to it by now. Thanks for letting me know! :)
gkxd: A rhythm game! That would actually be pretty cool, but that would be so difficult to balance with gameplay xD Thanks!
Gyfis: I had mobile in mind when I made the resolution! I might work on it after Spike Tower!
Waynetron: The hardest part was trying to make the game balanced with constant shooting! Thanks!
Oh a nice addition to this would be the possibility to beat other highscores
I really like it!
One of the sickest game I've played on Ludum Dare yet. The diagonal pixel idea is freaking me out! Nostalgia...
But the best thing is the music. Completely unbelievable you did that during the compo! It's actually so good, I have it running in endless loop in the background ATM... Yes, it's repetitive after a while, but I also like Underworld and Crystal Method ;-)
Definitely one of my favorite games this LD! Now excuse me while I go play Deseeder OST on repeat.
I can see a lot of work has gone into the music, good job with that. Plenty of polish all around.
Great job. Only nitpick I could offer is that a few times I was confused about when I got hit, otherwise it was all clear and fun. The tutorial was well done, I usually find them intrusive but not in this case.
Loved the music, and somehow the sound effects when I shot enemies seemed to sync up to the music.
Nice to see an entry that focus so much on the juicy-ness /game feel.
I'm not a huge fan of the graphics, it just seems like a big blur to me so something a bit crisper would be great.
But the gameplay is really the reason why I come back to this game! Well done!
Very solid entry, man!
I really slacked off on playing everyone's games, but I still plan on getting to it soon. I want to rate everyone back and give feedback if I can. Love your games so far! <3
Thanks @ButtonMasherBros for checking out the game! I wish I had a way to make it more obvious that the seeds feed the plant and make you lose a heart!
And thank you Jupiter_Hadley for playing too! Your commentary is always pleasant and to the point. Keep up the great work!
This definitely deserves the top 100!
Otherwise pretty decent scores. Thank you everyone for playing! ;D