Ludum Dare #34compo

StarNinja vs SpaceHydra

by linkigi

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.14

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.86

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.57

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.95

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.20

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.94

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★35%

GAMEPAD SUPPORTED (but keyboard works just as well)
Both Themes, '2 button controls' and 'growing'

Avoid, shoot and reflect bullets into the SpaceHydras 3 heads
Be careful because they will GROW BACK

Programming/ Engine - GML, GameMaker:Studio
Art - Paint
SFX - sfxr
Music - Garage Band (The music changes based on how powerful the hydra is)

-- Controls --

Use Z or up arrow to:
jump (hold)
double jump (double tap then hold)
(you hover for a bit when holding 'jump')

use X or spacebar to:
Shoot
reflect (when a bullet is in front of you)

Bullets move up ranks when they are reflected. Do not get in the way of a bullet that is a higher rank than you. Reflect anything else.

Hydra heads will reflect anything that is a lower rank than them too.

I strongly recommend that you read the 'HOW TO PLAY & CONTROLS' included with every copy!

Try and beat 1000 points
Comments and criticism are very welcome

Genres: action

Comments11

fishbrain14 Dec 2015, 11:46

Nice simple style. Controls are interesting, kinda got the hang of them.

exhidor15 Dec 2015, 16:44

I like the graphic style of the characters !

Indie L15 Dec 2015, 16:46

Very good.Simple and funny and easy to play.

ohmmus15 Dec 2015, 16:49

Fun! Took a while for me to get the reflect mechanic down, but other than that, no complaints! good work!

Rulrite15 Dec 2015, 16:57

A fun little game! It took me a while to get the hang of it, but you did a great job with the two-button controls.

AzureAspect15 Dec 2015, 18:31

I was hoping to win the hydra, but the hydra beat me to it :p
Fun and well working game!

siege18 Dec 2015, 05:09

Pretty fun game! Double jumping is a little finicky.

Trizek3518 Dec 2015, 12:16

Nice idea, a bit hard but it works fine !

SK16 Games20 Dec 2015, 02:02

Nice game :) The controls were really tricky and overall a bit too hard for my taste. I kind of rage quit. Maybe I'm just bad though.
I like the music/sound! 5/5

Haokarlos4 Jan 2016, 16:44

Enjoyed the game flow, it's very cool to shoot a hydra with a star (?)The double jump control is a little bit strange, but I guess it's because we are not used to that kind of double jump hahaha Good job ;)

radmars5 Jan 2016, 01:28

Nice! I really like this idea. The timing of the double jump and reflection are pretty hard to get the hang of though, so I found it pretty difficult. With some tweaking this could be really fun.