Ludum Dare #34compo

Tail Power

by maartene

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.10

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.48

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.80

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.24

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.05

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.33

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.94

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★41%

README #

Ludum Dare 34 entry ##

* Theme: Growing
* Game created from scratch in 48 hours by Maarten Engels ([email protected]).
* Licensed CC4 BY NC

About the game ###

Frantic top down shooter where growing your tail grants you power. But beware, as too long a tail might bite you in the...
You will need the power because enemies become exponentially tougher, muhahaha.

About the entry ###

This game was created using the following tooling:

* Unity3D
* 3D models: Blender
* 2D images: Pixelmator
* Sound effects: AS3SFXR (http://www.superflashbros.net/as3sfxr/)
* Music: Abundant Music (http://www.abundant-music.com)

Unfortunately, I couldn't add everything I wanted:

* power-ups
* using the tail as a weapon itself
* more enemy types

This repository ###

* Contains work in progress version so no guarantees it works;
* You can use the assets (scripts, "art", music / noise, ...) as you like within the limits of the License.
* Final delivery in Stable Build folder

About the author ###

First ever Ludum Dare entry. Main goal: finish the game and submit it!

Genres: action

Tools: Unity

Comments13

Elenesski14 Dec 2015, 07:58

Good game. Fun to play. I found it hard to line up and take a shot. Perhaps we could turn faster? minor point. Good Audio too.

DustyStylus14 Dec 2015, 16:48

Cool little take on the 'snake' game. On OSX, Ctrl + arrows did something funky... D: But as long as I don't press them at the same time, it's fine. :D

MorseAmalgam14 Dec 2015, 18:30

Decent little game. My only complaint is that the sound is painfully loud, and with the rate at which you fire, it gets even louder. Giving the player a turn radius adds a little more strategy to gameplay!

Auroz15 Dec 2015, 21:36

Fun game, controls seemed a bit off though.

-SPiRiT-15 Dec 2015, 21:37

Snake shooter !!! I like it :D

TomenLuca16 Dec 2015, 23:22

Great game. Love the music. Found it a bit hard to aim, but alas.

Hot Box Games17 Dec 2015, 22:58

Was a little hard to aim but other than that good job!
I like the music

Crawler Studios18 Dec 2015, 04:32

Nice game

Drtizzle20 Dec 2015, 19:23

Well done! The graphics and music are decent, and the idea is very good! Too bad the controls give you too little precision to aim at the enemies.
Good job!

Aaranos20 Dec 2015, 23:35

Neat little game. I saw in the notes that the tail was intended to be a weapon later. I think that would make it a lot more interesting than making it snake like.

alyphen23 Dec 2015, 04:08

Pretty fun variant of snake, without the unstoppable movement and with shooting added. Models are alright, but could be improved. I wasn't too keen on the colour palette used, but by no means does that subtract from the gameplay. The music was alright, and while it could be improved, it was decent enough.
Sound effects were fitting.
Adding online highscores or some other replay value would be a nice way to keep players hooked.

maarteneauthor27 Dec 2015, 12:38

I want to thank you all for your constructive feedback. I'm currently working on a post-compo version that will have more responsive controls (including controllers), improvements to rendering, online high scores and audio volume sliders. ;)

maarteneauthor28 Dec 2015, 19:37

Note: I've added a post-compo version (standalone player only). It has improved rendering, more responsive controls, online high scores and audio volume sliders. Note: I'm still working on controller support. Unfortunately, I only have a PS4 controller, so can't test with the more common XBOX controller.