Ludum Dare #35compo

Galactic Wars

by sankax

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.06

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.94

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.82

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.74

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.79

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.23

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.70

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★68%

You are one of the elites pilots from the LightBlue Empire and the best hope for winning the Galactic Wars.
Do not fear and cut you way through the DarkRed army and destroy their heart !

* Control

Movement :
- EDSF (for working on both QWERTY and AZERTY keyboard)
- Arrows key

Shoot :
- Left Click
- Left Ctrl

ShapeShifting:
- Right Click
- Left Alt

Escape for returning to the main menu

* Game Mechanics *

Shoot enemy ships for earning points.
The more enemy down without being hit or shapeshift, the more points you earn !
The same shape as your ship canot hit you (and vise versa).

* Tool *

Unity 3D
Famitraker
Gimp
And Coffee !

* Post Fixes *

Manage to make a webGL version
Remove the white panel
Tune down a bit the difficulty

Comments24

chrras19 Apr 2016, 09:10

I quite like your game, but it is simply too hard, even on easy. It would also be nice if the controls were shown in game

But indeed some quite good elements :)

sudorossy19 Apr 2016, 21:05

Rock hard! But not bad

LeftRight9219 Apr 2016, 21:05

Please make a WebGL build

KappaIX19 Apr 2016, 21:07

Frantic! Pretty brutal difficulty-wise, managed about 2500 points, is that good? Liked the core mechanic of shape shifting!

Well done!

virtual_void19 Apr 2016, 21:07

I quite like the core mechanics, but the game is very difficult, even on easy! Nice music aswell

2kah19 Apr 2016, 21:12

Nice idea! I think chrras is right that it'd be nice if it were a bit easier, or eased you into it a bit more, but good concept :)

Asturk19 Apr 2016, 21:14

Very good space shooter game. Its was really fun and fast pacing while you shoot and change shape very fast while dodging everything! Nice job!

Sanka-Xauthor19 Apr 2016, 21:48

Its quit challenging I admit it :)
The key is to build up your combo in order to become stronger quickly, its become easier then.

@LeftRight92 : I try to make a webGL version but it s not running because of a memory limit problem :(

Tomahawk200191319 Apr 2016, 23:29

Definitely not the easiest game in the world, but fun.

JHemmings20 Apr 2016, 17:18

The game is a tad hard, but I got quite far on easy mode. It would be make a cool twin stick shooter, if you could shoot in all directions rather that just to the right.

EdoCreate20 Apr 2016, 20:40

Interesting idea, but too hard for me

geekguy10020 Apr 2016, 20:48

Cool! I like how shape shifting is used to avoid enemies. It is pretty hard, but I think overall it is polished and well made.

lanestp20 Apr 2016, 21:13

Daaaaaang that's hard! Nicely done with a lot going on. A bit hard but also quite good!

janiq20 Apr 2016, 21:55

Hi, I was not able to run web version. It pointed me to the dropbox instead to a web version of game. Can you provide the web version as a webpage?

Sanka-Xauthor20 Apr 2016, 22:07

@janiq I dont have any web site to host a version as a webpage, but you can try the webGL version

PixelStuff20 Apr 2016, 22:20

pretty hard game ^^
control wasn't easy either !
but the feeling was great :)

Gyfis21 Apr 2016, 06:45

Cool innovative concept, i like the sound. The game is pretty hard though.

LeReveur23 Apr 2016, 14:54

Too hard for me, but it work well and is easy to understand. :)

GameQuester23 Apr 2016, 17:22

Nice little arcade Game. Like others said, this game is really hard. I had fun for the time I played it.

MechanicalLife23 Apr 2016, 18:04

A bit hard but still nicely put together :)

Jimbly23 Apr 2016, 18:28

Great game! Played the WebGL build could only see the score/combo/lives if I full-screened it though.

I really like the combo mechanic, really pushes you to try to keep going as long as you can with a given shape.

Died to the boss on Normal on my first try and then beat it on Easy without losing a life... so Easy definitely isn't too hard now =)

adam24 Apr 2016, 20:58

Sound is great and some of the graphical effects are neat too! I like the concept but there's too much going on to parse at any one time. I think it would benefit a lot from some sort of staged introduction to the mechanics. Due to the way the different shapes move, staying in triangle form, shooting the circles and dodging the squares seems better than ever trying to actually shapeshift. Minor gripe: the menu buttons on the title screen seem weirdly unresponsive.

bob560225 Apr 2016, 22:51

Pretty good overal.. It was hard! but I was able to make some good progress. Love the switching, the music and the sound effects were spot on. Good job!

Jacic26 Apr 2016, 22:11

Nice game, but slightly difficult. :)