Our entry for the 35th Ludum Dare Game Jam! This is our 13th entry in a row. Go Shape Yourself is a twin stick/WASD and mouse top down shooter focusing on Shape Shifting between shapes of different colours. Whichever colour you are is safe to touch, while the others are lethal. Survive as long as you can and try to get a high score!
*Note* Mac and Linux builds have not been tested. WebGL build on Itch.io and Embedded here has one or two visual oddities but is fine to rate for those that can't download the Windows version.
Keyboard Controls: - WASD to Move - Mouse to Aim and Shoot - 1/2/3 (4 when unlocked) to Switch Shapes - Q/E to Cycle Between Shapes - Escape to Pause
Xbox 360 Controller Controls: - Left Stick to Move - RIght Stick to Aim and Shoot - A/X/B (Y when unlocked) to Switch Shapes - RB/LB to Cycle Between Shapes - Start to Pause
Nice and innovative mechanic, simple and good controls. It was kind of hard to see the projectiles but that may have been part of the challenge. I would maybe make the different shape/colors shoot in a different way or different projectile just to add some variation but still a great game!
Fun little game, got a bit bored with it after round 4. Maybe having some faster bullets would've made it more fun. Other than that cool little use of theme
Good use of shapeshifter mechanics to make a bullet-hell game! The bullets are slow enough to build up and trap the player, at the same time giving them time to switch to the appropriate shape. Good job!
I like the idea! it's pretty interesting when so many bullets flying on entire one screen, my strategy of attacking or dodging is changing all the time, quite exciting.
Really interesting game. Probably with some polishing effects would be really cool, especially multiplayer. You should have displayed the shape options somewhere, at least for beginners.
Note: for Unity WebGL u need to set the viewport on build less than LudumDare limits (like 800x500 for example)
My main issue with this game was that it was really hard to see the bullets flying from the enemies. I know it was supposed to help with who was safe to touch, but thats what shapes and color are for! Not a bad game, just needs some polish, keep up the good work!
The bullets are a bit slow, but otherwise this is a pretty cool game! It looks good and the Xbox controller support is a nice addition. I'm sad there isn't any music, but the awesome menu graphics make up a lot of it :)
Nice! Love how your explosion blows away all enemies and bullets. But having to shapeshift with the number keys is awkward, because I can't use WASD at the same time. How about mapping the mouse wheel as well? Apart from that, the controls are pretty tight. Audio is a bit minimalist, but works fine and doesn't get annoying.
Seems like there's is a simple technique to win, just stay in circle mode and destroy squares and triangles, and since the circles aren't able to destroy the circles, the game go on for quite some time.
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(psst make it happen. :D)
Good job :D
Maybe less bullets but faster bullets would be better?
Anyway, good job.
Probably with some polishing effects would be really cool, especially multiplayer.
You should have displayed the shape options somewhere, at least for beginners.
Note: for Unity WebGL u need to set the viewport on build less than LudumDare limits (like 800x500 for example)
Cheers
-Morco (Banana Hammers team)
Its hard how you can kill yourself by hitting your own bullets after shifting.
The audio is not high-tech but it fits the art style.
Good job!
Simple and fun.