Space Shifter

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.43
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.90
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.50
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.80
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.81
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.41
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★37%
SPACE SHIFTER!

Fight mechanical enemies and collect scrap to level up and shift into new forms. Each form grows in power and gains a new ability.

Controls:
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WASD - Movement
J - Turret
K - Homing Missiles (requires lvl 2)
L - Vortex (requires lvl 3)
Space - Bomb

P - Pause / View Controls

Made in Canvas/HTML5 by Jeremy Weeks (@jeremyrweeks) and Francisco Velazquez (@kikin81) in 72 hours for Ludum Dare 35.

Comments17

ruchirbapat19 Apr 2016, 12:31
nice game prety gud
play and rate my game here: ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=88260
Skipi20 Apr 2016, 06:44
It's a bit too easy, since I can just hold all three keys down and keep firing. Other than that really fun! I really liked the ship graphics.
Imperial Unit20 Apr 2016, 06:50
Fun game, the types of enemies looked great and the shooting felt fluid. The controls were a bit odd at first since I had assumed they were based off your current direction but became very natural after a minute or two. On my laptop at least the frame rate died shortly after I reached the final form. All in all, a very solid shooter.
nicotuason20 Apr 2016, 06:56
Woah that got intense! Really fun game! By then end I was just wrecking everything so I had to stop.

Would have loved some brighter explosions and autofiring weapons. The weapons don't drain energy so there's no reason not to be firing all your weapons all the time.
Weeping Rupee
Weeping Rupee20 Apr 2016, 07:01
Nothing ground breaking here, but this is a solid top down space shooter. Its actually nice to hardly have to aim so I can focus on dodging-- I just wish the enemies would output a liiiitle more damage. Even at their worst it feels too light for a bullet hell. Maybe thats what you were going for, I dunno.

The UI was practical and the progression was solid and fun. Reminds me a tiny bit of a great game called enemy mind where you can swap ships with any enemy ship.
MrBoxBox
MrBoxBox20 Apr 2016, 08:00
Pretty good. I liked the graphics. This was maybe a bit too easy tough. There wasn't the player had to do other than move around and hold down all the firing buttons. Maybe there should have been more harder enemies.
Strike
Strike20 Apr 2016, 08:00
Even if it seems too easy, it's a fun game. I really like the music.
KodingNights22 Apr 2016, 11:07
Cool to fly around and shoot stuff.
Vantaug
Vantaug22 Apr 2016, 11:59
If I came to a full stop, the spaceship wouldn't move again and all I could do was rotate. Good music and graphics though.
djfariel23 Apr 2016, 05:48
I disliked the controls, but they were usable. I actually had fun playing this entry. That's rare, lol. Great entry!
personalurban23 Apr 2016, 15:13
The move controls took some getting used to, actually I never got used to them, I hated them, but, the actual game was great, nice polished graphics and simple gameplay mechanics well executed. Good job.
11Schotter24 Apr 2016, 18:38
A pretty nice space shooter, is fun to play!
I think the theme could fit better and you could improve the controls, feel somehow "wrong"
Dreschler
Dreschler24 Apr 2016, 18:49
Very intersting game, keep goin'!
Cosrnos24 Apr 2016, 18:55
It was really easy and I felt like some type of scoring system was missing, otherwise it didn't feel like there was much of an objective once you got to level 3.

That being said I'm always a fan of mass damage/mob games like this. It's easy to find a zen.
LeReveur
LeReveur26 Apr 2016, 20:16
It's somewhat easy, but I would crash all these enemies for hours, as music and animation are so great ! :)
shane109027 Apr 2016, 23:21
Nice game! Controls felt weird at first but after a while they felt really good. Would have been good to have a score counter to see how well I was doing. Thought the spaceship designs were very good though and the overall art style was well put together.
Rock Eaters
Rock Eaters28 Apr 2016, 23:02
cool graph and camera effect

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