What's this? Why's everything in monochrome? Why is everything so blocky and pixelated?
It's time to pay a small homage to the ancient technology of yesteryear! Back to good ol'-fashioned 8-bit graphics and SFX!
======= How To Play =======
- Drag the player indicator around the screen, and the character will move towards it. - Drag the crosshair to aim where the character is firing. - Tap on the powerups at the bottom to use them when they are fully charged! - Stay alive for as long as possible!
======= Notes =======
- Kill 30 of any enemy to charge up the Bomb Powerup! - Clear the screen from enemies and threats with a single tap!
- Kill 7 slimes to charge up the Speed Powerup! - You move at twice the speed for 20 seconds!
- Kill 10 constructs to charge up the Shot Powerup! - Double your firing rate for 20 seconds!
- Kill 12 mushrooms to charge up the Health Powerup! - Heal 1 health! Can't go above 5.
- Skeletons drop free powerups when killed!
- This game is mobile-friendly!
========= Post-Jam Updates =========
If you want to play the updated version, click on the post-jam link below!
1.1 - Music changed to 8-bit. Finally! - 3 bosses added! (Technically one with three forms) * An extra layer on the Ancient Technology theme: Golems! * Kill 30 enemies to spawn a golem to fight! * Defeating the golem increases the enemy spawning rate by a small amount.
1.2 - Tapping on the character now stops her in place to allow emergency stops or to realign your indicator - Golem's 'Paper' form improved * Open palm now moves towards your crosshairs to intercept your shots
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And a special thank you to those who have played this game and given their support!
Nice gameplay concept... even though i saw myself pretty much avoiding the main mechanic pretty fast by placing the crosshair in the middle and moving the character around it.
But the "exploding" enemies kinda take care of that tactic as well.
This is probably one of the more interesting games I've played so far. The exclusive focus on mouse-based gameplay is really unique and makes what would otherwise be easy into a difficult challenge (in a fun way). Biggest complaint is the break from tone when the piano comes in, would have been better to have actual chiptune music.
Looks easy, turns out to be quite challenging. Especially hard when using a trackpad.
On the second try I figured that the game is easier with the crosshair in the middle, and just moving the player around it. Although I notice that this has already been mentioned by "@Rico The Jammer" and @McMutton.
Works nice, looks nice. Main complaint is that the controls are kind of awkward and put a big divide between this game and the theme, both its own and the game jams. Can't say I can think of any Gameboy games that used drag-and-drop as the primary control scheme.
Looks nice. Not sure how I feel about the whole multitasking thing, I found myself just leaving the cursor in the middle of the screen and working with that. Maybe this could be a debuff, losing control over one of the two
nice. loving the concept. love the design. love the title screen. you always seem to bring back nostalgia in your games. an element which i love very much.
I can't drag both at the same time :) Very neat! Had to loose the first time to play. Lovely art. Things can get very hard which keeps you on your toes...
Oh my, brilliant gameplay idea! =))) It's not just an ancient pixelart, it's the most ancient controls possible =))) It's older than videogames, so we never used them actually.
Really fun and super retro. It reminds me of my old VTech toy laptop with a game just like this - except for it was supposed to teach maths instead! Great work!
Had a lot of lag on this for some reason, made the difficult control scheme really clunky. Interesting concept though, I think it might work better on a touchscreen than with a mouse
Looks and sounds good, The mechanics are cool and rather unforgiving. I found myself just dropping the aim in the middle of the room and just dodging enemies and projectiles though since its quite impossible to manage both at the same time.
i love the art, get vibe of original gameboy from it, anyway, the control a bit hard, that drag player and the cursor with only 1 control very fun and challenging
I had a lot of fun playing this game! Challenging and simple. I love the challenge it provides do you want to aim or do you want to move? The visuals are great too!
This is really good, Kudos for including Vivian James. The art and retro feel really works out. The controls were very innovative and I liked that. The only cons I can say about this game is the steep learning curve and how the game throws everything at you in less than a minute. Also the movement click is sometimes hard to click on due to its small size. Anyway, good job and good luck on future games.
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steph8830 Aug 2016, 08:18
Hi, nice game and congratulations ! Simple mechanics that still offered a decent amount of challenge.We're realizing a video with several games of the Ludum Dare #36. We made the same thing at the previous jam.
Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free) So we can include also your game in the video ;) p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description. (you can already find several games from the jam there)
Music glitch - the piano part played over itself until it got super loud and painful! Seems like a bug where the game keeps playing the file even though it is already playing.
The controls are interesting and difficult - I found myself just moving the shooting crosshair every once in a while and mostly focusing on moving the character.
I like the black and white artwork. For a minute my character just stood there and wouldn't move. I think this is one of the more solid games I've played though and its actually about Ancient Technology
Ughh. Looks nice, but controlling two objects with single device that cannot be in two places at one given time is terrible idea from my point of view.
My score was time:120 score:12100. I enjoyed it! I want to move the character and an aim at the sametime. But that feeling was fresh and fun. The slime avoiding my bullet is so wise. Good!
Cool game, i like the tough girl, she is cool, I think this is very gameboy, would be interesting to have a gameboy control scheme, or, indeed, if it was made in something like GBDK for actual hardware. The actual gameplay was an good concept, feels very experimental, I like experimental! Visuals are fantastic in my opinion. I didn't get far enough to see a boss, but I did have a good time with it, good job overall.
@ocarson Currently, if you want to see the boss, you'll have to go to the post-jam link. The game that's embedded right now is version 1.0, so that people will see what I came up with in 48 hours without the improvements afterwards. Just to make things fair. Thanks for playing, though!
Nostalgia! :D Really nice art, and challenge! Congratulations. I let the aim in the center and moved only the girl, but I lost anyway. The AI is pretty well!
That's a very polished game and I love the Game Boy aspect. Now I'm going to play the post jam version to get more immersed thanks to the 8-bit music ;) Very challenging gameplay and very refreshing. I never played something like that before. When reading the instructions it felt weird at first, but it works pretty well. It feels like managing 2 characters at the same time in a way, which is what makes it pretty interesting to play. I'm wondering if having gameboy-type controls would make it feel more like a retro game. I'm not sure if it would make it easier to play as well. Maybe something like d-pad to move the character, and d-pad while holding a button to move the cross hair.
My only regret is that is typically a scoring game, and I don't see any score. I was about to ask you what was your high score so there was some challenge there, some kind of goal. Or maybe a timer to compare how long people survive. Or maybe both :D This would add much more value to the game. I would play it a lot to try to by my own record (or other people's one ;) )
And thanks to keep working on your game. I'll follow this page to see if you release new versions. Now it's time to try v1.2 !
@Strike Thanks for the feedback! There were a few limitations that I had to adhere to when making this game:
a) Mouse controls were a must. As much as I wanted to have a proper Game Boy control layout, it would be rather unplayable on mobile. And having onscreen buttons and joysticks are tacky as hell.
b) Low resolution. To keep to the retro feel, I had to sacrifice space, which made fitting in the UI pretty hard. I decided to leave the score at the end after all it's done. As for a leaderboard thing, well, that was kinda tricky as well.
Super challenging game! I included it in my compilation video series of Ludum Dare 36, if you’d like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/lT_5Gj1NQIo
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But the "exploding" enemies kinda take care of that tactic as well.
Well done!
Really like the mechanics for steering the character.
I agree with gassasin, that it would be a nice game
to publish on google play and/or similar.
time : 150
score : 14600 for the second try
Good job~!
I am not too sure what you can do to avoid that though... trivializing winning strategy aside, it is very well done!
On the second try I figured that the game is easier with the crosshair in the middle, and just moving the player around it. Although I notice that this has already been mentioned by "@Rico The Jammer" and @McMutton.
Only big gripe would be missing keyboard shortcuts for the abilities.
Maybe this could be a debuff, losing control over one of the two
awesome game, man
Had to loose the first time to play. Lovely art.
Things can get very hard which keeps you on your toes...
Google Play definitely.
congrats!
Was a tad extra hard with the web as the web started to jump around if clicked in the wrong place.
Good luck! :)
This should be better on smarthphone to controll the player and the aim at the same time.
very fun and challenging
The controls make such a simple concept incredibly challenging and fun. And the art is super cute.
Looks and sounds great too!
Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free)
So we can include also your game in the video ;)
p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description. (you can already find several games from the jam there)
The controls are interesting and difficult - I found myself just moving the shooting crosshair every once in a while and mostly focusing on moving the character.
Not a fan of the GG reference, gross.
Art style is consistent and good otherwise.
Solid game.
I want to move the character and an aim at the sametime. But that feeling was fresh and fun. The slime avoiding my bullet is so wise. Good!
The actual gameplay was an good concept, feels very experimental, I like experimental! Visuals are fantastic in my opinion.
I didn't get far enough to see a boss, but I did have a good time with it, good job overall.
Really nice art, and challenge! Congratulations. I let the aim in the center and moved only the girl, but I lost anyway. The AI is pretty well!
Success!
My only regret is that is typically a scoring game, and I don't see any score. I was about to ask you what was your high score so there was some challenge there, some kind of goal. Or maybe a timer to compare how long people survive. Or maybe both :D This would add much more value to the game. I would play it a lot to try to by my own record (or other people's one ;) )
And thanks to keep working on your game. I'll follow this page to see if you release new versions. Now it's time to try v1.2 !
a) Mouse controls were a must. As much as I wanted to have a proper Game Boy control layout, it would be rather unplayable on mobile. And having onscreen buttons and joysticks are tacky as hell.
b) Low resolution. To keep to the retro feel, I had to sacrifice space, which made fitting in the UI pretty hard. I decided to leave the score at the end after all it's done. As for a leaderboard thing, well, that was kinda tricky as well.
Again, thanks for playing!
It ran much better in Firefox. I had some glitches with the music in chrome.