In 'The Late Fee' you play as the average diving-suit-wearing Joe on his way to the VHS rental to return a tape. On your way you'll encounter obstacles such as Space Demons, Meteorites, sharks etc.
Controls WASD/arrow keys to move Mouse to aim LMB to shoot
UP/DOWN/W/S to navigate menu Enter/Space to confirm
Full disclosure: Friend made meteorites and player character Audio was ripped from various places Music: https://soundcloud.com/ruari1/8bit-battle-music Explosion was also ripped Everything else was made by me
Website: tagmose.dk Twitter hjalte_tagmose
Tools: Unity 5.something Visual Studio Something numbers Aseprite Audacity Windows Explorer
Nice game. Fun to play, but difficult. I'll tend to start shooting one thing, and then be killed by another. Maybe make enemies one-shoots as well? Art and music fit well.
Good job. The game feels really good, and the sounds are excellent. I also like the VHS theming.
I feel like the rockets were a little too fast, and having a little time after spawning where there were no enemies would have made restarting a little less frustrating.
Atmosphere is amazing. Every sprite and sound is great. The game is incredibly hard because of the slow movement and the awkward starting position - I died right away on my first try and didn't know what happened. Clicking repeatedly is also a hassle, maybe include rapid fire?
Super nice graphics! I included it in my compilation video series of Ludum Dare 36 games, if you’d like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/PNJkv1swd3I
I like the context you put in that game : space diver, space sharks and hrm weird guys. I like the rope effect following player.
Aside that, your game i unbalanced imo. I mean, the box collider of the space diver is gigantic so it si really hard to avoid being touched. Also, 1hit = death ? Damn. Another things, it is annoying to clicliclicclicclicliclic to shoot every bullet.
Anyway, with better balance, some polish it could be fun :)
The art is a bit messy and missiles seem to be in a different art style than the other things.
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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.
I like the pyxel art and the music a lot !
It's pretty difficult, i had to skip to the boss.
Art - 4
Theme - 4
Good job. The game feels really good, and the sounds are excellent. I also like the VHS theming.
I feel like the rockets were a little too fast, and having a little time after spawning where there were no enemies would have made restarting a little less frustrating.
I like the rope effect following player.
Aside that, your game i unbalanced imo. I mean, the box collider of the space diver is gigantic so it si really hard to avoid being touched. Also, 1hit = death ? Damn.
Another things, it is annoying to clicliclicclicclicliclic to shoot every bullet.
Anyway, with better balance, some polish it could be fun :)
The art is a bit messy and missiles seem to be in a different art style than the other things.