Power Crystals

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.27
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.44
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.59
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.48
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.82
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.28
Oh no! Dark spirits are atacking you! Defend yourself using the anciente power crystal! But be careful, you have to recharge it!. How long can you survive?

Controls:

- Left-click to shoot to your mouse position.
- Recharge power by clicking the big crystal in the upper left corner. You have to be fast!
- That's all, have fun :smile: super easy.
- Tip: Try to keep clicking the crystal as much as you can, even if you think you have enough power to shoot.

This is my second try at ludum dare. This time everything came out a lot better! Everything made by me.

Some of you have said that it would be a nice mobile game, so i tried it out and... Yes, it would work, but it's too easy. In pc you can only use the mouse but in mobile you can use multiple fingers, so you can be recharging always. To be a fun mobile game it should be a lot harder. (Maybe different crystals? hmmm)

Genres: action

Comments22

Ixous1 Aug 2017, 13:52
Overall a classic yet fun game. The difficulty ramps up quite well. The graphics are good and makes the dark mood stand out. No part of the game seems left out, which is always pleasant to see when the game is made by one person alone. High Score : 19894
krishnasism
krishnasism1 Aug 2017, 13:52
Took me 2 levels and clicking everwhere to understand that I had to click on the crystal on the top left :P (Stupid me!)
It's a very cool game. The concept is new, at least to me. Would make for a great mobile game, or any other platform as a casual clicker game.

The graphics were really cool and the sound effects went well with the game. The animations were good too. Executed really well. Good luck and congratulations.
Dragwa
Dragwa1 Aug 2017, 14:32
After jam, I'm to much "out of Power" to clicking rapidly as I can :D. I don't prefer to mixing graphic style and pixel scale, but overall graphic and animations are nice. The music it's a bit irritable.
Avon1 Aug 2017, 14:55
The game looks very good, great art. I like the retro soundtrack.

The gameplay is fun at first, but it does get a bit repetitive, and the difficulty curve is steep. I got a highscore of 6834. For me it was left click to shoot, not right click.
chispaLBC
chispaLBCauthor1 Aug 2017, 16:38
@Avon Yes, it's supposed to be left click. Sorry :)
The game is easier if you keep clicking the crystal as much as you can and not when you think you need it
BroRawr
BroRawr1 Aug 2017, 16:53
Simple concept yet addicting enough :)
Liked it!
Great job!
Peredom
Peredom1 Aug 2017, 17:32
At first it was a bit too easy but then it got more challenging when the hooded guys came. I love the art, especially the explosion animation ;)
Peredom
Peredom1 Aug 2017, 17:32
At first it was a bit too easy but then it got more challenging when the hooded guys came. I love the art, especially the explosion animation ;)
Shinmera
Shinmera1 Aug 2017, 17:59
The graphics are a nice touch, though the energy bar being a smooth rectangle is quite jarring when compared to the nicely pixely artwork that's present everywhere else. Other than that, there isn't much to say since it's such a simple game.
chispaLBC
chispaLBCauthor1 Aug 2017, 19:09
@shinmera yes , i know, actually it was going to have a sprite but it looked weird :(
Thanks for playing!
gamesplusjames
gamesplusjames1 Aug 2017, 20:05
I like the music in the game. It got fairly stressful as more and more things came flying towards the player, but it was fun :) Great job!
MattJx3T
MattJx3T2 Aug 2017, 22:51
I thought this game was going to be a piece of cake when I started playing it but the further I got the more challenging it became :D Nicely done! The only complaint I have is that the pitch of a few of the sound effects was a tad too high, at least in my opinion.
gil4
gil43 Aug 2017, 07:45
Cool entry, addictive and fun, had me going at it for a while. Good example of how simple doesn't equate simplistic. Graphics are neat and complement the game's overall style (props for evil spirits reminding of a Pokemon Gastly :3). I'd even port it to mobile if I were you, some polishing, maybe making it easier for mobile audience and it'd have shot at becoming a popular clicker imo. Good job!
blobo
blobo3 Aug 2017, 16:12
Really tough, but a really fun mechanic!
cenullum
cenullum4 Aug 2017, 16:42
Colors and game arts was awesome. But game was simple , you should add more enemy type or power type .

Is highscore mine ? :D
jahndis
jahndis5 Aug 2017, 00:27
My poor wrist! Nice little entry. I might have picked a different sound effect for clicking, as hearing dinging over and over got a little annoying :P
Megalink
Megalink5 Aug 2017, 03:02
Neat game! The artwork was fantastic! I didn't really like the idea of you re-filling your power by spamming the mouse button, as it got almost impossible near the end. Music was good but got quite repetitive after a while, good job! :)
Cornelia Xaos
Cornelia Xaos5 Aug 2017, 03:54
Neat looking game.. but I can't play it! It seems you built it in Unity and on Itch you even say this game is for "Windows, Mac, and Linux" but only the Windows build is in the files! Any chance you'll update the release to add in Mac and Linux?
Runuchok5 Aug 2017, 08:43
Simple but well executed!
Almax
Almax5 Aug 2017, 22:08
Shooting stuff was immensely satisfying in this, not sure if it was the sound effect, sharp contrast of the bullets or death animations, but it all came together really well. My finger aches.
Peter Sheehan6 Aug 2017, 17:07
Graphics looked pretty nice, but the overall gameplay was simple and I really didn't have a good understanding of what was going on. That audio was pretty grating when clicking on the crystal to recharge. I liked the animations on the enemies though.

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