The Invasion of Terra

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.74
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.32
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.24
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.92
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.26
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.18
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.44
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.56
An alien spacecraft has invaded Earth. It has the power to bring the dead back to life. You are our only hope (I don't know why) to save us all.

The UFO has landed within a coal mine (for some reason). You must destroy it and end this madness. Use the various items laying around to help you progress.

There is a catch however, each item has a weight. If you are carrying a lot of heavy items, you won't be able to go very fast.
So the more you have, the worse it gets...

Hints:
- For controls, press Escape key to bring up the pause menu and click the controls button.
- The spiders were designed to be difficult to kill. The best way to deal with them is to jump over them and not let them touch you.

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screenshot
Genres: action
Tools: Unity

Comments12

quixatocs
quixatocs4 Dec 2017, 15:39
Fun little adventure. Like the opening cinematic and the sounds in particular. Those damn spiders kicked my ass first game so I got some revenge once I got a bat hahha. Great Job, see you next jam :)
tulipekoni
tulipekoni6 Dec 2017, 11:17
Nice Entry! managed to beat the game. Fits the theme very well!
azuredraco6 Dec 2017, 11:35
Ray gun for the win! The ufo never saw that one coming :)
The opening sequence was very nice for a ludum dare game!
The spiders also got me in the beginning but I just jumped over them instead of beating em.
sbarrio
sbarrio8 Dec 2017, 12:16
Man, those spiders really hate me.

Nice work with the intro sequence and the point and click interface mixed with a basic action-platformer scheme. Good entry!
ruthiepee
ruthiepee8 Dec 2017, 16:33
Wow, I'm terrible at this game! I got murdered by spiders like 5 times before I realized I could just jump over them. Maybe a reminder of controls (or writing them on the LD/itch pages) would be helpful. I like the premise a lot, and managing your inventory to change your speed is an effective game mechanic.
Jimbly
Jimbly8 Dec 2017, 23:05
I can't get past the first zombie... he seems to destroy me before I can even figure out if I'm attacking and if I'm doing any damage... and I don't want to deal with the spiders one more time, so I guess that's as far as I get ^_^.

I enjoyed the MS Paint style graphics. Sounds were pretty good =).
derr13 Dec 2017, 13:14
I enjoyed this game. The opening sequence is great and made me laugh. :) The spiders were my bane tho. Having to deal with such difficult enemies right at the start is a bit frustrating. The first few times I tried beating them with the stick but that didn't seem to do any damage, so I just ended up avoiding.
atmospherium
atmospherium14 Dec 2017, 00:48
It's not every day I see a Ludum Dare entry with an opening cutscene. Really enjoyed that you set your game apart from the opening. Gameplay was a bit rough around the edges and I had a hard time figuring out what to do. I might give it another go later and see if things clear up for me.
Pixelome
Pixelome21 Dec 2017, 13:07
Good job with the opening scene! Unfortunately the game is cropped on itch.io so I was not completely sure what is going on and died a few times before giving up.
nekoballs
nekoballs21 Dec 2017, 13:27
Fun game! I found the slowing mechanics a bit punishing though.

I liked the countdown thing at the end. To gain more speed I dropped the keys, unfortunately I seemed to need them to get out out of the cave, so I died :( But it was fun!
Dining Philosopher
Dining Philosopher22 Dec 2017, 14:57
Fun to play, quite immersive despite the gamemaker vibes :) My only frustration was that the boxes in the bungalow could get in the way, but that was probably a feature (to force the player to drop items). Good job!
lilkrit24 Dec 2017, 01:25
Cool game, I can see the graphics are handmade and I liked the intro :)

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