Byte blasters

by badduck
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.44
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.61
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★1.88
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.65
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.09
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.05
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.14
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.38
So this is the game I was working on, and it's pretty much done. This is my first time entering a Ludum Dare, so I don't know if I did everything right. It's even my first time finishing a game haha. It's supposed to be a mobile game, but I thought it'd be easier if I put it in an .exe format. It did get zoomed in because of that, and I needed to add black bars too.

The story is that you are part of a cleaning software, and you must delete all bytes you see, because that's what cleaning software does when you're running out of space.

Here are some screenshots of the game:

Title screen:
MenuScreenshot.jpg

Gameplay screenshots:


Game over screen:
GameplayScreenshot4.jpg

Gameplay:
The video does have more lag than normal, because I don't have a good laptop, so I highly recommend downloading the game for a better experience.

Hope you enjoy!!

P.S. I wasn't sure how to export it properly, so the first link is only the .exe file, and the second link is all the rest that came with the export. If the first link doesn't work, try downloading from the second link, but don't delete the first .exe file, since that's the only .exe file there. Hope you understand!!

screenshot

Comments12

jka
jka13 Aug 2018, 10:33
Nice! Like the pixelart, it's really simple but charming. :) Also really like the screen effect on the beat of the music. It's a nice detail, but could be a little bit more subtle as it's quite strong now and because of that a little bit distracting.
glitchman
glitchman13 Aug 2018, 11:06
Nice idea!
But.. the game should be more challenging!
Badduckauthor13 Aug 2018, 11:12
@glitchman, I tried changing the speed values, but even when you change it a little bit it would make it substantially more difficult. I will try it when I release it in a future build!
Badduckauthor13 Aug 2018, 11:13
@jka, you're right, I kind of got used to it but that's because I play tested it all day. I will keep that in mind for future builds!
XCVZXC
XCVZXC13 Aug 2018, 16:31
i love this music
Badduckauthor13 Aug 2018, 20:43
@xcvzxc in the post I mentioned that if the first link didn't work, that you needed to download the second one aswell. It doesn't really matter if you don't play it, but if you're curious, now you know how to!
Nattress
Nattress14 Aug 2018, 11:16
Love the graphics, menus look awesome, only improvement would have been to have a web player as I think more people would have played it :)
nidup
nidup14 Aug 2018, 11:22
Congratz for your first entry in Ludum Dare, especially in compo mode! :clap: :clap:
As you use Unity, you could do a webgl export (cf this doc https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/webgl-building.html) and upload the archive on a free service like https://itch.io/ this way, anybody can try your game using a web browser without having anything to install.
Badduckauthor14 Aug 2018, 15:55
@nidup Thanks so much!! I will keep that in mind for the following ludum dare, thanks for the suggestion!!
Badduckauthor14 Aug 2018, 15:55
@nattress Okay, I will keep that in mind for the next ludum dare. Thanks for the kind words!!
paulhocker
paulhocker21 Aug 2018, 04:39
good job on your first dare - keep it up

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