SIZE Invaders
GAME DESCRIPTION
SIZE Invaders is a game where you control a space-ship, in space, while running out of space. The aim of the game is to shoot the red orbs to gain points; before they hit you and make you lose HP. There are also green balls, which require you to go over them to gain points as well as HP!
The bar shown at the bottom of the screen is how many spraying bullets you have left.
EXTRAS
After an abandoned game and an unplanned weekend, I actually got a game out!
My original idea for the game was a strategy based space game where you had to place planets while space was getting smaller. These planets held people, and the aim of the game was to get as many people as possible before space got too small and they all collided. This game was scrapped halfway through development when a game-breaking stopped progress. So I started again, and came up with "SIZE Invaders".
DETAILS
I used Scratch to code this game and worked alone.
I used the paper Mario game over theme.
I used the default sound effects from Scratch.
All other assets were made by me - including code.
IF YOU DO NOT FEEL SAFE DOWNLOADING THE .EXE FILE GO PLAY THE GAME ON SCRATCH: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/238850469/#comments-98529158
SIZE Invaders is a game where you control a space-ship, in space, while running out of space. The aim of the game is to shoot the red orbs to gain points; before they hit you and make you lose HP. There are also green balls, which require you to go over them to gain points as well as HP!
The bar shown at the bottom of the screen is how many spraying bullets you have left.
EXTRAS
After an abandoned game and an unplanned weekend, I actually got a game out!
My original idea for the game was a strategy based space game where you had to place planets while space was getting smaller. These planets held people, and the aim of the game was to get as many people as possible before space got too small and they all collided. This game was scrapped halfway through development when a game-breaking stopped progress. So I started again, and came up with "SIZE Invaders".
DETAILS
I used Scratch to code this game and worked alone.
I used the paper Mario game over theme.
I used the default sound effects from Scratch.
All other assets were made by me - including code.
IF YOU DO NOT FEEL SAFE DOWNLOADING THE .EXE FILE GO PLAY THE GAME ON SCRATCH: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/238850469/#comments-98529158
Comments19
Alastairwyn15 Aug 2018, 19:30
I'm trying to put a drive link but that won't work so I need to get my head around itch.io before I can send it.
Alastairwyn16 Aug 2018, 06:09
link added!
Vekstr24 Aug 2018, 07:11
The ship was a bit hard to control, but perhaps that's because I personally prefer twin stick shooter control scheme. But then after playing a few times I realized that I didn't need to move that much, I just need to rotate in place while shooting the enemies.
Anyways, I noticed that no one has ever rated your game as of my writing this comment. You might want to rate and give feedback to several more games to also be rated by more people :smile:
Anyways, I noticed that no one has ever rated your game as of my writing this comment. You might want to rate and give feedback to several more games to also be rated by more people :smile:
Alastairwyn24 Aug 2018, 07:22
I didn't have much time after the jam so I am trying to get stuck into it now!
g1124 Aug 2018, 09:26
I admire people who make it solo!
vamsi sridhar24 Aug 2018, 10:18
Check out mine pls. I think it might quite similar to yours!! BTW congratulations!
MartinTristan25 Aug 2018, 03:52
pretty neat game. pretty hard too (or i'm not really that good with tank controls :)). good job on making this game!
Alastairwyn25 Aug 2018, 04:10
Just added the link to the scratch player!
ZozeR25 Aug 2018, 08:06
Nice, however, I got a very low fps in the scratch one and the cause was the enemy quantity.
Alastairwyn25 Aug 2018, 08:36
Yea, that's why I ported it to an .exe file
ThibaultAr25 Aug 2018, 11:20
The scratch veersion works fine for me ! :)
I had to say that the concept is good (reminds me a bit of old "Asteroid" arcade game) but the ship is hard to control with a keyboard :/ It should be better with twin stick or with WASD/Arrows and the ship pointing in the mouse direction ;)
In any case, congrats for this ;)
I had to say that the concept is good (reminds me a bit of old "Asteroid" arcade game) but the ship is hard to control with a keyboard :/ It should be better with twin stick or with WASD/Arrows and the ship pointing in the mouse direction ;)
In any case, congrats for this ;)
Alastairwyn26 Aug 2018, 04:27
Scratch can't handle controller inputs but thanks for the feedback!
Ryomayonnaise26 Aug 2018, 13:30
The online version didn't worked for mer, but the .exe is ok ! Fun game, i like the way you use the theme !
LDJam user 027 Aug 2018, 02:19
Nice concept!
RubixNoob1328 Aug 2018, 04:57
Fun game. I think my high score was 14 before I gave up :)
OiledOwl28 Aug 2018, 15:55
AAA-game on LD42. 10/10 ofc :)
Andrei94 Sep 2018, 18:21
Coool! :) +++++
Avi3 Dec 2018, 02:04
Reall cool!
Edit: Hey, I got around to playing your game and it was pretty fun. My highscore was 17, not sure if that's good or not but it took me 10 playthroughs to get it.
My advice is to fix the health so you die after 3 hits instead of 2, and to possibly tell the player the controls or something. I may just be stupid but it took me a while to get that the green balls heal me- I thought they were how I get points at first.