SUPER CONVERGER

by enchaec

Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.03

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.79

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.76

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.47

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.19

Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.02

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.85

Decimate hideous creatures while the walls close in!

#### A Roguelike shooter where you descend into an alien nest and tear up everything you see.

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Controls:

- WASD to move
- Left mouse button to shoot
- Right mouse button to detonate a grenade

GamePad is supported!

- Left analog stick to move
- Right analog stick to aim
- R2 to shoot
- L2 to detonate a grenade

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How to play:

The purple walls will sap your health so carve your way through with your blaster. Find your way towards the warp pads to descend further, but bullets are limited so be careful!

Blue, red, and green power ups refill AMMO, GRENADES, and HEALTH respectively.

Sleeping aliens are scattered around; If you break the nest around a creature it will attack!

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Known Bugs:

- Will sometimes hang on loading the level.
- HTML5 is just weird sometimes. There's a Windows download if it doesn't play in browser.
- Full screen button works on... some systems.

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*Thank you so much for playing my game!*

*Follow me on Twitter! I make art occasionally:* https://twitter.com/EnchaeC

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Tags: #2d, #enchae, #pixel art, #retro, #roguelike

Genres: action, adventure, shooter

Tools: Aseprite, Audacity, FL Studio, GameMaker

Comments25

Chocolat-Endive13 Aug 2018, 20:59

It's hard but great. The music and sounds are awesome. Really a great arcade game. Good job @enchaec ! It could be better if moving in diagonal was'nt so fast.

sadsmile13 Aug 2018, 23:49

Very awsome game. Prob. A Top 10 entry this year (provided enough people play it)

jdhollen14 Aug 2018, 00:05

Hey--either I turned totally stupid, or after my first time playing through a few levels, the portals on the first real level didn't come back--did you notice anything like this? Alternatively I'm just totally worn out and got lucky the first time through :)

Really awesome mood / graphics / gameplay, though!

EnchaeCauthor14 Aug 2018, 00:18

@jdhollen I haven't come across an issue like that in my testing. But thanks for the report, I'll look into it!

jdhollen14 Aug 2018, 00:32

Thanks for getting back--I played again based on that and it seems like I just have really bad luck sometimes, and sometimes that happens several rounds in a row--I've made it down to 475m at this point, though, so I guess that's something approaching competency :)

Human Person14 Aug 2018, 02:10

This is absolutely incredible. From the aesthetic, the music, and delivering on the theme. Great work!

Katie Dover14 Aug 2018, 03:59

Wow - hard but great! I appreciated the very short first level. I was a great example of "Show not tell" when it comes to learning how to play a game. Great aesthetic, music, concept - just really great!

DuzzOnDrums14 Aug 2018, 07:58

Fantastic all round! I just dove in without reading instructions, and it was great when I ran out of ammo and had that realisation that I had to start conserving. Lots of quick dashes to the next ammo pack! The glitch effect on the walls as they close in is so good, and I love your sfx style.

DidiGameBoy14 Aug 2018, 14:32

Got stuck at 700M, love the mecanics and concept, and number/ascii-ish of the terrain! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Cincerteri14 Aug 2018, 22:14

Really enjoyable. I love the aesthetic.

Kodiqi15 Aug 2018, 03:29

Really good entry, I had a lot of fun playing this. Using the start screen as a tutorial works really well. The game looks and sounds great. My only gripe was the randomness of the portals; most of my deaths were just running our of resources because I couldn't find the portals.

EnchaeCauthor15 Aug 2018, 03:35

@kodiqi Yeah, certainly needed a bit more balancing. Thanks for playing!

AwiX15 Aug 2018, 07:12

A good game idea, the music should be improved. The graphics are good.
Try our game too, maybe you'll like it)

Dave Grey15 Aug 2018, 13:09

This is the type of game that makes LD so great. A fun, original and concise concept to play that would not have existed otherwise. When it's delivered with as much style as this it's just a very cool bonus. Loved the 'tutorial' screen too.

monetai15 Aug 2018, 15:54

Really cool game, top notch pixel art, the concept is awesome and I am in love with reaparition effect of the wall!! One of my favourite game so far!

fivenamefivesocks15 Aug 2018, 18:53

Wow! Absolutely excelent idea!
The pixel-art work is on top, i really loved the 'glitch" aesthetic.
The chill & relax music adds a lot to the global ambiance.

Some littles bugs to note (I was sometimes stuck in walls, and my shoots were ineffective) but nothing really serious for a gamejam.

Really good game, congrats !

arc1llusion15 Aug 2018, 19:41

Excellent game. Well done! Could easily turn this into the full experience.

Kokonaught15 Aug 2018, 20:32

I loved the artstyle, minimalist and effecient. It also creates mystery about the world, it's great!
The ambient music is excellent, very Super Metroidy. It plays smoothly, but it unfortunately lacks level design. You just run aimlessly until you find the next door or until the game tells in a not very elegant way where to go.

Great entry to expand on! Great job!

DrEvilBrain15 Aug 2018, 20:41

I really like that effect where walls reform with ASCII characters. Always love to see stuff like that.

The music was some very nice ambient stuff with a great beat. Kinda like a more upbeat Metroid style thing.

PixelFormedStudios15 Aug 2018, 22:41

Amazing game! I loved the effect of blocks regenerating, the controls were responsive and the sound design + music was on point. My favorite entry so far. Really solid entry. Great job!

LSD16 Aug 2018, 08:51

This game is awesome. It feels really polished, the controls are very responsive and the art is on point. My favorite game so far, even though a little hard, good job!

maartene16 Aug 2018, 18:58

Those ascii walls are amazing. Adds a lot of polish to the game. Too bad it's a Jam entry, so I can't look at your source code. :wink:

EnchaeCauthor16 Aug 2018, 19:03

@maartene That is for the best, I assure you.

Lumpy17 Aug 2018, 18:04

Love those wall effects. Enjoyable game with a great arcade-y feel. Am always impressed with your sound design!

Jupiter_Hadley8 Sep 2018, 15:35

Nice graphics, interesting game. I included it in my compilation video series of the Ludum Dare 42 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://youtu.be/F8Gtbi3loPc

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