I like this game! Very unique and original idea. I wish I had more fun playing it but it kind of ends too soon.
There is a possible exploit where you can shoot the bad guy from close range and the wall doesn't appear. It's also not explained that walls go on forever. I would have expected the wall to end on the cursor.
Some suggestions:
Increase the timer based on distance from your location. When it's random it can take 10s to walk over the screen.
Have the enemies die some other way, like timing out. That way you can make a maze and they will run out of time instead of having to shoot each one.
Give the wall gun some kind of limit to how long the shot can be. Should have a minimum and maximum size.
It'd be cool if the enemies couldn't go through walls. Then it would introduce more strategy to when you shoot. You might want to shoot to kill, or just shoot to stall.
I love the innovation of this game and how fun yet simple it is!
Pros
* Fits well with the theme * Cleaver and very fun * Easy to pick up and understand
Cons
* The enemy hitboxes seem a little bigger than I would have thought (minor) * I would have liked better collision on the walls and being able to slide along them * Maybe add some more variation in the enemies or something else to change it up
I like the take on the theme and second @ian-kettlewell's idea that walls block enemies. That's what I expected and was surprised when they kept going through. Pathfinding is way more to build quickly though!
Nice entry, as others have said I think if enemies were stopped by the walls it would have been a bit better. Even if they couldn't find their way around it and just got stuck.
One of the more unique twinsticks I've seen in an LD. So far I've mostly seen games where the walls just collapse on you rather than you create one. I think it's a really clever idea, though could use some polish on execution. I just kinda shot people at point blank to create either no wall, or a tiny wall. There's nothing wrong with this but the enemies do spawn a bit too slow in this scenario. One or 2 more mechanics would go a long way here, but solid foundation regardless.
I really like the idea of being able to shoot walls, I just wish there was a better reason to do that! Killing enemies is great, but it doesn't seem good enough if walls are indestructible and we can't play further once we place enough of them :) Also, enemies shouldn't be able to go through them I think - this would open a whole "room" of possibilities (ha, you get it? Room? As it has walls too? HAHA... I didn't get enough sleep today...) :)
Woah! Really impressed by this one! You know what? I played the HTML version but as my screen is a bit little, i couldn't see the entire action of the game on it, so i sometimes had to scroll up or down in order to see my objective. I know this is involuntary, but this make your game fits even more to the theme, since my screen kind of ran out of space lol! Apart of this, graphics are simple but cool and the idea is PERFECT for that theme. My strategy is to shoot enemies when they're near in order to generate little walls, so i have to take risks.
I'm repeating myself but i really love the idea of your game, very original!
Very fun game, I love you run out of space by shooting. Since only you are affected the cost is high, meaning that you need to take risks and let the enemy get really close before shooting. I got a high score of 15 but could easily see myself playing more if I had the time to. Thanks for making such a novel idea into a game!
Nice idea, and a fun play! Simple and cute.. good music and sound effects.
I found I wasn't shooting walls.. just dots in a sense.. as they got close. Perhaps adding enemies that would shoot at you, or countdown to a deathray you can't dodge, forcing you to shoot them farther away, would allow the level to fill up with more walls quicker as you fight them.
Neat concept! 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/KKcNeeBfE6w
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There is a possible exploit where you can shoot the bad guy from close range and the wall doesn't appear. It's also not explained that walls go on forever. I would have expected the wall to end on the cursor.
Some suggestions:
Increase the timer based on distance from your location. When it's random it can take 10s to walk over the screen.
Have the enemies die some other way, like timing out. That way you can make a maze and they will run out of time instead of having to shoot each one.
Give the wall gun some kind of limit to how long the shot can be. Should have a minimum and maximum size.
That would make it more playable I think.
Fun idea though!
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/297300090?t=02h50m31s
Pros
* Fits well with the theme* Cleaver and very fun
* Easy to pick up and understand
Cons
* The enemy hitboxes seem a little bigger than I would have thought (minor)* I would have liked better collision on the walls and being able to slide along them
* Maybe add some more variation in the enemies or something else to change it up
Great concept though!
Anyway, nice try!
Apart of this, graphics are simple but cool and the idea is PERFECT for that theme. My strategy is to shoot enemies when they're near in order to generate little walls, so i have to take risks.
I'm repeating myself but i really love the idea of your game, very original!
I have rated your game, but all of my feedback was captured in the stream.
You can hear my comments in the archive at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/298329090
I found I wasn't shooting walls.. just dots in a sense.. as they got close. Perhaps adding enemies that would shoot at you, or countdown to a deathray you can't dodge, forcing you to shoot them farther away, would allow the level to fill up with more walls quicker as you fight them.