Starburst Force

by tudydev

co-authored: @raresracsan

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.15

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.02

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.23

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.11

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.55

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.54

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.15

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.08

Hello, this game was created in 72 hours for Ludum Dare Game-Jam by 2 indie developers.

Controls:
Keyboard:
- WASD - Move
- Arrows - Shoot
- E - Start Wave
- P/Esc - Pause

Controller:
- L Joystick: Move
- R Joystick: Shoot
- Square Button: Start Wave
- X Button: Pause

Resources:
- https://www.flaticon.com/free-icons/play
- https://www.behance.net/gallery/36169711/Exan-3-Free-Font
- https://pixabay.com/
- https://mixkit.co/
- https://www.solarsystemscope.com/textures/

Soundtrack by Xufsy
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mfsriskk/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV-fjPCU9WCCL50mKO-AhrQ

Apps we used:
- Unreal Engine 4
- Garage Band
- Blender 3D
- Krita

Where to find us?
- Sandor Tudor: https://www.instagram.com/sandortudor89/
- Racsan Rares: https://www.instagram.com/raresracsan/

If you have any questions feel free to contact us.

Our bug-fix update consists of:

- healing pads colliders improved

- new soundtrack

- ship spawn location improved

- macOS version released

Please keep in mind that this is a game made in 72h and there are still bugs that need to be fixed.

Starburst Force uses Unreal® Engine. Unreal® is a trademark or registered trademark of Epic Games, Inc. in the United States of America and elsewhere.

Unreal® Engine, Copyright 1998 – 2022, Epic Games, Inc. All rights reserved.

Tags: #singleplayer, #space, #top-down, #twin stick shooter

Genres: shooter

Tools: Blender, Krita

Comments31

Tellyhead4 Apr 2022, 21:24

Love the music and bloom on the ship (it's overdone but works well)

lomstfer5 Apr 2022, 04:46

I really like the enemy art and overall sounds! Cool!

Austin Sierra5 Apr 2022, 04:51

Would have been nice to have waves or different enemies, as far I could tell the same few ships kept spawning in the same spot. But in terms of the core gameplay loop its solid. Nice work on the menus too, they are really good.

Dunusoor5 Apr 2022, 04:54

This game was a blast. I really like the music and art style. Ive always enjoyed this play style especially with some bumping tunes!

tudydevauthor5 Apr 2022, 05:07

@austin-sierra We really wanted to add more waves and enemy types, but we ran out of time. We have in mind to update the game so we'll probably add that in the new update.

PhoenixofForce5 Apr 2022, 10:34

The music is top, but the shooting sounds were too loud :( Also some sort of score would've been nice. Good job

LeoLFerraz5 Apr 2022, 11:57

Beautiful, simple aesthetic and great music. Were you aiming for Nova Drift-esque shape-based models?

tudydevauthor5 Apr 2022, 14:06

@phoenixofforce I am sorry for that, we are going to add a sound volume menu in a future update, we didn't have time for that because of the 72h.

tudydevauthor5 Apr 2022, 14:07

@leolferraz Happy to hear that you like our game! No that wasn't our aim, we just liked how neon glow materials look, so we went with that design.

Maskrosen5 Apr 2022, 15:30

Nice art, sound and music. The movement could maybe be sped up a bit to get a better feel, and some more interesting spawning behaviour would be nice as well. But all in all very good job and impressive for 72 hours :) With a leaderboard and some polishing you'll have a full game ready.

Roboolet5 Apr 2022, 15:31

I don't really have much to say about this game. There's not really an idea here i can give feedback on, it's too barebones. I'll say that the graphics were fine though, albeit a bit confusing in terms of perspective

tudydevauthor5 Apr 2022, 17:08

@maskrosen We have in mind to keep updating the game. Adding a leaderboard is on our checklist.

tudydevauthor5 Apr 2022, 17:12

@roboolet Sad to hear that you didn't enjoy our game. The idea behind it is that whatever you do you are still gonna lose in the end so you can only delay the inevitable.

SAGIII5 Apr 2022, 17:34

Hello! Maybe there is a bug but I can't shoot, I tried all my keyboard and mouse. The can catch the idea but in game there is a lack of information, such as a timer. Also use a tween for the player rotation and it would be 100x better.

Quinn_Patrick5 Apr 2022, 17:36

I always felt like using Unreal for LD is a bit like using an eighteen-wheeler to drive down the street, but I suppose it's worth it for those bloom effects. It looks good, the music sounds great, and I'm always a sucker for a twin-stick shooter. The gameplay could definitely use some more depth, though. A way to move faster, a scoring system, stuff like that, although I get the sense that the deadline got you.

tudydevauthor5 Apr 2022, 17:37

@sagiii Hello! You can shoot with the arrow keys (you can check the controlls on our page or in the main menu) We didn't have time to add a timer on the HUD, but we have a timer and a score when you die or finish the game.

tudydevauthor5 Apr 2022, 17:40

@quinn-patrick Happy to see that you liked our game. Yes, we didn't have enough time to make the game more complex because of the deadline, but we have in mind to keep updating the game in the near future.

drentsoft5 Apr 2022, 18:22

Nice entry. I liked the neon aesthetic. Might have felt a little nicer if the camera was a little further out. Music was good :D

Delphins5 Apr 2022, 20:38

A quick fun game with some nice graphics, pretty good overall

pixelbrain6 Apr 2022, 05:36

Nice game! I too am a fan of making neon games with lots of bloom. Sounds and particles add to the feel of it all. The hit boxes on the pillars felt a bit off, but maybe that's just the top-down view with a perspective camera. I always love to see short and simple jam games that have an extra bit of polish, so good work!

Dannyk19946 Apr 2022, 09:09

Really fun game! Loved the visuals. Great work

tudydevauthor6 Apr 2022, 12:41

@pixelbrain hitboxes were good, it was the topdown camera, we'll need to change some things so the game looks and feels smoother.

LDJam user 2691616 Apr 2022, 14:05

Really nice Twinstick Shooter game! I love to see UnrealEngine be used!! Thank you :smile:

Emaigualmc2_art6 Apr 2022, 18:44

The music is undoubtedly very good, the artistic style is very well achieved with those lights and effects, it achieves the atmosphere very well. It would improve the speed of the game a bit in general to make it feel more frantic, but it's a personal opinion xD great job!

Core Foliant6 Apr 2022, 18:50

It is so good! Good visual good music good setting good shooting ships in atmosphere of no time to think.

caudatecoder6 Apr 2022, 21:35

Aesthetically pleasing and quite polished game! The core gameplay is pretty good too. The game was rather easy for me.. so waiting for more content, haha

Thanks for coming to my stream! Here's a recording in case you'd like to refer to it https://youtu.be/aJkdjOKW03M

Boathd6 Apr 2022, 21:40

Nice simple game

Fish Sticks10 Apr 2022, 14:52

I enjoyed the game even though at first i wasn't to sure what to do, I think it would be cool like others were saying to have multiple waves with different enemies

tudydevauthor10 Apr 2022, 15:40

@fish-sticks Happy to hear that you've enjoyed our game. We are going to add more waves in the future.

Egor01012116 Apr 2022, 20:15

A very difficult game. I didn't score more than 20 points.

lilkrit18 Apr 2022, 18:29

Nice and stylish graphics. Music fits. Thanks for not making this game a 3 hit death (or even worse 1 hit).