Ludum Dare #51compo

Chain Destruction

by schuster

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.23

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.12

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.17

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.80

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.73

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.61

Introduction

Every 10 seconds, the pulse wave weapon on your ship activates. Enemies destroyed in the wave explode too and can catch even more ships in their explosion, causing huge chain destruction!

Enjoy!

This game was made in 48 hours for LD51 by Micah Schuster

Goal:

Get a high score by catching enemies in you pulse wave explosion.

Controls:

WASD or Arrow keys to move, everything else is automatic.

Tools used:

- Engine: Unity 2021.3.6f1
- Music: Ableton Live 11
- Art: Affinity Photo/Designer
- SFX: Audacity, bfxr
- 3D: MagicaVoxel
- Font: CyberFall (https://www.dafont.com/cyberfall.font)

Tools: Ableton Live, Audacity, Bfxr, MagicaVoxel, Unity

Comments16

LDJam user 3024103 Oct 2022, 14:23

Nice graphics but sometimes the chains did not work as I expected. Cool gameplay idea nevertheless.

cogcomp3 Oct 2022, 16:06

Really liked the graphics and the game was quite addictive. Nice touch that colliding with the enemies spreads them apart so you have to be careful to not tag along with them too early.
Well done!

Jackaljk3 Oct 2022, 16:10

Interesting mechanic, I wish you had more crowd control so to speak. As it is you just go around hoping to find as many enemies close to each other as possible. You can collide with them but it's really hard to control where they go.

ChillerTyp5 Oct 2022, 18:49

I like the music.

LDJam user 38085 Oct 2022, 18:49

Nice looking game. I did not really manage use chaining. It would be interesting if you had power ups like gravity well. you could gather enemies and then blow them up.

Gildar765 Oct 2022, 18:56

Liked the game, easy to get into, and quite addictive. Liked the sound, music and graphics as well.

Roitchie5 Oct 2022, 18:58

Interesting simple game. The music and sound effects are nice and causing the chain reactions is satisfying. I would also say some upgrades or ability to suck enemies towards you would've been great.

pauly3d5 Oct 2022, 19:00

Pros: physics felt good, music was solid, sound effects were pleasantly crunchy, straightforward application of the theme
Cons: I would have liked to get bigger chain reactions - it seemed like the chain reaction didn't spread as the circles around enemies indicated? Also, some sort of feedback when you collide with enemies would help the game-feel.

LDJam user 2345675 Oct 2022, 19:03

I like top-down 3d games. It's like an old game but in a new game :smiley:

Pixelydian5 Oct 2022, 19:26

Well that was satisfying. :smile: Easy to get going and start seeing some explosions! Music is great - I'm digging the epic strings. Great concept and I haven't seen anything like it so far this jam. Good job!

Pincushion5 Oct 2022, 21:22

Great music. I like the simple controls. I wish the chain explosion range was bigger, since I had a hard time finding them close enough go chain. The explosions were satisfying, but bigger explosions would be better too. Also I liked that you can push the bombs around.

Harmadillo11 Oct 2022, 21:17

Nice game. I liked the simple controls and the timed explosions. Would have liked more agency in creating the chain explosions rather than hoping try drift by at the right time. Maybe some gravity or something to pull the enemies towards you.

Lone_Wolf12 Oct 2022, 18:15

I think it's currently a little too hard to move lights around, it's better to just follow a big group.

I still had fun though. Great work!

I submit my highscore: