Flex Squad

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.76
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.95
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.26
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.97
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.34
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.39
This is my 3rd Ludum Dare entry, I hope you enjoy it. Survive for 10 seconds and receive combat rewards. Customize your squad as needed.

Controls:

WASD or Arrow Keys. Mouse for user interface.
Your squad shoots on its own, no need for the mouse during combat.

Rangers shoot quite fast and prioritize close enemies.

Shotguns are similar to rangers, but shoot 3 projectiles in a cone. Each deals less damage though.

Snipers will prioritize far away targets with more health.

Healers will try to keep your squad alive.

Have fun!
Genres: action
Tools: Unity

Comments16

David Stevenson
David Stevenson3 Oct 2022, 19:52
Simple and fun! The choices with each reward give it a high replay value. With a little polish, I think this could be something I could easily spend a lot of time playing!
ChillerTyp3 Oct 2022, 20:08
It's simple but entertaining.
Steffo
Steffo3 Oct 2022, 20:09
Really fun!

Too bad it crashed while I was playing :(
Chase of Bass
Chase of Bass4 Oct 2022, 08:04
Super fun and liked the graphics -awesome work on this!! :D
Tobias Froihoferauthor4 Oct 2022, 11:35
@steffo Thank you! Sorry that it crashed, I guess you made it farther than I ever did, so maybe there is a game breaking bug somewhere xD
KingShake4 Oct 2022, 18:52
This is a really fun game! :D loved the squad gathering, and the enhancements! I found a bug, you can glitch dudes out of the walls in the corners xD
ZungryWare
ZungryWare7 Oct 2022, 03:55
I found that the movement speed powerups were the strongest. It didn't matter much how fast opponents moved either since it didn't seem to change their projectile velocity. And with enough speed, I can circle around them forever. You can't circle around crashing though. It crashed on me, then Chrome showed up a "page unresponsive" popup.

I really like how the two options for the numerical stats had upsides *and* downsides. It made the choices much more interesting. Nice job!
Skleembof
Skleembof8 Oct 2022, 02:47
Nice take on the theme! That was fun and easy to jump into
My only issue with the gameplay is that there wasn't any feedback from shooting enemies. The healthbar is hard to see especially when theres a bunch of enemies on screen at a time. I think a simple way to make it better would be to lower the brightness of the enemy cubes as they take damage. If you can easily tell which enemies are close to dying, it makes it easier to figure out where to move to try and keep your dudes alive. Also, a slight knockback effect when you hit enemies would add a lot to the game feel
NightVision659 Oct 2022, 01:36
Simple but fun game!
The game crashed while I'm playing, hope there will be a fix.
LDJam user 2599469 Oct 2022, 01:49
Quite good! I did find a glitch where you can go out of bounds via your squadmates pushing you but otherwise enjoyable!
Ty Victorson
Ty Victorson9 Oct 2022, 09:23
Had a blast playing! as others have mentioned you the positives and negatives to upgrades made things interesting and the graphics looked great! This game would make for a great time killer app if you decide to pursue it further!
Grizwhirl13 Oct 2022, 00:12
That was a ton of fun. Starts to chug past a certain number or enemies, but tons of fun. A few more upgrade choices and maybe some modification of unit behavior (healers trying to stay in the middle shotguns towards enemies, etc) would be extra neat
maxds98
maxds9813 Oct 2022, 07:34
Fun game! It would be nice to make it more dynamic and maybe balance enemies so they will have a kind of spawn amount limit.

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