Ludum Dare #58compo

CrateSpin

by manabreak

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.39

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.45

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.38

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.66

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.73

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.71

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.19

My Ludum Dare 58 compo entry - and a homage to TaleSpin!

For full-screen version, go play on itch.io. :slight_smile: There's a known issue of a bit of lagginess towards the end of the game due to how Godot handles particle effects - bear with me!

*How to play:*

- WASD / Arrow keys to move

- Space / X to fire

- Tab / Z to turn around

Your goal is to collect five crates by dropping bad guys down - but don't shoot the balloons carrying the crates!

Everything here was created in 48 hours from scratch, with the exception of the font provided by Kenney's fonts.

*Tools used:*

- Godot 4.5 as the development environment

- GDScript for scripting

- GIMP for all the graphics

- Psycle for music and sound effects

- Sonar for mixing the music

- git for version control

Tags: #2d, #pixel art

Genres: action

Tools: GIMP, Godot

Comments27

ImmortalFox5 Oct 2025, 22:23

A nice game in a retro classic style, enjoyed playing it. However, was a bit hard at start not to shoot balloons :) Thanks for that experience

Memel066 Oct 2025, 08:41

Was a little bit hard shooting at caches, but after some time I got better playing and managed to collect them. Thank for your submission, is very cool!

osh.studio6 Oct 2025, 08:57

You absolutely cooked with the music on this one! How is Psycle for the music? Overall game felt super polished but goodness it was hard, only managed to get 3 crates. Well done on the submission :)

PilotTK6 Oct 2025, 09:00

Pretty fun game! I really enjoyed the game feel and it looks great!

manabreakauthor6 Oct 2025, 09:00

@osh-studio Thanks! I do enjoy Psycle, even though its age starts to show. Give it another whirl and try to get to the boss! :smile:

Alex Mulkerrin6 Oct 2025, 15:32

Nice little shoot 'em up. It is suprisingly fully featured for a compo entry. I managed to collect the crates but was destroyed by the boss. Really nice artstyle and the music is impressively complex. Very good :)

Bloomworks7 Oct 2025, 11:39

Super well rounded! Absolutely loved this one. I couldn't beat the boss at the end, but had a lot of fun playing! Great submission ^_^

Tomssuli7 Oct 2025, 11:47

Nice classic shoot em up. A little difficult when enemies are stacked together. I liked the mechanics that you could accidentally shoot the balloon and drop the box or destroy the box itself.

The boss took me by surprise and dropped me right away, missiles came so quickly I didn't know how to evade them when they seemed to home on me.

Game looked polished and musics and sounds very retro 😊

rhewid7 Oct 2025, 14:26

Tried it two times, unfortunately I suck :x Great art, music and gameplay. Was fun to play! Would've been cool if the crates had some upgrades like shooting 2 bullets or faster bullets. Do crates spawn randomly or after killing x planes? Wasn't sure about that. The boss is as already mentioned pretty hard :D

manabreakauthor7 Oct 2025, 15:06

@rhewid Thanks for playing! Crates spawn randomly after each kill (and they rise up from the spot where the enemy plane went down), but the chance increases steadily until one drops. :slight_smile:

klausklapper7 Oct 2025, 16:48

Awesome work, though I was very bad at this, the boss is a real PITA! The entire game feels very polished given 48 hours, impressive work on the pixel art too. Well done! :)

PS: I adore your profile picture!

cogcomp7 Oct 2025, 20:44

Wow! That felt really polished! Even the music was really good. Mighty impressive for a 48h compo! Just, wow!

Stef_Studio_78 Oct 2025, 01:25

great job, I really enjoyed the retro feel and music!

plastus8 Oct 2025, 06:23

Very smooth game! I really liked you button design and the art in general! The gameplay was very intuitive and the sounds were very fitting!

Only problem I had with the game is that there was a huge lag when the boss spawned its rockets :(

But as you mentioned that you already know of this issue it will probably be nothing new to you. I don't know what the exact issue is but for my games it usually helped to just decrease the amount of particles being generated. And especially because your particles are "clouds" you could rather focus on the size than the amount and still get the same visual effect :D

Ciphereo8 Oct 2025, 07:31

Very smooth! I had a great time playing!

Nurakim8 Oct 2025, 09:45

I like retro style and simple gameplay!

Ira Baciu8 Oct 2025, 10:25

Honestly, it's so fun!! Great idea about Tab / Z to turn around. Also, the audio work is amazing. Bravo!

radiorat8 Oct 2025, 10:32

Cool retro style!

Artificer8 Oct 2025, 16:11

Man I really tried on that boss. Played a LOT. Got so good I was getting the 5 crates in under 30 seconds but THAT FIGHT. I found out you can survive the missile by hiding high or low and attacking it when it changes position but that's also while other enemies are spawning and sometimes you can't cross over because something is there you couldn't shoot because... ya'know... missiles. Really fun game though, grew on me as I played! Wish the enemy projectiles were different since, sure they go the other way, but in a flash it's hard to determine movement with projectiles overlapping. Soundtrack was nice and it all had a great theme. Very well done! Now someone carry the torch and beat that boss please :fire:

Baluj8 Oct 2025, 16:27

A simple and enjoyable game.

manabreakauthor8 Oct 2025, 16:56

@artificer You can do it! Hug the right edge when fighting the boss and hover at the "forehead" height of the zeppelin. :slight_smile:

Artificer8 Oct 2025, 17:37

LET'S GO @manabreak !!! :fireworks:

manabreakauthor8 Oct 2025, 17:42

@Artificer Awesome!

thegrottman9 Oct 2025, 16:21

An incrdibly strong entry to this edition of LD. I loved the graphics, the gameplay is quite hard, but rewarding, and the music, as the youngs say it, "slaps", hahah. Overall, a great game

LDJam user 35249015 Oct 2025, 03:44

I've never actually played TaleSpin, but this was a nice horizontal shooter, and the visuals are really slick!

Mibi8820 Oct 2025, 12:34

Nice game! The music is awesome! The graphics and all the particle effects look really nice, it looks very polished. I didn't experienced any lag. A really nice little game overall. I managed to go to the boss fight after a few tries by staying on the bottom of the screen :stuck_out_tongue: but then I failed. I'll see if I'll have time to beat it later.

Overall it's a really nice game!

megalukes21 Oct 2025, 02:37

I liked the idea of the game! I loved the graphics and the original music. I have to admit it was a bit hard at first, but once I got the hang of it, I managed to grab the crates. Great entry and a nice game!

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