Un-Convention by zulubo

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made by zulubo for LD32 (JAM)
[UPDATE 4/21 5:04PM PT : PC port now actually works (sorry), space for bomb dropping added.]

[UPDATE 4/21 1:25PM PT : updated PC port! earlier update also fixes a horrible layout issue with the high-score "enter your name" box!]

Purge the earth of conventions!

How many conventions can you obliterate using conventional weapons before time runs out? You control a giant orbiting space station. Use its horrible bombs and space laser weapon on unsuspecting convention-goers. If I were to use a word to describe the activities in this game, it would be the verb "Unconvention."

WASD to move around the world (also if the crosshairs reach the edge of the screen). Large crosshair is the laser, which can be used with the left mouse button. Small crosshair is bombs (unmovable) which are dropped using the right mouse button or spacebar. Conventions grow bigger and better, harder to destroy, but will give you way more points and extra time the bigger they are.

Feedback

Logicon
21. Apr 2015 路 20:34 UTC
Can't play it :(. When I try to launch it it says "There should be 'PC_UnConvention_Data'
folder next to the executable"

There is though. Something missing maybe?
馃帳 zulubo
22. Apr 2015 路 17:20 UTC
Sorry the PC build .zip was messed up - it works fine now!
Cosine
22. Apr 2015 路 20:58 UTC
I really liked the graphics! The music was also really fun and upbeat, along with the SFX which made blowing things up very satisfying. I found the gameplay a little dry as I found I was just clicking on the red dots for a while repeatedly.
MasterOfNaN
22. Apr 2015 路 21:47 UTC
Love the pun-based name :) Nice work.
richiebranson
23. Apr 2015 路 00:18 UTC
LOL...the weapon is literally an "un" conventional weapon. Very well played! I scored 330, lol.
F. Wiktora
23. Apr 2015 路 00:20 UTC
One of the best entries I played today! I'm impressed!
RoryD
23. Apr 2015 路 00:38 UTC
Awesome game! I really enjoyed it. There was some good strategy involved in maximising your score while minimising your risk of losing. Also the choice of how to use your weapons made it quite interesting. I got 1450.
WiErD0
23. Apr 2015 路 00:40 UTC
I get it, the Un-conventional weapon. Yep, I'm smart like that. Seriously, though, fun game. I love the games where I get to shoot an all-powerful (but really slow) laser down from the sky and drop atom bombs on people. I played like 5 times because it was so addicting and my best score was 870. Fun game!
2Bit
23. Apr 2015 路 01:03 UTC
Cool game. Can't really go wrong blasting places to craters from space.
acro
23. Apr 2015 路 01:47 UTC
Hahaha, ahh, very good, very droll. :) That's the most original use of theme I've seen so far.
I especially liked the planetary graphics, very reminiscent of Darwinia, and the music... very reminiscent of great tongue-in-cheek B-Movie music. Monsters Vs Aliens, or something.
I played a few times trying to see how to play better / optimally. Didn't quite figure out if it was better to wait for higher value sites to bomb - always seemed to just run out of bombs and laser charge eventually.
I wonder if you had planned for more scope of gameplay, like some way to regain bombs or regain laser charge. It was a bit frustrating having no ammo left and only able to run the timer down waiting for laser power. I may have missed something, ofc.
Also: is that a real online leaderboard?! Holy smokes!
Tanser
25. Apr 2015 路 16:51 UTC
Amazing game, great job, the music was just stunning. The graphics too!