Arena of Cube by maxyan

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made by maxyan for LD31 (COMPO)
Minimalistic top-down shooter.

Ratings

Coolness 77% 2
Overall 3.82 73
Audio 3.79 58
Fun 4.06 16
Graphics 3.16 504
Humor 2.82 347
Innovation 3.16 533
Mood 3.25 294
Theme 3.76 350

Feedback

Snuux
07. Dec 2014 · 17:02 UTC
Very minimalistic! It's cool!
aureliusnoble
07. Dec 2014 · 17:31 UTC
Really cool game, I like all the various enemy types a lot. My only complaint is you can just get trapped in a corner which means you just instantly lose all your lives because you continuously get impaled on spikes.
misto423
07. Dec 2014 · 18:41 UTC
I like the minimalistic style. The music also really stood out. Really nice work!
Blockers
07. Dec 2014 · 19:19 UTC
this is really cool. i really like how the enemies are introduced gradually along with new weapons/items. the only thing i've ran into that was a bit silly was sometimes so many pinks/oranges would spawn that they would teamkill eachother.
eruditespirit
07. Dec 2014 · 19:26 UTC
I quite liked that the bullets ricocheted off enemies.
I would've preferred if the bullets were a little bigger.
Not a huge fan of the acceleration, but it seemed to work in context.
I liked the music.
TMKCodes
07. Dec 2014 · 19:29 UTC
There is no data folder in Linux version archive.
🎤 maxyan
07. Dec 2014 · 19:43 UTC
Thanks everybody!
Linux version fixed, also added highscore submit feature.
Muffinhat
07. Dec 2014 · 19:53 UTC
A neat innovation to the top down shooter. Love the way the difficulty curve is set up too.
AlSweigart
07. Dec 2014 · 19:56 UTC
Nice. Good use of minimalistic graphics but great game play. I get board with most bullet-hell top down shooters, but this one kept me entertained.
jangler
07. Dec 2014 · 21:02 UTC
looks like the linux version is missing fonts? the UI at the end was blank.
BtheDestroyer
07. Dec 2014 · 21:03 UTC
Love this. Great art style, great music, great gameplay.
TheZiggy
07. Dec 2014 · 22:19 UTC
Incredible amount of fun. I literally sat down and played this for an hour not realizing how much time had passed!
ming_tea
07. Dec 2014 · 22:26 UTC
Great music!
MMOOxy
07. Dec 2014 · 22:27 UTC
Amazing game! But after a while, there doesn't seem to spawn more health pickups.
wilpel1234
07. Dec 2014 · 22:36 UTC
Good music, good gameplay, good tutorial. Awesome!
gallerdude
07. Dec 2014 · 22:41 UTC
Fun, fast, efficient. I like it!
oh_andrej
07. Dec 2014 · 22:53 UTC
Clean look and good difficulty curve. Purple blocks are a nice feature as they can help you rack up combos or just kill you :P
wandersenus
07. Dec 2014 · 23:06 UTC
love the style!!!
lisac
07. Dec 2014 · 23:22 UTC
Very nice!
rsergiu2003
07. Dec 2014 · 23:36 UTC
nice game ! I like the description in the game and how the difficulty is increasing, overall pretty good experience
SelfishGenome
07. Dec 2014 · 23:51 UTC
Nice simple and fun
MrSun
08. Dec 2014 · 05:32 UTC
A new twist on a familiar theme, great game!
ben_pxlplz
08. Dec 2014 · 05:34 UTC
Very polished! Simple concept but very well done! I think I would have liked the snippy narrator to offer advice between rounds.
Snail_Man
08. Dec 2014 · 05:41 UTC
Woo! 4th overall! Not bad...
The game was quite fun, and very addictive. The graphics worked really well, and everything was just really well put together.
One issue I did have is that it didn't have auto unfocus pausing, so when I dropped my mouse on the floor at one point, I quickly swapped tabs, thinking it would pause it. I lost all but one life.
Jayson
08. Dec 2014 · 06:36 UTC
Overall very good, I just struggle with the handling or movement of the player a bit. Nice concept.
tedling
08. Dec 2014 · 08:06 UTC
I love it. Great job. Easy to learn and hard to master indeed.
Raptor85
08. Dec 2014 · 08:14 UTC
i like the concept of instead of being a normal shooter you have to push them into the walls, it's pretty fun!. Hitboxes seemed pretty awkward sometimes though, nad being an iso game it was pretty disorienting for the controls to not be aligned with the thing i was "piloting" or the table.
lekochen
08. Dec 2014 · 08:16 UTC
Fun, just fun. I think it would be nice if the player can get the 3rd gun earlier.
ken
08. Dec 2014 · 08:21 UTC
There is a lot of detail and care in this game! This game is really great for within 48 hours. Only comment is that it sometimes felt like some of my bullets would just pass right through the enemies. Other than that it was really fun (and super crazy at the end with the arena just filled with enemies and bullets)
Cruion
08. Dec 2014 · 11:08 UTC
Good enjoyable game. Played an earlier build you posted before the compo finished and that was enjoyable however this build when I am playing it has it so I will once I start moving I will repeatedly bounce into the walls.
Based on the previous build this is a very fun little game that gave me quite a few minutes of enjoyment.
DesignerNap
08. Dec 2014 · 17:10 UTC
Great work here. The thing that makes it special are the ricochets! It stops you blindly firing at the enemies and also the way they "turn to face" helps develop that gameplay. Really solid game idea with great music! Well done
Empyrealhell
09. Dec 2014 · 01:21 UTC
It got a bit repetitive after a while. I'm not sure if there were any more upgrades after the spray gun, but it felt like at a certain point all of the waves were the same. The controls were good, the graphics, while simple, were effective. There were a couple that I had a hard time telling apart, but it mostly didn't matter because they behaved the same. Well polished, solid entry, just a bit short.
Jupitron
09. Dec 2014 · 02:31 UTC
Really nice game! Love shoot em ups! It has leaderboards!!!
huggabugga
09. Dec 2014 · 04:45 UTC
What a great game to easily and quickly get into, and get addicted to! I played for a lot longer than I realised.
gmaker
09. Dec 2014 · 06:26 UTC
funny little game! good work!
Rocketship
09. Dec 2014 · 12:13 UTC
Interesting, it's basically one simple mechanic done very well, and I like that. Sounds are good, the game plays well, good job altogether.
Zimennik
09. Dec 2014 · 22:23 UTC
Great game!
rincewind_cz
10. Dec 2014 · 01:41 UTC
WOW! I'm impressed -- I didn't expected so much fun! Everything is really polished! Especially the music (very catchy!). Game mechanisms are implemented perfectly as well -- maybe the hitboxes could be bit more better but it's only small complain. Graphics side is simple but pleasant to look (also reminds me Voxatron a little). Tutorial, progressing difficulty and learning curve are simply perfect. Very good job! I'm moving this to my personal "Outstanding" folder.
Insality
10. Dec 2014 · 05:17 UTC
wow, amazing and polished gameplay ;] i got a lot of fun while playing, nice job!
NoahbroCZ
10. Dec 2014 · 16:51 UTC
Please win! The funniest game on Ludum Dare. Got 10 combo :D. Check my game too: President's bodyguard simulator.
goodbadokay
10. Dec 2014 · 16:52 UTC
Yeah, awesome game) Like the idea with those pushing edges
I'd like to see this game on my console as a mini arcade to kill some time)
iShadow
10. Dec 2014 · 16:55 UTC
Minimalistic, but exceptionally well done. Most LD games don't have any tutorial or even help screen and some lack even difficulty curve. This one is really easy to pickup and play, and gets harder every wave. MIDI soundtrack is something unexpected, but nice:)
Good Job!
hbocao
10. Dec 2014 · 22:12 UTC
Awesome job, man!
Blobby101
10. Dec 2014 · 23:11 UTC
I like the physics aspect - makes a nice change from simply shooting things! Good work.
Sublustris
11. Dec 2014 · 07:17 UTC
Great game!
Pestel Crew
11. Dec 2014 · 19:40 UTC
"Failed to download data file" for Windows 7 x64, Chrome 39
🎤 maxyan
12. Dec 2014 · 11:02 UTC
Pestel Crew, try again please. Sometimes it just happens.
Tiago Ling Alexandre
13. Dec 2014 · 01:24 UTC
Very nice! Incredible what can be done with simple cubes, i really liked the game, the music and the pacing. Not very challenging though, could become harder earlier. Good job!
OFF
13. Dec 2014 · 07:02 UTC
Simple and powerful. The different color with new feature are nice, and the scoreboard are really great.
I have only critic on the hitbox of the shoot who seems fuzzy but it's maybe due to the orthogonal camera.
But eeven with that it's pretty addictive.
The difficulty level is just perfect, well made, and well tweaking.
MaesK
23. Dec 2014 · 01:06 UTC
Nice work, simple but effective game. Music is nice, but its sound effects seem quite basic midi, or at least I must have heard that piano everywhere :D
calavera
30. Dec 2014 · 00:59 UTC
loved the music and thought the gameplay was very balanced and fun