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Pong Invaders by Zabuza

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made by Zabuza for LD31 (COMPO)
Pong Invaders!
This is my second Ludum Dare, and this time I didn't have very much time in my schedual to work on my entry, yet I managed to finish early and it has a clear objective this time! :D
The engine was written entirely from scratch and the only external library used was one for playing audio.

So the game is a cross between pong and space invaders. This means you need to keep a ball bouncing on the screen, shoot enemies, and not get hit.

Controls:
Left and Right Arrow Keys to move
Spacebar to shoot

Points:
Hit the Ball: +5
Damage an enemy: +1
Drop the ball: -25
Windows https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/ai39zt3zxv3n49d/Pong%20Invaders.zip?dl=0
Linux https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/2nfe3de2z78aseh/Pong%20Invaders%20%28Linux%29.zip?dl=0
Source https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/jgyaa1xbffd9a78/Source.zip?dl=0
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=40811

Ratings

Coolness 33% 1896
Overall 3.59 204
Audio 4.14 9
Fun 3.59 157
Graphics 3.55 271
Innovation 3.14 546
Mood 3.22 313
Theme 3.64 498

Feedback

kraln
08. Dec 2014 · 03:37 UTC
Cool mash-up idea!
cxsquared
08. Dec 2014 · 04:27 UTC
Awesome idea and freaking great music. Nice work!
gamedevBear
08. Dec 2014 · 04:28 UTC
Cool concept. The bullets had a bit too much homing ability, and I'm not sure what the penalty for dropping the ball is. Things seemed to show up outside of the window boundaries as well.
Ian Morrison
08. Dec 2014 · 04:31 UTC
I like the approach to the theme of doing a mash-up of classic single-screen games. Appreciated the inclusion of music. I don't really feel like the design made the most of the idea, though; instead of having pong and invaders interact in neat ways, it really just felt like I was playing two games overlaid on top of each other.
Interface
08. Dec 2014 · 05:58 UTC
Fantastic. Great arcade fun, well done.
locknic
08. Dec 2014 · 06:00 UTC
Great music and art. Love the mash up concecpt. The gameplay needs a bit more to make it fun and non repetitive, but a great start for 48 hours.
Raptor85
09. Dec 2014 · 04:21 UTC
this is great, the controls are fluid, the sound and graphics great, and the game is pretty fun. a few little bugs such as the paddle being far larger than the ship looks visually and common things like the ball snapping upward even when it hits the bottom of the ship but nothing gamebreaking.
Valon
09. Dec 2014 · 20:39 UTC
Really really fun I loved it.
tjxx
09. Dec 2014 · 20:39 UTC
Nice approach to the theme, and I enjoyed it. Especially the audio!
HuntTheWumpus
09. Dec 2014 · 21:01 UTC
Fun game - really fluent gameplay and awesome music.
Gins
10. Dec 2014 · 10:40 UTC
Love the idea behind this! Good job! With a bit of extra time and polish this could become pretty great!
Wakka
12. Dec 2014 · 12:16 UTC
Strange combination, but defintly a funny game :) Got a score of 131!
badlydrawnrod
13. Dec 2014 · 08:17 UTC
An interesting combination of genres. I thought it was a little easy, but given that I'm older than both Pong and Invaders I grew up playing both games..

The music was perfect for the game.
pkenney
14. Dec 2014 · 23:27 UTC
Wow, cool idea! I liked the triple-tasking. Great sound and graphics as well. Any variety with enemies would have kept my playing even longer. Good work! I'll add an extra star because you wrote your own engine as well.
sP0CkEr2
20. Dec 2014 · 01:46 UTC
really cool idea that was well execute - very nice sound effects
maxmetallica
29. Dec 2014 · 21:37 UTC
nice work