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SoundWaves by Thermite

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made by Thermite for LD31 (JAM)
A space shooter, very much inspired by Robotron and the many games that have followed in its footsteps.

We wanted to find a way to incorporate the music that was donated for the Jam into the game mechanics. Each of the speakers in the corner of the screen plays a different section of the song, and the enemy spawners are triggered when the corresponding section gets loud enough. The more intense the song gets, the more enemies you have to deal with! As the speakers get closer to death, they become more sensitive to the sounds, and trigger enemies more freely.


How to play: Use WASD to move, aim with mouse, fire with left mouse.

Code: Paul Newsham and Bob Haigh.
Art: Bob Haigh.
Music: Generously donated to LD Jammers by Robert Del Naja.
Sound effects: Bob Haigh.

Made using Unity, SFXR, Audacity, and Photoshop.
Web (1280x720) http://goo.gl/D7zr5H
Web (896x504) http://goo.gl/8PgdYh
Windows http://goo.gl/jrbcWF
Source http://goo.gl/Tj3GqF
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=27791

Ratings

Coolness 57% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.51 251
Audio(Jam) 3.60 137
Fun(Jam) 3.46 201
Graphics(Jam) 3.31 487
Innovation(Jam) 2.94 563
Mood(Jam) 3.21 377
Theme(Jam) 3.51 544

Feedback

Eponesh
08. Dec 2014 · 18:00 UTC
Fantastic grafics! Greate mechanics. Almost 40.000 score without death!
dsilvers
08. Dec 2014 · 18:00 UTC
WHOA! This is one of the smoothest top-down shooters I've played in a long time. Makes great use of the Ludum Dare music, controls are tight, and the game is balanced but challenging! Speakers have slightly too much health but otherwise this is beyond sweet.
myberrycold
08. Dec 2014 · 18:11 UTC
This was fiendish! Very smooth!
jkantzer
08. Dec 2014 · 21:58 UTC
Fun game! I occasionally had trouble keeping track of my ship in the chaos, but that's okay. Smooth gameplay, great sound.
bobombe
08. Dec 2014 · 21:59 UTC
Great!! It took me 2 deaths before i discovered i can kill the speakers, after that i stayed with my mouse on them ...
Congrats for your work !
p1x3lruckus
08. Dec 2014 · 22:06 UTC
The audio and graphics where pretty good, controls where responsive and it felt good to shoot. The only problem I found is sometimes there'd be no enemies for 5-10 seconds, which really hurt the action.
Hammers
08. Dec 2014 · 22:28 UTC
Nice. I liked the idea. I have to say I couldn't quite tell what difference the music/speakers were making but your controls were really nice. The green guys were super annoying but perfectly so :)
guldlock
08. Dec 2014 · 22:29 UTC
Great game! I liked it! :)
JJEvil
08. Dec 2014 · 22:33 UTC
Sweet game for such a short bit of time to make it.
GSG
08. Dec 2014 · 22:56 UTC
Nice difficulty curve. Great sound and an original idea.
Stechas
08. Dec 2014 · 23:00 UTC
good feeling from controlling the ship but it's pretty challenging to stay alive - which is good :)
andrewkennedy
08. Dec 2014 · 23:51 UTC
Fun game! I liked that it got more punishing the longer you left the speakers alive. Those green enemies were super annoying!

It would have been so cool if different music tracks went away or even just the volume had gone down when you killed the speakers.
LimeniusTeam
09. Dec 2014 · 00:11 UTC
Nice one! Superb graphics, I liked the particles and the electric arcs a lot. Good increasing difficulty.
madmaw
09. Dec 2014 · 07:34 UTC
Solid shooter with (of course) lovely music. Challenge level quickly ramps up to beyond my level of skill, but that's not a bad thing
Drtizzle
09. Dec 2014 · 16:46 UTC
Score: 192320
Deaths: 9 :(

Extremely fluid movement! Very well done!

Nice music and tight gameplay

Good job!
Valon
09. Dec 2014 · 19:41 UTC
I liked the audi oand the controls were really smooth good job.
Odefus
09. Dec 2014 · 19:43 UTC
Game looks and sounds nice. Could use some kind of feedback upon the bullets hitting the speakers. At first I wasn't sure if I was damaging them or not.
TheMeorch
09. Dec 2014 · 19:54 UTC
The controls are really smooth and satisfying. I'm glad dying doesn't make you start back at the beginning, but just increases your death count instead -- it's less frustrating for new players, while better players can challenge themselves to not die at all. Great job!
marsermd
09. Dec 2014 · 19:58 UTC
nice. Very fun, but the ship is too small, so it's hard to trace it's position AND shooting target
Neil
10. Dec 2014 · 20:01 UTC
Excellent graphics, great gameplay! Feels very smooth and polished, just a shame I am terrible at shoot'em ups!
LTyrosine
10. Dec 2014 · 21:54 UTC
A fluid gameplay here, and that is very nice. I mean, so many LD entries out there that looks unable to handle input and graphic feedback in a smooth way that this is worth mentioning.

Aside from that, cool music, ok sounds. A bit repetitive sometimes.

Overall, good job!
ArcturusDeluxe
10. Dec 2014 · 22:27 UTC
Fun little twinstick shooter, very solid controls. I like the idea of tying it into the music, although it doesn't feel incredibly obvious that thats whats happening when you play it. Good job though anyway!
01rafael
20. Dec 2014 · 22:05 UTC
Wtihe spheres not gonna take me without a struggle! Damned gray circles with green crosses inside are produce so much of them.