Phantom Tower: Classics by pandamicro

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made by pandamicro for LD31 (COMPO)
This is a fun Retro game for memorizing great games in our childhood.
I created five levels, each for one classic game, you must know them, let's use the classic tricks to break down the phantom tower.

To play it, you can use all desktop browsers, I personally tested Chrome, Safari, but with cocos2d-js, it should work also on Firefox, IE 10+, etc. I will port it to mobile browsers and mobile native platforms later.


How to:

Rule 1. Use arrow keys to move around, and tap space to use an item (if you have one)

Rule 2. Be noticed, all items can be used for only one time.

Rule 3. There are phantoms (obviously, in a phantom tower) around, don't let them touch you !

Rule 4. The goal is NOT to kill all phantoms, the goal is to find the way to break the level down, using the classic tricks.


Environment and tools:

Engine: Cocos2d-JS
Editor: Brackets
Audio: none
Art work: Photoshop, Texture Packer
Hosted on github

Oh, b.t.w, there are randomly two ending, ;-D

Hope you enjoy it.

Ratings

Coolness 58% 3
Overall 2.77 967
Fun 2.56 979
Graphics 3.58 254
Humor 2.92 294
Innovation 2.57 913
Mood 2.59 846
Theme 3.03 1046

Feedback

馃帳 pandamicro
08. Dec 2014 路 00:31 UTC
Use arrow keys to go around, space key to use items
2193q
08. Dec 2014 路 06:39 UTC
Good!
Aisland
08. Dec 2014 路 07:01 UTC
Impressing art, mixed mario, Pac-Man and other classical game. Good Job!
Kirito
08. Dec 2014 路 08:07 UTC
I'm not really understand...
馃帳 pandamicro
08. Dec 2014 路 09:23 UTC
@Kirito Which level have you achieved?
dekart
08. Dec 2014 路 10:17 UTC
Plays smoothly, adding pacman is an awesome idea! Definitely needs at least some sounds, background music would make the mood better too.
馃帳 pandamicro
08. Dec 2014 路 10:23 UTC
@dekart Thanks, got no time T_T
sanojian
08. Dec 2014 路 13:58 UTC
No diagonal movement is a bit frustrating. Beautifully drawn. Nice game.
dix
08. Dec 2014 路 14:25 UTC
Nice game! Very cool graphics!
OpenGL
08. Dec 2014 路 17:12 UTC
Mushroom idea is fun!! Nice game!
xerohuang
09. Dec 2014 路 03:28 UTC
Nice game!
Kirito
09. Dec 2014 路 03:47 UTC
I don't know how to get to next level.
Kirito
09. Dec 2014 路 03:48 UTC
You have added a how to....I'll try again
Kirito
09. Dec 2014 路 03:49 UTC
Or I want to say is that I don't know the goal is to the next level until I see the how to
Trixton
09. Dec 2014 路 05:40 UTC
Really nice scene transitions. Gameplay is a bit odd and controls are buggy, but I enjoyed it.
馃帳 pandamicro
09. Dec 2014 路 05:48 UTC
@Kirito haha, now you finished the game or not ? This is indeed a little bit confusing
Kirito
09. Dec 2014 路 18:24 UTC
I can't. I got no ideas how to enter the next level
madameberry
09. Dec 2014 路 22:32 UTC
I got stuck on so many things. Also pressing more than one arrow key at a time would stop the character, when generally it should make the character move in the direction of the SECOND press (because sometimes I would go to change direction and I wouldn't release the first button quick enough)
馃帳 pandamicro
10. Dec 2014 路 01:07 UTC
@madameberry Sorry about the control, I should have polish it better
BubbleChien
10. Dec 2014 路 15:48 UTC
hi pandamicro :) you made a great art work for this game, too bad you didn't have time to add some music..
I liked your concept, it's a great tribute to all of these retro games ;)
fullmontis
11. Dec 2014 路 08:41 UTC
I like the different powerups that come up. Movement is frustrating thought, wish there was diagonal movement and higher speed since it feels quite slow and powerups disappear before I can get to them. Also it's not really clear what you have to do in each level at first.
pancakecity
11. Dec 2014 路 18:34 UTC
Nice graphics! The concept is a good one. I wish there were sfx, to let me know when I'd gotten a powerup vs. it disappearing right before I get it.
TheMeorch
13. Dec 2014 路 00:22 UTC
Nice game! Diagonal movement would help this play a little more smoothly, and the player's collision with blocks seems a bit restrictive. This is a cool homage to some classics, well done!
6DownStudios
13. Dec 2014 路 04:20 UTC
I really like the art style, especially the ghost sprites! Qutie nifty!
Tom 7
13. Dec 2014 路 15:23 UTC
I got to the last level, though I don't really understand how I beat the pac man one (maybe some visual clues would help?). Primarily I felt overwhelmed with phantoms, because the weapons seemed to spawn slower than them, so I was mostly just running away from big groups the whole time! Nice graphics!
alabebop
14. Dec 2014 路 16:50 UTC
Nice art and fun game play!
mrexcessive
18. Dec 2014 路 14:09 UTC
Hi there. The shooting direction seemed a bit confused sometimes, just after turning would have changed player sprite but not bullet direction. Shame no sounds. Like the look, great art.