Your Screen is Mine! by D3zmodos

made by D3zmodos for LD31 (JAM)

Take on the role of "Valiant Defender of Screenbuffers Everywhere" in our arena shooter game where you must defend your screen from an onslaught of rogue pixels.

The game takes place on your screen (the background of the game is whatever was on your screen when you loaded the game) and the edges of the screen start coming alive and attacking you, you must fight them back, trying to survive until the next time your screen refreshes and the rogue pixels are put back in their places (temporarily).

Controls:
WASD - Move
Mouse - Aim
Left Mouse Button - Shoot (you move more slowly while shooting)
Escape - Quit at any time

To Run:
- Requires Java to run (probably 7+, might work on java 6 but we haven't tried)
- Simply download the .jar file and double click on it (assuming java is set up correctly on your computer)
- Alternatively run the command "java -jar YourScreenIsMine.jar"

Cross-platform (Java)	https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/84730662/Games/LD31/YourScreenIsMine.jar
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=14492

Ratings

Coolness	32%	1934
Overall(Jam)	3.91	63

Audio(Jam)	2.45	580
Fun(Jam)	3.57	149
Graphics(Jam)	3.05	612
Innovation(Jam)	4.29	13
Mood(Jam)	2.72	725
Theme(Jam)	4.82	3

Feedback

madhoe

08. Dec 2014 · 04:22 UTC

THIS GAME. I really love how this game is literally on the screen!

Sh1rogane

08. Dec 2014 · 16:21 UTC

I must also say I love how the game plays on the screen. Good job!

Timm638

08. Dec 2014 · 16:23 UTC

You're a genuis...

roktom

08. Dec 2014 · 16:26 UTC

It's a small little game, but I won't judge this by that :) I like how it works on my screen, with background ^^

Survival game, timer, sound effects are quite nice, kinda repetitive. :)

dix

08. Dec 2014 · 16:26 UTC

Nice done it's really cute :D

🎤 D3zmodos

08. Dec 2014 · 17:32 UTC

@rokom ye there was meant to be more of a progression with new enemies getting introduced over time and having weapon drops to keep it interesting but we ran out of time :( Also would have liked to spend a bit more time tuning how the game gets harder over the course of each round.

I'm glad people like the idea though :)

jeepracer98

09. Dec 2014 · 07:32 UTC

I really enjoyed this game. I liked that it actually turned the screen against you. However, because I have two monitors, the game turned out kind of weird. It took a screen capture of my entire two monitor desktop and then shrunk it onto one of my desktops. I realize this is probably a limitation in Java, and it is a really cool game regardless.

Miziziziz

09. Dec 2014 · 18:59 UTC

AWESOME
This game is great, you get high marks. Managed to beat it after many tries. I'm curious what would happen if I had two monitors with this game
btw, I'm using java 8 and it occasionally it freezes

ChuiGum

10. Dec 2014 · 02:55 UTC

Innovation and Theme 5 Stars! The theme was on point, very smart. It was really cool, good job!

Chris Mondok

10. Dec 2014 · 03:04 UTC

I wanted to try this out, but it doesn't work on my (admittedly esoteric environment). Instead, it opens a tiny window (see screenshot) in the upper left corner of my screen. I don't know if it's the resolution, or the fact that I'm on linux, or the Awesome window manager, but it doesn't like something. I'll try it out on a windows machine later, for sure.

http://i.imgur.com/3kWUz49.jpg

rincewind_cz

10. Dec 2014 · 06:05 UTC

Haha, nice take on theme :-)

BretHudson

11. Dec 2014 · 09:57 UTC

Fantastic idea, I've seen it executed before, but your take on the desktop shmup is great! I've always been interested on how to make a game "transparent" like this, but never known if it was very easily possible. I'm sure I'll be seeing this higher up in the finalists! :)

matthewdpace

11. Dec 2014 · 09:58 UTC

Excellent use of the theme, great gameplay. Audio stopped working after the first collision for me, but everything else was great!

AkirAssasin

11. Dec 2014 · 10:00 UTC

wow.

p1x3lruckus

11. Dec 2014 · 10:00 UTC

Very clever, shame my screen has a really boring background. Only thing i'de suggest is better sound effects, they hurt my ears a bit.

Mach60KAS

14. Dec 2014 · 22:38 UTC

Fantastic interpretation of the theme, could have used some more feedback when you destroy an enemy (explosions maybe?) but apart from that I really enjoyed it.

ShadowStryker

24. Dec 2014 · 07:23 UTC

Excellent game, and I love how it adapts to your screen. Only complaint is that it was rather difficult to survive more than maybe 15 seconds.

Tangible Games

24. Dec 2014 · 13:38 UTC

Interesting take on the theme!

DiegoHenriquez

29. Dec 2014 · 06:30 UTC

I really love this. Don't even know why but I do... Most awesome use of the theme!! 5/5

nsindrajith

29. Dec 2014 · 06:36 UTC

good game , liked the screenshot idea...