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The 5th Layer by Iak

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made by Iak for LD31 (COMPO)
The Story of a lone Fire Elemental trying to prove his worth... By Destroying all the Snow Golems!


Controls:
WASD - movement
SPACE - shooting
LeftShift - slowing down (this also shows your hitbox!)
ESC - pause/quit

OSX: The OSX version may not run correctly (using lwjgl natives) - Not sure why!

Original Release and Post-LD Versions: (See "Version History.txt" for more Information)
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/os6bmjd5s8ehu86/AADjQ8iuk6cEHnWqNJHV10b-a

Last Post-LD update: +added HP-Bar to Cloud-Boss
Currently testing (available in link up above, too):
+Added Menu -> Options, -> Info
+Added new Enemies
+Added Enemy Movement
Windows https://www.dropbox.com/s/jiauhugr1fo4k2t/The_5th_Layer_Version_1_Windows.jar?dl=0
OS/X https://www.dropbox.com/s/hupo0323yzzk3d6/The_5th_Layer_Version_1_MACOSX.jar?dl=0
Linux https://www.dropbox.com/s/3qah3oj4wc3zq0y/The_5th_Layer_Version_1_Linux.jar?dl=0
Source https://www.dropbox.com/sh/prtkm5qba9tdh8b/AADPiFz_HJ2GB9dtQA3zXpdna?dl=0
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=39346

Ratings

Coolness 58% 3
Overall 2.88 884
Audio 2.09 847
Fun 3.06 581
Graphics 2.27 1045
Humor 2.46 577
Innovation 2.03 1148
Mood 2.50 920
Theme 3.39 816

Feedback

BtheDestroyer
07. Dec 2014 · 20:53 UTC
Nice little bullet hell :)
Wezley
07. Dec 2014 · 21:28 UTC
This game is insane! Nice job! :)
LedgeTheDev
07. Dec 2014 · 22:30 UTC
Nice
wandersenus
07. Dec 2014 · 23:28 UTC
remind me of the japanese game tohou
Mopz
08. Dec 2014 · 08:29 UTC
I died a couple of times, difficult but fun!
wandersenus
08. Dec 2014 · 09:25 UTC
Pretty fun game!!!
Rulrite
08. Dec 2014 · 14:39 UTC
Simple, yet very moreish... I think you did a great job with the difficulty, although I haven't gotten past the third phase yet!
🎤 Iak
08. Dec 2014 · 18:14 UTC
There are currently only 3 phases - I already started working on more though!
davesoft
08. Dec 2014 · 18:37 UTC
Nice bullet-hell game, the player bullets need to have more impact, maybe add a few fluff enemies to show that your gun does actually work.
Keep working on it, great start :D
The Jahn
08. Dec 2014 · 18:39 UTC
Gotta dig bullet hells.
harley77
08. Dec 2014 · 20:11 UTC
Crashed on OS X :(
🎤 Iak
08. Dec 2014 · 21:00 UTC
I don't have a Mac to test it myself, I just exported to OSX using the standard files provided with lwjgl - if you have any specific errors appearing I could try to find a fix...
eusekerci
09. Dec 2014 · 12:08 UTC
nice game, but a lit hard
HolyBlackCat
09. Dec 2014 · 20:23 UTC
Nice, but too hard for me. Can't beat the boss. D:
By the way, I fixed my game, now it should run on your PC. Thank you for that report!
Wezley
09. Dec 2014 · 23:22 UTC
Nice game haha, you deserve a 2nd rating as well! :p I love the game!
triplefox
11. Dec 2014 · 01:34 UTC
I won!
Wakka
12. Dec 2014 · 11:59 UTC
funny game haha :)
RockhopperGames
14. Dec 2014 · 11:51 UTC
A fun little shooter, but I'd suggest adding a hitsound for when you hit the enemies, and a slight delay between enemies being killed and new enemies spawning, since the first snowman you kill looks like it summons two more at half health, instead of being replaced by three.
naufr4g0
14. Dec 2014 · 11:55 UTC
The game needs visual feedback for shots that hit the target (flashing enemy or something else). Anyway the game is fun and i just did it! It needs also more levels.
🎤 Iak
14. Dec 2014 · 18:42 UTC
working on more levels already, visual/audio feedback for hitting enemies is a good idea, too.
Animations for enemies moving onto the screen rather than them just appearing there are already done and will be uploaded once I am relatively certain it causes no gamebreaking bugs.

Thanks for the feedback!
XTremEive
22. Dec 2014 · 16:48 UTC
Cool stuff, but it needs more feedback.
maxmetallica
29. Dec 2014 · 21:18 UTC
nice work