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When Worlds Collide by Jacic

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made by Jacic for LD30 (COMPO)
Aliens are attacking the planet! Use technology created by research teams in multiple universes to fight back!

This game might be best described as playing several classic arcade games on the same screen at the same time.

Controls are explained in the "about" screen in the game. If I'm honest, this is probably my favorite and possibly best of all my games. It's certainly the juiciest, which is good because the biggest problem my games usually have is a lack of juice and visual polish.

I used Haxe and HaxePunk to make this game, for those who are interested.
Web (Flash) http://jacic.itch.io/when-worlds-collide
Source https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27464471/LD30/LD30-src.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=5267

Ratings

Coolness 36% 1659
Overall 3.32 438
Audio 2.75 528
Fun 3.35 307
Graphics 2.82 742
Innovation 3.83 120
Mood 3.16 411
Theme 3.32 514

Feedback

bendmorris
25. Aug 2014 · 02:39 UTC
Great idea! Very challenging.
Tanner
25. Aug 2014 · 19:16 UTC
Simple but addictive
Tim Bumpus
26. Aug 2014 · 23:23 UTC
Haha! I went in blind without reading the description or looking at the screenshots. I read the long and dramatic intro, and was ready for some kind of epic game of defense-- and then I laughed when it turned out to be Pong. Stuff gets added, though, of course.

Also, first impression: THE FONTS ARE FINALLY ANTIALIASED! And the graphics aren't terrible! They're actually pretty solid! Wow! Well done, Jacic!
akymos
27. Aug 2014 · 13:48 UTC
Nice idea. Really fun.
dhargan
27. Aug 2014 · 15:39 UTC
at first I was like "meh.. another basic arcade clone" but then I saw it is not that simple. great game and idea mate, good job!
Belvar
27. Aug 2014 · 20:16 UTC
I've also been surprised, I was starting to get bored and wondered if it was just a single player pong and then I leveled up and noticed it was more interesting than was it looked like in the first place, well done !
🎤 Jacic
28. Aug 2014 · 01:44 UTC
Thanks for all the kind words everyone! I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)
ajayajayaj
28. Aug 2014 · 02:03 UTC
Awesome Game! Very interesting idea!
Resonious
28. Aug 2014 · 21:28 UTC
That was actually pretty cool. Definitely pushes your multitasking abilities to the limit!
rd127p77
28. Aug 2014 · 22:37 UTC
Fun Game, First attempt got to score: 1000. But great game overall.
ElectricSeagull
29. Aug 2014 · 14:04 UTC
That's really impressive. I like how all the different simple elements interact with each other on one screen. It gets confusing pretty quickly. The graphics look nice too.
metalchouchen
30. Aug 2014 · 17:21 UTC
Nice idea ! All game interact well :)
Xanjos
30. Aug 2014 · 17:29 UTC
I loved how you managed to effectively blend in two games together into one and I really like how the graphics and audio gives it that retro feel.
Sunflower
30. Aug 2014 · 21:39 UTC
Decent entry, though I had quite a trouble keeping track of all items at the same time; and neither I had a motivation to keep playing, since I'm not the one who likes to simply get the best score ever; beating the aliens would be a better motivation. But still, the gameplay somewhat confused me. >.<
psychonull
05. Sep 2014 · 15:07 UTC
With some more polish I would keep playing this hours! good job
commanderstitch
08. Sep 2014 · 02:31 UTC
Interesting idea of combining the different games into one. i guess that was the idea behind the theme. Seemed a bit slow, that's all i have. lots of stuff going on, just a bit slow to change, move, or shoot. :-)