NEXUS by brokenbeach
The NEXUS; A mysterious alien planet shrouded by a thick, impenetrable fog. The worlds surrounding the NEXUS are connected by their beacons; ancient alien artifacts that are the key to unveiling it's secrets.
This game is an arcade shooter/platformer, focused on feel-good gameplay and terrain destruction.
This is my first time taking part in Ludum Dare. In fact, this is the first game I've ever completed. The code's a mess, and there are a couple of small bugs but nothing substantial. The hardest part has just been distributing it. Still working on an OSX and Linux wrapper. In the mean time, the Windows one should work, so long as you 'run anyway' when Windows tries to stop you. Apologies for the inconvenience.
I chose a simple 5-colour palette. And focused on "feel-good" shooting, platforming, and terrain destruction. It's pretty short, but the final level is something very different from the rest. And it's fairly challenging too!
I hope you enjoy it. If you do, feel free to follow me on twitter @brokenbeachuk or on tumblr at www.brokenbeach.com
* Someone mentioned being stuck on the menu screen. I can't seem to reproduce the problem after downloading and running the game. I'm still able to run it problem free. For those who may not know, you select a planet with 'ENTER'.
** I'd like to apologise to those experiencing crashes. I'm not entirely sure what could be causing them, but I'm looking into it right now, but I'm having trouble reproducing many of these problems. Please do try both the Windows wrap and executable jar file. Thanks for your patience and most of all, thanks for playing.
This game is an arcade shooter/platformer, focused on feel-good gameplay and terrain destruction.
This is my first time taking part in Ludum Dare. In fact, this is the first game I've ever completed. The code's a mess, and there are a couple of small bugs but nothing substantial. The hardest part has just been distributing it. Still working on an OSX and Linux wrapper. In the mean time, the Windows one should work, so long as you 'run anyway' when Windows tries to stop you. Apologies for the inconvenience.
I chose a simple 5-colour palette. And focused on "feel-good" shooting, platforming, and terrain destruction. It's pretty short, but the final level is something very different from the rest. And it's fairly challenging too!
I hope you enjoy it. If you do, feel free to follow me on twitter @brokenbeachuk or on tumblr at www.brokenbeach.com
* Someone mentioned being stuck on the menu screen. I can't seem to reproduce the problem after downloading and running the game. I'm still able to run it problem free. For those who may not know, you select a planet with 'ENTER'.
** I'd like to apologise to those experiencing crashes. I'm not entirely sure what could be causing them, but I'm looking into it right now, but I'm having trouble reproducing many of these problems. Please do try both the Windows wrap and executable jar file. Thanks for your patience and most of all, thanks for playing.
| Windows Download | http://sites.google.com/site/brokenbeachuk/NEXUS.zip |
| Executable Jar Download | http://sites.google.com/site/brokenbeachuk/NEXUS.jar |
| Source | http://sites.google.com/site/brokenbeachuk/NEXUSsrc.zip |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=41470 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 51% | 3 |
| Overall | 3.50 | 269 |
| Audio | 2.76 | 522 |
| Fun | 3.34 | 314 |
| Graphics | 4.11 | 72 |
| Humor | 2.58 | 399 |
| Innovation | 2.79 | 833 |
| Mood | 3.35 | 257 |
| Theme | 2.86 | 813 |
Graphics are simple but to the point, maybe a little too small.
I'm not too sure about the theme, but not having found 'the nexus', I can't say much.
Very solid entry.
I've also found bug, but I wasn't able to reproduce it. Once on meteor and once on final world (probably doesn't matter where) in the middle of a fight game screen froze. Nothing moved, but when I pressed the arrows I could still hear shooting sound.