nanoTransit by intersectiongames

made by intersectiongames for LD30 (JAM)

This game was originally designed for the NM Game Jam, running during the same weekend, which had the theme of "You can accomplish anything in life, provided you do not mind who gets the credit" H.S. Truman
The Ludum Dare theme of "Connected Worlds" was kept at the back of the team's mind during development.

This game matches the theme of accomplishing anything without minding who gets the credit because the tireless efforts of the nanobots will go largely unnoticed. The doctors who invented the Anti-Cancer Capsid will be taking all the credit. Even if your nanobot dies, the rest will continue to escort the capsid. Therefore, you can still win even if your character doesn't make it.
You can see "Connected Worlds" in the meshing of mechanical and biological required for the entire endeavor.

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Windows	https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9qDMX29N98SdHlQMW90WTRWWkk/edit
Trailer	http://youtu.be/TGTOkHYLYuc
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=39152

Ratings

Coolness	62%	3
Overall(Jam)	3.30	327

Audio(Jam)	3.20	321
Fun(Jam)	3.41	179
Graphics(Jam)	3.64	267
Humor(Jam)	2.92	203
Innovation(Jam)	2.85	487
Mood(Jam)	3.07	390
Theme(Jam)	2.24	671

Feedback

Miziziziz

26. Aug 2014 · 00:45 UTC

I want to try this, but Chrome keeps giving me warnings that files from dropbox are malicious and then blocks them.

🎤 intersectiongames

26. Aug 2014 · 03:04 UTC

Thanks @Miziziziz. I changed from Dropbox to Drive, so hopefully that helps with the situation.

ice cold muffin

26. Aug 2014 · 23:33 UTC

Pretty enjoyable and fun! I like the whole cancel fighting story too.

sorle

26. Aug 2014 · 23:34 UTC

fun game!!

xandy

27. Aug 2014 · 00:01 UTC

cool shooter and nice change with the change of direction. the feault easy difficulty was too boring for me though

ponk

27. Aug 2014 · 13:16 UTC

Wow! Really like this! The environment context is great!
Funny menu, cool mechanics and very nice graphics

gwa

27. Aug 2014 · 19:54 UTC

fun. is it a buttom up or a sidescroler :)

Orange

27. Aug 2014 · 20:08 UTC

Good shooter sir! I was really hopping for a boss fight though :P

SevenKingdomsSurvivors

28. Aug 2014 · 04:46 UTC

Fun shooter. Nice graphics too!

Robot Souls Games

28. Aug 2014 · 22:07 UTC

The fact that you have to rotate the ship makes it difficult. This has nothing to do with the theme.

🎤 intersectiongames

28. Aug 2014 · 22:09 UTC

@xandy We included two harder difficulty levels for people looking for more of a challenge.
@gwa It's hybrid of both bottom-up and sidescroller. Your perspective is sort of always changing.

Galan

29. Aug 2014 · 01:56 UTC

Gotta say: love the art and overall style. My roommate, a nurse, has to say: wish you explained the antibodies and what they were doing. What can I say, she's a nerd.

Tosic

29. Aug 2014 · 06:00 UTC

When I reach the cancer cell, I get

############################################################################################
FATAL ERROR in Vertex Shader compilation
ShaderName: sdr_red

D3DXCompile failed - result

at gml_Object_o_eater_Draw_0
############################################################################################

varun

29. Aug 2014 · 06:20 UTC

Very fun shooter! Also clever way of introducing difficulty select.

Benjamin

30. Aug 2014 · 00:50 UTC

very inoovative world and scenario for a shooter. My nano-friends was helping me shooting at first but then stoped to fire at ennemies without any reasons on every game.
bonus pointfor the Y projectile who get stucks on nanos and must be cleared. It would have been so fun if your firend would have actually try to fire at you to help to get rid of them.

🎤 intersectiongames

30. Aug 2014 · 00:51 UTC

@Tosic
It's an issue with DirectX. You can try updating it, and see if that works.

dtruby

30. Aug 2014 · 02:38 UTC

Very nice graphics. I loved the title screen. Impressive array of mechanics/animations, but having no decceleration makes everything feel very jagged. I felt the music was nice but didn't seem particularly appropriate to the game?
- qualia

Scipio Xaos

30. Aug 2014 · 03:24 UTC

Aww... looked fun, but WINE seems to have trouble launching it. Complains about a corrupted cabinet file. Oh well.

yooboo

30. Aug 2014 · 16:17 UTC

Fantastic graphics! Fun to play. Couldn't stop playing.....

barryrowe

30. Aug 2014 · 21:45 UTC

This game is really nice. Very well done. The turning path keeps the game challenging, the graphics are well put together, the animations are smooth, the audio enhances instead of distracting, and you even hit the sense of urgency with the rumbling shadow. Nice entry! Well well done.

elefantopia

30. Aug 2014 · 22:01 UTC

Fun game, nice controls and graphics.

🎤 intersectiongames

31. Aug 2014 · 01:27 UTC

Thanks for all the awesome feedback everyone! We really appreciate it!

PaperBlurt

07. Sep 2014 · 19:25 UTC

Hey this game was cool.
I Like the name too...

Lokarunith

14. Sep 2014 · 18:57 UTC

Very solid entry, but allow me a bit of critiscism, the controls, feel a bit inappropriate for this kind of game, using WASD feels very inacurete, if I could use the mouse as the target, everything would flow much more naturally and the player would have more controll over where he/she shoots.