Whack-A-Burster by Fortyseven

made by Fortyseven for LD29 (JAM)

What's beneath the surface? A chest-burster.

What you've got here is Aliens themed whack-a-mole. That's it. ;)

Arcade gameplay is roughly in place, with bugs of course. Hastily added sound effects. Wrapping this up with a couple hours to spare since I have to be someplace. Will definitely finish it up, since there's a bit more I wanted to do with this.

Web	http://www.bytestemplar.com/misc/ld48/29/
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=2847

Ratings

Coolness	84%	2
Overall(Jam)	2.72	629

Audio(Jam)	2.68	509
Fun(Jam)	2.76	496
Graphics(Jam)	3.57	297
Humor(Jam)	3.35	117
Innovation(Jam)	2.25	682
Mood(Jam)	2.81	517
Theme(Jam)	2.80	539

Feedback

Warzone Gaming

28. Apr 2014 · 23:49 UTC

Dropping from ceilings, and chest busting aliens... Most legit I've ever played! If it weren't for all the glitches... It would be freakin awesome.

danbo

29. Apr 2014 · 01:04 UTC

This is pretty funny. Scream sound effect took me by surprise!

RARoadkill

29. Apr 2014 · 01:04 UTC

Hard to go wrong with a whack-a-mole game

conormn

29. Apr 2014 · 01:24 UTC

Might be the best game of the Alien franchise.

Korwegian

29. Apr 2014 · 01:36 UTC

I love the concept but it's really glitchy and confusing.

SmilingCat

29. Apr 2014 · 01:39 UTC

Very nice graphics and atmosphere.

🎤 Fortyseven

29. Apr 2014 · 01:41 UTC

Thanks, guys! :D But yes, lots of bugs. Much glitching. I plan to fix up most of that and polish it up in the coming days.

theundeadwarrior

29. Apr 2014 · 03:00 UTC

WOOAHHHAHAAAAHAHHHHHH ;)

mechabit

29. Apr 2014 · 03:10 UTC

Nice graphics, don't think I've yet to whack an alien

gene-z

29. Apr 2014 · 04:23 UTC

Good Work.. really impressive

blockbot

29. Apr 2014 · 19:29 UTC

Art is pretty sweet.

Gins

29. Apr 2014 · 22:58 UTC

Whack-A-Mole :)
The game seems to have gotten stuck after a while, because nothing new happened.

hyouko

30. Apr 2014 · 03:38 UTC

The scream definitely makes it. Wish there was an easier way to start over than reloading the page, though!

GamerTaters

30. Apr 2014 · 11:02 UTC

That scream! Nice presentation. Definitely a little buggy though.

urisensei

30. Apr 2014 · 11:03 UTC

It's all fun and games until a chest burster flies into your face. Wacky idea, and good execution, only bug I came across was after wacking the Medical Hammer tm (great name) a few times in a row, no more patients came down.
Don't do drugs kids

byExclusive

02. May 2014 · 07:54 UTC

Great idea!!!

timtipgames

02. May 2014 · 07:54 UTC

Very funny. Very bugged. ;)

CMaster

04. May 2014 · 11:03 UTC

Kinda funny.
Shame it tends to lock up.

Guessing most of the graphics are pulled from elsewhere?

mrexcessive

05. May 2014 · 18:04 UTC

Hi. Several bugs on mouse tracking. Really good mood.

Jupiter_Hadley

09. May 2014 · 20:29 UTC

Glitchy, but pretty good for the time. I included it in part 17 of my Ludum Dare compilation video series, if you want to check it out :) http://youtu.be/wBne0r55jPY

TeamFlare

10. May 2014 · 16:57 UTC

Cool idea.^^ I played several rounds :)

Moosefly

15. May 2014 · 22:52 UTC

The most hardcore whack-a-mole game I've ever played! It's a diamond in the rough :P.

Anssi@MooseflyGames

🎤 Fortyseven

16. Jul 2014 · 22:48 UTC

I went back and revised the hell out of the game over the last couple weeks; fixed lots of bugs and polished things up. Learned a lot. :) -> http://fortyseven.itch.io/whack-a-burster

🎤 Fortyseven

18. Dec 2014 · 05:06 UTC

Came back to link to the final version on GameJolt: http://gamejolt.com/games/arcade/whack-a-burster/30298/

It's still barely a game, but I'm pretty proud of how it turned out. :)

🎤 Fortyseven

18. Dec 2014 · 05:07 UTC

And I'm just realizing that it's probably the same build. I should have looked first. [Talks to an empty room.]