Dreams of war by netmute
You fought in the second galactic war. You were the only survivor of your wing, and your ship was badly damaged. Your onboard repair AI was constantly repairing the ship systems, but you had only power to enable one subsystem at a time.
Ultimately, your ship was destroyed. After drifting in space for days in just your vacsuit, you were finally rescued.
That was years ago. You are now called a hero, but that battle in your damaged ship still haunts you in your dreams...
The game is such a dream.
"Dreams of war" is a simple SHMUP. I put way too much work into lots of small details, and I hope someone notices :P
There are periodic level ups after killing enough enemies. On each level up, you can select which subsystem of the ship you want to activate (But only one. See what I did there? I'm such a creative genius...). The subsystems get stronger with every level up, as do the hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?
The game runs fine in Chrome and Firefox. I didn't bother with other browsers because of time and sanity.
Music is the DeepSpaceOne stream from SomaFM.
Ultimately, your ship was destroyed. After drifting in space for days in just your vacsuit, you were finally rescued.
That was years ago. You are now called a hero, but that battle in your damaged ship still haunts you in your dreams...
The game is such a dream.
"Dreams of war" is a simple SHMUP. I put way too much work into lots of small details, and I hope someone notices :P
There are periodic level ups after killing enough enemies. On each level up, you can select which subsystem of the ship you want to activate (But only one. See what I did there? I'm such a creative genius...). The subsystems get stronger with every level up, as do the hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?
The game runs fine in Chrome and Firefox. I didn't bother with other browsers because of time and sanity.
Music is the DeepSpaceOne stream from SomaFM.
| Web | http://ld28.simonernst.com/ |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=11213 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 49% | 965 |
| Overall(Jam) | 3.06 | 291 |
| Audio(Jam) | 3.50 | 87 |
| Fun(Jam) | 3.12 | 181 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 2.94 | 346 |
| Humor(Jam) | 1.76 | 414 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 1.79 | 538 |
| Mood(Jam) | 3.03 | 214 |
| Theme(Jam) | 2.30 | 424 |
Nice sound effects and a good choice of music.
Played solidly and the little spaceships had its simple charm.
At first I thought 'who is the idiot that puts fire and movement for the same hand?" And then I found it had autofire :)
Consistent style also, the game, menu, choice menu and hi-score ui were all the same retro style.
It was pretty hard, because the ship moved so fast (the reverse of my game then :)
Bookmarked your game for later. Great one!