Only Takes One by gmfk07

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made by gmfk07 for LD28 (COMPO)
An army of robots is invading the park, and you must stop them with only an empty wallet and a single piece of ammo.

Even if you do manage to get enough money to buy more ammo, your weapon still holds only one piece of ammunition at a time - and the robots won't leave until you destroy their mothership.

But if you'll ever want to succeed, you'll need upgrades - and lots of them. Should you save up money to be safe if you miss, or upgrade to not miss? Saving up money is hard - robots only drop 11 coins at the start, and ammo is worth 10 coins!

And remember - if at any point you have no more ammo left and can't afford more, you might as well just give up!

Instructions: (Didn't have time to make a tutorial)
>>W/A/S/D to move
>>Left mouse to shoot (If you have ammo)
>>Left mouse over buttons to upgrade (You must already have ammo in order to upgrade, just to prevent spending so much you automatically lose)
>>Left mouse over ammo button to buy one piece of ammo (And you can only carry one at a time)
>>Hmm... what is behind the locked option?

Enjoy!

Ratings

Coolness 51% 3
Overall 2.68 762
Audio 2.52 497
Fun 2.52 728
Graphics 2.04 903
Humor 2.40 423
Innovation 2.65 660
Mood 2.10 881
Theme 3.32 254

Feedback

Xeke_Death
16. Dec 2013 路 11:43 UTC
Nice concept, though I was expecting the robots to explode when shot...
Music control would be nice...
windwalkerranger
16. Dec 2013 路 13:16 UTC
It was nice, though it took quite a time to understand what was going on.
Nik Sudan
16. Dec 2013 路 17:17 UTC
Really confused with this - how do I actually progress?. Seems like a fun little arena shooter though!
馃帳 gmfk07
16. Dec 2013 路 19:22 UTC
Yeah, a tutorial would've made this easier... at any rate, to progress, you need to shoot robots, then use the money you gained to buy more ammo, and repeat until you can buy upgrades. It gets easier after a few upgrades, but at the start missing a shot usually means a game over.
soy_yuma
16. Dec 2013 路 20:45 UTC
Haha, it is a bit confusing at the beginning, but I understood the concept pretty easily. It's complicated thought, really complicated. I liked it!
barkergames
17. Dec 2013 路 00:18 UTC
The music got annoying really fast.
It would have been nice to have a hot-key to buy ammo, it was difficult to shoot, then move your mouse to the bottom right of the screen, then aim again and shoot.
馃帳 gmfk07
17. Dec 2013 路 00:56 UTC
As per the music getting annoying: Yes I know, I didn't have time to make a mute button, sorry. I tried to make a way to get ammo simpler, but players could game the system (keep shooting at a stunned robot continually while buying ammo and he couldn't move). But thanks for your input ;)
GaTechGrad
17. Dec 2013 路 04:22 UTC
Pretty cool game. I enjoyed the retro style music.
magicdweedoo
19. Dec 2013 路 02:39 UTC
god damn this game rules. best song of LD28
馃帳 gmfk07
20. Dec 2013 路 11:28 UTC
I officially have the most mixed reviews ever.
michail
22. Dec 2013 路 22:44 UTC
The idea is good, but moving the mouse to the corner after each shot to buy 1 piece of ammo was a little annoying. This action really needs a hotkey.