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Ten Second Clone by Dream Of Sleeping

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made by Dream Of Sleeping for LD27 (COMPO)
Every ten seconds you will be cloned. That clone will live that ten seconds over and over. It will mirror your movements and shoot when you have shot. Unless you shoot him first! Shooting restarts his 10 second loop.

I recommend the google chrome browser, but it should work in all the main ones. Although the sound lags in Safari.

It's html5 so you can see the source code on the webpage,

Edit: Hello the post competition version is available to play, but obviously not to rate.

Follow me on twitter for updates. https://twitter.com/dreamofsleeping

The new version will be a lot more exciting and you can't just stand in the same spot shooting them.
Web (HTML5) http://www.dreamofsleeping.co.uk/games/tensecondsbeta/
Post Comp Version http://www.dreamofsleeping.co.uk/games/fivesecondclone/
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-27/?action=preview&uid=25172

Ratings

Coolness 88% 2
Overall 3.25 365
Audio 2.86 372
Fun 3.33 246
Graphics 2.80 603
Humor 3.13 166
Innovation 3.45 235
Mood 2.75 536
Theme 3.61 180

Feedback

dmastergames
26. Aug 2013 · 01:06 UTC
Really good game :) Fun and Addicting :)
chrisamaphone
26. Aug 2013 · 02:12 UTC
hilarious and fun :)
Zuige
26. Aug 2013 · 02:26 UTC
What a brilliant concept for a game! :) Quite well exectuted as well. Fits the theme perfectly!
Adjotur
26. Aug 2013 · 02:28 UTC
Enjoyed it :)
Tom 7
26. Aug 2013 · 02:48 UTC
Smart idea! I like how the game has built-in disincentives for spamming the laser. I think it would also work pretty well in other arenas (e.g. a 2D platformer).
Music and sound are great too :)
jihop
26. Aug 2013 · 02:58 UTC
Great idea! I had hard time detecting the pattern but very fun to play!
ChronoDK
26. Aug 2013 · 06:44 UTC
Really clever idea! Remembering your own movement pattern several clones back is so hard, but really fun game too.
Steve
26. Aug 2013 · 07:23 UTC
Pretty cool idea. However, you can just stand still in the same spot and fire continuously to get a whole bunch of kills.
orangepascal
26. Aug 2013 · 07:37 UTC
first thought was "boring!" but then it picked up a bit and became a fun action game :) really nice
🎤 Dream Of Sleeping
26. Aug 2013 · 07:39 UTC
Thanks for the feedback everyone. Steve I know you are a right. I have a few ideas to solve that problem. But I didn't dare do it last second. At the moment the clone resets when shot. But maybe it should continue where it left off. Therefore it would shoot more, because you couldn't just stop it shooting.

Also I could have ghosts flying past as bonuses. Which would give you incentive to move to shoot them. Or I could just randomize the starting point along the x axis, although it would be less obvious you have been cloned.
Taffaz
26. Aug 2013 · 09:39 UTC
Enjoyed it. Great concept and use of the theme.
maxking1234
26. Aug 2013 · 11:14 UTC
Great fun, what a good idea!
GuillaumeGwi
26. Aug 2013 · 11:57 UTC
Sounds a lot like mine :D I like it
Sebastian
26. Aug 2013 · 12:19 UTC
Clever haha. Only managed to get 20.
nandor
26. Aug 2013 · 14:41 UTC
Great idea, although I suck at it :))
Acrimiens
26. Aug 2013 · 14:45 UTC
Funny!
Jimanzium
26. Aug 2013 · 15:18 UTC
Really good idea, nice job
irl
26. Aug 2013 · 15:21 UTC
Great use of the theme. Good fun too. Only problem I can see with the gameplay is that if you time it right and stand still, it's very easy to get lots of kills with no effort. Maybe the clones should spawn at random locations and wrap around when ghosting?
🎤 Dream Of Sleeping
26. Aug 2013 · 15:32 UTC
I am going to try the random locations idea, although I'm not sure it will entirely solve the issue as you could still just shoot one clone over and over without any of the others in front to eventually zap you. I have a few ideas, I think I'll be able to make it work somehow.
Foxtacy
26. Aug 2013 · 15:40 UTC
Very good idea, and very well fiting with the theme! :)

I could play this all day long hahahaa.
NuSan
26. Aug 2013 · 15:45 UTC
Good idea, putting the clone in mirror. You can try severall tactics, most of them doesnt work very long ^^
Obscuremoon
26. Aug 2013 · 17:15 UTC
Addictive, I want to play the other games but I keep coming back to this one!
kapoty
26. Aug 2013 · 17:54 UTC
hilarious and fun²
bisk8s
26. Aug 2013 · 18:09 UTC
if I never shoot I never die? Ok i can live with some clones...
Anyway good concept and very good js structure too!
tinfoilboy
26. Aug 2013 · 18:16 UTC
Nice game, liked the travel back in time to shoot your clone gameplay, the graphics are okay, sound is well done imo, theme is very implemented in the game with the clone mechanic, I enjoyed playing the game, and overall it's very good. Nice job!
tamirespp
26. Aug 2013 · 19:24 UTC
I didn`t like the game very much, the "where did that come from" is nice at first but annoying in very little time, the graphics are ok for the time spent but I think it`s an obvious use of the theme. Good try though.
MrBlade
26. Aug 2013 · 19:51 UTC
Nice job! I love the sounds. Keep it up!
Sloth Jesus
26. Aug 2013 · 20:12 UTC
This is a really neat game, and I don't think I have played anything like it. The art could use work, but I am sure that is simply because it is a 48 hour game.
Geeks-n-chicks
26. Aug 2013 · 20:29 UTC
Cool! It could make me playing for a time :-)
Boodog
26. Aug 2013 · 20:51 UTC
Cool game!
michail
26. Aug 2013 · 22:38 UTC
Funny game. The best strategy is to produce lots of clones in the beginning and then start to kill them slowly - it pretty much solves everything :)
🎤 Dream Of Sleeping
26. Aug 2013 · 22:41 UTC
@michail sshhh don't tell people that. haha I've been racking my brains all day trying to think of a way to make the game work so you can't make it easy on yourself.

People need to start posting their scores. Funnily enough my best score (although I can't remember what it was) was when I was running around all over the place shooting like crazy.
psychomonster
26. Aug 2013 · 23:02 UTC
Cool :D My highest score was 31. Cool Idea. Saved the link to favs ^^
goyal
26. Aug 2013 · 23:28 UTC
managed to get 22.
Jupiter_Hadley
27. Aug 2013 · 00:32 UTC
I like the game, and really enjoyed the little guys voice, it was funny. Nice use of the theme! I included this game in my video compilation of LD27 games :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhxp6zWGaGM
🎤 Dream Of Sleeping
27. Aug 2013 · 07:45 UTC
Jupiter_Hadley thanks for inluding my game in your video!
matthewvermaak
27. Aug 2013 · 22:42 UTC
Challenging but fun. Good job :0)
KhaoTom
28. Aug 2013 · 00:25 UTC
What a strange thing to think about... killing your own clones.
Tifu
28. Aug 2013 · 19:45 UTC
Hee, pretty easy to exploit :P
I got 32 kills on a not-cheating run :)
🎤 Dream Of Sleeping
28. Aug 2013 · 21:07 UTC
@Tifu It won't be on the next version!
zatyka
29. Aug 2013 · 00:09 UTC
Really cool idea, with a lot of subtitle strategy involved.. It could definitely be polished up, but this definitely has potential.
gre
29. Aug 2013 · 11:27 UTC
Simple but very good game!
Congrats
ChronusZ
29. Aug 2013 · 19:10 UTC
Very good concept :) Lagged a bit for me if a lot of lasers were being fired at once.
proc
29. Aug 2013 · 19:14 UTC
Fun concept but I can see it being hard to balance. I like the little guy's graphic :)
Starspell
29. Aug 2013 · 19:32 UTC
An interesting take on the theme. I liked the little worms-like voices in the audio. Pretty nice idea ^^.
Angrycrow
30. Aug 2013 · 02:40 UTC
Cool idea.
tigerj
30. Aug 2013 · 16:54 UTC
this was really fun and had excellent skill challenges.

I like the voices too.

Nice work and glad to see more html5/browser games in the LD
dekart
02. Sep 2013 · 17:20 UTC
Nice game, I like the idea and the art
bitowl
08. Sep 2013 · 13:37 UTC
this concept is AWESOME!
Best score I could get was 10, as my past beings are tooo good in this game :P
motty
11. Sep 2013 · 00:53 UTC
Cute. Fun. Nice one. Enjoyed it.