Weapon Cooldown by Oana

made by Oana for LD27 (COMPO)

Weapon Cooldown is a bullet hell game where your weapons overheat every 10 seconds, and therefore you begin shooting a new weapon every time!

The current version contains one level consisting of several waves and a boss fight.

Use the mouse or a joystick to move. Press ESC or P to pause/release cursor.

Please give me your thoughts about the game. Any feedback is greatly appreciated! :)

Note: source requires 2D Toolkit to compile. Everything else should be in there.

Video: http://youtu.be/tsatV12oyKA

Web	http://www.prototypecorner.tk/LD_FINAL/ld27.html
Windows	http://www.prototypecorner.tk/LD_FINAL/WeaponCooldown_Win.zip
Linux	http://www.prototypecorner.tk/LD_FINAL/WeaponCooldown_Linux.zip
OS/X	http://www.prototypecorner.tk/LD_FINAL/WeaponCooldown_Mac.zip
Source	http://www.prototypecorner.tk/LD_FINAL/WeaponCooldown_Src.zip
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-27/?action=preview&uid=10659

Ratings

Coolness	51%	3
Overall	2.68	906

Audio	1.00	998
Fun	2.63	812
Graphics	2.58	751
Humor	1.38	965
Innovation	2.23	1027
Mood	2.22	917
Theme	3.21	529

Feedback

VictorGrunn

26. Aug 2013 · 02:26 UTC

Those normal enemies really remind me of the Scarlet Witch's headgear. And hey, you made an actual game and that's better than I did. Good work.

🎤 Oana

26. Aug 2013 · 04:11 UTC

Thanks. I actually had never seen the Scarlet Witch, but googling it, you are right! Heh.

unitycoder_com

26. Aug 2013 · 18:22 UTC

Good, just needs this : https://github.com/zeh/usfxr

autlos

26. Aug 2013 · 19:17 UTC

Oh god, so good.

One of the most fun games I've played. I like your 10 seconds time implementation. The only bad thing is at first it's a bit boring and slow (but gets much better later!).

🎤 Oana

26. Aug 2013 · 20:04 UTC

@unitycoder: Thanks! I'll give it a try.

@autlos: Thank you. Yeah, it does start very slow... I should have added more enemy variety and making it overall more bullet helly.

Xgor

26. Aug 2013 · 20:34 UTC

I like the concept (reminds me a bit of super crate box) but I wish there was more bullet pattern or maybe even different kind of weapons.. Also the waves are pretty boring. The boss was fun though.

Vasileiadis

26. Aug 2013 · 20:34 UTC

Was ok! Couldn't get past first boss - I became immune to laser damage and he didn't seem to go down either :(

urth

26. Aug 2013 · 20:38 UTC

My game is almost like it. Great minds think alike. :)
I did not get time to add a boss so it is an endless shooter.

Beerman

26. Aug 2013 · 20:39 UTC

Looks good and plays pretty well. It badly needs some sound effects and some sense that your shots are having an effect on the enemy though. The 10 second weapon switch was a pretty cool idea.

🎤 Oana

27. Aug 2013 · 18:39 UTC

Thanks for the feedback, particularly about what features are lacking (so I can add them later). Keep it coming :)

mutilator

30. Aug 2013 · 00:45 UTC

i love not having to do anything but shoot constantly in games, that said.. you should have made more stuff EXPLODE when it died

blay09

30. Aug 2013 · 00:51 UTC

I liked the 10 second weapon switch, but overall the game seems a bit short and monotonous. I would have liked more variation with the enemies, pickups (health boost, damage boost, ..) and a moving background (it didn't have that cool "flying through space"-feeling).

haloflooder

31. Aug 2013 · 21:00 UTC

I've seen some other games where they add more enemies after 10 seconds but it wasn't a bad shoot 'em up game.

acro

31. Aug 2013 · 21:25 UTC

Starts off a bit slow (over 10s before first enemy) and could use some more enemy variety but well done on finishing a game! Also I noticed that I became invincible after I died the first time and didn't take any damage when colliding with enemies throughout.

tigerj

01. Sep 2013 · 14:05 UTC

Pretty fun shooter. good work.

Lightmare Studio

02. Sep 2013 · 22:15 UTC

I like it! Sound would have helped having a better feedback. Use sfxr next time! :)
Nice implementation of the theme too!

Mekuri

12. Sep 2013 · 19:48 UTC

Nice game. I liked the graphics style. Sounds could definitely improve the game.