Alien Shape Shifters by legendpaul

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made by legendpaul for LD35 (COMPO)
Alien Shape Shift

Designed for Android Phones

Web Link is the Download from Android Store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=alienshapeshifters.alienshapeshifters

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall 2.61 860
Audio 2.38 549
Fun 2.60 788
Graphics 2.27 822
Humor 2.52 357
Innovation 2.56 780
Mood 2.47 711
Theme 3.26 536

Feedback

馃帳 legendpaul
18. Apr 2016 路 03:00 UTC
Available free for Android here - >

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=alienshapeshifters.alienshapeshifters
Dooskington
18. Apr 2016 路 03:14 UTC
Looked interesting, but I had no way of trying it.
TechXSoftware
18. Apr 2016 路 03:14 UTC
Love the gameboy feel
sepharoth213
18. Apr 2016 路 03:16 UTC
graphics and all were tweaking out on my phone
also the web link on your ld page is broken
馃帳 legendpaul
18. Apr 2016 路 03:24 UTC
Thanks, the link is fixed now
makiki99
18. Apr 2016 路 06:21 UTC
Don't put misleading links. You also need to put link to source code, because you submitted game to the compo category. No rating for now.
馃帳 legendpaul
18. Apr 2016 路 13:05 UTC
Will get that sorted after work, bit of a rush so late in uk last night
Marsouin
18. Apr 2016 路 14:14 UTC
Cool game gg guys !
馃帳 legendpaul
18. Apr 2016 路 22:21 UTC
Source and Windows Version now added
Swynfel
18. Apr 2016 路 23:43 UTC
I couldn't read the windows file (I suppose you need a certain player to read that file).
So I had to download it on Android.

First and most important comment : you can't restart a level (or I haven't found the way). It's very annoying ! I had to restart the game multiples times to be able to test the latter levels, and I had to redo the first levels.
There is also no tutorial. It should be okay because you could fiddle around and find out about how the game works, but since there is the "you can't restart" problem, you're scared of trying new things out.

The concept is interesting, and the controls okay... You could have used the touch screen in a better way I think. Having half the screen taken by buttons is meh.

The graphics' quality is poor, and sometimes feel heterogeneous (the tile style is completely different from the rest for example).

Anyway : First Ludum Dare Game I tried on mobile platform, was worth testing.
Jadernak
18. Apr 2016 路 23:56 UTC
It could really use a restart button for levels.
Spud
19. Apr 2016 路 00:14 UTC
Cool game, though I couldn't finish the 4th level
emmelineprufrock
19. Apr 2016 路 03:13 UTC
Interesting. A post-compo version could use a way to reset levels, or at least get out of your situation with the characters swapping. Love that you went with Android and our aliens were cute.
馃帳 legendpaul
19. Apr 2016 路 13:13 UTC
Thank you for the constructive criticisms, I will get a post-compo version with retry functionality and look into the Windows executable later tonight.
ZeroFaction
19. Apr 2016 路 14:23 UTC
Great idea but I wasn't able to complete any levels. Playing on a Samsung Galaxy Note 5. Whenever I pressed the movement button on a single alien they would pop up to the top left and then fall. Water filling seemed inconsistent as well. One play the water only filled to the bottom, another time it filled to the middle, and once the water filled to the top of the level. I was unable to get to the ship successfully. Finally, the scoreboard did not fit on my screen, it extended out to the right and made it unreadable.
Kalm004
19. Apr 2016 路 14:41 UTC
I love the idea. A restart button would be great, I hate to repeat once and again the same screen.
fin_nolimit
19. Apr 2016 路 16:09 UTC
Interesting concept. I like being able to play it on my phone but I got stuck and could not restart :(
Joozey
19. Apr 2016 路 21:16 UTC
Cool idea. Frustrating to start over again everytime. Couldn't pass level 3.
AssassinMonkey
23. Apr 2016 路 17:53 UTC
Fun concept, but could use a restart level button.
馃帳 legendpaul
23. Apr 2016 路 18:05 UTC
I get the feeling a Restart button is the first thing I add in my next Ludumdare
themadknights
23. Apr 2016 路 19:41 UTC
Original idea, I tried the android version :D
Hempuli
23. Apr 2016 路 22:25 UTC
F-Secure warned me about the Windows version being on a malicious-rated website; I didn't have an android phone to test it on, either. :(
馃帳 legendpaul
24. Apr 2016 路 11:56 UTC
I have changed the Windows Version to download from Google Docs now
in3orn
24. Apr 2016 路 14:23 UTC
Nice concept :) However it's irritating that I had to replay all the levels after failure. I'd add the "retry" or level menu features as next updates.

I played my phone as Windows installer doesn't work.
davor10105
26. Apr 2016 路 20:56 UTC
nice game, good job!
Yumeito
27. Apr 2016 路 21:06 UTC
Good game:)
Fabraz
28. Apr 2016 路 03:09 UTC
Could only play it on the pc, which makes for an awkward interface. Didn't quite make it through unfortunately as I failed. Fun concept!
adam
28. Apr 2016 路 20:55 UTC
I like the premise - it has a sort of Lemmings or Lost Vikings feel. Unfortunately as many others have said I lost patience with trying the game very quickly since the lack of restart means figuring out how the mechanics work by experimenting is not encouraged. Couldn't work out level 3 (would have spent more time trying if I hadn't had to exit and reload the app every time!)
gelisam
30. Apr 2016 路 22:04 UTC
The source link says there are no files?
馃帳 legendpaul
30. Apr 2016 路 23:02 UTC
sourcelink should be fine now
neilcorre2k6
01. May 2016 路 14:34 UTC
Cool! :D
CodeNMore
03. May 2016 路 01:20 UTC
Neat idea, liked it!
scorched
07. May 2016 路 12:08 UTC
Trying to download directly from phone, main link is Install->Login->404, and second is Download->.apk->Can't install...
Android 4.2
scorched
07. May 2016 路 12:24 UTC
That was Firefox. Chrome says device not supported on first link, and tries to extract apk instead of installing on second
馃帳 legendpaul
09. May 2016 路 23:15 UTC
Post Jam Version now available on Android Store