Minimalistic Shooter by Anickyan

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made by Anickyan for LD26 (JAM)
This is the game I made for Ludum Dare 26. I only had very limited time, so didn't set my goals too high. It works, though!

Controls:
Mouse - control player
LMB - shoot
W - move forwards
S - move backwards

I'm working on building for Mac OSX and Windows(and 32-bit Linux), but I needed to enter the game before the deadline.

PLEASE NOTE: The game might have a few bugs, I'll correct them tomorrow.
Also, if you're on Linux, it will sometimes not recognize libSDL_mixer.so in the lib/ folder, and you will have to execute this command:
sudo apt-get install libsdl-mixer1.2-dev

apt-get can be replaced by either pacman or yum

Ratings

Coolness 26% 1775
Overall(Jam) 2.22 534
Audio(Jam) 1.75 437
Fun(Jam) 2.39 439
Graphics(Jam) 1.89 542
Innovation(Jam) 1.44 555
Theme(Jam) 3.06 355

Feedback

josefnpat
30. Apr 2013 · 14:23 UTC
Nice job!

A few bugs here and there, but other than that, it was rather nice.

With more polish, better choice in sounds and more UI, this game had a lot of potential.
DaanVanYperen
30. Apr 2013 · 14:55 UTC
My ears tickle!
PsenFilip
30. Apr 2013 · 18:31 UTC
The controls are good except for something on the mouse+WSAD stuff. They seem to conflict with each other.
I would put some work on the background as well (random colored bg would do the trick). Keep it up
Aceria
01. May 2013 · 09:07 UTC
A neat little game.

Give the ship inertia and wrap the screen (like asteroids) for a more dynamic feeling control scheme.

I liked the surprise end of game boss! :D
Xaychru04
01. May 2013 · 09:44 UTC
The graphics and the audio are simple, but that's very hard to dodge bullets without lateral movement.
StMatn
01. May 2013 · 09:46 UTC
Good job!
Nice particle effects.
I really missed moving sideways with A and D.
Knowing ones health would be good.
🎤 Anickyan
01. May 2013 · 09:51 UTC
@StMatn, I initially though about displaying health, and moving sideways, but I thought it would make it too easy. But I'll add it if I make a post-LD version, for sure.
Sanguine
01. May 2013 · 09:56 UTC
Simple, yet relatively addicting and fun :) Good job!
Tokken18
01. May 2013 · 14:56 UTC
Can't play, have a mac.
🎤 Anickyan
01. May 2013 · 15:33 UTC
@Tokken18 you can always compile it ;)
skintkingle
03. May 2013 · 13:35 UTC
Wont run on my Windows 3.11 D: Says Windows (all) so i must complain!!

No but seriously. It's fun but it didn't keep me in it for long, Need a score tally as a minimum if nothing else otherwise if i walk away for 5 minutes i might aswell have just begun there's nothing to show how many awesome kills i've made and how far through i've got. If i hadn't read the comments i wouldn't have known to keep going for something.
Kvisle
11. May 2013 · 15:27 UTC
I like it. It would be cool if the camera moved along with the craft - showing the ship at the center of the screen at all times. Would be cool for aiming, I think.