Hostile Nebula by SkyWolf

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made by SkyWolf for LD25 (COMPO)
"Sometimes you have to be your own hero", someone says.
In videogames, however, it's quite the opposite: usually you're the hero, but sometimes you just gotta be the bad guy.

Your mission is to stop the 'nth' space hero, by sending him the right troops at the right time.
Pick the troops with your keyboard and place them by clicking on the grid with your mouse. And that's it. Hope you like it.

Ratings

Coolness 88% 2
Overall 3.43 137
Audio 3.00 169
Fun 2.94 310
Graphics 3.31 225
Humor 2.00 545
Innovation 3.66 81
Mood 3.02 243
Theme 3.71 147

Feedback

Edocentrique
16. Dec 2012 路 23:06 UTC
Original !
馃帳 SkyWolf
17. Dec 2012 路 00:01 UTC
@Edocentrique many many thanks.
Cy4n1d
17. Dec 2012 路 09:42 UTC
Very nice game. :-)
Lidfrid
17. Dec 2012 路 10:14 UTC
Great idea and very interesting gameplay!

Good work :D
madmaw
17. Dec 2012 路 10:16 UTC
Great work with the graphics and sound, looks very professional given the timeframe. Really amazing achievement
馃帳 SkyWolf
17. Dec 2012 路 10:22 UTC
@Cy4n1d, @Lifrid, @madmaw thank you :)
rasmusrn
17. Dec 2012 路 10:29 UTC
Awesome idea. However, that hero seem too superior. Maybe I'm just not clever enough to discover the efficient of hitting him, but he keeps avoiding my "attacks". Stupid hero!!! ;)
kroltan
17. Dec 2012 路 10:31 UTC
Really good game! Very polished!
ratking
17. Dec 2012 路 10:43 UTC
Awesome idea! Needs a replay function! ;-)
Starspell
17. Dec 2012 路 10:47 UTC
The game looks quite nice and I really like the idea but has a number of flaws I think.

You really need some kind of introduction / tutorial explaining how everything works. I was expecting, when clicking on a grid, for the ships to appear exactly where I clicked so I could stage an attack better.

I would have also used number keys instead of letter for the hotkeys as they are more readable - the font you used is somewhat strange ^^

Not a bad game though at all!
TuxedoFish
17. Dec 2012 路 10:51 UTC
Wow that is really cool gameplay :o very different. I liked the song aswell even when the hero dodged your attacks everytime it was still fun and rewarding.
Prelucid
17. Dec 2012 路 10:53 UTC
Awesome, re-read the instructions a few times before remembering I was the villain, hahaha.
馃帳 SkyWolf
17. Dec 2012 路 11:02 UTC
@Starspell yeah, font was kind of randomly picked because it had a "spacey" look and it was under Open Font License, i could not afford to "waste" time in being picky :D thanks for the feedback.
arch.jslin
17. Dec 2012 路 11:07 UTC
Pretty cool! Sometimes it's like too many buttons though :p
Robotic
17. Dec 2012 路 11:10 UTC
Very good game, well polished. I felt a bit too random when spawning my ships, but it was fun nevertheless
raincole
17. Dec 2012 路 11:31 UTC
@Robotic I didn't find any randomness at all?
tinytouchtales
17. Dec 2012 路 11:56 UTC
mhhh very nice!
dek
17. Dec 2012 路 12:04 UTC
Good take on the theme. Fun game!
Freakill
17. Dec 2012 路 16:38 UTC
Really good and well planned! Game mechanics are fine tunned and enemy (or hero?) AI is really good for making it a nice challenge :) To make it more difficult I'd have done that money increased depending on attack performance ;)
sclark39
17. Dec 2012 路 17:19 UTC
A bit clunky, but a cool idea. I wish I could have set up more of the typical enemy arrangements (like a row of enemies to all come out at the same time) instead of just basically random placement.
rujo
17. Dec 2012 路 18:24 UTC
great entry! very original and well made
Dark Acre Jack
17. Dec 2012 路 19:58 UTC
Cool, seeing quite a few of these. Great audio. As with most of these the "enemy" is OP. I'd have tried to make a gradual curve of dummies to intelligent.
Mythalore
17. Dec 2012 路 23:19 UTC
Quite fresh and original gameplay with cool graphics.
Quantumvm
18. Dec 2012 路 03:59 UTC
The controls take a minute to figure out, but once you do, you are rewarded with an interesting twist on the space shooter genre. Great fun and a good challenge!
rylgh
18. Dec 2012 路 04:49 UTC
nice job! the ship was good at dodging (maybe a little too good) and the music was very addictive. seriously, i really enjoyed that music.
Ardale
18. Dec 2012 路 10:51 UTC
Gameplay is very original, and it's not easy to destroy the ship! Good Job!
Husky
18. Dec 2012 路 12:23 UTC
Very fun!
The difficult is just right, good job :)
loren
18. Dec 2012 路 16:26 UTC
Fun gameplay and nice graphics, a good combo :)
haxpor
19. Dec 2012 路 05:49 UTC
Nice execution! I see this kind of concept in Ludum Dare 2 times now, you're the 2nd one. Hero is good at dodging !!
Mista Koo
25. Dec 2012 路 15:47 UTC
Good job, especially on the UI. Also fits the theme like a glove.
Smaxx
29. Dec 2012 路 11:13 UTC
Nice idea - the UI is a bit misleading (I thought the buttons would be clickable, too).