Spare Pieces by sauronz

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made by sauronz for LD25 (JAM)
Credits:
- Programming: Erik Jansson (@CaffeineViking)
- Art: Sara Mena (@sara_coisa)

Intro:
You are an alien, and like all aliens your goal is to take over the small planet called Earth. Unfortunately, your ship had a few loose pieces (lol).

Leaving you, defenseless and unable to accomplish your evil task. You must find these pieces, gather matter from shops/banks/goats and then make Earth yours!

Controls:
- Move: up, down, left and right arrow keys
- Disguise: Z key
- Menu: up, down to navigate and Z to select

F.A.Q:
# What do I do?: reach the alien space ship piece at the end of every level. It's the blueish metal thingie
# How does the disguise work?: when you press the Z key it will activate (unless it's in cool down) a short disguise that lasts only a fraction of a second. It only works on the green enemies
# Green cop: walks randomly, will ignore you if you are disguised
# Sniper: does not move, changes his aim once in a while. Disguise doesn't work on him
# Arrowman: jumps over any obstacle, will always follow you. Disguise also doesn't work on him
# Where are the goats?: everywhere

Ratings

Coolness 77% 2
Overall(Jam) 3.13 137
Audio(Jam) 3.11 121
Fun(Jam) 3.00 126
Graphics(Jam) 3.50 113
Humor(Jam) 2.60 162
Innovation(Jam) 2.64 209
Mood(Jam) 2.86 150
Theme(Jam) 2.82 242

Feedback

RobKat
18. Dec 2012 路 13:13 UTC
Addictive and fun
shaneshanekavanagh
18. Dec 2012 路 13:18 UTC
Great sound! Music had my head bopping, and I definetly heard goats!
Suese
18. Dec 2012 路 13:32 UTC
Great title screen. Not sure what I'm supposed to do in the second level, though.
馃帳 sauronz
18. Dec 2012 路 13:41 UTC
On every level you are supposed to pick up the alien spaceship piece, the blue metal thing. On the second level there are snipers lurking about, wait until they change their aim and run!
theRestlessTaxidermists
18. Dec 2012 路 14:56 UTC
Fun game. Came for the goats. Saw them. Happy.
SonnyBone
18. Dec 2012 路 18:36 UTC
What a fun little stealth game! It got VERY challenging and tricky later on. I enjoyed the music and the overall feel of the game... and the main character looks awesome. :D
ChainedLupine
18. Dec 2012 路 18:55 UTC
Nice! The graphics are well done, though everything is a little small. (Would have preferred the game to be about 2x the size as it is now.)

It gets hard later on, with those building-ignoring Arrowmen! Nice relaxing tune, too.
Fireblend
18. Dec 2012 路 19:02 UTC
Pretty great! This game reminds me of an Inspector Gadget game I used to play on PS1. Great fun, and I love the style.
Somfunambulist
18. Dec 2012 路 19:09 UTC
Really nice graphics!
joyboxed
18. Dec 2012 路 19:16 UTC
the game is really good, feels polished has nice mechanics and it has a badass menu screen =D
krutech
18. Dec 2012 路 19:25 UTC
Nice, i liked the graphics here, so much detail on the houses. As for gameplay i, i like stealth!

good entry
cheers!
/bitslap
Master0010
18. Dec 2012 路 20:01 UTC
I love stealth games, and this is a great one :D i would love to buy upgrades with the matter. The art is amazing, from the title screen to the end. Great game :)
PIXEL^3
18. Dec 2012 路 20:16 UTC
I love the graphics, though the grey 'road' tiles feel a bit repeated. Doubling the screen size wouldn't be a bad idea but could pose a problem with some smaller screens. I like the stealth gameplay that makes the player wait for the right moment, but I found the Arrowmen to be a bit overpowered with being able to walk through buildings. The music is relaxing with aids with the required patience. I rarely found myself using the disguise mechanic however, and there was a bit of lag with the menus and restart screens.

~AlucardX60
soy_yuma
18. Dec 2012 路 20:41 UTC
Enjoy it a lot! At the beginning I didn't know how to use the disguise, but once you get the idea gets better!
馃帳 sauronz
18. Dec 2012 路 21:34 UTC
Thanks for all the nice comments and constructive criticism! Upgrades were meant to be part of the game, but unfortunately we didn't have time to implement that. The Arrowman was meant to follow without jumping buildings, but I didn't get the AI right so it became "jumping" instead :S
iandioch
19. Dec 2012 路 21:28 UTC
Really fun! It's a little hard to see if you're disguised or not, but it had some great strategy bits :D And bonus matter for visiting the goats was a great idea! Loved the art too - pixely but arty. The stone was a little bit repetitive, it might've been an idea to have a few different ground textures.
amidos2006
22. Dec 2012 路 08:48 UTC
Nice game :) hard but nice :)
Hatscat
22. Dec 2012 路 10:01 UTC
Cool game, nice idea
Bullseye8841
22. Dec 2012 路 20:39 UTC
Simple and enjoyable. Good stuff!
dev_redant
22. Dec 2012 路 21:05 UTC
Cool art style and gameplay idea. Music was cool. I enjoyed the AI a lot, by the way. Good job, you guys!
Dark Acre Jack
26. Dec 2012 路 15:28 UTC
Nice complete little experience. I might have added a more obvious indicator for when the disguise failed. Great art & sound.
df458
29. Dec 2012 路 15:12 UTC
I really like the concept, but I think the difficulty ramps up a bit TOO quickly. The introduction of arrowmen in particular makes the game significantly harder. I would've liked to be able to use my disguise on them.
馃帳 sauronz
29. Dec 2012 路 17:22 UTC
Thank you all for the amaiing feedback.


df458 we understand what you mean with the arrowmen, we'll have that diificult ramp in mind of future games. Thanks :D