Inverted Space Shooter by Tyranus

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made by Tyranus for LD25 (COMPO)
Controls: Mouse.
You must create waves of spaceships to defeat the hero.
If a ship survive you will earn money to give new commands to your pilots.

Ratings

Coolness 54% 3
Overall 3.43 137
Audio 1.17 612
Fun 3.29 156
Graphics 3.79 98
Humor 2.96 222
Innovation 3.54 104
Mood 2.96 269
Theme 3.93 66

Feedback

loren
17. Dec 2012 · 07:03 UTC
Nice art style, fun story concept :)
nka
17. Dec 2012 · 14:52 UTC
Graphics is really good, but the game is too short. I wish i could add more ships to a wave. It will be great if player will be able to construct epic battles. I also thinkl it will be great if i can add ships in realtime.
schnerble
17. Dec 2012 · 14:54 UTC
Nice! Great idea, and it works quite well. The quick moving ships seem the best bet, and using one or two of them to block the hero from the rest seemed a reliable winning tactic, but it was quite fun.
joekinley
17. Dec 2012 · 14:55 UTC
Nice game. Nice touch.
I won pretty easily although I had the feeling of loosing. But it was fun. Like a backwards shmup.
Good work on that one. Unfortunately there was no sound or music at all :(
sanderman
17. Dec 2012 · 14:55 UTC
Interesting mechanics. It's kind of fun to try and guess the behaviour of the hero and place the best formation. The hero got blown up in my game in two fifth of the way to the end, by a massive chain collision. :)

The hero's comments are quite amusing.

A few very simple sound effects would improve the game by quite a bit.
Hazel
17. Dec 2012 · 20:04 UTC
Nice concept, fitting art style. Simple gameplay but nicely executed.
nolacoaster
17. Dec 2012 · 21:24 UTC
This is pretty much exactly what I was hoping for when I heard the theme. Very cool.
jujule
17. Dec 2012 · 21:46 UTC
All other positive comments from previous posters are exactly right. I'd like to see this game expanded : more story, more good guys ( ships and characters ), more options, etc...
sharbelfs
17. Dec 2012 · 22:09 UTC
it took me a little while to figure out how to play, but its a good game, congratulation!
🎤 Tyranus
18. Dec 2012 · 14:48 UTC
Hi everyone,

Thanks for playing, and for your feedback!

Maybe I will continue the game later :) (just a little to make it longer and fix some issues).

There is no sounds because I worked in a PC without sound output :P
🎤 Tyranus
18. Dec 2012 · 14:53 UTC
When I said "later" I mean post ludumdare version :)
brantkings
19. Dec 2012 · 00:25 UTC
Loved it! Good idea and awesomely done.

but I think it is a little too easy to win..
TwilightFlandre
19. Dec 2012 · 00:29 UTC
Fantastic game that could easily be ported to Android. Loved the concept and was hoping for something like this to be made. Wished there were more upgrades and sound but for 48 hours the game looks amazing.
zenmumbler
19. Dec 2012 · 21:17 UTC
I liked the 80s manga style character. When the commands actually become active seemed a bit random?
🎤 Tyranus
20. Dec 2012 · 01:03 UTC
Each command cost money, I think the feedback sucks :P
Rex Peppers
20. Dec 2012 · 02:52 UTC
Some audio would really add some polish to this game. Well done other than that though!
JFlegle
20. Dec 2012 · 17:24 UTC
This is a nice little game.