xXShapeShooterXx by karln
A tiny shooter. Takes the theme rather literally.
That's it.
Design and code is by me, Karl Naylor. Music was generously contributed by Thomas Collins (thomascollinsmusic@gmail.com), who also produced the original sound effects that I mangled to produce the sounds you hear in the game.
Changes since the Ludum Dare deadline:
* Added Thomas's email address to the title screen.
* Added a short delay on player death before the mouse button will take you to the title screen, as a friend was finding it annoying that he sometimes accidentally clicked past his score on death. I think that's an OK change as a small 'quality of life' thing, right? If you disagree, feel free to mark me down on it :)
* Similarly, made spacebar immediately start a new game after you die instead of going via the title screen.
That's it.
Design and code is by me, Karl Naylor. Music was generously contributed by Thomas Collins (thomascollinsmusic@gmail.com), who also produced the original sound effects that I mangled to produce the sounds you hear in the game.
Changes since the Ludum Dare deadline:
* Added Thomas's email address to the title screen.
* Added a short delay on player death before the mouse button will take you to the title screen, as a friend was finding it annoying that he sometimes accidentally clicked past his score on death. I think that's an OK change as a small 'quality of life' thing, right? If you disagree, feel free to mark me down on it :)
* Similarly, made spacebar immediately start a new game after you die instead of going via the title screen.
| Web | https://karln.itch.io/xxshapeshooterxx |
| Source | https://github.com/karlorg/xxshapeshooterxx |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=57004 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 71% | 3 |
| Overall(Jam) | 3.22 | 569 |
| Fun(Jam) | 3.38 | 314 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 3.00 | 740 |
| Humor(Jam) | 2.00 | 726 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 2.89 | 683 |
| Mood(Jam) | 2.72 | 813 |
| Theme(Jam) | 3.43 | 479 |
Feedback
Pellanor
18. Apr 2016 · 21:27 UTC
Really liked the sound effects. I never really got the hang of the different shooting modes and switching between them appropriately.
unnamed1334
18. Apr 2016 · 21:33 UTC
Cool game. My only complaint was it took a few tries to realize how the triangle form was being aimed.
cornand34
18. Apr 2016 · 21:40 UTC
Love the different forms how much it can make moving harder/easier
Mieeh
20. Apr 2016 · 16:48 UTC
Wow, intense and fun. I liked the feeling of the shooting. Got a score of 128. One critique is that the triangle shape controlled different fromt the others which threw me off. Great job on the game!
Cowa
20. Apr 2016 · 17:24 UTC
Didn't understand how the triangle works but nice game!
F4KETHIS
20. Apr 2016 · 18:16 UTC
Really cool! Once I got the hang of switching between forms depending on what shapes were on the screen I managed to stay alive for quite a while. I did make it freeze several timse though - I think it was usually when my mouse went out of viewport and I clicked? not sure exactly. Super fun though.
Big Cow
20. Apr 2016 · 18:32 UTC
This was a really hard one! I loved the different attributes of each shape. Shooting as the triangle was really satisfying but I wish I had more bullets! The pentagon made a great little tune with its bullets as it shot and the circle was a good safety.
blaclegi
20. Apr 2016 · 19:02 UTC
Cool game! I really liked the audio and the graphics although at first it took a while to figure out how to do anything, but in the end it played well!
egos
20. Apr 2016 · 19:17 UTC
nice shooter the triangle is sometime hard to control
xandy
20. Apr 2016 · 20:31 UTC
this game concept is really nice. a better explanation of the ship types in the instructions would have been great. also the tri having 3 equally long sides makes it very hard to realize where the front is. also the game starts very hard, maybe slowly increasing the number of enemies on the screen would make it easier to learn the game. but i lied the core concepts very much!
BarkingCat
20. Apr 2016 · 20:49 UTC
Geometry wars metts shapeshifting! I liked this one, but it was a lil bit too hard for my tastes.
Mr.Chippy
21. Apr 2016 · 01:30 UTC
I really liked it. :D
RttStudio
21. Apr 2016 · 16:39 UTC
Really fun shoot, nice idea
mountainstorm
21. Apr 2016 · 17:10 UTC
I found the ships very hard to control but I always do with Asteroids games.
sharrackor
22. Apr 2016 · 11:38 UTC
Great Game! I found the triangle a little difficult to control and I would have preferred a description of what the side bars meant, but overall seems quite good.
thomascollinsmusic
24. Apr 2016 · 18:55 UTC
It was great fun doing the sound effects for this. This game turned out great! Well done.
Black Horn Studios
28. Apr 2016 · 10:23 UTC
Nice execution. only one tip : maybe controls can be improved.
Louspirit
09. May 2016 · 11:26 UTC
Nice work! Good effects - visual and music - , original abilities, a little hard but good to play.