caveman defending his cave from aliens while monoliths drop down from the sky by bms
--DESCRIPTION--
you are in the role of a caveman, which is trying to stop aliens from getting to his cave, in a floating island themed world.
caveman defending his cave from aliens while monoliths drop down from the sky(or CDHCFAWMDDFS in short) is a super crate box clone, well at least the weapon dynamic is, and the aliens.. CDHCFAWMDDFS is also inspired by 2001: a space odyssey, especially the part of the movie with the cavemen, monolith and weird music.
--ABOUT GAMEPLAY--
goal: collect as many monoliths(the black things) as possible.
end: game ends if an alien gets to the cave or the caveman falls off, you can collide with the aliens all you want.
controls: space+arrows.
you are in the role of a caveman, which is trying to stop aliens from getting to his cave, in a floating island themed world.
caveman defending his cave from aliens while monoliths drop down from the sky(or CDHCFAWMDDFS in short) is a super crate box clone, well at least the weapon dynamic is, and the aliens.. CDHCFAWMDDFS is also inspired by 2001: a space odyssey, especially the part of the movie with the cavemen, monolith and weird music.
--ABOUT GAMEPLAY--
goal: collect as many monoliths(the black things) as possible.
end: game ends if an alien gets to the cave or the caveman falls off, you can collide with the aliens all you want.
controls: space+arrows.
| Web - Original | http://dl.dropbox.com/u/44677906/ld23/bin/index.html |
| Web - Verbose Edition | http://dl.dropbox.com/u/44677906/ld23/bin_verbose/index.html |
| Source | https://bitbucket.org/mikesoylu/ld23/src |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=7087 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 100% | 1 |
| Overall | 3.04 | 392 |
| Audio | 2.36 | 476 |
| Fun | 3.15 | 252 |
| Graphics | 3.18 | 289 |
| Humor | 3.05 | 125 |
| Innovation | 2.60 | 589 |
| Mood | 2.67 | 437 |
| Theme | 2.87 | 514 |
It was kind of ironic that the heavy weapons like the rocket launcher and flame gun (?) were the worst, and the knife the best, as you can kill many at once with it.
The jumping was a little floaty, some more air control wouldn't hurt since it's not exactly a realistic game anyways. :)
I tend to lose when the next monolith is really far from my cave.
A health bar would have been nice, just walking on top of the ennemies while waiting for the weapon to reload is not very challenging.
Loved the flamethrower and rocket launcher. Who would have thought! The monolith-changing-weapons idea was also pretty original, which really helped make it stand out for me.
Is the end of the game when i get the fourth monolith?!
The graphics were interesting.
Hi-score: 9 monoliths.
And it explains the game so well :)
Also the game is quite fun good work.
Also, I thought the wand as you pointed out (with magic!) was a roman candle xD
You should have had the sword/knife be a femur though. :)
Got to 6 monoliths then lost because I didn't know you had to stop the aliens getting to the cave. Good game other than that! Was a little hard to understand what to do at first but that could just be me needing more caffiene. One thing I would have liked to see is perhaps an arrow pointing to the next monolith location. Hilarious title and great work!
very good graphics
theme fits
I love the 2001: a space odyssey reference
--> great game, nice job!
It took me a sec to figure out how the game ended, but once I figured it out it made sense. Sometimes I wish I could keep the previous weapon rather than switching once I got a new monolith. The sword was the best since it could swing a lot faster than the gun or rocket launcher could fire.
All in all, a really fun game. Especially for a weekend of dev.
I enjoyed the strategy involved in deciding whether to hack my way through aliens to get another monolith or to stand back and defend my home. Giving me decisions like that that actually matter to the outcome of the game is what makes this stand out.
It was pretty interesting. Would have been incredible if each monolith actually made your weapon superior or gave you speed and other abilities.
(Can't say enough how I liked the name of the game. Haha.)