Pin Party by Cambrian_Man

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made by Cambrian_Man for LD23 (COMPO)
It's a party! How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? Seven. Gather the other six angels and bring them back to the pin in this fast-paced score-attack twin-stick-style shooter... hyper fighting edition.

Controls:
Arrow Keys: Move
WASD: Shoot

Use the Party Sense Arrow above your head to find the nearest angel or your way back to the pin.


Spacebar: Start

Ratings

Coolness 47% 670
Overall 3.18 308
Audio 3.46 88
Fun 3.07 288
Graphics 3.07 339
Humor 2.83 179
Innovation 2.67 549
Mood 2.86 322
Theme 3.04 432

Feedback

Hume
23. Apr 2012 · 17:54 UTC
I'm really bad at fast-paced score-attack twin-stick-style shooter... hyper fighting games, so I didn't get very far. But what I saw was vibrant and smooth. Do like.

It's too bad I didn't get to see more of your hard work.
omaha
23. Apr 2012 · 17:59 UTC
love the font. i think i picked the same one for my game :)
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=5229

Lots of fun. I just wish I could shoot diagonally.
Gremlin
23. Apr 2012 · 18:33 UTC
I like the approach to the theme.

The highest I got was six angels. I kept getting swarmed and losing all of the followers. That said, I'm terrible at twin-stick shooters (and I think my keyboard had an issue with me trying to press four buttons at once).
nihilocrat
23. Apr 2012 · 19:18 UTC
Cool interpretation of the theme! There are not enough medieval-philosophy-dance-party games in the world!
ChrisWhitman
23. Apr 2012 · 22:26 UTC
Pretty solid! Enjoyed the art style and music. Pretty difficult, but not totally impossible. I found it pretty tough to complete the party after getting all the angels, but I did at least make it to round two.
KevinWorkman
23. Apr 2012 · 22:28 UTC
I played all the way through before realizing I could shoot. D'oh.
🎤 Cambrian_Man
23. Apr 2012 · 22:39 UTC
KevinWorkman, wow, that's.. actually kind of impressive.
Shackhal
23. Apr 2012 · 23:12 UTC
I made like 30000 pts but lose in the end. Great game, i like the rainbow shoots xD
BlackBulletIV
24. Apr 2012 · 01:45 UTC
An nice, polished, and solid game. It was frustrating though; it took me a while to work out where I was supposed to go, and I quit at round 2 due to it taking ages to advance. But anyway, good work!
🎤 Cambrian_Man
24. Apr 2012 · 02:49 UTC
BlackBulletIV, doh, I forgot to put in that the arrow above the lead angel points either to the nearest angel or back to the pin, so you just follow that.
gritfish
24. Apr 2012 · 10:37 UTC
It took me a while to see the arrow too, but once I did, the game became a lot easier and more fun - I'm pretty surprised by how well 4-directional shooting works once you've got some angels following you - you just send walls of bullets (or a laser of death!) Maybe the arrow would have been more obvious if it'd been around the edge of the screen? That music is also spot-on. Well done.
Terra
24. Apr 2012 · 22:05 UTC
Yeah, the graphics & music are great! I failed pretty miserably, the most I had I think were 5 angels before I gave up.

Making a million colourful bullets was fun though :D
R3ason
27. Apr 2012 · 05:37 UTC
Ahh, pretty good after I read the instructions :D Was a little hard with the dual keysets, but that could just be me. Very colorful, and the music was great. Thanks for sharing!
Jim Haslett
28. Apr 2012 · 20:24 UTC
It seemed too hard to for me. I couldn't keep the others alive. I did like the way they all shot at the same time.
moonmagic
29. Apr 2012 · 05:23 UTC
I thought this was an amusing take on the theme and I enjoyed the enemy sprites and the lasers, as well. I think it would have been more fun to shoot the enemies if there was some visual / aural feedback, but I loved getting the new angels and seeing the huge wall of rainbows I was creating. I was ready for the game to end the first time I got back to the pin; increasing angel speed might help with this?
schizofunky
05. May 2012 · 18:24 UTC
What a great idea for a game! I got quite addicted and loved the reward of building up your angel team! Nice work!
Robert Swan
05. May 2012 · 18:30 UTC
Far too hard... and maybe swapping wasd and arrow keys would help some of us used to other configs too :) Shame as I like these games, and this did look cool
machinas
07. May 2012 · 07:13 UTC
heh. my keyboard has the arrow keys split between the left and right hands, so i can't wasd and arrow at the same time. I might see if i can find a spare keyboard to try it out