Nibbles by NefariousZhen
This is my first LD entry.
The game is probably not very unique like it is. But, a lot of the code is setup for my primary idea... which I think is mostly unique.
The idea that I wanted to do is that as you kill enemies you level up and gain more bits. You store programs in your memory bank. Some take up a single bit and others more. You have four to start with. I was hopefully going to make these programs item drops from the mobs. In fact the mobs are setup very similarly and have a random set of programs that fit into their memory (which has the same size as yours if you're at the same level).
I didn't get to do everything I wanted. Here's the short list:
1) enemies need to attack back
2) inventory to hold dropped algorithms
3) the ability to reflash your memory...
The code is fairly close to having everything work together, and I'll probably finish it in the near future.
Here is the list of the current programs (many of which are implemented, but you can't change which ones you use).
Aesthetic Programs:
ChangeShape
ChangeColor (Note: the random colors of mobs! They look particularly good for no good reason.)
Stat Programs:
SpeedBoost
SightBoost
ArmorBoost
AttackBoost
HealthBoost
AttackRangeBoost
Specialized Programs
DetectSight
ElementalAttack
RangedAttack (Note: I imagine that as this grew that I'd have to live with the fact that all attacks are ranged and remove this is a special.)
PoisonAttack
SplashAttack
If I end up doing more work I'll add an extra link in the description as to not mix it up with the entry itself.
The game is probably not very unique like it is. But, a lot of the code is setup for my primary idea... which I think is mostly unique.
The idea that I wanted to do is that as you kill enemies you level up and gain more bits. You store programs in your memory bank. Some take up a single bit and others more. You have four to start with. I was hopefully going to make these programs item drops from the mobs. In fact the mobs are setup very similarly and have a random set of programs that fit into their memory (which has the same size as yours if you're at the same level).
I didn't get to do everything I wanted. Here's the short list:
1) enemies need to attack back
2) inventory to hold dropped algorithms
3) the ability to reflash your memory...
The code is fairly close to having everything work together, and I'll probably finish it in the near future.
Here is the list of the current programs (many of which are implemented, but you can't change which ones you use).
Aesthetic Programs:
ChangeShape
ChangeColor (Note: the random colors of mobs! They look particularly good for no good reason.)
Stat Programs:
SpeedBoost
SightBoost
ArmorBoost
AttackBoost
HealthBoost
AttackRangeBoost
Specialized Programs
DetectSight
ElementalAttack
RangedAttack (Note: I imagine that as this grew that I'd have to live with the fact that all attacks are ranged and remove this is a special.)
PoisonAttack
SplashAttack
If I end up doing more work I'll add an extra link in the description as to not mix it up with the entry itself.
Ratings
| Coolness | 63% | 3 |
| Overall | 2.45 | 749 |
| Audio | 2.08 | 584 |
| Fun | 2.31 | 702 |
| Graphics | 2.90 | 423 |
| Humor | 1.50 | 748 |
| Innovation | 2.06 | 796 |
| Mood | 2.44 | 590 |
| Theme | 2.14 | 808 |
The look, controls and general feel of the game are all great. On top of adding the things that you said, especially a better challenge from the enemies, it would be good if there were things we could do around the level, since it seemed to get repetitive after a while.
Very solid up to where you got, though. Good job!
1) Whenever you enter an area that appears to be a room (i.e. of some reasonable size (not too big) and every exit is only one block wide) then place down a handful of doors and spawn enemies at a slightly higher level than you. This could only happen once per area and it could drop a particularly nice power-up.
2) I was going to introduce locks that require you to change your shape or color to something specific to unlock ... so you'd have to go kill a handful of enemies of that shape or color before one would drop that "program"/"power-up".
Yeah that security warning is to play mp3's... I'll have to try and look and see if there is yet another library.
Thanks for the encouragement! =) I am interested in finishing it up -- just need to find some extra time first =).
It does look promising, please finish it!