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Fernands War by nickd3000

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made by nickd3000 for LD22 (COMPO)
You are Fernand, security officer on a remote mining planet. There is trouble in the air and you are the one to protect the colony.
Thrust through the mining tunnels in your ship, avoiding the hazzards and shooting all the enemies you can imagine.
Collect the Log files to piece together what has happened to the colony.
NOTE: there is a wee problem with the collision on the spinning sawblades (spoiler LOL) so keep away from the corners mmkay?! xx
Written in Java using the slick2d library.

Windows http://www.physmo.com/ludumDare/LD22/FernandsWar.jar
OS/X http://www.physmo.com/ludumDare/LD22/FernandsWar_Mac.jar
Source http://www.physmo.com/ludumDare/LD22/fernands_war_source.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-22/?action=preview&uid=5349

Ratings

Coolness 72% 3
Overall 3.32 89
Audio 2.63 216
Community 3.00 129
Fun 3.29 52
Graphics 3.21 170
Humor 1.85 332
Innovation 2.32 387
Mood 2.64 243
Theme 2.63 358

Feedback

nate427
19. Dec 2011 路 15:51 UTC
Good, solid gameplay, and very nice graphics and audio. The game is fun. :3
naxum
19. Dec 2011 路 19:22 UTC
Aw man, totally smashed against a spikewheel's hitbox corner. Maybe you should've made their hitbox a circle? :D

I love the controls, really solid!
馃帳 nickd3000
20. Dec 2011 路 16:16 UTC
@naxum, I planned on adding circular hit detection but ran out of time (along with a lot of other things :) ) thanks for playing!
Ralkarin
20. Dec 2011 路 17:50 UTC
Very nice game! Solid gameplay, good difficulty curve, and I think it had some depth. I got a little frustrated when I died deep into the game, so I never finished it, restarting from the beginning is brutal... but kudos!

Also had @naxum's problem with the hitbox corner. :)
NToussaint
21. Dec 2011 路 00:40 UTC
Fun game! Tough, but really complete for a 48hour game. I like!
Zuieni
21. Dec 2011 路 04:46 UTC
Nice game, good controls.
You could pack the jar file a little bit better and it could work for linux/mac ;) plus and applet :)
I liked it!
VonZippenstein
21. Dec 2011 路 10:45 UTC
I think I finished it. I'm not sure.
Either I beat the game or was tricked into committing suicide.
I liked it. Some parts were tricky and those sawblades with the square hitbox convinced me to leave a couple log boxes unread.
I had a great time. Thanks.
Kelly Thomas
21. Dec 2011 路 11:57 UTC
Great game!
I like the slowly panning camera it makes me feel so isolated.

I found I had to quit at one point as a log dialogue wouldn't go away for me, but I had a lot of fun with it.
馃帳 nickd3000
21. Dec 2011 路 12:14 UTC
@Zuieni thanks, I'll try building it for mac/linux soon.
@VonZippenstein yes, you completed it (might have been confusing without the other log files though) :D
@Kelly Thomas thanks for playing, sorry about the bug!
nitrocrime
22. Dec 2011 路 20:16 UTC
File not found on the Mac version :(
SonnyBone
23. Dec 2011 路 10:18 UTC
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馃帳 nickd3000
23. Dec 2011 路 12:26 UTC
Oops sorry there was a prob with the filename, should work now!
Stargoat
28. Dec 2011 路 03:51 UTC
Haha, brilliant! the graphics are nice and the controls smooth (although, hit boxes seemed a bit strange, and i think the 1-hit kill on saw blades is a tad unfair...)- plays nicely.

Twist is hilarious. Nice job!
KevinZuhn
28. Dec 2011 路 04:21 UTC
This game is great! Granted, way hard and unforgiving (at least where saws are concerned) but regenerating health did a lot to help my patience and perseverance.

I didn't see a strong relation with the theme until I tracked down more of the log files. I still haven't beaten the game, but I got far enough to understand what's happening. The logs really bring the game together!
Deza
29. Dec 2011 路 21:37 UTC
Would be nice to have the images in the source, so you know, people could actually run it?
馃帳 nickd3000
30. Dec 2011 路 01:56 UTC
Would be nice if you could unzip the jar file to get all the data. Oh wait, you can. No need to be rude.
caranha
02. Jan 2012 路 15:59 UTC
Really nice. The game feels fluid and is very fun/responsive to play. It also has kittens and a twist (twisttens?)

The opening screen was great, but there was a big delay between pressing space and the game actually beginning.
wademcgillis
04. Jan 2012 路 15:22 UTC
It's a fun game. Controls well, good graphics, but...

BUZZSAWS!!! D:
summaky
07. Jan 2012 路 18:54 UTC
Nice game and nice controls. The sound effects where well done too. I had fun with this game.
Milo
08. Jan 2012 路 22:31 UTC
Woo! I love wall-proof ships that can thrust backwards!

This game felt really complete, and was a lot of fun.
BlennosoftGames
08. Jan 2012 路 22:52 UTC
The gameplay was solid, the graphics were appropriate, and the story... was unique and clever. Excellent work!
kumber
08. Jan 2012 路 23:20 UTC
Very nice. The "spaceship in the mine" reminded me of Descent. Good work!
wbobeirne
09. Jan 2012 路 01:15 UTC
Solid game, but desperately needs checkpoints. Other than that, I liked the sounds and art.

Side note, but I had the strangest deja-vu reading the chat logs.
markengley
09. Jan 2012 路 21:17 UTC
Nice little game. The camera follow was so slow though! I don't get it.