StarDrive by Thief
Requires:
XNA 4.0: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=20914
.NET 4.0: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=17851
Controls are either arrows + space or 360 gamepad left stick + right trigger + A. Intro can be skipped with Escape / Start.
The enemies sometimes drop one of their guns when they die, run into it to add it to your ship.
XNA 4.0: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=20914
.NET 4.0: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=17851
Controls are either arrows + space or 360 gamepad left stick + right trigger + A. Intro can be skipped with Escape / Start.
The enemies sometimes drop one of their guns when they die, run into it to add it to your ship.
| Windows (source) | http://www.dynamicarcade.co.uk/LD22/LD22_Stardrive_source.zip |
| Windows (exe) | http://www.dynamicarcade.co.uk/LD22/LD22_Stardrive.zip |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-22/?action=preview&uid=7041 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 55% | 3 |
| Overall | 2.44 | 464 |
| Audio | 2.13 | 364 |
| Community | 2.33 | 404 |
| Fun | 2.50 | 290 |
| Graphics | 2.17 | 501 |
| Humor | 1.40 | 524 |
| Innovation | 1.65 | 621 |
| Mood | 1.93 | 473 |
| Theme | 2.06 | 553 |
Cool game.
(is this the example game from XNA's page? :|)
There's supposed to be a "good" ending, but I didn't get round to putting it in... Try getting one of the wave guns! They're the ones with the very high rate of fire...
I agree on the accel / decel thing. Ditto for damage / health indicators of some kind. The little things matter...
Two suggestions:
- some indication of how close you are to dying
- Some inertia
It looks like they've been covered already ;)