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Gantan Guardian by lurumdurum

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made by lurumdurum for LD 38 (JAM)

Hey peepz!

Team Durum decided to participate again, and this time we bring you Gantan Guardian. Our team this time consists of 3 coders: Tom, Lisa and Almar.

The game is about defending a cell of an organism (Gantan). Use all the weapons at your disposal to defend the cell for as long as you can!

  • We recommend using a controller.

You can use both the keyboard and a Xbox360 controller though. The controls are shown in the main menu with their respective icons. The left button below the weapon name is for the keyboard, and the right one is for the controller.

* You can play the game here.

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Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/gantan-guardian

Ratings

Overall 242th 3.6⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Fun 36th 4⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 326th 3.24⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Theme 57th 4.12⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Humor 326th 2.762⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 421th 3.167⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Given 25🗳️ 31🗨️

Feedback

Turbo Hermit
24. Apr 2017 · 22:25 UTC
Great fun! Even tried to best my score a couple of times, which is not something I usually do.
Geared Games
01. May 2017 · 12:44 UTC
Really cool game! It has a nice polished feel to it.
I especially love the weapons you implemented, they all make clever use of the small circular world :)

I Really enjoyed it, great entry!
redpanda
01. May 2017 · 16:38 UTC
Very fun game! Needed time to get used to the controls, though.
Spaceman
01. May 2017 · 16:40 UTC
This was awesome! I loved the how the differences from my weapons and the enemy weapons forced me to split my focus. I also really liked the screen vibration effect, although it got a little ridiculous with lots of enemies on the screen.
Takusan
01. May 2017 · 16:40 UTC
Ha, good fun, simple idea, extended mechanic beyond the bare minimum. I like it! Has potential to be addictive. This would make a good mobile game, controls should be relatively easy to port to mobile devices.

Good approach on the theme :)

Good job! I'm leaving a rating, and I'll try to beat my high score :)
DocGeraud
01. May 2017 · 16:46 UTC
Simple yet really fun. :]
Erick
01. May 2017 · 16:55 UTC
Very Fun game, I love the graphics...nice bro.....good job

please, rate us on https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/spermokart
HomineLudens
01. May 2017 · 17:28 UTC
Good game. Frenetic and tactic at right point. Well done.
davda
01. May 2017 · 19:37 UTC
Awesome game! I enjoyd it, althought I started to suck at it really soon :)
Loktor
01. May 2017 · 20:52 UTC
Wow i am impressed, i really enjoyed the gameplay of your game :) really great combination of simplistic art style coupled with great sound effects :)

One thing that could be improved tho would be that enemies sometimes spawn at your position and you can't really do anything against that, which can be a bit frustrating

So far one of the games i like the most :)
I managed to get to 500 points :D
obvious-san
01. May 2017 · 21:52 UTC
Nice, this game really makes fun :) The gameplay is really well implemented - it makes fun to figure out how to not become crushed by the red enemies. I guess a local multiplyer would be super nice!
dylanilvento
02. May 2017 · 09:29 UTC
I like how the difficulty steadily increases with the enemies getting access to more and more of the powers that the player character has.
JOrbits
02. May 2017 · 09:33 UTC
The game is fun, but the enemys spawning in the player is not very nice.
oxrock
02. May 2017 · 10:04 UTC
First time through I didn't realize I had more to use than straight shot and missiles, whoops, haha. I think the biggest problem people have already brought up, enemies spawning inside of you is simply not fair. Hard to hammer out all the bugs for a jam though, it happens. My only other comment is that there's a lot of unused space on the screen perhaps you could use that space by doing something simple, like putting reminders of what the button assignments are or something? All in all, fun little game, good job.
euske
02. May 2017 · 15:18 UTC
I like the idea of using multiple weapons and weapon timeout, but it turned out be hard to use them at the right timings. Later the game was more hectic and I liked the feeling of panic. My score was 1240.
Cooby
02. May 2017 · 20:38 UTC
I really liked the different weapons and how they felt to use. The sound worked well for an arcade game too. I wasn't a fan of the movement controls when you go around the circle, but I'm not sure how you could make it feel right. I didn't like how enemies could spawn directly on top of you.
simonhutchinson
02. May 2017 · 23:30 UTC
Nice! I like how it all ramps up, so I have a chance to get the hang of things.

Really great combination of graphics, gameplay, and audio.
jackyjjc
03. May 2017 · 00:44 UTC
The game is very simple but fun because it is very intense but you have a lot of options to deal with the threats. I would recommend using a controller though, playing with keyboard when you are upside down is very confusing. The graphics and music is very nice and the camera shaking makes the attacks feels a lot more powerful. The second type and the forth type of missiles are very hard to aim tho, I feel like they should be better controlled. Ovearll, I really enjoy this entry. Well done!
Tony
04. May 2017 · 17:12 UTC
Great game! At first I was confused at the weapons and keys, but because it starts of easy I could test them and easily familiarize myself, the game gets more difficult with ennemies having better weapons which makes it a nice challenge and all weapons are useful, well done!
those-30-ninjas
04. May 2017 · 17:39 UTC
Nice clean aesthetic. Controls took a second to get used to but I had a lot of fun once I got the hang of em. My high score was 1560. All the weapon types were nice and had a unique purpose. My favorite was the missile that goes through the planet. Great game.
SleepyStudios
05. May 2017 · 09:30 UTC
Fun little arcade game. Loved the variety in terms of weapons really enjoyed just jumping around the planet.
brandann
09. May 2017 · 04:24 UTC
fun game, took me a few minutes to really understand the controls. great art too
CreamyBacon2
15. May 2017 · 00:22 UTC
That was fun! I played it a few times and one I tried to see how long I could go with out moving :smile: It was going well till the turrets started showing up!!! Good game!!!