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Bit Swapper by Galan

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made by Galan for LD 40 (COMPO)

​A co-op shoot-em-up about balancing aggression.

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In Bit Swapper, you control a ship orbited by defensive bits, with a second (Player or AI controlled) ship that uses gun bits. When player one loses bits to damage, player two gains them. Player one can then steal them back.

Use this mechanic to swap between defensive and aggressive play to counter different enemies.

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2 player co-op is highly recommended.

Solo play is available, but only half the experience.

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Controls

P1: Joypad1 Analog/[WASD] MOVE | Joypad1 X/[E] RECLAIM BITS

P2: Joypad2 Analog/[↑↓←→] MOVE | Joypad2 X/[0] FIRE

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Windows https://elanti.itch.io/bit-swapper
macOS https://elanti.itch.io/bit-swapper
Linux https://elanti.itch.io/bit-swapper
Source code https://elanti.itch.io/bit-swapper
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/bit-swapper

Ratings

Overall 298th 3.45⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 222th 3.524⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 158th 3.568⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 452th 3.167⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 427th 3.068⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Audio 369th 2.818⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 537th 1.806⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 456th 2.85⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 30🗳️ 7🗨️

Feedback

DraperDanMan
05. Dec 2017 · 04:09 UTC
This was really really cool! The mechanic was really interesting, I was always thinking about whether to reclaim my bits or not. The game's framerate started to tank after about 5 minutes and the waves of enemies became pretty repetitive. This was really enjoyable to play, thank you for making it!
mightymarcus
05. Dec 2017 · 04:33 UTC
It has a really nice retro style. But played it solo, so I did not rate fun and overall.
lawzy93
05. Dec 2017 · 04:36 UTC
Loved the mechanic of this game. Lots of fun.

The same issue as @draperdanman unfortunately, after a couple minutes the game ground to a halt.
Exploding Bits
05. Dec 2017 · 04:39 UTC
Has a good feel to it, similar to the old 1942 games. Good job!
BoxedMeatRevolution
05. Dec 2017 · 04:44 UTC
Glad to see a 2 player entry! The gameplay and music got a bit repetitive after a while, but I thought the fundamental idea (choosing to reclaim bits or maintain firepower) was well implemented!
MrPhil
05. Dec 2017 · 04:46 UTC
Love the co-op offence vs defense trade-off. I think the pace could be sped up and maybe a cool alternate fire mode for each player.
soyrandom
05. Dec 2017 · 05:26 UTC
Nice game, i made my game in godot too, check it if you want
DidiGameBoy
05. Dec 2017 · 17:53 UTC
Solo play made me spend some time to understand the mechanic, intersting tho.
willowblade
06. Dec 2017 · 14:14 UTC
Pretty cool, and thanks for the linux build! We made something similar but our goal is controlling two ships with one player, which seems to have given me practice for playing your game :D cool mechanic! I'd love to see how you implemented your bullets etc in Godot, and what made your performance tank after five minutes, as we also had performance issues with our naive bullet implementation at first.
foolmoron
06. Dec 2017 · 18:39 UTC
Really good use of asymmetric co-op. The two characters are so different and orthogonal in their killing and survival ability that it makes the bits passing back and forth consistently interesting.
uvwar
08. Dec 2017 · 22:12 UTC
He's not kidding, it's much better in co-op!
Zinkler
09. Dec 2017 · 04:48 UTC
Assuming that I've only got the half of the experience, that was a very nice half. A great idea!
ruthiepee
10. Dec 2017 · 05:39 UTC
Love this concept and especially appreciate that you did a 2-player co-op game. You don't see a lot of those. It's pretty stylish too and all the objects contrast nicely.
UmSingeloPugManco
10. Dec 2017 · 21:55 UTC
Nice game!

Maybe you could've implemented a highscore or at least a log of the scores, and maybe a different number of points per type of enemy.

Congratz!
mathijs750
10. Dec 2017 · 22:41 UTC
Unfortunately I could only play in loner mode. The fullscreen didn't play nice with my absurd monitor setup, but that is more my fault :smile:. The mechanic is very interesting so I'll definitely try it with a second player. Something to show progression would probably make the game even better.
alexfalkenberg
11. Dec 2017 · 03:10 UTC
Played this one- and two-player both, and I love-love the mechanic of moving bits around. Def. had some bullet-y lagginess. I'm really happy to see another Godot game, too--I'll def. be checking out your source! I have a similar collection mechanic idea in my game, but you've got an actual functional implementation I may have to borrow from--just a little. ;) I hope you're having a great LD--take care! :)
🎤 Galan
11. Dec 2017 · 18:55 UTC
I'm glad so many people liked my game. I'll be honest, I wasn't convinced it was fun until after I finished it and had time to do a proper two-player play test, so I'm pleasantly surprised it's gone over so well.

Depending on how the final score goes, I might look into polishing it up into something a bit more complete.
x1212
17. Dec 2017 · 09:33 UTC
Nice idea, too bad I can't try the 2 Player mode as that's the way it's meant to be played :(