Save the swarm by Ternarycat
“Save the swarm” is a scroll shooter game. You control the swarm of aliens flying towards their home. You need to fly through the portal and avoid asteroids and parts of broken spaceships. If it is impossible to avoid, you may shoot your unit to destroy the objects. Note, that shooted alien who won't be picked up to the swarm again will be lost. How many aliens you will sacrifice to deliver the swarm to their universe?
control : wasd/arrows, space for fire





| Windows | https://yadi.sk/d/IquVCBO5byfPig |
| macOS | https://yadi.sk/d/PRtptpWQV_8mpg |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/43/save-the-swarm |
Ratings
| Overall | 594th | 3.35⭐ | 42🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 600th | 3.163⭐ | 42🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 437th | 3.244⭐ | 41🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 455th | 3.561⭐ | 43🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 723th | 3.085⭐ | 43🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 485th | 3.066⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 620th | 2.645⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 717th | 3.064⭐ | 41🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 154🗳️ | 24🗨️ |
It took some time to get used to aim the units but its manageable.
It would be nice to add more openings and make tougher collision for aliens that won't just pass through them so you really need to focus which thrash to shoot at.
Anyway, good job!
The control is smooth and the art is amazing. I never got to the big guy though.
I think the unit count display could be a bit bigger. But I made the display in my own game a bit too small perhaps too, so I'm not one to nitpick, haha!
Quite a lot of fun though, so job well done!