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Captain's Dilemma by Lizouille

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made by Lizouille for LD 43 (JAM)

You're a spaceship captain who has to choose the best itinerary to go home...but at what cost?

This old-school shoot'em up is my first solo game. The idea was to sacrifice assets (sounds, sprites, UI...) while shooting at ennemies, making the game more and more difficult. I used sprites made by Master484 (they are in the public domain).

Controls : Arrow keys to move, Spacebar to shoot

Note: shooting consumes energy.

The game should be played in fullscreen (otherwise you won't see everything).

Known bugs : some explosions won't disappear.

I used Unity, Visual Studio, Photoshop CC 2018 and Audacity.

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HTML5 (web) https://donniedarko.itch.io/captainsdilemma
Windows https://donniedarko.itch.io/captainsdilemma
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/43/captains-dilemma

Ratings

Overall 378th 3.583⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Fun 321th 3.512⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 336th 3.381⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Theme 180th 3.988⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Mood 427th 3.427⭐ 43🧑‍⚖️
Given 59🗳️ 28🗨️

Feedback

Tetralogia
04. Dec 2018 · 01:57 UTC
Ok, this is really cool. The design/UI/UX really makes you feel you're piloting the ship. The "start screen" looks very nice. My only complaint is the lack of ammunition, I always run out quickly.
NotLivingPool
04. Dec 2018 · 11:17 UTC
I really like the idea and it was really fun, I didn't quite understand what it had to do with the theme.
Niarkou
04. Dec 2018 · 11:17 UTC
Your game is so fun! Well balanced even if I ended up having no more fuel and just avoiding enemies (which was tricky!) more often than I would have liked :D Good job on this game.
Edwarkun
04. Dec 2018 · 11:25 UTC
Gave me vibes of the game Seedship with the decisions. Really enjoyed it, great work!
royur
04. Dec 2018 · 11:26 UTC
reverse upgrade game. usually from crappy pic to great image. this is the reverse. i like it.
shubart
04. Dec 2018 · 12:03 UTC
Some good ideas. The final choice at the end of the level is one of them. Thank you
Donitz
04. Dec 2018 · 12:20 UTC
Yeah that fits the theme perfectly. A bit annoying that I kept flying off the screen though.
ChrisCorr
04. Dec 2018 · 12:40 UTC
Pretty nice! Very challenging but made me want to keep going. Fits the theme with choosing between energy and life.
LaraPoi
04. Dec 2018 · 12:43 UTC
Very intuitive game. I liked the tutorial, simple but effective! The penalties add a lot of fun in the gameplay. Good job!
AmigoPadilha
04. Dec 2018 · 12:44 UTC
Awesome use of the theme! Had a lot of fun playing =)

Great Job!
Mesian
04. Dec 2018 · 12:53 UTC
Fun to play, however the sprites disapeared at some point, I like the dilema of choosing life or fuel, choosing the story based on which wormhole to get into is really fun, I'd really love to see this changing the look of the map. Great job ! :)
Stames
04. Dec 2018 · 12:58 UTC
awesome game. it was realy fun to play.
and it got so difficult so quick xD
Mara
04. Dec 2018 · 13:04 UTC
Great idea to sacrifice the graphics as you progress :-)
Jaume Company
04. Dec 2018 · 14:11 UTC
Wow really liked the tutorial idea. The game felt hard but well balanced which is great.
Kaitosoul
04. Dec 2018 · 14:19 UTC
I had a lot of fun, great job! Sacrificing assets fits well with the theme.
Guilb
04. Dec 2018 · 14:54 UTC
Good job! Had a lot of fun playing, had to play another time to understand the other assets I missed in the first run XD. Great idea!
Borja
04. Dec 2018 · 14:57 UTC
Game was hard which is always welcome on this kind of game. Gameplay was fun, and getting to choose only one resource matched the theme, well done!
pandacodemaster
04. Dec 2018 · 15:13 UTC
FINALLY! An original take on the binary choice game. I loved how you incorporated it into the existing mechanics of the genre instead of slapping another system on there.
jacquouille
04. Dec 2018 · 16:11 UTC
I love the fact that you are getting a choice between randomized penalties, adding a really good rogue-like feeling to this game. I felt like there was a lot of elements to account for, thus making it quite hard sometimes to understand what is going on - of course the penalties are not helping ahah ! I was a bit frustrated by the ship control and hitbox, since I had trouble evaluating where my ship would end when I press buttons. Anyway, great game, congrats !
najmm
04. Dec 2018 · 18:05 UTC
Really cool game...Love the way you have used the theme...
EliasCizl
04. Dec 2018 · 18:20 UTC
I was having a lot of fun. The simple starting menu screen was great. The theme was well used. Well, a classic space shooter otherwise but it made the new concepts made up for it.
disperse
04. Dec 2018 · 18:31 UTC
Creative and innovative, well done.
Benjouille
04. Dec 2018 · 18:49 UTC
Very good gamefeel. Easy, to understand and really fun to play. Well done.
suppi
04. Dec 2018 · 19:49 UTC
It's a pretty cool game. I thought the choice mechanic was very nice. well done!
Mathilde
04. Dec 2018 · 21:13 UTC
this game is super cool. I love the idea of losing the Ui everytime I'm making a decision. The game is really nice. It's fun to play. Also the tutorial at the begining is really nicely done. quickly understandable and intuitive.
phanxgames
05. Dec 2018 · 01:03 UTC
I really enjoyed that you had to make decisions by flying into the choices. The lifes and recharge items flew by so fast-- I think im just bad at these kind of games. But I had fun. Great job!
DrEvilBrain
05. Dec 2018 · 05:11 UTC
I kept running out of ammo pretty quick, but besides that, the actual gameplay felt fine.
Leandre Renouard
07. Dec 2018 · 09:20 UTC
It's a great game! The concept is incredibly effective! The tutorial of the beginning is very smart!
However I find the game a little bit difficult, but maybe it's because I'm not very good!

Great Job ! Bravo!
Ninnec
08. Dec 2018 · 04:30 UTC
Really good game. I wanted to see how far I could get but unfortunately I couldnt beat it but is still really good and I think the challenge level is good
Matank
08. Dec 2018 · 09:14 UTC
Awesome game! I had a lot of fun playing it, one of my favorites so far! I liked that as the game advanced it got progressively harder but never started feeling unfair. The missing sprites also were a nice touch.
Mordokay
12. Dec 2018 · 18:03 UTC
Love the idea! And i think I did a pretty good job! Wave 6 Score 75000