Arcade Wars by Aurel300
Play now! (Web) | (Itch.io link)
Gameplay
Survive onslaughts of arcade machine enemies! The coins on the right side of your screen show your current health, as well as ammunition. Collect dropped coins from destroyed enemies into your funnels. You can also collect bullets into the funnels, but be careful – bullets hitting your chassis (the green box) will hurt you!
Story
In an arcade far, far away...
It is a dark time for the arcades. Although the regulars still play every day, newcomers are unheard of. The arcade machines, whose lifeforce comes from the coins, now have to compete with each other.
So, in the middle of the deepest nights ... the war has changed.
Controls
- Arrow keys to move
- Spacebar to shoot
- B to bomb (clears enemy bullets for five seconds)
| HTML5 (web) | http://ludum.thenet.sk/ld44/ |
| Source code | https://github.com/Aurel300/ludumdare44 |
| HTML5 (web) | https://aurel300.itch.io/arcade-wars |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/arcade-wars |
Ratings
| Given | 24🗳️ | 0🗨️ |
Feedback
gamepopper
30. Apr 2019 · 21:13 UTC
This is an incredibly well polished vertical shmup with a really clever concept. I really like how ammo can be collected from the remains of destroyed games or even from their projectiles. The game did softlock for me though at the end of the second level. I ran out of ammo and the last pinball machine stopped firing bullets and kept following me from a distance away. Hope that gets looked into because I genuinely had fun with this one.
🎤 Aurel300
30. Apr 2019 · 22:15 UTC
@gamepopper Thanks for playing! Honest Dan got the same softlock on his stream, unfortunately. It is fixed now :)
Honest Dan
01. May 2019 · 12:54 UTC
I liked this a lot, and it took a bit of time to truly appreciate it. The whole balance of health = bullets = coins, along with getting coins from killing enemies but using the scoops to catch bullets adds a nice dynamic to a game that typically sees the player holding down shoot mindlessly and spamming the enemies. The 3 spinning wheels at the bottom was a clever little addition, I would have liked if it felt I had more control - maybe the timing of the shots stops the wheels - so it encourages you to time your shots (as well as be conservative). Good job as always Aurel
udo
01. May 2019 · 14:08 UTC
I'm really bad at arcade shooters, but I enjoyed this for a while. Took me a while to fully understand what's going on :laughing: It's very competently made, music and sound effects are tasteful. A well-made entry that captures the theme! I think I'll give this another go after I rated some more games.
topbraj
01. May 2019 · 17:29 UTC
Really good job on this! The graphics are nice and the gameplay is really polished. You nailed the theme I think, and catching coins on the side of my player character was a nice trade-off between risk and reward. I couldn't do the game justice since it was lagging because of my streaming setup, but I could tell it was a good game. Nice work.
hypp
01. May 2019 · 18:35 UTC
Great shootem up! Nice graphics and the player movement was just right.
Krapht
02. May 2019 · 13:31 UTC
Loved the graphics and game play. Audio started out really good but i had to turn it way down the longer i played.
Kylazaur
02. May 2019 · 13:31 UTC
Really solid game and would love see a longer version, good job <3
Roilbauk
05. May 2019 · 00:03 UTC
I really had fun playing this game ! Well done !
plexsoup
05. May 2019 · 01:47 UTC
Nice game. I liked the enemy wave formations, the slot machine, the coin stack. I ran into a pool table(?) that seemed a bit unfair (it rushed me and it was faster than the player, so I couldn't kill it.)
MachWerx
05. May 2019 · 02:12 UTC
That was a lot of fun. I liked the slots, power-ups, and coin mechanic. But I couldn't figure out what to do with the claw boss at the end of level 3. I kept on firing and I thought maybe I should be aiming for its coin collector, but I couldn't tell if I was doing any damage and eventually just ran out of bullets and lives.
vulpineblazeyt
05. May 2019 · 02:55 UTC
I took a few chances a few too many times, died a bunch lol. Had a good time, the funnels were a welcomed departure from the genre. Great game!!