Gene Thief by Galan

made by Galan for LD35 (COMPO)

You can steal the powers of you enemies. Well, not so much 'steal' or even 'can'. More like 'receive' and 'do'. You do receive the powers of your enemies.

Gene Thief is a twin-stick arena shooter where you are forced to become the enemy that hurts you.

Controls:
Move — WASD/Left Analog
Attack — ↑←↓→/Right Analog
Exit — Escape

Fixes since submission:
Added close key
Fixed melee attacks not working on diagonals
Minor tweak to fix last-minute unbalancing of AoE enemies (you couldn't beat them using their own power)

Known Issues:
Analog sticks not working properly on Linux

Windows	https://www.dropbox.com/s/nyyvrq0z1e5ko6p/Gene%20Thief-windows.zip?dl=0
OS/X	https://www.dropbox.com/s/togbht1ur3at93d/Gene%20Thief-mac.zip?dl=0
Linux	https://www.dropbox.com/s/3j5592873sqhsti/Gene%20Thief-linux.tar.gz?dl=0
Source	https://www.dropbox.com/s/mdqq5zf98mk57gg/Gene%20Thief-source.tar.gz?dl=0
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=11241

Ratings

Coolness	37%	1626
Overall	3.37	322

Audio	2.79	422
Fun	3.74	101
Graphics	2.74	609
Humor	2.13	492
Innovation	3.32	338
Mood	2.78	560
Theme	3.63	296

Feedback

Pontifex

20. Apr 2016 · 14:00 UTC

Minimalistic, but pretty fun.
Although close button would be really useful ;) As simple to implement as:
if(Input.is_action_pressed("ui_cancel")):
get_tree().quit()

🎤 Galan

20. Apr 2016 · 17:38 UTC

Yeah, I forgot about the close button until the last minute. I may update a build with it later.

Windmill Games

20. Apr 2016 · 19:55 UTC

Fun game! I had a blast :) I like how they give you their shape and you kind of have to deal with the new play-style unless you want to "pay" one life to get the one you were playing back, by getting hit again that is.

An interesting take on the theme, good job!

Funske

20. Apr 2016 · 21:05 UTC

Nice game, it was fun and creative. Everything felt tight and satisfying.

Marc F.

20. Apr 2016 · 21:08 UTC

Quite fun to play. The actual shifting of shapes may have come a bit short, but overall very solid entry!

samlo

23. Apr 2016 · 12:09 UTC

So fun man! Made it to round 12 so far

kalth.streil

25. Apr 2016 · 13:06 UTC

Fun game but the theme-related part comes more as a punishment than a feature and it's really confusing! Also I find it weird that ranged enemies basically suicide into you while melees are slower hehe I was kicked out of the screen though :(

Mordokay

25. Apr 2016 · 13:25 UTC

Good simple game and extremely fun to play. Congrats

methylenblub

30. Apr 2016 · 13:23 UTC

really nice game!
At the beginning I thought I could change the shape and was killed, I had a fun time after that with the waves

VapeurTeam

30. Apr 2016 · 15:29 UTC

interesting take even though it took me a while to get the hang of keyboard controls (but i'm not used to the arrow keys) It's quite fun to play all in all :)