Shooty Shapes by Andrew Castillo

Get the game at itch.io
Read our postmortem on ldjam.com

After thousands of eons of suffering and war, the Geometric Association has finally eliminated most of its sworn enemy, the Cartesian Free States. The few survivors of the conflict are hunted and used in cruel blood sports where they must fight for survival.
You must resist the crushing hopelessness of your situation and prevail over your captors.
https://i.imgur.com/YQxwn29.mp4
Originally a beloved IP owned by While False, Shooty Shapes is the latest game in the series, now published by DA Games. It is the first cross-platform entry in the franchise.
Controls (Desktop Only):
Mouse1 to attack
WASD keys to move
Ratings
| Overall | 507th | 3.443⭐ | 37🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 412th | 3.386⭐ | 37🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 811th | 2.779⭐ | 36🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 985th | 2.412⭐ | 36🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 603th | 3.361⭐ | 38🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 303th | 3.297⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 768th | 2.969⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 38🗳️ | 23🗨️ |
* Why is it like that?
* Wait, wtf?
* Oh, now i get it!
Pretty humorous (and sadly true) story given under a disguise of a simple game with nice minimalistic graphics. Extra kudos for ads, although it could have more memes there.
One downside - sometimes it feels that gameplay itself takes a bit more time than it actually deserves, for jam entry it would be nice to get the full story a bit quicker (and a way to know that the story is finished)
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/43/goat-6
However the only bamboozling here was the look on our publisher's face when he saw your comment. He reckons that *one* quick buck would be a terrible return on investment.
It goes on with those 2 lines until the heat death of the universe.
but the music and graphics were nice
It took me a couple runs to get used to the aiming, but that firerate upgrade helped a lot. I found it satisfying to grind for a bit in order to then spend the money on something that made a noticable difference, and the irony of the developer commentary on that is not lost on me. Overall a rather well-realized idea.