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Prog-Jet vs Guardians by Bismark

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made by Bismark for LD 42 (JAM)

It's over ... but not as much as I would have liked.

Prog-Jet Title Screen.png

The gameplay currently proposed does not exploit all the intrinsic wealth of the code already in place. And as usual, I missed time to worry about sounds and music. A little more "polish" would not have displeased me either. But at least it's playable ... and replayable :-)

Any resemblance to a film released in 1982 is not due to an unfortunate accident ... No pixel was hurt during the realization of this game.

During the game, you can use : * [Q] & [D] (on AZERTY keyboard layout), or [A] & [D] (on QWERTY keyboard layout), or [left arrow] & [right arrow] to turn respectivly to left and right (at 90 degree at middle of the next cell) * [1] (on alphapad or numpad of your keyboard) to activate/desactivate CAPACITOR effect (if it's enough loaded) to accelerate your "Prog-Jet" (and increase scoring rate) * [2] (on alphapad or numpad of your keyboard) to activate/desactivate RESISTOR effect (if it's enough loaded) to do nothing special for now (except increase scoring rate) * [3] (on alphapad or numpad of your keyboard) to activate/desactivate GROUND MASS effect (if it's enough loaded) to remove a part of queue of the "Prog-Jet" trail (and increase scoring rate) * [4] (on alphapad or numpad of your keyboard) to activate/desactivate "STAR" effect (if it's enough loaded) to increase scoring rate, and also allowing to terminate the game with nice bonus added to your score, only if "STAR" effect stays activated until its full discharge

Be carefull at "guardians" ... they don't appreciate your presence in the "Grid" ; they hunt your light wall trail, trying to destroy it ... with the ground cells in the vicinity of their attack ! Thus, each their attacks make less space for your motions !!!

https://youtu.be/Hi23_Nz6bOU

Windows http://eice.be/ld42/ProgJet_vs_Guardians.X64.zip
Windows http://eice.be/ld42/ProgJet_vs_Guardians.X86.zip
HTML5 (web) http://eice.be/ld42/
macOS http://eice.be/ld42/ProgJet_vs_Guardians.MacOSX.zip
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/prog-jet-vs-guardians

Ratings

Overall 1151th 2.765⭐ 51🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1220th 2.378⭐ 51🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1211th 2.333⭐ 50🧑‍⚖️
Theme 883th 3.12⭐ 52🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 874th 3.01⭐ 52🧑‍⚖️
Humor 893th 1.786⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Mood 947th 2.641⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Given 47🗳️ 40🗨️

Feedback

zachw136
13. Aug 2018 · 23:40 UTC
Well done. Good graphics and a good play on the tron game. How you snap over when turning was a bit disorienting though.
ParkerDuncan
13. Aug 2018 · 23:45 UTC
Well Programmed game! I have always been a fam of the light cycles from TRON. The feel is a bit rough and it took me a sec to get used to it. Other than that good job!
🎤 Bismark
13. Aug 2018 · 23:54 UTC
Thank you @zachw136 ... for "disorienting" after turn ... it's a few like in the 82' movie.
Thanks @parkerduncan : after seeing the film when it was released (and yes, I'm not very young any more), I became addicted to computer science (programming and games - go know why ;-)
mukult
14. Aug 2018 · 06:15 UTC
Wow! This looks cool. "TRON" styled.
It takes a while to understand the game. The turns are very rough... i did not realize for few tries on whats exactly happening.
Still cool game though.. :)
🎤 Bismark
14. Aug 2018 · 11:35 UTC
Thanks @mukult ; i must add some explanations, sorry for this.
ChandYMandE
14. Aug 2018 · 11:58 UTC
Reminds me of Tron lol
Hakro
14. Aug 2018 · 12:06 UTC
Nice game. The graphics are simple, and cool.
But I feel it misses a bit of precision when there is a turn. I had to adjust the timing to turn at the expected moment.

It will look cooler with some music and sound effcts.

Nice one overall.
farfadet46
14. Aug 2018 · 12:07 UTC
need some work on camera it's difficult to play when the camera don't rotate.
Draeskai
14. Aug 2018 · 12:09 UTC
The camera is a little confusing when you have to turn, gut it's an interesting project (I've always been wondering what playing this game would be like)
SimoGecko
14. Aug 2018 · 17:13 UTC
cool game, a bit disorienting at first like other mentioned that the camera just snaps into position and that turns only happen on a fixed grid. with those fixed and increasing speed it has potential :)
Batlordz
14. Aug 2018 · 20:14 UTC
A little bit difficult with camera rotation but it's a good game! Reminds me TRON :-) ! Great work!
Roman Petrov
14. Aug 2018 · 22:08 UTC
Didn't work for me :( Maybe my computer (iMac mid 2015) is too slow for it (I tried WebGL build in Chrome).
Eugene Opryshko
14. Aug 2018 · 22:12 UTC
Always liked TRON, so this game was must-play for me :D As said before, you need to smooth camera rotation, and I had some troubles determining cell I will turn to, it seems like turning takes place at old bike position. Also you could speed up gameplay a little
Paulo Augusto
14. Aug 2018 · 22:17 UTC
nice (Y)
Monstr
14. Aug 2018 · 22:36 UTC
The camera was a bit disorientating, a smooth camera would have been better for sure.
It also seemed that the bike was turning based on it's last cell rather than it's current one.
But the game looked cool and I thought it was interesting.
Not bad at all. I think the idea has potential.
🎤 Bismark
14. Aug 2018 · 23:01 UTC
For fans of Tron (original movie), use this link for a good music (like Flynn's home) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhhmtBOmosA
🎤 Bismark
14. Aug 2018 · 23:04 UTC
For @roman-petrov : you can try this link for Mac OS X

http://eice.be/ld42/ProgJet_vs_Guardians.MacOSX.zip

I hope you can play the game on your mac.
Liven
15. Aug 2018 · 00:00 UTC
Looks good, but definitely needs cinemachine (and no latency in inputs)
DrEvilBrain
15. Aug 2018 · 00:01 UTC
A nice variation on a classic.

The camera lagging a little after your input to turn is a bit disorienting, but overall the game is quite well done.
ROBOWARRIOR1982
15. Aug 2018 · 05:52 UTC
Super I love the atmosphere tron, it is pretty well transcribed, against the camera that turns suddenly it's weird, and it lacks effect and sound when I pass on a bonus we have not feeling like interacting with anything is a shame.
Kale the Quick
15. Aug 2018 · 09:36 UTC
Took a bit of time to get used to, but once it's uniqueness was allowed to shine, it was pretty fun. The pace seems a bit slow, but once you figure out the powerups it starts to flow nicely :)
TheDouche
15. Aug 2018 · 12:15 UTC
I played didn't like it, sorry. This is tron and there no gameplay. I played the song you linked but i liked pirates of the caribbean more so I played that while i was playing.

Anyway you made some parts very nice!
Filip Bergkvist
15. Aug 2018 · 12:16 UTC
I don't really get it... The point isn't clear, the bike is very slow, and turning is very imprecise. I tried to get the turning timer down but I just can't manage to turn when I want to. If I press right, I want to turn right on the next square, not the one I am currently on or the next one. Look at how Snake handles this kind of movement. The camera is also jarring and needs to be more advanced than simply parented to the bike. Sorry for being very negative, but there is a lot to work on. However as you said it is very playable.
ZephyrExtreme
15. Aug 2018 · 12:43 UTC
The camera snap was really disturbing and I couldn't really understand what to do in the game. But a good effort!
JSD
15. Aug 2018 · 12:50 UTC
I've never been a fan of the movie but I've certainly know of this scene from it.

There was a bit of a lag somehow (camera and inputs?) so that's a shame. Also it would have been great if the speed increased with time or something. Also, check out the canvas elements, they overlapped in the webgl build and couldn't really know if they were charged or not :\
anstabo
15. Aug 2018 · 12:50 UTC
Too slow and with no clear goal. The technic behind it is interesting though !
Sentmoraap
15. Aug 2018 · 14:20 UTC
The game is way too slow. This may be fun at higher speed but not in it's current state.
A continuous camera rotation would be a great addition.
The graphics are good. I didn't hear any sound.
Blurred Lines
15. Aug 2018 · 14:28 UTC
Camera turn movement should be more better than this. The idea is pretty cool though. Graphics was also good.
🎤 Bismark
15. Aug 2018 · 19:20 UTC
I thank you for your opinion about the management of the camera and the "position" during turns, as well as the problem of non-repositioning action icons during the "screen resize" in WebGL.

These few bugs have been fixed, and an increase in the Prog-Jet motion speed has been made.

Post-Scriptum : better rendering with standalone versions (Windows 32 or 64 bits, Mac OS-X) than in WebGL.
Ossi
16. Aug 2018 · 21:07 UTC
Cool game! I like how you need to consider where you put your walls in order to have the best opportunity to get to the power-ups. I found the speed to be a bit too slow and enjoyed it a lot more when I used the capacitor. Good take on the theme with the walls and the guardians breaking the environment! Good job!
gobotom
17. Aug 2018 · 09:49 UTC
Nice job ! fedback after a first run on a laptop between two code sessions : The camera movement is pretty disturbing during the first seconds but it become cool after a while... And it's totally in the mood of the non inspired 1982 movie ! Can it come from the input lag ?
Thought Reactor
17. Aug 2018 · 17:24 UTC
Neat little Tron-like game. The camera snapping on the turns is a bit disorienting, as others have mentioned. Loved the art and UI style.
Bungalow
18. Aug 2018 · 08:58 UTC
This was really cool! I hope to see you work on it further because its really fun!
CliffracerX
20. Aug 2018 · 18:47 UTC
Excellent lightcycle game! With some sound effects, and maybe some extra abilities for the power-ups, I think this'd be one of the best out there. It really captures the feeling from the original TRON, both in terms of the lightcycle maneuvering itself, and in how utterly *disturbing* Recognizers are. Having them destroy the play area is both a neat new gimmick, *and* a great use of the theme.

Great work! :thumbsup:
🎤 Bismark
22. Aug 2018 · 00:25 UTC
To @cliffracerx , thank you. I have seen your submission, and "woah", it's genious ! :-)
cr0w
22. Aug 2018 · 00:56 UTC
Gives me serious nostalgia. Lots of fun, enjoyed the speed powerup most of all. Nice work!
King Kujito
27. Aug 2018 · 20:56 UTC
A bit hard to control but very well made
Icarus_NB
30. Aug 2018 · 22:05 UTC
Reminded me of Tron. The camera rotation was a bit strange and let me disoriented and confused some times. The application of the theme was great. Don't know if it's a bug or something, but my game ended suddenly.
jordantanner
01. Sep 2018 · 09:02 UTC
Classic Tron, of course. Looks familiar! ;) This concept for a game goes way back to the old days too, but it's definitely fun to see it in a 3D format, especially with the additions of the player abilities. Nice entry!!
bradur
01. Sep 2018 · 16:15 UTC
It looks cool but I'm having a hard time figuring out what's happening. And for a Tron homage you must have sounds & music!
Imphenzia
01. Sep 2018 · 22:58 UTC
Being a tron fan this appealed to me! I liked the idea of "collecting" the squares. My biggest piece of criticism would be the turn-mechanic because I felt lost as the camera warped 90 degrees. I would suggest LERP-ing the camera so yo don't feel teleported :) Nice work!