malloc() by NULLandKale
Its 8 am you wake up and turn your PC on for a few games only to see green characters appear on the screen.
malloc() has struck, your precious hard drive space is gone replaced with enemies to fight.
You only have one recourse now, defeat malloc() and fight for your bytes, or admit defeat.
Luckily you have prepared for this day and have CodeBlocks hidden in your bytes to help you.
Kill enemies, Gather CodeBlocks, and defeat malloc().
TLDR: malloc() is a top-down shooter with an upgrade system, get more upgrades to be more powerful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRrpbg-0KgA
Controls:
WASD - Movement.
E - Pickup CodeBlocks
Q - Eject CodeBlocks
Left Click - Shoot!
Attributes:
Floor Texture: https://opengameart.org/content/castle-brick-connecting-tileset-16x16
Music: http://tones.wolfram.com/generate/GRR03MkoaIsLUB9dVON9Q2ILefCmqKJ5KSqwmMIwrYka8
Full source: https://github.com/NullandKale/ldjam42



| Source Code | https://github.com/NullandKale/ldjam42 |
| Windows | https://nullandkale.itch.io/malloc |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/malloc |
Ratings
| Overall | 891th | 3.105⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 547th | 3.278⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 1125th | 2.528⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 1230th | 2.278⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 1059th | 2.632⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 658th | 2.711⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 853th | 2.806⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 21🗳️ | 12🗨️ |
It sounds like the mouse click sound plays every time the gun shoots though (it sounds like the enemies do a similar thing with mechanical keyboard sounds). I really like that. Definitely makes you feel more hackerish lol
Speaking of hackerish, it'd be fun to see some more unique areas where you have to go through things that people actually go through to fix an malloc() error. (maybe there's more in game... I'll check once I get back this evening)
From the video it looks kinda fun, but could use some more story / theme elements. It seems playable though... not bad for just a weekend of effort :)
I like the text effect you did at the end when the player dies... that was cool :) definitely increased the level of frustration you feel at malloc() lol
And there is a bug that when you die, you come back with the power acquired, I died with enemies exploding on dead and I respawn with him active.

@nullandkale I didn't get the win screen either.
Overall a fun game, thanks for sharing.