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Noah's mARK II by Arthur Baars

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made by Arthur Baars for LD 43 (COMPO)

Noah's mARK II is a simple space shooter where you are the captain of humanity's last hope.

Screenshots

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Summary

When all of a sudden an epidemic breaks out on board, you will be needed to steer the ship through a barrage of asteroids and agressive alien ships.

However due to this epidemic the amount of humans is exponentially increasing. Although this would normally be a good thing, in this case it is happening in an iron box in space.

To be able to keep control over the ship you must maintain the amount of humans on-board, this can be adjusted through sacrifices. By airlocking them that is.

Controls

WASD keys -- Move ship

Left Mouse Button -- Shoot

Right Mouse Button -- Sacrifice

Tools

Created with my own engine, Lynx2D.

Sounds created using BFXR.

Art created using Adobe Photoshop CC.

Let me know what you think of it and have fun!

(PS. Sometimes an enemy ship takes no damage, this is an unfortunate bug)

HTML5 (web) http://lythumn.com/arthurb/LD/43/
Source code http://lythumn.com/arthurb/LD/43/source.zip
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/43/noahs-mark-ii

Ratings

Overall 338th 3.175⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 247th 3.275⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 293th 3.075⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 226th 3.55⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 280th 3.225⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 315th 2.737⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 112th 3.325⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 340th 2.895⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 24🗳️ 5🗨️

Feedback

Erendelous
03. Dec 2018 · 11:49 UTC
The game looks quite nice, but, as for me, controls are not "responsive" enough and it is pretty hard to understand everything at first launch.
zanagi
03. Dec 2018 · 11:50 UTC
The core mechanic was interesting and fits well to the theme! I think the game flow would feel better if there was more variation to number/types of enemies as your score goes up.
If only I could've blown up those asteroids :D
ShenDev
03. Dec 2018 · 12:08 UTC
The theme was implemented in a really cool way! As someone else said, the gamefeel could be better with some extra details, but overall it's a fun game! The writing was also very funny!
DaveDoublee
03. Dec 2018 · 12:09 UTC
I like it!
Best one I have seen so far.
Congrats!
🎤 Arthur Baars
03. Dec 2018 · 12:49 UTC
@erendelous @davedoublee @zanagi @shendev Thank you all! I appreciate the feedback <3
BinaryLynx
03. Dec 2018 · 14:50 UTC
As BinaryLynx I totally approve the engine you are using as it empowered you to create such a wonderful peace of art! High scores and firm handshakes xD
justalocalhero
03. Dec 2018 · 16:51 UTC
Really great core mechanic.

The gameplay was a bit random. Sometimes I could shoot a huge asteroid out of my way and sometimes a tiny one wouldn't budge. Sometimes I could kill an enemy in one hit and sometimes it took a hundred.

I could imagine there being a lot more things linked to the population size (bullet spread, bullet size, hull repair, etc).

Now excuse me while I throw myself out an airlock again.
shp
04. Dec 2018 · 19:43 UTC
Very cool for a custom engine, nice intro as well, the gameplay was a bit hard to get hang of though
Cricket
04. Dec 2018 · 21:06 UTC
Fun game, nice work with your engine!
Projectiles and smaller asteroids were a bit hard to see due to the pace, might help if the star background was toned down.
Nick Rafalski
05. Dec 2018 · 02:23 UTC
fun little game! I enjoyed the balancing act of keeping enough men to fire fast, but also not slow down. Definitely fits the theme. The graphics are very nice
AwiX
07. Dec 2018 · 08:41 UTC
An interesting game with a kind of mechanics. I put a rating) Please rating and me, thanks in advance)
ToonTeamJ
08. Dec 2018 · 01:59 UTC
Very interesting mechanic!

I think I struggled with being able to expel people fast enough to keep my ship moving. I may just be really bad at the game, though.
elysiagriffin
18. Dec 2018 · 22:04 UTC
Hey majorityyyy! Thanks for submitting your game for me to play on my livestream!

If you'd like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/346059114?t=01h22m03s

Good luck on your ratings, see you next LD! :D

💜 Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady

https://www.twitch.tv/elysiagriffin
shieldgenerator7
19. Dec 2018 · 19:54 UTC
haha funny concept man

dialogue was hilarious

ship was hard to control and i didnt have time to jettison people before being hit by a huge asteroid.

but alas, I still got some score:

![noahsmark high score.png](///raw/be7/01/z/1fbc8.png)

also the title pun is a gem +1