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Dropship: Orcs in Space by Ben Hopkins

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made by Ben Hopkins for LD 41 (COMPO)

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arrows - move your dropship

z - pick up your mans

x - drop 'em

Supposed to be a mixture of arcade and RTS, but it's not really either. It was too ambitious but I like the concept and will try to do a post-compo version to realize the many things that didn't get in: more units, upgrades between levels, MUSIC, etc...

Consider level 5 as the "final" level. They are generated automatically after that point and become too difficult.

Bonus points to anyone who can name the two games I'm referencing here.

HTML5 (web) https://benhhopkins.itch.io/dropship
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/dropship-orcs-in-space

Ratings

Overall 214th 3.591⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 143th 3.659⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 151th 3.727⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 622th 2.886⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 78th 4⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Audio 331th 2.864⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 468th 2.25⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 274th 3.167⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 20🗳️ 18🗨️

Feedback

Pixels Everywhere
23. Apr 2018 · 04:02 UTC
This game is tough as nails! Great pixel art as well. Will be playing this some more later!
KRP
23. Apr 2018 · 04:06 UTC
I love the art style - Really supports the mood
BlackAtlas
23. Apr 2018 · 04:08 UTC
Great job with the art!
Chris Magnuson
23. Apr 2018 · 04:09 UTC
This game is great! I love the art too!
Alans Antics
23. Apr 2018 · 04:16 UTC
I found a way to cheese the game. Since none of the enemies stay on defense, I just shuttle-rushed 3 units to the enemy fortress for a quick victory. The only level it didn't work on was level 3.

Superb graphics. If I could change one thing, it would be to improve the camera - show more of the ground and less of the sky when your ship is the air.

Oh, and I found a minor bug: It can say "victory" after it says "defeat".

Overall, nice job!
neverautomatic
23. Apr 2018 · 04:20 UTC
Really neat concept. The controls were tight and the sprites look great. :)
🎤 Ben Hopkins
23. Apr 2018 · 16:00 UTC
Thanks for the feedback everyone! Yeah, that cheese was a result of not getting a feature in -- I'd like there to be towers that your soldiers must defeat before the dropship can pass. Another gameplay bug that helps you cheat a bit is that you can go above max cargo if you pick up many marines at the same moment (i.e. from the same y-coordinate). Definitely some other bugs due to it being my first time with Phaser 3 and Typescript for that matter.
Guvitron
23. Apr 2018 · 18:30 UTC
Love the Starcraft-esque marine/medivac micro! The game is hard, looks really great, good job!
DarkAnice
23. Apr 2018 · 19:26 UTC
Nice game, good looking art and quiet interesting mechanic. would love to see a more balanced version of this game!
sh1rogane
23. Apr 2018 · 20:17 UTC
I like the art. I found 2 play styles. The cheese way, just drop them at their base. And the micro way, just keep moving them. Could be a really fun game if it had more content/features
mikedirl
23. Apr 2018 · 21:09 UTC
Brilliant graphics and mood. The ships gravity was a little bit strange, took a while to learn to fly smoothly, good game.
caeonosphere
23. Apr 2018 · 22:19 UTC
It's like Starcraft Micro: The Game! Very interesting... the controls are a little floaty, which is a weird combination with the precision required. The art/animation is well done! I can't imagine doing proper art like that for a jam.
HKoisumi
24. Apr 2018 · 00:08 UTC
Freaking amazing! Excelent work, wanna check ours too??

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/hype-time
justalocalhero
24. Apr 2018 · 05:44 UTC
Am I SlayerS_boxer now? Beautiful game. Great concept. I love the idea of playing from this supporting perspective. The controls were difficult but it still felt good zipping around.
achebit
24. Apr 2018 · 07:59 UTC
Cool concept and executed well!

I did find I could just pick up my mans and drop them at the enemy base to insta-win. Enemy base needs an AA gun to stop this xD
Kultisti
24. Apr 2018 · 10:24 UTC
The artstyle is great! Also love the smoothbess of movement and controls in general, great work!
Arbosis
24. Apr 2018 · 22:25 UTC
Loved it! I didn't get it at first but then I found it amazing, good job!
Ja_viera
26. Apr 2018 · 22:17 UTC
Very good concept and fun to play, the art is pretty cute too.
nilstastic
06. May 2018 · 15:04 UTC
This was really hard. Really nice graphics though! :)
quadtree
10. May 2018 · 03:44 UTC
Graphics were really impressive, and really suited the setup. Would have been nice if there'd been a few more mechanics, as most levels could be beaten by simply flying a couple guys over the orcs. Still, nice job!