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Scrabble Invader by SvenFrankson

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made by SvenFrankson for LD 41 (COMPO)

Scrabble Invader

Is your mind as sharp as your reflexes ? Try it in a Scrabble - Space Invader crossover !

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Use keyboard arrows and mouse to move your spacecraft around.

Mouseclic to shoot a laser.

Kill invaders to get Scrabble Letters.

Drag and drop Scrabble Letters to write Scrabble Words and get gears for your spacecraft !

The longer the Scrabble Word, the most xp you get to improve your spacecraft. But be quick, the invaders are getting stronger as well !

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Post-compo version coming soon ;)

Update : Post-Compo version is here, with an option for world-related control of the spaceship !

Github https://github.com/SvenFrankson/didactic-couscous
HTML5 (web) http://svenfrankson.github.io/scrabble_invader_compo/
HTML5 (web) http://svenfrankson.github.io/scrabble_invader/
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/scrabble-invader

Ratings

Overall 392th 3.316⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 322th 3.316⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 41th 4.105⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 26th 4.342⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 387th 3.158⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 321th 2.895⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 283th 2.806⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 460th 2.806⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 12🗳️ 9🗨️

Feedback

bcvery1
23. Apr 2018 · 11:29 UTC
Nice game, great combination of genres. Found it very difficult to move relative to the mouse, was expecting relative to the grid. Good job
tyen
23. Apr 2018 · 11:33 UTC
Pretty cool idea. It was a good idea to include a small tutorial at the start.
The controls are a bit hard to get used to. I expected the rotation not to affect the movement.
sndr
23. Apr 2018 · 11:39 UTC
Very cool take on the theme! Found it hard even in easy mode though! Keypad on mac didn't help either (maybe if WASD was allowed that'd be a bit better :P). Need some skill to dodge, shoot and write!
Noxbuds
23. Apr 2018 · 11:45 UTC
Very nice combination. The sound is pretty good, though a little loud. I like how you've linked Space Invaders (space shooter) to Scrabble. However it feels like you should be able to pickup letters while they're still blue - I accidentally placed an 'L' in the wrong place and couldn't pick it up :(.
Overall very good job:)
kromeboy
24. Apr 2018 · 02:02 UTC
nice combination! Kind of hard, but fun. I got about 4 words :-)
Jupiter_Hadley
24. Apr 2018 · 13:39 UTC
Really nice, chaotic, challenging game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 41 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBigr-DBUjI
KayZ
24. Apr 2018 · 14:27 UTC
10 words, 70 kills. That was more exhausting than I thought it would be. It's really hard to try to find words while at the same time having to stay alive. Nice combination of genres and really fun (I prefer the controls of the post compo version).
petitpois
24. Apr 2018 · 21:42 UTC
I really like this take on the theme, totally different mix of genres and brilliant fun. UI needs a bit of work. Thanks for this great entry :smiley:
cristiano.m.garcia
25. Apr 2018 · 02:30 UTC
Good job! Cool game!

I rate your game, if I can give a game in my game, Witch's Escape.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/witchs-escape
DrunkardWolf
25. Apr 2018 · 10:07 UTC
Great work!
McCordinator
25. Apr 2018 · 14:03 UTC
very cool genre mashups to go with the theme! Was tough on a laptop, but I did ok heh

If you have time, check out my entry: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/golden-beak-golf :)
GoZz
25. Apr 2018 · 15:59 UTC
Haha this game is just impossible x) but I had so much fun playing it !
Well done mate :)
ViridianGames
10. May 2018 · 19:12 UTC
Well, this...um...well I don't speak French so...it seems like it could have been fun but obviously I couldn't do the scrabble part.
TomekS
11. May 2018 · 04:16 UTC
That's a lot of work done for a compo game. Nice idea but very difficult to play :) Really solid effort.
goffmog
11. May 2018 · 17:01 UTC
Felt like there could have been some bugs with the movement controls but besides that, this was a very solid and well put together game, well done! The only suggestion I would make is to figure out a way that the controls could be a little bit more intuitive.
matsoj15
11. May 2018 · 17:02 UTC
I've had a lot fun during playing this
RockhopperGames
11. May 2018 · 17:25 UTC
A very fun game! I experienced some problems with slowdown, and glitches resulting from that, but if you could clear that up you'd have something very promising here!