Harlequin by Nizan

made by Nizan for LD34 (COMPO)

Take charge of The Harlequin, the most advanced* ship in Abstract Space, and blast those Things out the ... 'air' because of... Reasons. Good luck!

*your mileage** may vary.
**mileage as a concept may not exist in Abstract Space.

I've had some issues with the Unity WebGL Player. If it doesn't work for you, then you can find standalone builds for all platforms at itch.io (also the graphics are nicer that way).

--Controls & Rules--

- The Harlequin will move up & down automatically.
- Left or Right click to change direction of auto-fire.
- Click again in the same direction to inverse The Harlequin's colours.
- Enemies are only killed by bullets of their colour.
- The spearheads on each end of The Harlequin will damage enemies of the same colour.
- Don't get hit by enemies!
- Get a high score!

Web (Lower Quality)	http://www.mimicwing.com/harlequin/
Windows	http://nizan.itch.io/harlequin
Mac	http://nizan.itch.io/harlequin
Linux	http://nizan.itch.io/harlequin
Source	http://nizan.itch.io/harlequin
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=5374

Ratings

Coolness	50%	3
Overall	3.11	591

Audio	3.44	155
Fun	3.00	586
Graphics	3.23	406
Innovation	3.26	407
Mood	2.90	524
Theme	3.85	386

Feedback

aamatniekss

15. Dec 2015 · 17:44 UTC

Good game! Though it quickly becomes too hard, as too many enemies come, might want to make a better difficulty curve.

TomenLuca

15. Dec 2015 · 17:46 UTC

Great minimalist game. I can imagine that some people would spend many hours playing this to get a highscore. Great stuff!

LastResortGames

15. Dec 2015 · 17:46 UTC

A bit hard to get used to the strategy at first but it came out pretty good!

Dalkor

15. Dec 2015 · 17:53 UTC

Both challenging and fun, easy to pickup. I feel the projectile audio could be more subtle though and that something could be done with the black background.

sputnik

15. Dec 2015 · 18:04 UTC

Nice simple but hard game! Well done.

lucentbeam

15. Dec 2015 · 18:05 UTC

Pretty interesting set of nicely coupled mechanics. Great job on designing a solid little game!

uncade

15. Dec 2015 · 18:07 UTC

Fun little game! I really like the way you made the health bar.

Piode

15. Dec 2015 · 18:07 UTC

Fun game but tricky! Really cool art!

-SPiRiT-

15. Dec 2015 · 18:11 UTC

A really cool game ! It is a simplistic but innovative way to use arrows ! It is too hard, i think

n00basaurus

15. Dec 2015 · 18:20 UTC

The difficulty scales up a bit too quickly. I wonder if splitting up the controls, having one button control shooting direction and the other color, instead of both buttons doing both things, would help ease the difficulty curve.

rzuf

16. Dec 2015 · 10:25 UTC

Cool minimal style. Controls are a bit tricky at first. There are too many enemies, and it quickly becomes impossible to avoid them. (or maybe i'm just too slow and can't handle the stress :D) I think adding some predefined patterns for the Things appearing instead of just spawning them randomly would add much to the gamplay. :3
Good job, cheers!

Raius

17. Dec 2015 · 14:43 UTC

Awesome! Love the simplistic art style it suits the simple mechanic perfectly, and I feel like the difficulty could ramp up a bit slower or maybe I'm just awful at it, but definitely a solid game :)

echa

20. Dec 2015 · 20:49 UTC

Uhh. This game is hard! Nevertheless it's a great use of theme.

the31

22. Dec 2015 · 22:21 UTC

Cool game! Not hard to understand, but I can imagine some interesting strategies coming out of it. I agree with others that the difficulty ramps up a little too quickly, and I think it would be more compelling if the enemies formed patterns rather than appearing apparently at random. The patterns would emphasize the strategy aspect rather than being a purely reaction-based game, I think. Neat stuff here.

One thing I wish it had was alternate controls--even just the left and right arrow keys. My mouse right now isn't the greatest, and it would be good to have some symmetric-feeling controls I think.

Bocodillo

04. Jan 2016 · 18:10 UTC

Difficulty curve is a little steep but otherwise a great game. Love the music!