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BeamTron 5500 by Panagiotis Iatrou

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made by Panagiotis Iatrou for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

The Earth is in trouble. Again!!! This time from a mysterious interstellar force attacking from a distance with deadly force. It is up to you, the player, to balance the planets resources AND master the state-of-the-art defense system "BEAM-TRON 5500". It will take mad typing skills, multitasking powers and endless pots of fancy coffee.

How many years can you keep us alive?

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How to play:

You are in charge of BEAM-TRON 5500, which you control by typing commands. - "DESTROY": destroys the closest incoming missile - "DESTROY BIG": destroys the closest incoming ship - "HEAL": heals the earth - "OXYGEN": resupplies some oxygen

The team: - Panagiotis Iatrou [Programming] - Thomas Finholm [Art] - Will Leamon [Audio]

Youtube https://github.com/PanagiotisIatrou/Ludum-Dare-46
Youtube https://panagiotisiatrou.itch.io/beamtron-5500
Youtube https://panagiotisiatrou.itch.io/beamtron-5500
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/beamtron-5500

Ratings

Overall 981th 3.587⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 570th 3.652⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 774th 3.5⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 716th 3.891⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 895th 3.854⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Audio 603th 3.587⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 1271th 2.795⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Mood 982th 3.5⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 37🗳️ 22🗨️

Feedback

Watcher
20. Apr 2020 · 22:16 UTC
The link is not working :(
🎤 Panagiotis Iatrou
20. Apr 2020 · 22:22 UTC
@watcher Sorry, can you check now?
ShyguyBerlin
20. Apr 2020 · 22:29 UTC
The link to itch.io is not working
🎤 Panagiotis Iatrou
20. Apr 2020 · 22:33 UTC
@shyguyberlin It got fixed
PromZona
20. Apr 2020 · 22:40 UTC
Cool mechanics. But feel little bit confused about I dont see new objects while typing.
jaschez
20. Apr 2020 · 22:43 UTC
Very fun game! The typing mechanic looks really awesome in the game and it adjust nicely to the increasing difficulty, nice job!
Watcher
20. Apr 2020 · 22:51 UTC
Aight, the idea is pretty cool, I wish there was a bit more commands but oh well, jam :) Music is a bit repetitive, but thats really a minor thing, Artstyle is on point, suits the game really well. Overall great experience, I liked this game quite a bit, keep it up!
treska
22. Apr 2020 · 20:32 UTC
I enjoyed it. I think with some expansion it's definitely one I could sink some time into. More threats and more defense types etc. Also I kept pressing the up arrow to try and get my last command because my brain thought I was on an actual terminal. The interface had a nostalgic feel from the old dos titles.
spectralcascade
22. Apr 2020 · 20:36 UTC
I love this, you've done a lovely job with the art and audio. Not to mention the screenshake when you shoot a laser :P I enjoy the way the keyboard is used, combined with impending missiles and ships it's surprisingly effective at causing an exciting panicked experience! I'd love to see more content, this could work really well as a mobile game. As a fun jam game though it's basically perfect :)
mneubrand
22. Apr 2020 · 20:38 UTC
Nice typing game. Glad to know that earth defense is in the hands of a MS-DOS prompt
xart2012
23. Apr 2020 · 06:40 UTC
realy good typing game! )
Pilarius
23. Apr 2020 · 23:35 UTC
The game looks very interesting could you add an WebGl version of it?
mypalmike
24. Apr 2020 · 06:10 UTC
Haha this looks like the ancient MasterType game from 1982 for the Atari 8 bit computers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54RjLV_OD_U&t=55
Allas
24. Apr 2020 · 10:13 UTC
Starts off a bit slow but as multiple big ships start coming at once it gets very hectic and fun especially if you start making typos and struggle to recover. Love the visuals and how the music ramps up.
notgreat
09. May 2020 · 22:45 UTC
I felt like it needs more complexity. I got to wave 10 before quitting and never felt like I had any hint of a challenge. If I typo'd a word I'd maybe take a bit of damage but I could just spam heal and thus no consequences.

If the game added another couple meters like oxygen that drained at varying rates or maybe introduced resources like ammo and a RELOAD command that could get the panic rising which leads to more fun gameplay, but as it is I found it too easy.

Nice graphics and polish, reasonably good audio, and a very neat idea that perhaps needed more content to get interesting.