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Solar Spinner by benbennett

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made by benbennett for Ludum Dare 47 (COMPO)

Defend the world from an alien attack! Unfortunately for you you're stuck in a ring. Luckily enough the ring is equipped with dual laser cannons and the ability to control a seesaw. Let's see how long you can last.

Controls:
A/D - tilt seesaw
Space - shoot lasers

Tools:
Engine - Unity
Art - Procreate
Music - Garageband
Sound Effects - Bfxr

Post submission changes:
- Fixed a bug that would stop enemies spawning in if you destroyed them too quickly in the early levels
- Increased fire rate from 1.3 to 2 shots per second

Youtube https://github.com/bbennett19/LudumDare47
Youtube https://bbennett.itch.io/solar-spinner
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/solar-spinner

Ratings

Overall 68th 3.909⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 47th 3.955⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 42th 4.068⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 60th 4.182⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 409th 3.159⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Audio 65th 3.795⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 64th 3.667⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 251th 3.31⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 34🗳️ 20🗨️

Feedback

Eldar
05. Oct 2020 · 05:47 UTC
I'm not quite sure why, but 2 times out of 3 the enemies stopped appearing immediately (once after first enemy, once after second). Got 6800 on that one try when they didn't stop :)

I like the music a lot - Daft Punk wouldn't be ashamed to put it on their B-Sides.

Game is pretty fun, although it feels like physics could be tweaked to make it a bit more dynamic. Very fun to play nonetheless!
ZachsButt
05. Oct 2020 · 05:48 UTC
Just the idea of this made me smile. I had fun with it!

I only wish I could shoot faster.
PeteH
05. Oct 2020 · 05:50 UTC
I loved the innovation here. Quite liked the mechanic of how you control the seesaw to control the power. The music is **great**. Probably improvement could me like different modes, so you have this as your normal mode, and maybe like a different map or something. Well Done!
Rakowu
05. Oct 2020 · 05:57 UTC
Surprisingly fun. Hadn't read the introduction I had realised that you can shoot. Then the seesaw had made sense. I had first tried to hurl myself to the alien with the seesaw. Music is good too.
Dark Dungeon Studio
05. Oct 2020 · 07:32 UTC
I love this so much!

- Music is amazing. (What did you use to make it?)
- The alien eyes are a nice touch
- The Abduction ending is so funny
- Stuck in a loop, nice spin on it
igaryhe
05. Oct 2020 · 09:11 UTC
Love the mechanics and the music! Really compelling!
But there is no more alien after I shot two, don't know what went wrong.
cagibi
05. Oct 2020 · 10:06 UTC
Funky game, innovative mechanic. I agree with laser shooting being a bit slow. There's potential!
🎤 benbennett
05. Oct 2020 · 16:26 UTC
@eldar @igaryhe thanks for the bug report, it should be fixed now

@zachsbutt @cagibi thanks for the feedback. I upped the fire rate and it does feel better :)

@james-joubert for the music I used GarageBand and some loops that came with it
JeremyOduber
06. Oct 2020 · 09:21 UTC
Wonderful application of the theme, very creative mechanic
Week of the agents
06. Oct 2020 · 10:42 UTC
Ай, малаца

Ultra fun game
ssjCoder_yt
06. Oct 2020 · 14:02 UTC
Really Good job and a very interesting mechanic. The laser shooting being slow is something that I liked which probably makes the game more challenging rather than having the player spam the shoot button. I said this on another submission and I will say it here too, this game also has the potential to become a short mobile game
Duke
06. Oct 2020 · 15:58 UTC
Yeah, why not? :) Pretty simple mechanics but kept me invested more than I thought. A little more game play variation would've been nice, since the game play loop get's stale pretty quickly. Art and sound are nothing too special but do their job adequately. The soundtrack is nice though :) Considering that this is a compo, I think you spent your time in each part of the game just about right! Good job on that
sop the turtle
10. Oct 2020 · 00:02 UTC
This one was great. I really enjoyed playing it. What an interesting take on the theme and definitely a unique design unlike any of the other ones I've played. I like how if the threat level gets really high that you kind of get another chance by them looping around you. I think this mechanic could be quite addicting. Good job!
Capt.Theo
11. Oct 2020 · 17:12 UTC
"No Mr.Bond I expect you to die!"