Escape the Loop! by jessifin

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made by jessifin for Ludum Dare 47 (COMPO)

Escape the Loop! Use WASD for movement and mouse for attack. Collect fuel from the aliens to get unstuck from this loop by using the escape pod.

Created with Javascript & WebGL.

Tools: - Bfxr and Garageband for audio - Gimp for textures - Atom text editor Screen Shot 2020-10-04 at 5.25.08 PM.png

Ratings

Overall 377th 3.304⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 386th 3.109⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 458th 2.935⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 217th 3.804⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 346th 3.304⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Audio 127th 3.591⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 244th 2.773⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Mood 293th 3.19⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 18🗳️ 16🗨️

Feedback

neonjeff
05. Oct 2020 · 00:11 UTC
Good thing aliens can't climb stairs! haha. I loved the audio in this!
timeloopedpowergamer
05. Oct 2020 · 00:33 UTC
Funny use of theme. High HP on enemies means you need to absolutely hammer the fire button the whole time. Ran fine on Windows + Firefox.
TheCakeConsortium
05. Oct 2020 · 00:35 UTC
Cool music bro/sis. I also like how the bullets curve as well, good work!
MelekTaus
05. Oct 2020 · 07:57 UTC
It has such a smooth retro touch. Love it :heart:
vinzBad
05. Oct 2020 · 09:04 UTC
I kinda felt sorry for the aliens.
leorid
05. Oct 2020 · 14:02 UTC
I really bought into the game, it has a cool atmosphere - sadly Lvl 4 is impossible to beat.
Nice graphics too. ^^ Thanks for making it :D
Barrier
06. Oct 2020 · 16:45 UTC
Not bad! Nice station loop, but it does seem a bit impossible later on.
madbookstudios
06. Oct 2020 · 21:35 UTC
The animations for docking onto each station are so nice. Wasn't expecting to see such clean transitions between the levels. The art is great and effective too and pairs well with the music! Nice work :)
Roikku
07. Oct 2020 · 19:55 UTC
Great art :D
Endurion
10. Oct 2020 · 05:32 UTC
Very nice :)
Will he ever escape the loop? The gameplay seems somewhat luck based. You either keep moving in a direction and shoot every alien, or you're swamped by a horde and have to run through them. Latter usually means death.
Week of the agents
10. Oct 2020 · 09:06 UTC
Too many aliens for having a strategy. Just running backward and shooting nonstop.
Jare
10. Oct 2020 · 14:59 UTC
Nice work! With more balance and some more environments this could be really really fun
Fryer
11. Oct 2020 · 06:51 UTC
Interesting idea to have an artifical gravity space station be the loop, and nice docking cutscene.

I got to the 3rd space station, but I don't think it was possible to clear it because aliens kept coming from both directions with no real way of avoiding them other than climbing up the ladder.
Fractal
20. Oct 2020 · 19:36 UTC
I would be curious to know if there is an end to this game (I only managed to go to level 4) but maybe it’s the point :)
It’s a pretty good entry, the gameplay is fun (if a little bit repetitive) and the sound is great!