Space Defender by ImYellowFish

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made by ImYellowFish for LD34 (JAM)
You are a pilot of a spaceship, who needs to protect earth alone against overwhelming alien attacks. However most of the time you must stay in the earth orbit, moving around earth to block the attacks.

Besides regular attacks, you even face burst waves of enemies, as well as a boss fight. To stand a chance, you must use whatever you can.

HOW TO PLAY:
Simply hold left mouse key and move around, the space ship will follow the cursor.
However, it will be constrained on the earth orbit, and you will need power ups to provide more freedom. You can explore various power ups and find how they work.

Coworker:
Danny Zhu, Li Feng, Zhan Jia and Lu Yu

PS: you may notice you only need one button to play this game. however, there is 'a' keyboard button which immediately calls the boss fight. uh oh I already told you :D

Ratings

Coolness 63% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.27 565
Audio(Jam) 3.39 310
Fun(Jam) 3.28 411
Graphics(Jam) 3.80 312
Humor(Jam) 2.43 636
Innovation(Jam) 3.21 465
Mood(Jam) 3.15 572
Theme(Jam) 2.93 955

Feedback

pvwradtke
15. Dec 2015 · 04:36 UTC
That's a twisted shoot'em'up, loved the idea of colliding against the objects to destroy the asteroids. I think the ship moves a bit too slow, but thatś a minor complaint. The music made me wish I could crash some kaijus in outer space ;).
🎤 ImYellowFish
15. Dec 2015 · 05:32 UTC
thx for the comment! I liked the music too :D
CustomPhase
15. Dec 2015 · 12:15 UTC
Pretty fun game. Music is great, as people said, but explosion effects are really low quality and ear piercing. Also particle effects could use some work.
monetai
15. Dec 2015 · 12:24 UTC
Cool game!! But very difficult.. I can't beat the boss level, those laser... grrr

That was very fun !!
🎤 ImYellowFish
15. Dec 2015 · 14:49 UTC
To CustomPhase: Thanks for advice :D ! Indeed they aren't very satisfactory. I guess I have to work harder on my graphics in the future.
🎤 ImYellowFish
15. Dec 2015 · 14:51 UTC
To Monetai: Haha indeed! My teammates and I also fail the level quite often. You need a bit of luck to pass the level :D
RARoadkill
16. Dec 2015 · 01:24 UTC
Really fun game. Fun to smash your ship into stuff. Great work
2pae
16. Dec 2015 · 01:57 UTC
i Love the concept and music is veryyyyy cool. 5/5 in music and sound effects
tantumgames
16. Dec 2015 · 11:44 UTC
Good idea. It's fun and difficult. Nice graphics and music.
Great work.
bigbeautiful
17. Dec 2015 · 06:02 UTC
长得跟我一样好看……
🎤 ImYellowFish
17. Dec 2015 · 06:03 UTC
@bigbeautiful 谁家的孩纸丢这儿了 = =|||
Aerohand
17. Dec 2015 · 07:24 UTC
i pushed earth out of the screen... not sure if this is right...
🎤 ImYellowFish
17. Dec 2015 · 07:46 UTC
@Aerohand well that seems to happen quite often... should have added a mechanism to get the earth back. However, sometimes you can win by pushing the earth out at the right time :D
arzi
17. Dec 2015 · 08:05 UTC
I loved the music!
krashja
17. Dec 2015 · 16:35 UTC
I Really like when you get all the energy, its really satisfying i like that!
Taldius
17. Dec 2015 · 17:24 UTC
Really good game! I have to confess, the Pacific Rim soundtrack made the game a little better for me.
However the idea is good, I especially loved the plot twist at the end. The gameplay is smooth too and the graphics and visual effects are very nice.
Excellent job!
🎤 ImYellowFish
18. Dec 2015 · 02:29 UTC
@krashja I have the same feeling!! :D
🎤 ImYellowFish
18. Dec 2015 · 02:31 UTC
@Taldius Thanks! The plot twist wasn't in our plan actually. pushing the earth was as an accidental bug :D Then we got inspired and added the boss fight.
DustyStylus
18. Dec 2015 · 17:22 UTC
Nice take on a classic theme. :)
Quique
19. Dec 2015 · 11:27 UTC
The game concept is great, but playing the game, the earth disapears from the screen :\
justinooncx
20. Dec 2015 · 06:45 UTC
Pretty difficult game, but definitely interesting and fun! The Earth-pushing mechanics are a tad hard to use, though.
Weeping Rupee
21. Dec 2015 · 06:49 UTC
Nice look, nothing too novel but pretty fun. I wish the area of the map was bigger though. The sounds are a little much at times also.