You Are the Alien by kakarotsan

made by kakarotsan for LD33 (JAM)

Ludum Dare 33 Submission
You Are the Monster

Solo entry: kakarotsan
Contest: Jam
25 August 2015

**** Dependencies ****
python 2.7.6
pygame 1.9.1

**** How to Run ****
From the command line type:
python main.py

**** How to Play ****
Arrow keys move the UFO.
Space bar fires bullets. Hold down the space bar for continuous fire.
Left control uses a nuke (1 equipped, but not shown). Nuke erases all enemy fire.
Get past all of the spaceships to win.
Destroy all of the ships to get the highest score possible.

**** Disclaimers ****
BGM is not owned by me. The song is "Metroid" by the Minibosses.
Sound effects were created at www.bfxr.net.
Hexagon shield and bullets were created by myself.
Planet, UFO, and spaceships are public domain.

Linux	https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/33263634/ludumdare33kakarotsan.zip
Source	https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/33263634/ludumdare33kakarotsan.zip
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-33/?action=preview&uid=56824

Ratings

Coolness	26%	2016
Overall(Jam)	2.73	925

Feedback

LeoM

25. Aug 2015 · 12:20 UTC

Hi,
I tried to launch you game but I get this error :

self.screen = pygame.display.set_mode(GV.resolution, pygame.FULLSCREEN, 32)
pygame.error: No video mode large enough for 1920x1080

My videocard only can go on 1440x900 max

(btw, i found a was to more or less launch my game on Linux)

🎤 kakarotsan

25. Aug 2015 · 15:10 UTC

Darn, that's too bad. Did you want me to make a lower resolution version?

It was kind of hard to account for many resolutions in 3 days ;P

alkazar

26. Aug 2015 · 14:24 UTC

Pretty good! The choice of music gives an interesting feel. The slowly scrolling earth in the background works good too. The gameplay is actually pretty fun too!

LeoM

27. Aug 2015 · 18:27 UTC

It's not necessary but if you do it let me a note. ;)
I understand it's short ! Myself I still not understand how to make a menu for my game... :s

Fanatrick

28. Aug 2015 · 01:47 UTC

IMO you could've brainstormed up a better idea to go with a theme. There's really too many space games every LD just because people don't even try to innovate.

Cosmologicon

07. Sep 2015 · 18:58 UTC

I tried the source version on Ubuntu and it works great. That's a huge download. It's not a huge deal, but that 13MB png of the Earth could probably be cut down quite a bit if you saved it as jpg, plus you only actually see the corner of it in the game.

Anyway, the game is not bad but way too short and easy, I would say. Not a ton of replay value. Music was a good choice.