Unstable Apocalypse by Benjamin123

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made by Benjamin123 for Ludum Dare 49 (COMPO)

Fight your way through waves of zombified scientists inside an unstable nuclear reactor. Make use of your handgun, rifle, and shotgun to fend off zombies and survive as long as you can. Be careful you don't run out ammo though! You will find three different types of ammo in the corners of the map. Hit the button in the middle to get into the laser protected vaults on the sides of the map. Feel free to share your scores in the comments!

Controls are in the game. WASD to move, left click to fire, right click or E to switch weapons.

If you can, please download the game instead of playing it on the web, as there were some porting issues that make the web version slightly worse.

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Might not run on Safari.

Ratings

Overall 512th 2.789⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 476th 2.75⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 551th 1.972⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Theme 546th 2.083⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 509th 2.421⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 392th 2.553⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 381th 2.235⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Mood 452th 2.588⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Given 19🗳️ 3🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 237913
04. Oct 2021 · 02:03 UTC
I thought at first the blood was arrows and I avoided them. Gets very intense once you are surround by "Minions" :smile:
Shootboots
04. Oct 2021 · 02:05 UTC
the music and atmosphere really contributed to the mood of the game. Well done
fakefirefly
04. Oct 2021 · 02:05 UTC
I got a score of 82! The shooting feels smooth and the gore effects add to the experience. I did think it was a bit weird that the gore effects were drawn on the camera, since it looks like they were drawn in global space.

I wasn't really sure what the point of the vaults were, since the enemies could just walk through the barrier. I also wish the camera was zoomed out a bit more, but maybe that was because I was playing the web version.

I'm not sure if this was intentional, but the enemy sprites reminded of minions, which might be a good thing since I was shooting them.
🎤 Benjamin123
04. Oct 2021 · 02:10 UTC
@doc-kaos @fakefirefly Thanks for playing! I did realize halfway through that the zombies looked like minions :smile: they were really inspired by the "nerds" from jetpack joyride
Ludokultur
07. Oct 2021 · 07:07 UTC
For some reason those enemy graphics combined with the sound and lighting make the thing super creepy haha. Well done! :D
nyxkn
12. Oct 2021 · 21:35 UTC
Gameplay wasn't too fun. The shooting felt nice but only with the rifle and the shotgun. But the handgun didn't feel very fun to use. The background sounds of the reactor (?) or alarm was a little annoying. Got to smash 106 zombies though!
Flying Dog Fish
15. Oct 2021 · 16:29 UTC
Nice game. The square character and zombies look very nice. It gets too hard for me pretty soon :(
Rewzu
19. Oct 2021 · 12:28 UTC
Quite fun and intense gameplay. Graphics are simple and effective. Overall nice entry!
Its_F4llen
20. Oct 2021 · 17:16 UTC
really nice game! plus this being a compo entry i have no idea how you had the time! Great Submision!
LDJam user 269161
20. Oct 2021 · 17:57 UTC
Nice solid top down shooter! Your game is fun!