Dot Blaster by Avi

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made by Avi for Ludum Dare 49 (JAM)

Shoot the dots with the appropriate blaster before they get too close!

![gameplay gif]

To Play:

pip install dot-blaster play_dot_blaster

Comments from Avi

This was Reinhold + my first pygame! Interesting working with this after using Unity.

To incorporate the theme, we were planning on using pyaudio and AirGesture to control the game (clapping to switch colors, hands gestures to rotate and shoot). However, this didnt pan out :sweat_smile:

Oh well! Still super fun, and learned alot!

https://youtu.be/rTebJoXcyMM

Source Code	https://github.com/avivajpeyi/ludum_dare_49/
PyPi	https://pypi.org/project/dot-blaster/
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/dot-blaster

Ratings

Overall	1376^th	2.944⭐	20🧑‍⚖️
Fun	1154^th	3.028⭐	20🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	1416^th	2.528⭐	20🧑‍⚖️
Theme	1504^th	2.167⭐	20🧑‍⚖️
Given		14🗳️	13🗨️

Feedback

Zvyaga

06. Oct 2021 · 06:25 UTC

A good idea for a simple mechanics, we got into the topic very much, a good balance.

Sli

06. Oct 2021 · 06:29 UTC

Interesting idea. I see it expanding :)

Minus

11. Oct 2021 · 11:44 UTC

Sadly couldn't launch it, when installing it gives errors about wheel package. Other than that I cannot say much about your game, cause I didn't have possibility to play it.

Kimbsy

11. Oct 2021 · 12:34 UTC

Pretty cool, always fun to try out new technologies :)

Might be nice to have the turret rotate with a little acceleration and with a higher top speed, it gets pretty tricky to turn around in time sometimes!

I think not having background music and sound effects hurts this kind of game as you miss out on setting the mood and intensity. Would love to see an update with a kick-ass soundtrack :D

mar3k

11. Oct 2021 · 12:42 UTC

Nice little game, but frankly I'm not the biggest fan of using arrows to rotate, mouse would be nice, but also make it a bit easier (which I dont know if you wanted or not). Good job

LDJam user 259103

11. Oct 2021 · 13:57 UTC

Neat game - nice work making it in Pygame! It was a bit of work to set up due to `pymunk` not being correctly listed as a dependency (had to manually install it), but I eventually got it working.

Fun to play, though aiming was tough without a reticle. Adding one would've helped the game, I think. And it's a shame you didn't have time to incorporate the theme = the idea you had seemed like a lot of fun!

Good job overall :)

rufson

11. Oct 2021 · 16:01 UTC

I like how the laser changes colors depending on which ball it is flying to. The plans for using gestures and clapping sounds interesting. Maybe implement it in post-jam version and have fun experimenting. Grats!