SteXam by squimmy

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made by squimmy for Ludum Dare 51 (JAM)

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Captain Blimpington's lovely Lady Blimpula has been kidnapped by the dastardly Professor Cogsworth!! Armed only with his trusty Steam Laser, he charges into the lengthy, linear labyrinth beneath the vile villain's castle.

Control your blimp with WASD and aim with the mouse. Your laser takes time to build up a head of steam, so check your pressure gauge in the top-left corner. The higher the pressure, the more damage your attack will do, but once you start firing, there's no way to stop until the pressure has been released.

Cogsworth and her hat robots are vulnerable once every ten seconds: Strike when their head glows red for massive bonus damage!

The castle's defenders will staunchly stand their ground. Search for clouds of Healing Steam to recover from the injuries they inflict upon you!

If you decide Blimpula's not worth the trouble, the escape key will abort your attempt, suddenly and without warning.

  • Created using Godot.
  • 3D assets designed using Blender
  • Textures drawn using Aseprite and Krita
  • Music made with GarageBand and Bosca Ceoil
  • Uses the "Nickelodeon NF" font by Nick Curtis
  • Sound effects generated with bfxr

Ratings

Overall 1104th 2.909⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1140th 2.591⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 925th 2.909⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1028th 3.068⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 983th 2.886⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Audio 735th 2.625⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 583th 2.833⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1135th 2.548⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 14🗳️ 21🗨️

Feedback

Rezioz
04. Oct 2022 · 12:17 UTC
I love the aesthetic of the game, really :)
Igor Morgun
04. Oct 2022 · 14:57 UTC
Very good desing,u so crazy bro
kimau
07. Oct 2022 · 10:30 UTC
Interesting control scheme, honestly I muted the audio. The tunnel shooter is defo a genre I would love to see revived. Very cool.
LDJam user 302987
07. Oct 2022 · 10:33 UTC
Fun game, felt a bit tough to dodge projectiles moving so fast and in such a small space, but with a bit more balance it could a really fun bullet hell game.
SimonO
07. Oct 2022 · 10:33 UTC
A little hard to understand but I enjoyed the total chaos!
BangKerpow
07. Oct 2022 · 12:53 UTC
Interesting take on a bullet-hell and took quite a bit to get used to the controls.
LDJam user 298496
07. Oct 2022 · 13:39 UTC
There's a really interesting idea here, but it's super hard to aim when the player is blocking your view. Perhaps the player should be see-through?

Nice work!
Flying Dog Fish
07. Oct 2022 · 19:03 UTC
Interesting game. It's rather hard to see ahead because your blimp is in the way. I believe 1st person view would work better here.
KokkakNiphon
07. Oct 2022 · 19:33 UTC
A little bit confused at the start but quite fun game. I tried to dodge by moving around 4 corners of the screen and it seems to be the best optimal way to win the game that I've found
Heo
09. Oct 2022 · 17:58 UTC
I wasn't able to beat the game but had a fun time. The idea is interesting and I would love to see a bit more polish version ! Well done
Inno
11. Oct 2022 · 20:30 UTC
Original game. A bit difficult with mousepad but fun
LDJam user 259666
14. Oct 2022 · 13:21 UTC
There's an interesting game, but i think too much particles, make my computer burn