The Late Fee by Hjalte500

made by Hjalte500 for LD36 (JAM)

In 'The Late Fee' you play as the average diving-suit-wearing Joe on his way to the VHS rental to return a tape. On your way you'll encounter obstacles such as Space Demons, Meteorites, sharks etc.

Controls
WASD/arrow keys to move
Mouse to aim
LMB to shoot

UP/DOWN/W/S to navigate menu
Enter/Space to confirm

Full disclosure:
Friend made meteorites and player character
Audio was ripped from various places
Music: https://soundcloud.com/ruari1/8bit-battle-music
Explosion was also ripped
Everything else was made by me

Website: tagmose.dk
Twitter hjalte_tagmose

Tools:
Unity 5.something
Visual Studio Something numbers
Aseprite
Audacity
Windows Explorer

Windows	https://mega.nz/#!C5ZDHaJI!IJ3WqmgMqkGkMfEjxsB2ZUHUv1Td4Fh2PryzNta0hio
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-36/?action=preview&uid=41033

Feedback

joemid

30. Aug 2016 · 03:04 UTC

Mac version? Will come back to this on Windows!

steph88

30. Aug 2016 · 06:19 UTC

Hi, nice game and congratulations ! We're realizing a video with several games of the Ludum Dare #36. We made the same thing at the previous jam.

Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free)
So we can include also your game in the video ;)
p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description.

Casevse

30. Aug 2016 · 11:55 UTC

I like the music. Maybe 3 lives per game would be better, I can't stop dying xD Good work!

squirrelbot

30. Aug 2016 · 12:01 UTC

Nice game. Fun to play, but difficult. I'll tend to start shooting one thing, and then be killed by another. Maybe make enemies one-shoots as well? Art and music fit well.

quentinus60

30. Aug 2016 · 12:04 UTC

Good job with your game !!
I like the pyxel art and the music a lot !
It's pretty difficult, i had to skip to the boss.

pogo

30. Aug 2016 · 12:19 UTC

Audio - 5
Art - 4
Theme - 4

Good job. The game feels really good, and the sounds are excellent. I also like the VHS theming.

I feel like the rockets were a little too fast, and having a little time after spawning where there were no enemies would have made restarting a little less frustrating.

Alkrimil

30. Aug 2016 · 13:12 UTC

Nice artwork! Was a bit hard, but was great overall. Keep up the good work!

NikSorvari

31. Aug 2016 · 04:12 UTC

Atmosphere is amazing. Every sprite and sound is great. The game is incredibly hard because of the slow movement and the awkward starting position - I died right away on my first try and didn't know what happened. Clicking repeatedly is also a hassle, maybe include rapid fire?

Jupiter_Hadley

01. Sep 2016 · 17:30 UTC

Super nice graphics! I included it in my compilation video series of Ludum Dare 36 games, if you’d like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/PNJkv1swd3I

repstyle

03. Sep 2016 · 17:31 UTC

I like the context you put in that game : space diver, space sharks and hrm weird guys.
I like the rope effect following player.

Aside that, your game i unbalanced imo. I mean, the box collider of the space diver is gigantic so it si really hard to avoid being touched. Also, 1hit = death ? Damn.
Another things, it is annoying to clicliclicclicclicliclic to shoot every bullet.

Anyway, with better balance, some polish it could be fun :)

The art is a bit messy and missiles seem to be in a different art style than the other things.