Race to Kaiju by binroot
Summon the Kaiju deep in the Pacific Ocean, before the enemy does!

Controls: - Mouse left-click - Click to place ship - Click sockets, if any, to form a connection
Credits: - Engine: Godot 4.2 - Audio: Audacity, Beat Machine, ChipTone - Art: Gimp, Glitch Lab
Tips:

- The green plugs connect to the blue sockets.
- Each ship has sockets, plugs, or cannons.
- The gold circle below the ship represent the length of its plug.
- Cannons attack nearby enemies.
- The "X" icon above your ship can be clicked to delete the ship.
| Source Code | https://github.com/BinRoot/ludum-dare-55 |
| HTML5 (web) | https://ld55.netlify.app/ |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/race-to-kaiju |
Ratings
| Overall | 201th | 3.375⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 242th | 3.095⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 107th | 3.625⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 249th | 3.25⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 245th | 3.105⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 124th | 3.368⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 147th | 3.053⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 239th | 3.028⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 17🗳️ | 19🗨️ |
Besides that, I can't say I understand the strategy of this game, which didn't make it very fun or satisfying to play. I think I have a grasp of the vision here, and an AI that's better at the game might help teach me a thing or two about a strategy to this game.
The hand drawn graphics are great, and the SFX were on point.
Thank you for presenting your game and make it web playable!
And I love the animation / God? That comes at the end of the game :D !
- A circle for cannon radius would be nice. It also happened to me that I placed a ship with a cannon next to another one and mine got killed earlier which felt unfair. Not sure what is intended behaviour.
- When you're trying to connect to an empty blue socket I think it always tries to connect to the last placed ship. It would be nice to be able to choose the green connector as well. I had a situation where I had a close ship, but couldn't connect to it because the game was trying to connect to another one.
- It would be nice if same ships will be excluded from the choices of three. I got a situation with 3 shitty ships which didn't feel nice :'D
I loved the game overall though. When opponent connected to my ship which he disconnected a turn before was a nice plot twist! It added depth to game once I understood that I can steal parts of network. Also the finishing animation is cursed and I love it! :D
Kaiju? Who's afraid of the big Kaiju? But you should be, so you'd better hurry to get there first!
https://youtu.be/c9SO3tlrBa0
And I'm the host for the ludum dare score chasers tournament this Ludum Dare. Wanted to ask if youre fine if I put some gameplay of the game in an intermission video. Last year for reference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM_eIvjBmIQ