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Primary Assault by Monnotonne

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made by Monnotonne for LD32 (JAM)
This is my first ludum dare game. The Idea behind it was to make a shmup where your only method of attack is to absorb an enemy's projectile as ammo. Change your ship's color to match an incoming projectile in order to absorb it.

Press WASD to move, K to change color, and J to attack.

Thanks for playing my game!
Web http://gamejolt.com/games/shooter/primary-assault/61507/
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=52275

Ratings

Coolness 20% 2240
Overall(Jam) 3.50 279
Fun(Jam) 3.44 238
Graphics(Jam) 3.56 385
Innovation(Jam) 3.33 356
Mood(Jam) 3.22 403
Theme(Jam) 2.89 810

Feedback

fixedgerald
21. Apr 2015 · 01:41 UTC
Pretty cool idea, but there is no score, so shooting enemies has no point gameplay wise.
lvoursl
21. Apr 2015 · 04:04 UTC
Interesting gameplay and idea, but exception in the end isnt so fun:)
Good job!
OnlySlightly
21. Apr 2015 · 04:16 UTC
This is one of my favorites. I'm in love with the aesthetic. It's super cute. And I love the mechanic. I really enjoyed trying out all the weapons. It's kind of like rubbing your belly and patting your head at the same time as far as collecting bullets at the same time as firing them. Great job! And cute pun ;)
SledKnight
21. Apr 2015 · 04:57 UTC
Nice game. Old school hard... lol
murilo
21. Apr 2015 · 05:07 UTC
The best one I've played so far! Great idea and well executed, if not a bit hard. Great job man!
dopplerdefekt
21. Apr 2015 · 05:08 UTC
Interesting idea! Nice graphics and sound, but the controls are a little clunky. Maybe if we could jump straight into an color instead of cycling through all the colors it'd perfect.
zuraguerra
21. Apr 2015 · 07:34 UTC
It needs a lot of development programatically and on game mechanics, but the good taste of the graphics made it one of my favourites <3
evilseanbot
21. Apr 2015 · 10:35 UTC
The concept and presentation were really good. The game play suffered due to the fact that there's so much red in the early game there's little compelling reason to switch for most players, even though some might be able to switch around quickly to absorb attacks.
Marcellus
21. Apr 2015 · 11:44 UTC
cute art, cute music but damn it's hard.
tripleVisionGames
21. Apr 2015 · 14:39 UTC
Pretty cool, it's like Ikaruga a bit (and I love that game) - really enjoyed it!
Lerc
21. Apr 2015 · 22:19 UTC
As if Ikaruga wasn't brainmelty enough with two colours.

Like the look and the different Fire types.
Dungeonation
21. Apr 2015 · 22:25 UTC
Really awesome game! Very innovative concept of absorbing bullets of the same color as you. I don't even dare that it doesn't fit the theme! Great Job!!
dray
21. Apr 2015 · 22:45 UTC
Pretty cool game, music and art are good and the gameplay is a ton of fun
Gunzil
22. Apr 2015 · 02:02 UTC
I found this surprisingly enjoyable. Getting hit by specific projectiles to suck up bullets is a fun mechanic, though red was by far the easiest to deal with. It also takes a while to swap between all the colors. Only having two colors like ikaruga could make it easier to work with.