Photon Invasion by Ding! Games

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made by Ding! Games for LD32 (JAM)
Photon Invasion

Sci-fi top down, twin-stick (ish) shooter with light-based mechanics.

You are the lone survivor in a spaceship in the middle of deep space. Your job before all this happened was to light the way for the rest of the crew. The defense systems have been activated and there's crazy aliens and ghosts aboard as well. The good news. Everything is light sensitive and you have a light! Only problem is some of your batteries for your colored lights are low.

Fill up your batteries and find your way out of the ship!

Controls:
WASD Move
Aim with your mouse

Ratings

Coolness 49% 1305
Overall(Jam) 3.37 386
Fun(Jam) 3.08 506
Graphics(Jam) 3.70 308
Humor(Jam) 2.61 634
Innovation(Jam) 3.63 188
Mood(Jam) 3.42 267
Theme(Jam) 3.67 301

Feedback

Pawige
20. Apr 2015 路 03:37 UTC
Cool idea! Couldn't figure out how to combine the light colors, though, so I got stuck pretty fast.
馃帳 Ding! Games
20. Apr 2015 路 03:38 UTC
Thanks! You have to shine our primary color on another primary color to mix them.
tppr2046
20. Apr 2015 路 03:48 UTC
Good idea!! I got stuck too, trying now!!
gamedevBear
20. Apr 2015 路 03:53 UTC
The music was pretty intense :)
It seemed like there were supposed to be enemies, but I made it through the exit without seeing any.
Jonathan Porta
20. Apr 2015 路 03:58 UTC
Hmm, couldn't figure out how to switch lights. You probably already know, but it would be good if the ship rotated based on your direction. I love the level artwork, and, dang that start screen is awesome! Plus, I like the overall idea and the color mixing.
馃帳 Ding! Games
20. Apr 2015 路 04:44 UTC
Fixed the enemy issue, and thank you for all the great feedback!

You need to charge up a light (via ground chargers) in order to switch to it.
eXpl0it3r
20. Apr 2015 路 20:32 UTC
The idea seems really interesting!
In contrast to what someone has said before, the enemies are now crowed, like all you can do is RUN! :D
Would be nice if there was some health regeneration station or just over time.
There seem to be some graphical glitches when getting too close to a wall.
frosty
22. Apr 2015 路 04:23 UTC
Interesting concept, and I liked the overall atmosphere. The enemies were really hard to avoid, as they were too fast and numerous (for me anyway). Nice work!
richiebranson
23. Apr 2015 路 23:53 UTC
interesting concept, the intro documentation was helpful as well. GUI was polished. Ran into a few little issues here and there, but overall good work!
Hambone
24. Apr 2015 路 21:25 UTC
Interesting game! I loved the lights!
Os_Reboot
03. May 2015 路 22:21 UTC
Very pretty game, felt very smooth.
sputnik
07. May 2015 路 00:43 UTC
Good use of the theme and nice graphics. Oh, the music is awesome!