RedBlue Prototype Weapon by gamedevBear

made by gamedevBear for LD30 (COMPO)

My first entry into Ludum Dare, a bullet hell shmup.

Only bullets of the opposite color can hurt you. Running into bullets that are the same color as you will charge your super weapon. Strategically switch colors to avoid damage.

Gamepad:
A: Shoot
B: Switch World Affinity
X: Use Special Attack

KB/M:
WASD: Move
LMB: Shoot
RMB: Switch World Affinity
Middle MB: Use Special Attack

Engine: Unity
Graphics: Paint.NET
Sound: Bfxr

Edit: Disabled the context menu in the web version.

Windows	https://www.dropbox.com/s/e8jpx62m8jmsloy/gamedevBear-LD30-compo.rar?dl=0
Web	https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9655813/gamedevBear-LD30-web/gamedevBear-LD30-web.html
Source	https://www.dropbox.com/s/mu35vaif246xqlu/gamedevBear-LD30-Scripts.rar?dl=0
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=25885

Ratings

Coolness	46%	1364
Overall	3.00	751

Audio	2.17	825
Fun	2.84	739
Graphics	2.20	1076
Innovation	2.42	1029
Mood	2.75	766
Theme	2.39	1035

Feedback

varun

25. Aug 2014 · 05:01 UTC

Cool concept - reminded me a lot of Ikaruga.

masamunedragon

25. Aug 2014 · 05:10 UTC

I like how life bars are shown for each enemy.

mactinite

25. Aug 2014 · 05:34 UTC

That got pretty overwhelming fast! lol

leondryaso

26. Aug 2014 · 22:59 UTC

Good game, but when I click with RMB in web player, it opens up a context menu, so I can't react quick enough

Lvyn

26. Aug 2014 · 23:04 UTC

Nice concept, but really hard game :(
Thought of Ikaruga as well ;)

🎤 gamedevBear

27. Aug 2014 · 01:49 UTC

Disabled the context menu in the web version. Thanks for letting me know :)

For those having difficulty getting to the boss: Stick with red so you can ignore the majority of the bullets, and focus on killing the large blue enemies first. They don't shoot directly in front of them, and you do double damage while red.

nerd burglars

27. Aug 2014 · 03:04 UTC

THANK YOU FOR THE CHALLENGING GAME!!! It seems like a lot of the entries this LD have been on the easy side, and this game does not fall into the "boring" category. Best of luck to you!

veryfinestlions

27. Aug 2014 · 10:30 UTC

Neat! I do think the player's hitbox is a little big for this kind of bullet density, and I found myself staying on red most of the time because using the face buttons made switching awkward.

mysterycjgamer

28. Aug 2014 · 03:54 UTC

Great game, WAY too hard, couldn't get that far.
So I can't really do a proper review... :/

mipi

30. Aug 2014 · 22:06 UTC

Nothing happens after the boss has died, that was a bit disappointing. The boss felt pretty epic with all the bullets flying around you.

dusho

05. Sep 2014 · 18:31 UTC

waaay too hard, nice idea though

Moosefly

10. Sep 2014 · 18:45 UTC

The only thing I found unfairly hard were the bosses fast blue bullets in "phase 1". They killed me more times than I want to admit. On one try there was also an enemy that was so close to the edge of the screen that I couldn't shoot it normally. The player ship is also a tad finicky to my tastes. The shooting sound also got really annoying after a while. Nice little proof-of-concept / Ikaruga-lite anyways!

Anssi@MooseflyGames