Office Invaders by Hamsternator

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made by Hamsternator for LD30 (COMPO)
Alright, the game none have been waiting for is finally here.

Office Invaders is a game that takes place in the near future where aliens attack humans everywhere through interdimensional portals. There seemed to be no way to stop these vile creatures until a brilliant scientist created a time machine and brought a champion from the past to battle the future threat. You are the champion, a dinosaur armed with a bone gun.

Use the arrow keys to move and block those puny lasers with your body so the humans may keep working on stuff, but be careful that you don't step on the squishy humans. Use the mouse to aim and shoot your bone gun.

Warning: I had some serious issues with a certain bug that I never managed to fix completely. If for any reason it doesn't spawn two enemies in the first wave you will need to restart the program. Likewise, if the portals doesn't disappear after you've shot these two enemies you will also need to restart the program.

This game was created in Construct 2 and I used several other kinds of software to create the assets.

Sound: Bfxr, Adobe Audition, GarageBand
Graphix: Photoshop, paint

This is my second entry in a Ludum Dare Compo and although I slightly wish that I didn't change my initial concept I'm still fairly satisfied with the final product. It's not great and will not be something that I will keep polishing but I learned a few tricks and that's all that matters in the end.

Ratings

Coolness 46% 1364
Overall 2.67 1029
Audio 2.71 560
Fun 2.76 805
Graphics 2.62 858
Humor 2.95 226
Innovation 2.39 1049
Mood 3.11 451
Theme 2.45 1012

Feedback

Otopkin
25. Aug 2014 · 10:04 UTC
The game is straight forward and fun. The biggest issue with it is that it's more fun to step on the humans than to tank lasers for them (because of the satisfying sound when you squish them). I guess you can't trust a dinosaur...
PaperBlurt
25. Aug 2014 · 10:46 UTC
I seldom use the word "corny" but this game requires it...!
Awesomely good.
PapaWhiskey
25. Aug 2014 · 16:15 UTC
Not a bad jam entry! Fun to play!
Kyle Mac
25. Aug 2014 · 16:27 UTC
Very strange game. I got up to wave 11.
Donutttt
25. Aug 2014 · 19:17 UTC
Ha nice. Great work, especially on the music.
psychomonster
25. Aug 2014 · 21:08 UTC
haha the music ;) really unique gameplay! Liked it
Super Hamster
26. Aug 2014 · 04:28 UTC
Obviously there are a lot of bugs. I had to restart the game 4 times before the bug went away. Additionally one of the guys was killed without him getting shot or stepped on and at I had to repeat wave 10. Also I found the game too easy as the aliens always shoot the same dude and the bullets are extremely slow and you can just walk into the bullets to make them not hit the dude. I wish the difficulty was harder and I'm sure you will fix the bugs soon. Anyways, I really liked the lizard sprite and the audio was good. The idea was there, there were just too many bugs going on which was probably a result of just 48 hours to make it. Overall an interesting game :)
RaycoSantana
28. Aug 2014 · 11:13 UTC
Simple and great fun!
Rehacked
28. Aug 2014 · 12:14 UTC
good job.
rd127p77
31. Aug 2014 · 16:18 UTC
Cool Audio, Awesome Graphics, and fun!
thecolorhacker
07. Sep 2014 · 13:27 UTC
Wave 9. Score 518...Very humorous game. I had to relaunch it because it didn't destroy the portals after the first wave.
Fun to play, but I don't see the point in defending humans working at offices...destroying them would be better.