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Teleporter Escape! by kyru

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made by kyru for LD30 (COMPO)
Teleporter Escape! is a simple game where you are a robot running around on an alien world killing monsters to get the pieces of your teleporter back. Once you collect 5 pieces you can travel to the next world to do it all over again. After 4 worlds you will win and make it back home.

The game controls using the Arrow Keys to move and the X key to wait in place. Monsters only move when you press a key, either moving or waiting. To attack a monster you have to be next to it and move into the monster. A new monster will appear every 8 moves and deadlier monsters appear as you collect more teleporter pieces.

Since it's Java based I'm distributing it in a runnable JAR file. In theory it should work cross-platform, but I only tested on Windows, let me know if there are any issues on other systems. The Source is a zip of the LibGDX generated Eclipse projects.

I used Java, LibGDX, Paint.NET, sfxr, and autotracker to make the game.

The game is very hard right now, if I do any more with the game one of the first priorities would be to tweak the difficulty.
Windows (Java) http://www.kyru.net/projects/ld30/TeleporterEscape.jar
OS/X (Java) http://www.kyru.net/projects/ld30/TeleporterEscape.jar
Linux (Java) http://www.kyru.net/projects/ld30/TeleporterEscape.jar
Source http://www.kyru.net/projects/ld30/LudumDare30.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=3377

Ratings

Coolness 80% 2
Overall 2.83 912
Audio 3.03 367
Fun 2.97 623
Graphics 2.31 1020
Humor 2.53 419
Innovation 2.54 973
Mood 2.82 700
Theme 2.71 891

Feedback

Endurion
25. Aug 2014 · 05:57 UTC
Sorry, no Java here.
pighead10
25. Aug 2014 · 18:12 UTC
Nice idea and gun gameplay. Ranged guys are such a pain.
uprightpath
25. Aug 2014 · 18:48 UTC
Oh, dear lord, the movement! The movement was rather hard on the eyes.
modbox
25. Aug 2014 · 18:55 UTC
I really liked the cartoony graphics and the turned based mechanics!
fcpfoof
25. Aug 2014 · 19:24 UTC
Very cool game ;D. Was it inspired by ET for Atari2k6 (because of the teleporter vs phone reference) ;p?
elemel
25. Aug 2014 · 19:30 UTC
Well done, I enjoyed it! Wasn't able to complete it, though.
Alucard J
26. Aug 2014 · 19:42 UTC
Was hard to manage energy with the random drops (more chance of ranged enemies dropping energy perhaps?). Camera needs to be smoother when moving, but I liked the turn-based control. I liked the graphic style and the robot, and the music is excellent. Good Job.
erdnuss
27. Aug 2014 · 12:42 UTC
Interesting game, nice graphics. I enjoyed playing it!
ericdpitts
28. Aug 2014 · 01:01 UTC
Fun little rogue-like game, I liked the music! The camera movement was a bit jarring, and the ranged enemies felt a little unfair.
Hempuli
29. Aug 2014 · 14:39 UTC
Easy and fun to play! The gameplay is surprisingly tactical, although I couldn't figure out how to approach the shooting enemies without getting hit. Nice!
Tifu
31. Aug 2014 · 21:56 UTC
Very hard indeed! Regening health between levels might have been fairer. I got as far as level two :P
fleegle2000
03. Sep 2014 · 19:07 UTC
I like the turn-based mechanic. The graphics and sound need some polish, but you managed to produce a lot of content in 48 hours. Are the levels procedurally generated?
Mach60KAS
04. Sep 2014 · 00:21 UTC
Pretty fun, although most of the ranged enemies are a little too strong!
whalebot
04. Sep 2014 · 16:43 UTC
Those ranged guys owned my face so hard... Nice work :)
Riley Adams
06. Sep 2014 · 18:40 UTC
Interesting mechanics. A bit hard for me, but nicely done!
frogcheese
06. Sep 2014 · 18:47 UTC
Got really hard once those ranged guys got started. Pretty cool rogue-like-ish game, but probably a bit too difficult for me. : )
Natrium729
11. Sep 2014 · 00:36 UTC
A really nice game, with interesting mechanics. The camera need to be smoother, though. Also, the enemies are too strong, I could not pass the first level!
Could become a good game with some more balancing and mechanics.
klianc09
11. Sep 2014 · 19:46 UTC
Simple but effective gameplay. The camera movement was a bit wonky. Also sometimes not all key presses would register.
I wouldn't say it's hard, I would say it's impossible. The ranged enemies are simply too strong and one can do nothing against them. Either give them less range or a slower rate of fire.
But I really enjoyed the music.