SkyManta by snickersnacks

made by snickersnacks for LD29 (JAM)

Left-click to pew pew, hold right-click to throw a plasma bomb. Swimming through air speeds you up, swimming through water slows you down. The trick to winning is beneath the surface. Have fun!!

Engine: Unity3D
Language: C#
Platforms: Browser, Windows, Oculus Rift
3D/Animation: Blender
Graphic Assets: Photoshop CC
Audio Editor: Audacity
Version Control: Github

Code & SFX: @zite00
Music: @condard
Everything else: @snickersnax

Thanks to: Dr. Bobby English, the Beastie Boys for creating "No Sleep Till Brooklyn", and Ludum Dare for forcing Snickersnacks to finally learn how to rig and animate 3D models.

Web (Unity)	http://www.wobwob.org/skymanta
Windows	http://www.wobwob.org/skymanta/SkyMantaWin.zip
Oculus Rift	http://www.wobwob.org/skymanta/SkyMantaRift.zip
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=36844

Ratings

Coolness	52%	3
Overall(Jam)	2.66	649

Audio(Jam)	2.59	537
Fun(Jam)	2.70	527
Graphics(Jam)	3.23	433
Humor(Jam)	3.50	95
Innovation(Jam)	2.73	490
Mood(Jam)	2.50	639
Theme(Jam)	2.60	616

Feedback

Exeneva

29. Apr 2014 · 03:13 UTC

Interesting, but got repetitive quickly, especially with the constant pew-pews.

Marjie62

29. Apr 2014 · 03:29 UTC

Very silly, I laughed a lot. It was very difficult to aim, since you both aim and look with the mouse, and you are always moving forwards

TyrusPeace

29. Apr 2014 · 03:36 UTC

I think aiming would be a lot easier if your shots were aimed a bit lower on the screen; once the health bars load up it's very hard to actually see where you're aiming.

I lol'd hard the first time the octopus deathbeamed me.

micdoodle8

29. Apr 2014 · 03:40 UTC

Nice entry :) The models & textures are well done, and the pew-pew is pretty funny. Though I had a hard time aiming because the bullets weren't being shot from the middle of the screen and there was no crossheir.

awppy

29. Apr 2014 · 03:41 UTC

The boss' OHKO attack was kind of a bummer but the rest of it was pretty fun.

The lack of a crosshair and having your shots aimed at your score meter took some getting used to and made it harder to learn though

davidc02

29. Apr 2014 · 04:04 UTC

Aiming is too hard, and the sound is too repetitive. But it's fun. I hope you polish it more sometime in the future.

🎤 snickersnacks

29. Apr 2014 · 18:41 UTC

Great feedback! Aiming has been slightly calibrated to better match center-of-screen, should be a bit less frustrating.

Mekuri

29. Apr 2014 · 20:41 UTC

... This was.. special :P - The pew pew was funny at first, but very quickly got annoying :P The graphics were good, but the gameplay got repetitive quite fast.

Jacques_le_lezard

30. Apr 2014 · 20:58 UTC

Haha good one! XD But the octopus is almost killing you in oneshot (too hard)

Make A Game

30. Apr 2014 · 23:16 UTC

Really liked the mood you set but i felt frustrated by not being able to reduce/increase my speed at will to navigate easier and aim better. Fun nonetheless

MrShoestore

30. Apr 2014 · 23:20 UTC

Pew pew! :D

FrozenCow

30. Apr 2014 · 23:27 UTC

Haha, the sounds made me chuckle. Cool that you had a boss! I wasn't sure sometimes why I died, but the overall experience was fun.

TeamFlare

30. Apr 2014 · 23:42 UTC

Hahaha, that's so silly that it's allready cool :D Great sound effects too. Definetely 5 stars for humor :) Great entry.

ArcturusDeluxe

01. May 2014 · 18:06 UTC

Amusing game. I like the PEW PEW lasers. The short draw distance was a bit odd, but otherwise the graphics are good. Seemed to go a bit too fast to control very well, as well. Pretty good overall.

pinkmonkeyhead

02. May 2014 · 14:45 UTC

Nice gfx!

icereci

03. May 2014 · 12:28 UTC

funny sound effects :) good job

xdegtyarev

09. May 2014 · 16:37 UTC

Hehe, funny! :)

TheCze

10. May 2014 · 13:02 UTC

Played the Rift Version, felt a bit weird that the model clipped through my head but I liked the Kraken.

csanyk

13. May 2014 · 03:10 UTC

It downloaded for like 10 minutes, played for a few seconds then suddenly the web browser acted like I had clicked a link and I got taken to some other page.

I really wanted to check this out, but that was not worth repeating to see what the heck happened. I really like mantas, so I hope this was a good game for those who could play it.