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Xen'Juru Adventure by micdoodle8

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made by micdoodle8 for LD29 (COMPO)
Your alien overlord has sent you to retrieve a precious stolen artifact on the planet Xen'Juru. Fight hordes of enemies in randomly generated caves with multiple different game mechanics.

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A, LEFT - Move Left
S, DOWN - Move Down
W, UP, SPACE - Jump / Move Up
D, RIGHT - Move Right

Right-click to fire laser
Left-click to enable shield (after being unlocked)

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Update: Fixed library packing and added natives for all operating systems.

Update 2: Fixed support for different keyboard configurations.

Update 3: Fixed support for different monitor setups.
Windows https://www.dropbox.com/s/8hudlc66kzr1b7z/XenJuruAdventure-Windows.zip
OS/X https://www.dropbox.com/s/tgysyum75mq5cz9/XenJuruAdventure.zip
Linux https://www.dropbox.com/s/tgysyum75mq5cz9/XenJuruAdventure.zip
Source https://www.dropbox.com/s/hlbawyqvv6ye9ny/XenJuruAdventureSource.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=36649

Ratings

Coolness 81% 2
Overall 3.34 388
Audio 2.59 651
Fun 3.35 305
Graphics 2.95 693
Humor 2.27 679
Innovation 2.90 674
Mood 3.06 483
Theme 3.44 399

Feedback

Hayawi
28. Apr 2014 路 04:23 UTC
Really cool game, I loved how in later levels, it becomes very bullet-hell-esque, which was pretty cool to play. My only complaint is that the gun is sort of awkward to fire, but once you're used to it, it gets really fun really fast, good job :D
馃帳 micdoodle8
28. Apr 2014 路 04:50 UTC
Thanks! I appreciate the feedback, it's tough to tell how difficult a game is to learn when you've been testing it out for several hours.
JavadocMD
28. Apr 2014 路 06:11 UTC
This game has a surprising amount of strategic depth for something so simple! The shield and jetpack are great mechanics to play with and I liked the player's laser gun which sort of rejects the standard. Very nicely done!
gikdew
28. Apr 2014 路 07:04 UTC
Nice!
GlowingSnail
28. Apr 2014 路 07:11 UTC
WASD only, and widescreen only? ;_; Well, at least it runs on Win32. But still not something I can play, even if I wanted to.
JaR_
28. Apr 2014 路 07:17 UTC
Really cool mix of dynamics - loved the weightlessness.
Flam
28. Apr 2014 路 07:27 UTC
Can't run the game on Mac. Stacktrace: http://pastebin.com/AwCdq5Za
HunLyxxod
28. Apr 2014 路 07:27 UTC
This is a great game. It's maybe a little slow in the first levels but it's not a problem anymore when you have dozen of bullets and turrets to avoid in the last level.

As a side note, if you go to the left or the right in the first screen, you fall in the void and skip the first level.
Thinkofdeath
28. Apr 2014 路 07:34 UTC
Pretty fun game, would of been nice to know right click was fire before jumping in the pit of enemies :)
馃帳 micdoodle8
28. Apr 2014 路 07:40 UTC
@GlowingSnail Fixed support for directional keys instead of WASD (I would consider this a compatibility bug)

@Flam Should be fixed in the latest bug fix as well.
Majsmanne
28. Apr 2014 路 07:54 UTC
Nice game! I'm not a fan of the floaty jumping, but that was fixed nicely with the jetpack.
lief
28. Apr 2014 路 08:08 UTC
Nice, reminded me of Elite and some of the games from when I was young. I'll keep this to play some more.
bzizizi
28. Apr 2014 路 09:58 UTC
This is the first game I finished on this compo. Had fun!
pandamicro
28. Apr 2014 路 13:26 UTC
Couldn't get through the first level, even I killed all enemies and reach the blue hole
PaperBlurt
28. Apr 2014 路 15:22 UTC
It's like super messy graphics, feels real old school.
Good job creating that feeling!
DragonXVI
28. Apr 2014 路 19:47 UTC
Nice Atari-2600-esque minimalistic style. Thought the main character was a bit slow but the jetpack in level 2 helped speed things up a bit :D
soy_yuma
28. Apr 2014 路 19:49 UTC
LOOOL I fell on the wrong side of the cave!!
http://imgur.com/kyhLWM5

I'll restart and stop being a dick trying to break games...
Maek
28. Apr 2014 路 19:52 UTC
Cool idea. Great Game. But please update the laser. :D
SenorDiablo
28. Apr 2014 路 19:52 UTC
Chill game. Liked the art and shooting was really good fun
soy_yuma
28. Apr 2014 路 19:59 UTC
I like it! But I don't know how to get past the green tiny portal. I've killed all those bloody XenJurians. Damn them!!
AngryPriest
28. Apr 2014 路 20:00 UTC
Cool game, but it ran very slowly on my laptop.
Figglewatts
28. Apr 2014 路 21:14 UTC
Pretty fun to play! The responsiveness of the controls could use a little work though.
LandoSystems
29. Apr 2014 路 04:15 UTC
Nice game, I really liked the concept and the controls were fine for me. My biggest concern, and really not that big, was just the music, there was a segment in there that was just "dum dee dum dee dum dee dum dee" and it sounded like it was broken or something, before it would pick up again, just kinda jarring when i would be aware of that.
gene-z
29. Apr 2014 路 04:16 UTC
Very cool,, love the pixeled art
Cambrian_Man
29. Apr 2014 路 04:16 UTC
The weird floaty low-gravity gameplay is surprisingly addictive. The graphics work well to set the mood, too. I did get stuck after finding a space melon or something. Pretty cool.
Two Scoop Games
29. Apr 2014 路 04:17 UTC
Very nice! Once I figured out that you can shoot back, it was really fun. It would be nice to have some visual indication of the laser recharging.
馃帳 micdoodle8
29. Apr 2014 路 04:18 UTC
Thanks for all the feedback guys. I don't know if I'm allowed to fix the issue where people are getting stuck on levels. Not a crash or a typo :S
HBurd
29. Apr 2014 路 04:18 UTC
Excellent game, good music too
馃帳 micdoodle8
29. Apr 2014 路 04:20 UTC
Thanks!
hyouko
29. Apr 2014 路 04:24 UTC
Really opens up once you get the jetpack. I'm not a huge fan of the music, but it does seem fitting for the underground world the game takes place in.
otato
29. Apr 2014 路 04:24 UTC
Nice job. Major complaint was that the controls felt really floaty. Would've been a little bit hard to deal with if your laser had the same limited range as all the enemies (thankfully it doesn't). Otherwise it was fairly solid!
IndieST
29. Apr 2014 路 04:32 UTC
The controls felt dull at first, but after I mastered them, the game plays like a special shmup and I'm having fun in it!
Solifuge
29. Apr 2014 路 04:43 UTC
Hi, this is Vector from the Victory Garden team! (posting under Solifuge's account)

I really, really liked this entry. There's something very... turtle ballet about it. Just navigating on the planet surface gives you enough time to get used to the controls, being more humorous than boring... and the floaty jumping gave a really good sense of a low-gravity region this time. Short, sweet, and fun. Thanks for the experience : D
terraco
29. Apr 2014 路 08:47 UTC
I am well entertained now. Good work,
daandruff
01. May 2014 路 07:32 UTC
It feels like everything goes in slowmo and it gets awkward after a bit of playing. Everything works just fine though and it's a solid entry. Nice job!
Wakka
01. May 2014 路 07:48 UTC
On OSX:

java -jar XenJuruAdventure/XenJuruAdventure-All.jar
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/micdoodle8/ld29/Game : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0
Oddly Shaped Pixels
01. May 2014 路 07:49 UTC
I dont know if its my computer but controls seem like really slow. But except from that I really like the gameplay, really addictive and the behaviour of the enemies is really well coded!
kristof
01. May 2014 路 07:51 UTC
Nice game. The controls felt a bit awkward on a laptop. But I will try again with a real mouse. Good work!
Xeke_Death
02. May 2014 路 11:54 UTC
Great work, I liked the item progression over the levels.
KuGrou
03. May 2014 路 05:41 UTC
Cool idea. Movement and combat felt a bit slow, but the jetpack improved that a little.
Gazok
05. May 2014 路 16:27 UTC
Really ugly title-screen. Just having the name on the first level would have been nicer. Felt a bit like Thomas was Alone meets Risk of Rain. I feel the large level sizes would work really well with a Worms-style ninja-rope mechanic.

Restarting the whole game when I died stopped me from playing on.
sP0CkEr2
08. May 2014 路 03:10 UTC
got really hard after the first level - solid game - nice job
JoshRespawns
15. May 2014 路 16:13 UTC
Good Game and thanks for the comment on my game!