Diamond Warning by canary40

made by canary40 for LD28 (COMPO)

Greetings, comrades! This is my Ludum Dare 28 entry for theme "You Only Get One". Diamond Warning is a shmup with only one... You guessed it... enemy! This is a fairly challenging bullet hell esque game inspired by one of my favourite shmups, Warning Forever. I hope this entry pleases everyone!

Dev info:
Coded in Haxe, using HaxePunk and Nape.
I didn't have the skills to do art, or time to further the graphics, so I just stuck with nape debug rendering.
Approx EDIT*1401* lines of (ugly)code!

Sound effects made with sfxr.

Web (Flash)	https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/19299354/visualizer/test.html
Backup (swf download)	http://www.mediafire.com/download/715qfp8a664uwyj/ludum28.swf
Latest Version	https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/19299354/visualizer%20-%20Copy/test.html
Source	https://www.mediafire.com/?yb74k4zwcnufcrn
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=11373

Ratings

Coolness	77%	2
Overall	3.15	386

Audio	2.65	432
Fun	3.25	253
Graphics	2.75	588
Humor	1.86	675
Innovation	2.38	814
Mood	2.72	518
Theme	2.54	689

Feedback

Crigs

16. Dec 2013 · 04:01 UTC

Tight!

jillytot

16. Dec 2013 · 05:16 UTC

I had trouble hitting the enemies, but it was cool. I actually like these graphics, i'd stick with em if you took it further.

CustomPhase

16. Dec 2013 · 05:41 UTC

Cool little game. It pulls in quick, altough i had trouble controlling it in the beginning. I think the theme concern is very subtle and weak though. And background sohuld be just black i think, cause its getting hard to see after a while.

mungoman1

16. Dec 2013 · 06:01 UTC

Pretty good, I love bullet hell games like this :) I think the background could have been black though.

adnzzzzZ

16. Dec 2013 · 08:24 UTC

I love the way they (the enemies) come together. Could have used more juice (particles, camera movement, tweening). Other that nice job.

nicotuason

16. Dec 2013 · 09:40 UTC

So many bullets! I like that you can change the direction of fire, just wish the enemy reacted more when hit.

whiteknife

16. Dec 2013 · 17:13 UTC

Despite the simplicity, I liked the graphics, especially the way your bullets fire out in this wavering cascade - it's cool. Solid gameplay too!

joserodolfofreitas

16. Dec 2013 · 17:16 UTC

I like the game aesthetics, and how the enemy connect itself with other parts. Especially the inner circle with the main armor, connecting seamleesly through the line.

Masadow

16. Dec 2013 · 19:22 UTC

It would be great to have more feedback when hitting enemies. Concerning the art, I don't really think they are awfull finally ^^

Lockyy

16. Dec 2013 · 19:22 UTC

Very fun. I love the weapon, although it'd be more fun if shooting angle was controlled via the mouse rather than via the awkward turning system.

Tsumei

16. Dec 2013 · 19:39 UTC

Well. It was decent fun to play, but I can't really give you much for graphics :P
Good and responsive controls though, decent effects :)

mruno

18. Dec 2013 · 15:28 UTC

Very difficult, but quite entertaining!

doctorscientist

18. Dec 2013 · 15:29 UTC

Cool game. It reminds me of InfinityGene.

Blooperly

18. Dec 2013 · 20:14 UTC

Very fun! Love the sounds too.

Tonasz

19. Dec 2013 · 16:22 UTC

Nice minimalistic design - geometric shapes, the way you shoot bullets, animation of the enemy reconstruction. Simplistic but really, really enjoyable mechanics! Controls were weird at the beginning but ok when I got used to it. Only feedback of shooting and hitting enemy could be better - at the beginning I wasn't even sure if I hit enemy correctly.

sandbaydev

19. Dec 2013 · 16:35 UTC

I don't like bullet hell games (unlike Mr. mungoman1)... but yeh, cool lil game. I actually liked these graphics quite a bit.

Gtoknu

20. Dec 2013 · 05:49 UTC

The first enemy I thought "hah, easy"
Then "oops, that actually is kinda hard"
The third... "WHAT THE" haha, surprises are good!
The debug rendering actually was very good, could stick with it.