Pivotal Point by Juno Nguyen

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made by Juno Nguyen for LD28 (COMPO)
My first entry for Ludum Dare, created in about 12 hours. A lot could have been better, that is certain. There is no sound because I ran out of time, and I was supposed to preparing to go to work while writing this (I have a shift job). Balancing is not in a good shape either, as this is an incredibly difficult skill that I tried to bite off more than I can chew. I also learned that making AI was a pain. Outcome results may vary despite the same input action.

Despite these and some cut content, the game was more or less close enough to my vision, hence, it is submitted.

The mighty Lother Empire is going to launch an airborne invasion on the Kaedani scums to your right. Your sabotaging party screwed up and only you survived. Use your only remaining remote-controlled missile to make way for the invasion force. You get only one shot.

While not steering the missile, use arrows to move the camera.


Feedback is highly appreciated.

Disclaimer: Some graphic assets (Stars, Starfighters, Missile, and Blaster projectile specifically) were re-used from previously cancelled and unreleased projects. Created using Construct 2.

Update on '13 Dec 15th, 2325 SGT: Fixed some balancing issues and updated AI.

Ratings

Coolness 87% 2
Overall 2.82 652
Audio 1.25 796
Fun 2.53 716
Graphics 3.16 376
Humor 2.06 575
Innovation 2.89 517
Mood 2.44 720
Theme 3.11 380

Feedback

redhotvengeance
16. Dec 2013 路 08:36 UTC
Simple and fun, albeit short. The refresh to comply with the theme gave me a good chuckle.
TobiasNL
16. Dec 2013 路 08:37 UTC
Too bad you don't have sound, I have the feeling the game would feel much better with sound. Loved the smooth scrolling, and the idea is also pretty good :) The 102% bug was actually pretty comical :P
mortl8324
16. Dec 2013 路 08:48 UTC
Haha, great game. I didn't understand it straight away. I can't tell how to tactically do better. I will admit I played it a few times out of curiosity. I love the aesthetic overall.
darkblue
16. Dec 2013 路 09:08 UTC
Simple yet fun
馃帳 Juno Nguyen
16. Dec 2013 路 09:20 UTC
@mortl8324 Hint: The missile's impact is AoE (and not actually visible), and the towers provide extra hit points for turrets. Try to make the most of your only shot ;)
acronaut
16. Dec 2013 路 16:02 UTC
Would be nice to have some sound.. Otherwise nice one!
@TeddyNashor
16. Dec 2013 路 16:06 UTC
fun, played it a quite a few times and even blew up my own mother ship! >.< hahaha!. best score I got was 60%
Udell Games
16. Dec 2013 路 16:22 UTC
Pretty fun, but I agree with the other commenters that it really needs some sound. Also the missile seems to sometimes take out a building I didn't actually aim for.

Love the art style!
rubna
16. Dec 2013 路 18:37 UTC
Nice graphics! Gameplay could麓ve been less linear, but I think it麓s great nonetheless :) good job!
LatFoued
16. Dec 2013 路 20:51 UTC
The concept is good, but i could have been way better with more levels. Nice work
finefin
17. Dec 2013 路 10:12 UTC
sticks to the theme and I really like the look of the invasion (*boom*). I wish there were more levels, but hey, you only got one, right?
馃帳 Juno Nguyen
17. Dec 2013 路 11:15 UTC
@finefin Yes. I didn't even have time to deal with sounds.
s73ph4n
18. Dec 2013 路 22:23 UTC
It has potential. A pity you didn't have time to add sound. Congrats :)
ashen
19. Dec 2013 路 11:53 UTC
Really good effort for 12 hours. Works great in chrome, very smooth scrolling. Bullets are well done. Fun!
JohnnySix
26. Dec 2013 路 22:54 UTC
I liked the concept, and the stats haha. Couldn't tell which bit was hit, as some of the triangles went down when I was aiming for the globe thing with three turrets.
csanyk
29. Dec 2013 路 06:09 UTC
It didn't seem to matter what I did, the same destruction would bring about a wildly different result each time.
ratboy2713
01. Jan 2014 路 22:32 UTC
I really liked the art style in this, minimal but still very expressive. Having to refresh to try again is annoying, the theme shouldn't make the game annoying it should inspire. Also, it was too zoomed in, the first several attempts were just me flying around to get my bearings (which led me to accidentally destroy my own people).
Sean Noonan
05. Jan 2014 路 07:44 UTC
Nice idea, I love the art - shame there's no sound.