Only One Shot by TheTeamwithNoName

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made by TheTeamwithNoName for LD28 (JAM)
We finished the theme with "... shot to destroy all the enemies"

Note: the restart currently doesn't work. So this actually is a funny bug that meets the theme! you truly only get ONE shot even when you try to start the game over! :D

Ratings

Coolness 39% 1305
Overall(Jam) 2.15 527
Fun(Jam) 1.90 518
Graphics(Jam) 2.75 391
Innovation(Jam) 2.50 394
Theme(Jam) 3.00 199

Feedback

hamster_mk_4
17. Dec 2013 路 03:10 UTC
I was unable to play a 2nd game after I ended the first one. I don't know if this is a literal interpretation of "You only get one," or just a bug. I had to restart the game several times before I could figure out what I was supposed to do. My first instinct was to click randomly, and the first few times most of the explosions were out of frame so I had very little feedback as to the result of my input.
馃帳 TheTeamwithNoName
17. Dec 2013 路 03:28 UTC
You didn't read my note above then. :) that's an unintentional very literal interpretation of the theme :)

Yea I added in the panning of the camera so you can try to follow the explosions. The trail when you hover is supposed to show where the rocket goes only for the first few jumps and then it will continue if the next ship is in range.
archaeometrician
21. Dec 2013 路 16:06 UTC
64 ships destroyed :D Nice concept to have to find the good ship to shoot. Great work !
mmickyman
06. Jan 2014 路 09:36 UTC
Entertaining to watch the shoot going back and forth between the ships !
psc1997
06. Jan 2014 路 22:41 UTC
Nice concept !
Good job ^^
stvr
06. Jan 2014 路 22:51 UTC
Surprisingly smooth with the number of ships on-screen, and an interesting concept, but there's so little feedback for your action it's hard to see what's going on. Also, the score kept going up even after I got the "Final Score" screen, not sure if another shot fired or if my first shot was still bouncing around, or what.
thebrainfuse
06. Jan 2014 路 23:28 UTC
83 ships in one shot... i thought that the objective is to find that one path which destroys all ships and saves the galaxy!... the theme could be better implemented that way IMO... good concept and fun gameplay!
Jezzamon
06. Jan 2014 路 23:31 UTC
Kinda interesting, but it didn't seem like there was any tactics involved besides "pick a random ship and hope for the best"

Would've done well with some sound effects, even if they were simple.
Several
07. Jan 2014 路 00:04 UTC
What determines the direction a shot goes after it hits?

This is a potentially interesting start (I quite enjoy the thought of a kind of first-person Every Extend Extra), but the interaction and decision-making seem too limited in this prototype.
馃帳 TheTeamwithNoName
08. Jan 2014 路 18:25 UTC
@Several it is the closest ship within a certain radius.

Thanks for all the kind words. We didn't get everything that we wanted implemented, unfortunately. There was an explosion effect but I lost some work near the end and I didn't realize the explosion was gone in time to fix it.