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One Shot by zzzev

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made by zzzev for LD28 (COMPO)
A simple web game inspired by flash chain reaction games and the pacifism mode of Geometry Wars 2. Please use Chrome to play on desktop; the game is untested in all other browsers, and known broken in some of them. You can also play on mobile (tested on iOS devices), where it works pretty well on recent devices (very well on iPhone 5S, playable but a little stuttery on iPad 2). Please let me know how it works on your device of choice.

The game is written in Coffeescript, using the Canvas element. I used fonts from Google Fonts, the Sound library from CreateJS, Compass for styling, Browserify for bundling, and Beefy as a development server. All the code is available and free for re-use (MIT license) on github.

Please let me know what you think! My email is zevyoura@gmail.com
Web http://zzzev.com/ld28
Source https://github.com/zzzev/ld28
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=12191

Ratings

Coolness 58% 3
Overall 3.58 127
Audio 2.89 299
Fun 3.77 39
Graphics 3.61 196
Innovation 3.39 202
Mood 2.87 433
Theme 3.45 197

Feedback

xgeovanni
16. Dec 2013 · 04:58 UTC
Got to 62 points.

Protip: Try to roll all the balls in to one huge one. It's easy to dodge.
Kettlecorn
16. Dec 2013 · 04:59 UTC
I like it a lot! (Actually my favorite so far, I'm a sucker for simple aesthetics)

I never really triggered the explosion though, most of the time I just collided with something by accident, which was a bit disappointing. Perhaps in a future build the player should just detonate when they hit something?

The feel of the controls and the aesthetics of the game are great though. Nice job!
DrPrettyPatty
16. Dec 2013 · 05:00 UTC
Pleasing graphics and sound, and fun to play! My score was 895752 :)
Kettlecorn
16. Dec 2013 · 05:00 UTC
I forgot to write this is my comment about, but I think it'd be a lot more fun if the difficulty scaled a bit quicker.
funselektor
16. Dec 2013 · 05:00 UTC
The minimal graphics are so nice and clean. I really like that style.
zconnelly13
16. Dec 2013 · 05:13 UTC
Pretty great game : ) I liked the style! I would have liked to see some different kinds of balls or something. As it is it's pretty OP to just move in a circle, haha.
Piat
16. Dec 2013 · 05:20 UTC
Wow, great execution, the style is really clean and the audio goes really well. Game play was really nice, though probably needs more challenge, I kinda bombed out on purpose to see what happened, not sure what I could have got too. 415k+ score, btw.
tiffi
16. Dec 2013 · 05:29 UTC
The game just looks polished, something you don't see often during LD48
jillytot
16. Dec 2013 · 05:47 UTC
Very nice, simple, clean, and importantly fun. I had a giant ball slugging around in the middle of my screen. Pretty cool to watch it grow.
funktor
16. Dec 2013 · 05:50 UTC
Extremely fun and well polished game! I can see this being ridiculously fun on a tablet
0x0961h
16. Dec 2013 · 06:51 UTC
Ahh, very pretty game, I like it. Simple, clean, yet challenging and fun! Great job! :)
sirival
16. Dec 2013 · 07:44 UTC
Really enjoyable game - very addictive
madmaw
16. Dec 2013 · 08:02 UTC
Nice game, I love that it's HTML5 and works on mobile. Would be nice if enemies with different patterns of behaviour emerged after you play for a while.
Crowbeak
16. Dec 2013 · 09:33 UTC
I like the missle command style explosions.
Edd Morgan
16. Dec 2013 · 12:41 UTC
Very smooth and a nice concept. Good job (works okay in Safari, too!)
Monoquartz
16. Dec 2013 · 16:27 UTC
Pretty enjoyable game and neat graphics - Interesting concept ! (Work well on my Xperia Z ;) )
xgeovanni
16. Dec 2013 · 18:27 UTC
Completely missed the part about the one shot at the end the first time. Went back and got a score of 1364992. Re-rated accordingly.
Static_boy123
17. Dec 2013 · 03:19 UTC
VERY fun, I have to say I would play again! Also, I thought the graphics were great, simplistic, but perfect for what you had! Don't have much time, but will be playing more tomorrow, want to see how good I do.
Lacutis
17. Dec 2013 · 05:16 UTC
Great game. I really liked the integration of the theme. Kind of addicting. Disappointed it didnt work on Firefox but worked well on chrome.

Good job!
Xaychru04
17. Dec 2013 · 14:50 UTC
Nice game, I had fun playing this! Simple art style, I just found it a little répétitive. Good job!
ittlebit
19. Dec 2013 · 20:36 UTC
I liked the simplicity. The controls worked well.
mcapraro
20. Dec 2013 · 20:54 UTC
wow, i really loved this, great job! loved the overall mechanic of it and the feel was so smooth. i got 684761088!
cardboard
22. Dec 2013 · 01:17 UTC
This was a lot of fun on a touchscreen! I died before I got a chance to use my explosion, so I only got 262. The game mechanics feel solid and the rolling animations are nice.
chardish
23. Dec 2013 · 09:14 UTC
Minimalist and fun.
MaTX
23. Dec 2013 · 17:23 UTC
Neat visuals and interesting concept. A bit of polish and it'd be a great web/mobile game.
xrm0
24. Dec 2013 · 13:29 UTC
wow, I liked the art, the sound and it was fun to play
Alink
06. Jan 2014 · 22:24 UTC
Cool concept and very satisfying to play. The rolling animation on balls is a nice addition.