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scrionevoloooom by hnjslater

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made by hnjslater for LD28 (COMPO)
I wanted to do a more traditional game for this one. And what is more traditional than an awful shmup?

I also wanted to try some challenging controls, so for this game you'll be using H,J,K,L like my favourite editor (vim). You might want to hit space from time to time too.

THERE IS NOW A WINDOWS BUILD!

To make it work, you'll need to install pygame and then run main.py. On debian type Linuxes that's:

sudo apt-get install python-pygame
wget https://github.com/hnjslater/scrionevoloooom/archive/master.zip
unzip master.zip
cd master
python main.py

I'll try and get it packaged up for windows tomorrow. I developed it on a mac so it definately works on a mac but I've never got a pygame packaged properly there.

My main regret is doing a full day of real work on Saturday. Also not making a better game.
Windows https://github.com/hnjslater/scrionevoloooom/releases/download/COMPO/scrionevoloooom_win32.zip
All Platforms https://github.com/hnjslater/scrionevoloooom/archive/master.zip
Source https://github.com/hnjslater/scrionevoloooom
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=16286

Ratings

Coolness 57% 3
Overall 2.24 961
Fun 2.04 941
Graphics 1.68 971
Humor 1.67 736
Innovation 2.63 673
Mood 2.05 889
Theme 1.70 984

Feedback

delfino
16. Dec 2013 · 04:20 UTC
Interesting mechanic rotating the ships, though it was kinda tough for me to switch to the shield guy to use it in time to help out a whole lot. Works fine on my Windows 7 machine btw
tompudding
16. Dec 2013 · 22:49 UTC
I won! The mechanic is just the right kind of unusual, but the control scheme is too unusual! My little finger does not want to play games, garrrrrgh.
ParaPup
16. Dec 2013 · 23:51 UTC
This was weird but it was good x3
ambi
17. Dec 2013 · 00:03 UTC
Oh man installing Pygame on Windows is such a pain. All I have currently is Pyglet. Please make a ready to run executable if you can.
sudorossy
17. Dec 2013 · 00:58 UTC
Needs a windows executable, rather than making everyone download pygame.
voidqk
17. Dec 2013 · 01:06 UTC
could not run... I guess I don't have pygame..? not sure
moomoo112
17. Dec 2013 · 01:20 UTC
It difficult and confusing, but I somehow won.
I like the concept of having the specialized ships rotate out though.
BluShine
17. Dec 2013 · 01:36 UTC
Kind of cool having different ships to switch on-the-fly. Even though it kind of goes against the "you only get one" theme. Controls are definitely odd, but I still managed to win the game, but I only used the starting ship.
pwnedu46
17. Dec 2013 · 02:55 UTC
I have python 3.3 and pygame installed but couldn't get it to work. Is this written in python 2?
donaldducky
17. Dec 2013 · 03:09 UTC
I wanted to try this but I can't seem to install pygame on OS X.
Coblynau
17. Dec 2013 · 20:09 UTC
Since I do not have Python installed I cannot play. Shame. :(
🎤 hnjslater
17. Dec 2013 · 20:28 UTC
pwnedu46, Ok it works in python3 now (a couple of one liners, I think it counts as porting)
FelixNemis
17. Dec 2013 · 21:31 UTC
Nice little game, interesting mechanic. A bit too easy, won on my first try. Graphics could definitely use quite a bit of work.
Remember sound is always a bonus, even if it's just a few sound effects.
Good luck and keep at it!
Zephyr Raine
17. Dec 2013 · 21:33 UTC
A bit short and confusing, it's hard to immerse in the game without music. =/
Don't understood how to kill the fat mobs, but the fact you've got several specialized ships is pretty cool. =)
Jezzamon
17. Dec 2013 · 23:28 UTC
Not playable on a mac.
🎤 hnjslater
18. Dec 2013 · 01:03 UTC
I actually developed in on a Mac, so it is playable, you just need to install pygame. Frankly, I've never managed to get py2exe or pyinstaller to work on a Mac and I'm not madly inclined to have another go. If you really want to play it, install pygame. If you don't, I can live with it.
Und[0]ne Devs
18. Dec 2013 · 01:17 UTC
Little weird but I like it! :)
Kane
18. Dec 2013 · 09:09 UTC
Funny little shmup, but not sure to understand why i had win Oo
Scipio Xaos
19. Dec 2013 · 02:05 UTC
Interesting game, but the controls were, honestly, very difficult to grab... and then there was the mysterious "I won?" Not sure how that happened. :P
LD_LAN_Party
19. Dec 2013 · 02:32 UTC
Challenging. Default controls made it difficult, though interesting.
Custard Games
19. Dec 2013 · 08:52 UTC
Decent game. Man... the controls were awful. In the end I just used the shield ship to block everything by tapping space repeatedly and won.
bvanschooten
04. Jan 2014 · 13:37 UTC
Rotating between weapons is an interesting idea. It takes time to get used to the controls. Maybe a control where you immediately switch between the 3 weapons would be better. Before I knew it, it said "you won".
Jedi
06. Jan 2014 · 00:19 UTC
Well, all you promised was an awful shmup so I'm not disappointed :P

It's not so awful, switching weapons happened too slowly to be more than a gimmick though. Also, I'm against button mashing. I'm not against inexplicably winning though (Was I the alien horde all along?)