Samsara - Humanities Rebirt by DangerPenguin

made by DangerPenguin for LD27 (COMPO)

Side-scrolling shump based on Samsara, the circle of rebirth. After being oppressed by the machines for 1000 years, the humans have devised a ship that can bend time and space. They give this ship to a young, but promising pilot. It is her job to use the time/space bending properties to "reincarnate" another version of herself that is 10 seconds behind her. If she loses her reincarnation, the ship will created another every 10 seconds.

Go forth, bend time and space, and SAVE HUMANITY!

Windows	http://nickmakesgames.com/games/Samsara/index.html
Web	http://nickmakesgames.com/games/Samsara/index.html
Source	http://nickmakesgames.com/games/Samsara/Samsara_1_0_source.zip
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-27/?action=preview&uid=19575

Feedback

vittorioromeo

26. Aug 2013 · 10:24 UTC

Cool game! Catchy music and interesting concept. Needs something to make it more difficult over time, but overall I liked it!

lazyeels

27. Aug 2013 · 17:31 UTC

Old-skool! Really liked the idea and the take on shooters with the shadow-self. Music and graphics and very fitting to the genre, would really really like to see a score, as I think I lasted quite a long time considering the hail of bullets!! ;-)

archaeometrician

28. Aug 2013 · 04:03 UTC

First time I see a previous self in a space shooter game. Very good idea, I loved it ! Nice game and excellent application of the 10 seconds theme :)

DesignerNap

28. Aug 2013 · 17:50 UTC

Really like the music and the concept of a shadow ship copying my last 10 seconds of moves - was interesting trying to cover as much of the screen as possible knowing that :) Good work!

Anachron

29. Aug 2013 · 02:10 UTC

Old me is extremely helpful. Great game!

CosmicAdventureSquad

01. Sep 2013 · 03:52 UTC

Interesting concept and the music in the game. I wasn't sure if there was an end to the game, so I just stopped after a while. Hope I didn't miss a cool ending.

canvapps

01. Sep 2013 · 10:55 UTC

space like shooters are always great, but you should add a score counter and speed up it a litle to make it challenging.
Great job!

Misfit

04. Sep 2013 · 17:54 UTC

Great audio, but needs more enemies and challenges.

brgarnet17

05. Sep 2013 · 21:14 UTC

Good game. :) Takes me back to the days of side-scrolling shooters and other shooters like "Galaga" and "Bosconian". The only commentary I have is that it could use a score meter and maybe some power ups and additional action sounds. Besides that, great mechanic. Hope to see later versions of it.

yagiz

05. Sep 2013 · 21:24 UTC

Nice music. Would like to see the game with more enemies/weapons etc...

euske

05. Sep 2013 · 21:30 UTC

Well made game, but it gets repetitive after a few minutes.

shard123

08. Sep 2013 · 16:03 UTC

Really awesome, nice work!