Descent Alpha by myachin

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made by myachin for LD27 (JAM)
Arrows - Move
Z - Shoot

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Descent Alpha

Space descent Alpha is destroying alien bases. You have 10 seconds to place and arm the bomb, 10 seconds to return in spaceship and 10 seconds to leave the atmosphere of a planet.

Purple stars shocks you and push you back.
Lasergun deactivate and kills all stars near the beam.
Laser shot = key Z.

Jumps depends on previous speed of character, so jumps is quite unpredictable. Jumps can be very high. You can obtain skills, if you'll play this game longer))

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Its my first platformer) Sorry for unbalanced gameplay. I planned to submit this in solo, but i spent first day on writing my own engine, very bugfull and ugly. Later I found Nape...)

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Used tools:

FlashDevelop
Nape AS3
ModPlugTracker
GIMP 2.8
Graphics Gale
mp3Loop

Ratings

Coolness 78% 2
Overall(Jam) 3.24 230
Audio(Jam) 3.16 187
Fun(Jam) 3.29 146
Graphics(Jam) 3.64 191
Humor(Jam) 2.50 262
Innovation(Jam) 2.71 396
Mood(Jam) 3.33 141
Theme(Jam) 3.31 203

Feedback

oxysoft
27. Aug 2013 · 00:39 UTC
Interesting game, A little too difficult after the 3 first planets though :(
jackw899
27. Aug 2013 · 00:41 UTC
Fun game! Pretty difficult past level 2. I like the art style and it incorporates the theme very well!
soulrot
27. Aug 2013 · 00:49 UTC
An in my opinion frustrating 'game'. In the sidescroller part of the game you can only complete the last 2 planets if you have a lot of luck, because as far as I could tell there is no way to aim your weapon. The controls in that part of the game also feel unresponsive, which adds to the frustration (when I press 'jump', I would like to actually jump! No run into those annoying purple stars).

The audio and visuals are OK-ish. I don't like the art style but at least there IS an art style.
Jimanzium
27. Aug 2013 · 10:36 UTC
The difficulty spike was a bit steep. The graphics were impressive and the gameplay was fast paced and fun. Good job overall, not that I got very far
Yoni
27. Aug 2013 · 10:38 UTC
Pretty fun game, even though the difficulty increased a lot on the second planet.
Hypnohustla
27. Aug 2013 · 10:41 UTC
Quite nice. Reminded me of the old Sega Genesis/Megadrive games. It gets a bit frustrating quick with the unresponsive controls and the lack of checkpoints between segments. But it made me feel nostalgic so good job :)
Mekuri
27. Aug 2013 · 10:57 UTC
Damn, this game is frustrating. There's no discernible strategy past the 2-3 first levels, it just turns into run, shoot and hope for the best... well at least it did for me :P Eventually I beat the game though. The space part was nice. It was difficult enough to keep you focused, without being too frustrating.

I really loved the graphics, it sold me right away.
All in all I liked the game, but the last few levels were way too difficult in my opinion.
bisk8s
27. Aug 2013 · 14:30 UTC
Well Done! Amazing Game!
RoseNinja
27. Aug 2013 · 14:30 UTC
nice game, like the idea good work
Venturelli
27. Aug 2013 · 14:32 UTC
After the first 3 planets the part where you need to plant the bomb gets too random. Could be an amazing little game if the "blast aliens" part was a little more polished. But really cool overall, love your graphic style!
dumasflo
27. Aug 2013 · 14:32 UTC
Nice gameplay ! had some troubles with the purple ennemies blocking me XD The retro gaming like sounds good too ! Good job !
LemonTree
27. Aug 2013 · 16:37 UTC
Cool game! But too hard for me. I can't finish level #3.
almightyzentaco
27. Aug 2013 · 17:52 UTC
I dig the style.
syawqy
29. Aug 2013 · 08:17 UTC
i like your drawing
manuq
01. Sep 2013 · 03:55 UTC
I love the art style and when everything starts to tremble! I was a bit frustrated trying to control the character through the terrain.
canvapps
01. Sep 2013 · 09:59 UTC
Great game, I was just missing a weapon which could shoot the way down while jumping.
I loved this game though!
Exergy
01. Sep 2013 · 10:54 UTC
Hard game. Really good one!
withoutpillow
01. Sep 2013 · 10:58 UTC
great work with the artstyle but to difficult.
savethejets1
11. Sep 2013 · 05:50 UTC
Very Earthworm jim-ish. A+ on the graphics!

The controls were a bit wonky, I found I got stuck on some of the collision. Which led me to many a death.

Over all really cool
Alink
12. Sep 2013 · 11:12 UTC
The jump is a bit weird and the enemies too annoying, but I I loved the idea and art style.
Pickens Inc.
16. Sep 2013 · 16:26 UTC
Good concept, platforming was waaay too unstable though i'm afraid, and put a large dampener on what was otherwise an enjoyable game :)
01rafael
16. Sep 2013 · 16:39 UTC
cool!
but to hard for me ) maybe, if you expand the time limit it will be more useful)
mood***** )
JonathanG
16. Sep 2013 · 17:10 UTC
Very nice retro style to the graphics and music! The camera shake as you're escaping is great. It does get difficult though, and the stunning mechanic is frustrating.

Good idea to extend the gameplay beyond 10 seconds without straying from the theme, by including multiple sections.
antonijn
16. Sep 2013 · 17:24 UTC
Good game, a bit short though! ;)