Gawdamn Aliens! by Jyrkface

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made by Jyrkface for LD26 (JAM)
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Controls -
WASD to move
Mouse to shoot
Hold D to bypass obstacles

Fend off the Gawdamned Aliens as a True American Hero.
Never stop shooting!
Guzzle sixpacks to shoot better! (Like real life!)
Infinite lives till they take your trailer!

EDIT: Web version now up! Unfortunately it appears to be buggy as hell, with certain bugs showing up differently on different computers. At this point, I've spent quite a lot of time on the conversion (due to some object corruption) and I'm not sure I feel comfortable making any more corrections inside the scope of the Dare rules.

If you experience issues with the your character not recognizing terrain damage, I strongly suggest trying the PC version.

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Ratings

Coolness 73% 3
Overall(Jam) 2.88 367
Audio(Jam) 2.10 410
Fun(Jam) 3.17 167
Graphics(Jam) 3.14 285
Humor(Jam) 3.19 71
Innovation(Jam) 2.22 478
Mood(Jam) 2.84 299
Theme(Jam) 2.33 518

Feedback

DDDBOMBER
30. Apr 2013 路 06:57 UTC
Really nice, loved the graphics
SonnyBone
30. Apr 2013 路 12:36 UTC
HA!!! This is hard as crap, but it's hilariously entertaining. Good work!
Alphonsus
30. Apr 2013 路 14:44 UTC
A bit difficult but fun to play. Awesome work!
馃帳 Jyrkface
30. Apr 2013 路 18:50 UTC
Thanks for the comments!
Middle of the last day of the jam a bunch of bugs started cropping up in Alien Behaviors, it basically became completely random how long it would take for enemies to build up a critical mass. For this reason we set the spawn scale to the max from the beginning, so that this version would be "fair" at least in terms of endgame scores. Might do more with the game later though, and that will def include a better fix for this.
Travis Irby
01. May 2013 路 01:37 UTC
Woe thats a lot of aliens haha! The destructible ground is very cool reminds me of that old gorillas game :D nice job
robotality
01. May 2013 路 08:23 UTC
That was fun. Hard as hell but fun!
GetFun
01. May 2013 路 08:24 UTC
Evil with tits O.o
btw, a lot of fun!
dsoft20
01. May 2013 路 08:27 UTC
It's a nice entry, but I find it a little bit difficult, it's almost impossible to evade alien's missiles, and the aliens take too many hits to die.
StMatn
01. May 2013 路 08:46 UTC
Nice game! It definitely is hard, but thats part of the fun. I like it a lot.
馃帳 Jyrkface
01. May 2013 路 08:52 UTC
dsoft20 - Shoot incoming missiles! They bounce back and even hurt the aliens! Another little trick is that you can use your truck as cover as long as you can still defend your trailer!

Definitely though, if I finish this project I'll make the difficulty scale up instead of just starting at ridiculously hard, but it will get even ridiculously harder if I add in the enemies that got cut for time :P
The Consul
01. May 2013 路 09:44 UTC
Graphics are nice. I especially like the invasion going on in the background.

The mechanic where your firing rate gets quicker the longer you've stayed alive is also good.

The sound gets a bit annoying after a while though.

Good work.
s0ulcrusher
01. May 2013 路 11:16 UTC
Falling into hell is hilarious
馃帳 Jyrkface
02. May 2013 路 08:04 UTC
Honestly, making wonky titted Satan was my favorite part of this whole Jam :P
MRvanderPants
02. May 2013 路 08:54 UTC
Awesome art and really addictive gameplay. Very solid game.
kreischweide
02. May 2013 路 09:09 UTC
Nice game, definitely fun and very responsive controls. Some aggresive background music and some more detailed sfx could improve the experience. Great work!
馃帳 Jyrkface
02. May 2013 路 09:17 UTC
@kreishweide - Don't I know it! Unfortunately Ryan had a stupid root canal he forgot about during the Jam and consequently the music we got done on time sounded like cats in a blender, so it was back to the old SFXR for sound support :P

Other features cut for time were a slower scaling of the invasion, several random characters to spawn as (explaining why the trailer is the spawn point, sort of) and two additional enemies (who are jerks.) I'm very much thinking about throwing next weekend on the altar and finishing this thing :)
manabreak
02. May 2013 路 09:24 UTC
The devil in the end really got me :D
hamster_mk_4
03. May 2013 路 05:25 UTC
This game is brilliant. From the lurking devil to the way lives don't matter but staying alive longer does. I loved every second of play.
vapgames
03. May 2013 路 07:36 UTC
Very fun!
Pixelfan Games
03. May 2013 路 23:33 UTC
I love graphics and i really laugh so hard with the game, ilove dat satan GOOD JOB!
kibertoad
03. May 2013 路 23:46 UTC
Good graphics, interesting twists, however games becomes impossible if you die on a later stage. Power down rate should be reduced.
Cybearg
05. May 2013 路 22:17 UTC
Excellent game! Loads and loads of cathartic fun!

I loved the simple premise and the great pixel graphics. It feels like it would fit on a classic system like the C64 or something. Having the ground wear away over time was a brilliant idea and all the power-up drops make you feel great. It would have been nice to have some variation in the powerups, but I understand that there is limited time.

I only have two real issues with this game. First off, as others have said, the constant shotgun sound gets annoying after a while.

Second, I wish that the aliens would come in ever-increasing waves, rather than an infinite stream. This would give you a moment to pause and cool down before more intense combat came at you, while also giving a sense of progression. As it stands, the constant fighting without end eventually becomes kind of exhausting. I think that breaking up the enemies into waves would have remedied that (see: Space Invaders and Missile Command).

Overall, a great and very fun game!
馃帳 Jyrkface
07. May 2013 路 07:02 UTC
Thanks for all the great feedback! It will be taken into consideration while finishing the game! Some things we're working on adding include 30+ unlockable characters to randomly spawn as (no differences in abilities, just visually different for some color) 5 additional enemies and 4 additional levels to unlock as well as fabulous new power-ups.

Hoped to have a web version uploaded here by now, but the Ludum Dare version of the game without the new features had some graphics corruption, so that's going to take a couple days..
donan
08. May 2013 路 20:31 UTC
Fun, addictive and a really nice version of a classic. Really good game :D
Tsuki_Usagi
10. May 2013 路 00:53 UTC
without my mouse around is basically impossible to win jajaj xD'''

but yeah, it was fun /so much without playing an alien retro game orz/

just one thing: the game was slow D: (and the controler of the mouse froze once :/ )
yimpossi
11. May 2013 路 02:46 UTC
I love the graphics! simple yet challenging. Good job.
馃帳 Jyrkface
11. May 2013 路 23:52 UTC
@Tsuki_Usagi: can I ask which version you were playing?
馃帳 Jyrkface
11. May 2013 路 23:53 UTC
Also, definitely agreed about the mouse. This game is not trackpad friendly at all :P
domrein
16. May 2013 路 03:59 UTC
This game is great. I really like how death is handled and the humor is a nice touch too. No idea what the devil with lopsided breasts is about though :P