Minirena by Sh1rogane

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made by Sh1rogane for LD26 (COMPO)
Minirena - a minimalistic arena shooter
This is my entry for LD26

Enemies are the red, blue and magenta colors.
Weapon boxes are brown

Controls
Arrow keys: Movements/Aiming
Z: Jump
X: Shooting

Some info:
When the time reaches 5400 then a little somthing happens

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall 3.03 705
Audio 2.95 412
Fun 3.26 310
Graphics 2.46 999
Humor 2.38 457
Innovation 2.11 1204
Mood 2.59 852
Theme 3.66 428

Feedback

morbidbuilder407
29. Apr 2013 · 06:54 UTC
Took me a min to figure out controls.. Other than that good go at it..
mrspeaker
29. Apr 2013 · 09:36 UTC
Hey, on mac (java 7) I'm getting "IllegalArgumentException Width (0) and height (0) cannot be <= 0"
ella guro
29. Apr 2013 · 09:45 UTC
fun little game. here i was thinking i the blue guys would help me or heal me or something and then i died =(
HELLO23
29. Apr 2013 · 11:16 UTC
This game is really good, a shooter with minimalistic graphics. I liked the graphic. At the beginning I did not understand which color is an enemy and which is ammo. I think you should add that to the description.
acatcalledfrank
29. Apr 2013 · 11:40 UTC
Neat little game, it's good fun. I like the jumping/fading death animations, they're a nice touch.
Benjamin
29. Apr 2013 · 12:08 UTC
Good rythm and & Good difficulty curve. Player maybe 30+ games.
At 10 learn I can fire up ( take that blue flyers ! ).
At 20 lean I can fire down... Mmmh not so useful in late game buttons of funs at start for skill shot :D

5400 ? Seriously, I could hardly reach 2000-2500...
You should stop that counter on player death it would make the final score more readable. ( With a blinking and a little coin *Beep* ) Or at least show it on the gameover screen.

Tainting dead monster in white is genius, usually people tend to turn contrast down to make active game elements more visible, but white being plateform and hero color it somehow feel safe. Very intuitive.

I had no problems with ammo box, but considering the above comments maybe they would work better with grey ( like hero grey )

Great entry top fun mark !
dualtagh
29. Apr 2013 · 12:35 UTC
Pretty cool! very minimal :) in a good way
tonic
29. Apr 2013 · 12:58 UTC
Ok playability, naturally reminds of super crate box. :)
Harsay
29. Apr 2013 · 12:59 UTC
Simple and hard
anjack
29. Apr 2013 · 13:05 UTC
Fun minimalist shooter! Reminded me of the original Smash Brothers, but with guns!
Fadobo
29. Apr 2013 · 13:05 UTC
Good feel, challenging, fun and it's even with the minimalistic graphics it's easy to tell apart all the things. Well done!
unclechristmas
29. Apr 2013 · 18:34 UTC
Quite simply, fun!
Spanfile
29. Apr 2013 · 18:34 UTC
The pistol is overpowered when compared to other weapons with its infinite ammo and one hit kills.
badlydrawnrod
29. Apr 2013 · 18:37 UTC
The splash screen and the game are a bit out of sync. A blockier splash screen would have worked better. Rather reminiscent of Super Crate Box, but I liked the fact that you could aim your gun.
invaderJim
29. Apr 2013 · 18:37 UTC
Haha, 2000 is about my max. I really want to see the little thing at 5400!
sparkleswirl
29. Apr 2013 · 18:37 UTC
I really loved this! Lots of fun, great, simple graphics/mechanics and it gets very challenging fast. Nice job!
Michael Hall
29. Apr 2013 · 18:37 UTC
Nice rich sound effects. Also the game is really smooth and oddly fun for how simple it is.
HelkeGames
30. Apr 2013 · 09:40 UTC
Very minimal, nice game :D
fullmontis
30. Apr 2013 · 09:42 UTC
Minimalistic metal slug! I love it.
cahman
30. Apr 2013 · 09:48 UTC
WHAT!?!? All that only to find out 'there is no potato.' After a couple of plays, I fired up JoyToKey. I enjoyed the game much more with a game pad. Also, if you stand on the inner edge of one of the lower platforms and fire up, you're pretty much invincible until "a little something happens." But, overall, an EXCELLENT entry!
Kristofer Parsons
30. Apr 2013 · 14:57 UTC
I like it, very simplistic and minimalistic!
gmaker
30. Apr 2013 · 17:46 UTC
nice squares! =)
graytest
30. Apr 2013 · 18:20 UTC
Surprisingly fun! :)
lanz
30. Apr 2013 · 18:30 UTC
Cool and fas-pacing game! Played a lot of rounds. It simple, yet hard, with good music and colors.
Mesene
01. May 2013 · 11:02 UTC
Nice game! do a gameplay reaching 5400 please!
recursive frog
01. May 2013 · 11:05 UTC
Machine tells me that the Jar could not be launched (On mac OSX) unfortunately.
Alex Camilleri
01. May 2013 · 11:05 UTC
Very simple but quite enjoyable. Too bad the theme was implemented as "let's make a SCB-like game and remove the graphics"
infernet89
01. May 2013 · 11:07 UTC
Really loved the flamethrower animation, unfortunately, I didn't manage to reach the 5400 mark, too hard for me!
🎤 Sh1rogane
01. May 2013 · 13:32 UTC
@infernet89 Fun fact: The flamethrower was supposed to be a machine gun but due to a bug, i made it into a flamethrower, I thought it was more interesting than a machine gun ^^
Canobie
02. May 2013 · 02:10 UTC
Very neat!
PhaZ90771
02. May 2013 · 03:23 UTC
It reminds my of the original Mario Bros. What was your workflow like. For instance, how much time did you spend on QA and balancing?
🎤 Sh1rogane
02. May 2013 · 05:30 UTC
@PhaZ90771 QA in LD? I think i spent about 1 hour in total, i know it is very unbalanced, sometime around 2000 is it very hard and around 3000 very easy, and the weapons, i don't know :P
GranaDa
03. May 2013 · 17:33 UTC
Good game. The blue guys are hard to avoid when crowded with red guys. Nice entry!
Rafael Sales
03. May 2013 · 20:20 UTC
Cool game. Extremely minimalist. Congratz!
PabloAlexandre31
04. May 2013 · 01:55 UTC
Simple, fun and hard. I liked :)
Jellycakes
04. May 2013 · 15:48 UTC
Pretty decent shooter. Needed to tell myself to stop playing. Really addictive and so simple. Nice one!
rujo
06. May 2013 · 15:13 UTC
nice and playable. maybe graphics could have been less minimal but hey.. that was the theme.. :)
dector
08. May 2013 · 09:43 UTC
Hey, nice entry. Can't win it yet, but I'll replay this game more and more. I liked it. :)
lightnarcissus
12. May 2013 · 04:36 UTC
Stays true to the theme and a decently fun game. Could have used a little bit of freshness but hey I'm not complaining.