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Captain Blowhole by EatYourBeef_Doug

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made by EatYourBeef_Doug for LD26 (JAM)
We ended up getting about 90% complete, but there's definitely a functional game there.

Smash the asteroids to release the asteroid's souls, collect 15 souls to open the warp to advance to the next level.

All the asteroids are located close to the warp point so you can always find them by following blue radar pointer near your player (souls are also located with the white radar pointer).

tl;dr
1: Smash Asteroids
2: Grab 15 souls ( white radar)
3: Enter Warp (blue radar)

Controls:
1,2,3,4,5: different weapons (the 5th gun is a bit of a joke, we know its overpowered.)
W,A,S,D or Up,Down,Left,Right: For character movement
Mouse: aim and left mouse for fire

Credits:
Lucien Alberto De Vivo: 3D modelling and animation.
Douglas Allen: Programmer, Some Art.
Will Marsh: Music and sfx

Web https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/60337696/SubmissionBuild/SubmissionBuild.html
Source https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/60337696/src.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=22360

Ratings

Coolness 40% 1535
Overall(Jam) 3.22 244
Audio(Jam) 3.10 206
Fun(Jam) 3.13 185
Graphics(Jam) 3.87 98
Humor(Jam) 2.76 137
Innovation(Jam) 2.90 292
Mood(Jam) 3.04 251
Theme(Jam) 2.40 506

Feedback

Aevek
29. Apr 2013 路 22:32 UTC
Great game for 48 hours. Would love to see where this was all going. Loving the 3d/2d thing and moving about in space.
theomnis
29. Apr 2013 路 22:37 UTC
Very neat, but of course I'm all about anything with destructible terrain.
馃帳 EatYourBeef_Doug
29. Apr 2013 路 22:41 UTC
Thanks for the comments guys, I feel I should point out this was a jam entry, so it was 3 days.
Richard Matey
30. Apr 2013 路 00:24 UTC
Fantastic Work, one of my favorites games so far.
ataxkt
30. Apr 2013 路 00:25 UTC
Theres potential here! I'd love to see where it ends up! Looks really cool.
evilseanbot
30. Apr 2013 路 00:42 UTC
Very fun to just float around.
sittaman
30. Apr 2013 路 01:15 UTC
Incredible planet destructions!
Foxtacy
30. Apr 2013 路 01:40 UTC
ugh... kinda hard to see the blue souls.

Aside from that it's pretty cool :D
multitude
30. Apr 2013 路 01:43 UTC
The game is nice and fun to play. i didn麓t find any souls though. you should add a background that let麓s me feel the relative motion and the bullets should come from the weapon (set spawn point to end of weapon). but all in all a fun little game.
jwolf
30. Apr 2013 路 01:53 UTC
Pretty cool! The graphics are nice -- I like the deformable terrain and the fact that the bullets are affected by gravity. I found that it was a bit difficult determining which direction the character was moving in, at first (skimmed through the controls/instructions a bit too quickly).
Zathalos
30. Apr 2013 路 02:01 UTC
The deformable asteroids was kind of cool but I died too fast to the enemies to explore much. Overall, good effort.
pjchardt
30. Apr 2013 路 02:07 UTC
Graphics and visual presentation are fantastic. The controls felt a but sluggish though and I found myself disoriented quite frequently, More feedback for player direction and input direction might help. Certainly a great start for larger game though.
tacograveyard
30. Apr 2013 路 02:10 UTC
Very cool! I like the art style and feel. Got lost a bit trying to find souls at first and floated into nothingness a few times but once I found my first souls I was in it to the finish. Well done!
BlennosoftGames
30. Apr 2013 路 02:14 UTC
Really cool idea! And the destructible planets are a nice treat :)
Boi煤na
30. Apr 2013 路 02:16 UTC
Fantastic! The graphics and sound of the game are amazing. Good job.
Mystify
30. Apr 2013 路 02:17 UTC
the last gun is massively OP.
CataclysmicKnight
30. Apr 2013 路 02:19 UTC
Okay, I can't believe no one has mentioned it yet, but... The Terry Crews weapon?? SO AWESOME!!! LOL way to use that!
neight
30. Apr 2013 路 02:37 UTC
Beautiful game. Would have liked some sound effects.
ilovepixel
30. Apr 2013 路 03:15 UTC
Nice idea, it would be awesome if you developed it more in the future. Fun to destroy everything.
MartianWatts
30. Apr 2013 路 03:18 UTC
It's great! Good idea
VictorGrunn
30. Apr 2013 路 03:18 UTC
A great game for 48 hours. It immediately made me think of it as a game made by the Soviets, as if they still existed - a la the Archer universe.
captainkraft
30. Apr 2013 路 03:23 UTC
Cool concept and I like the art.

A couple recommendations: fire the projectiles from the shotgun and don't keep pieces of the asteroid connected when they are broken off.

Overall, not too bad. Thanks for making the game
bowlercaptain
30. Apr 2013 路 03:51 UTC
Good prototype. I would guess that the intention is to limit use of the guns eventually - Using the Terry Crews was basically an instant win. The graphics were good and the mechanics were well behaved, although it was difficult to tell what defined an asteroid as "smashed". The subtle asteroid gravity was a pleasant surprise as well.
donan
30. Apr 2013 路 07:14 UTC
Really cool :D
Graphics and effects are quite nice. Reminds me Scorched Earth and worms :)
luch174
30. Apr 2013 路 07:31 UTC
Our most productive day was on Saturday, Doug had created all the basic gameplay and I had the main character down modeled, textured and rigged! Shame we didn't get more time to work on it on the Monday. Glad you all enjoyed it, was my first ever Ludum Dare... which was good fun!
matthias_zarzecki
30. Apr 2013 路 07:46 UTC
Interesting shooter! Nice work on the asteroids, it feels a lot like the engine in worms.
shaneshanekavanagh
30. Apr 2013 路 08:03 UTC
Pity there was now sound for the terrain destruction, but is there any sound in space? Great work, I'd love to have a look at the source, some very interesting things going on there.
PiotGuy
30. Apr 2013 路 08:40 UTC
Good game, wanna see a two player mode, I assume it would be awesome !
Beardbotnik
30. Apr 2013 路 08:50 UTC
The art and the use of gravity are fantastic. The music also sets an interesting mood, though I'm not sure how well that meshes with the visuals of the game. Think some SFX might add a little bit but since the game is in space it seems it makes sense. Simple yet enjoyable overall though.
kidevil
30. Apr 2013 路 08:52 UTC
Loved the little fat dude spinning around kicking his feet:) and the Terry Crews gun was fun. Great music too!
Linus Lindberg
30. Apr 2013 路 09:28 UTC
Love the graphics! :D
GeorgeBroussard
30. Apr 2013 路 09:33 UTC
Blowing stuff up was cool. Needs more polish to be a fun game, but I would keep working on it.
AestheticGamer
30. Apr 2013 路 10:04 UTC
It was fun drilling through planets, and it looked nice. However, I think the fifth weapon was overly OP and broke the balance of the game a lot, and this felt like a score-based game missing a score. I feel if it was expanded upon and added with more depth, it could be a lot of fun, and struck me as something that might be fun on phone devices.
delanghe
30. Apr 2013 路 12:17 UTC
Not bad,not good!
kbm0
30. Apr 2013 路 12:21 UTC
Pretty sweet, although there are some rough edges, this is a good result. I liked the fact that there is an orbit around the asteroids.
anatolat
30. Apr 2013 路 14:16 UTC
Nice game, although I didn't find where additional guns were hidden.
JustinMullin
30. Apr 2013 路 14:25 UTC
No speakers so I can't rate audio (sorry) but overall a blast (pun intended) Graphics are nice, game play is fun. Weapons are varied, but each is fun in it's own way (preferred the big gun) Nice entry!
Kalakian
30. Apr 2013 路 14:32 UTC
Good idea, but fairly clunky implementation (to be expected in a jam though). The 5th gun was totally OP and slowed the game down too much. Also fairly easy to click out of the window and start spamming the address bar with key-presses.

Has potential, and could be quite good if you're doing more on it post-jam
peacefulshade
30. Apr 2013 路 15:01 UTC
Good game, cool object destruction.
Geoege
30. Apr 2013 路 17:41 UTC
Movement flood is so cool.
Really love that #5 weapon. ahah
mrexcessive
30. Apr 2013 路 19:03 UTC
Awesome guns... amazing work for 48h. Most excellent. Bookmarked for later.
Grouflon
30. Apr 2013 路 19:56 UTC
Graphics are great, the overall realisation is great (I love the 2.5D) . The game is pretty difficult to control, but this isn't a shame. I had a very good time with it!
ddionisio
30. Apr 2013 路 21:21 UTC
Ah the sixtuple-barreled shotgun, a minimalist's weapon of choice!

Mad props for the way you guys implemented blasting away at the asteroid chunks. Really cool!

Would be even more awesome if the sixtuple-shotgun has a sound, I'm curious as to what it would sound like. Also would add to the gameplay if it has a kickback. I'd imagine firing this sort of shotgun would add quite a force!
runonthespot
30. Apr 2013 路 21:42 UTC
the destructibility of the stuff is really quite impressive!
Prelucid
30. Apr 2013 路 22:02 UTC
Really cool game. I like the whole atmosphere too.
spliter
30. Apr 2013 路 22:22 UTC
Definitely one of the better games I've played on this compo, and I love the subtle touch of having bullets also attracted by gravity and changing paths :]
jerombd
02. May 2013 路 12:16 UTC
The 3D is neat!
Alucard J
02. May 2013 路 22:18 UTC
I think everything has been said, perhaps the sould could be a little animated. Great use of gravity. Maybe consider the planets actually breaking and drifting apart when drilled into 2 halves (though I know this is hard without changing the current planet destruction technique). Well Done =]
joe40001
20. May 2013 路 02:46 UTC
Great name for the best weapon.