SpaceGeometry : The Arcade Version by metaldemon

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made by metaldemon for LD26 (COMPO)
Hi guys!

For the third time LudumDare48 has proven to be totally awesome!

This time round I have made a space Shmup. You play as a space marine in his spacecraft. He gets sucked into a wormhole and ends up in a totally different universe where geometric primitives run the place.
They appear to be evil so you grab your arrow keys and spacebar and start to shoot down these minimalistic shapes!


This game runs on both Windows and Linux (tested on windows 7 32 bit and linux mint 64 bit)


Anyways! I hope you all enjoy the game!

NOTE: On linux, this game requires Mono and OpenAL
Update: Windows 8 bugs should be fixed now. Thanks Antonijn and Udrian for making this possible!

Ratings

Coolness 39% 1564
Overall 3.45 283
Audio 4.09 13
Fun 3.77 56
Graphics 3.00 569
Humor 3.13 142
Innovation 2.23 1129
Mood 3.14 358
Theme 3.14 928

Feedback

PaidGEEK
29. Apr 2013 路 09:37 UTC
Pressing "Space" at the beginning doesn't work for me. But Highscore.POTATO made me laugh xD
馃帳 metaldemon
29. Apr 2013 路 14:29 UTC
@PaidGEEK Hmm, that is not supposed to happen, what OS are you running if I might ask? :)
roaet
29. Apr 2013 路 15:12 UTC
Man I love this music. I could listen to it for hours. Great game too.
PsenFilip
29. Apr 2013 路 19:12 UTC
I really dig the music and controls are just fine.

Sometimes the collision detection doesn't seem to response accordingly (especially on the Red enemy). The bullets happen to go pass through the enemy target.
Also, I missed a replay/retry/play again button at the end.
Taugeshtu
30. Apr 2013 路 08:22 UTC
This was really nice experience, though quite short :D
Szedouu
30. Apr 2013 路 09:48 UTC
Minimalistic, nice graphic , great music, fun to play!
manabreak
30. Apr 2013 路 09:52 UTC
Cannot "insert coins" by pressing space. Running on Windows 8 64-bit.
fullmontis
30. Apr 2013 路 09:53 UTC
Great job on the audio, really dig it!
Topaz
30. Apr 2013 路 10:16 UTC
That was amazing! I gave 5 stars in most categories, good job :)
antonijn
30. Apr 2013 路 14:58 UTC
The linux/mono build works great ;)

I like the mechanic where certain objects come from the side to prevent you from just pressing the spacebar. The music is great.

However, it's not reeeeaally minimalistic, so that's something that could have been better. Other than that, good idea, not too generic and nice gameplay.
Gas
30. Apr 2013 路 21:19 UTC
Sweet Game! Really nice concept and well executed! :D - Gas
metadept
30. Apr 2013 路 23:30 UTC
Nice little shooter! I liked your opening sequence, and the mechanics all seem pretty smooth and solid. I didn't feel like it fit the theme all that well, except in that the enemies are abstract geometry, but this is well put together. If only the score weren't measured in potatoes :( Good job, though!
Jellycakes
01. May 2013 路 00:53 UTC
Pretty nice shooter, really colorful and gets nicely fast paced near the second boss which makes it real fun to play. Good job!
hirsch
01. May 2013 路 14:06 UTC
The game doesnt work for me (Linux x86; mono, wine, ... installed)


Could not load signature of OpenTK.NativeWindow:get_Icon due to:
Could not load signature of OpenTK.INativeWindow:get_Icon due to:
Invalid type OpenTK.GameWindow for instance field LD26.MyGameWindow:<Instance>k__BackingField

Unhandled Exception: System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'LD26.MyGameWindow' from assembly 'MetalDemonLD26, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'.
[ERROR] FATAL UNHANDLED EXCEPTION: System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'LD26.MyGameWindow' from assembly 'MetalDemonLD26, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'.
PTSnoop
01. May 2013 路 18:16 UTC
Nicely done. It's good to see a vertical-shmup that's not a bullet-hell shmup.

Just one slight possibly-bug, where the left and bottom sides of the screen have walls to keep you in the game area, but the right and top don't. I was able to keep flying off the top of the screen indefinately. But still, there's a surprising amount of polish here for an LD game, with the intro sequence, the music, and the health and shield bars animatedly flying in. Good game!
Tainted_Code
01. May 2013 路 19:59 UTC
Ooooh, twas fun! Loved the music, and the ship movement was smooth too! :)
Uhfgood
01. May 2013 路 21:08 UTC
Not bad at all.
Typedeaf
02. May 2013 路 01:49 UTC
This was actually pretty funny. I really liked how the ship moved. Also the music was really great!
shawn42
06. May 2013 路 14:37 UTC
I really got into a groove while shooting stuff. I think the music is perfect for this game. Shooting felt very smooth and responsive, nice work.
amodo
06. May 2013 路 14:44 UTC
BWAHAHA Great. Honestly, seriously funny and seriously awesome music!
SuperlevelSebastian
07. May 2013 路 18:02 UTC
Sadly it seems that I can't run it, because it's no 32-bit version. :( (Win XP, 32-bit laptop here)
馃帳 metaldemon
07. May 2013 路 19:05 UTC
@SuperlevelSebastian I have a 32 bit system too. can you explain the problem?
rzfmzn
20. May 2013 路 11:53 UTC
Unable to run the game =O(
Saw the whole video, seems very nice =O)