Watch What You Shoot by commanderstitch

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made by commanderstitch for LD35 (COMPO)
You are in a lab. wooooo! who knew?

your goal is to kill all the invaders into your lab.
this happens after a short time.
destroy them all to win, but be careful what you shoot,
some of the properties of the gun change you leaving you
with undesirable results.

Your Gun spawns under the sign that says GUN HERE.

if you find invaders that spawn in the water, you can shoot over the wall at them.

awsd controls. or arrow keys. mouse to shoot.

This game is pretty hard. I wonder how invaders you will destroy?

btw those last two pictures are just production crashes.

Known bugs:
walking up while next to the far left wall doesn't work.
The sounds might be weird all around and on ingame-restart.
the gun should work now on ingame-restart.

Ratings

Coolness 45% 1350
Overall 2.96 673
Audio 2.43 539
Fun 2.96 579
Graphics 2.54 714
Humor 2.95 205
Innovation 2.75 688
Mood 2.73 593
Theme 3.25 543

Feedback

馃帳 commanderstitch
18. Apr 2016 路 02:18 UTC
This is my current best score. http://screencast.com/t/zhEbZuM9Z1
Diman
18. Apr 2016 路 06:29 UTC
The gun doesn't work when I restart the level.
馃帳 commanderstitch
18. Apr 2016 路 13:20 UTC
I'll Check it when i get home tonight. :O
Faulkin
23. Apr 2016 路 14:38 UTC
An interesting concept, but I'd like to see a bit more gameplay around the shapeshifting concept. All it seems to do is slow you down, maybe throwing in some positive effects would make it a bit more interesting and tactical (e.g. if I turn into a big metal tank maybe I move slower but I can also squish the enemy units)
ruchirbapat
01. May 2016 路 23:33 UTC
good game
notime4games
04. May 2016 路 10:09 UTC
I like the idea.
I found it hard to aim and sometimes the bullet just instantly hit a wall I was standing next to.
The enemy design felt a bit flawed - it felt unfair that all enemies could shoot me from anywhere while I could not and the "fix" for this was to give the player a ton of health.
Still, good job! This is one of the more complex games I've played so far
adrian09_01
04. May 2016 路 13:25 UTC
Cool.
SIN Gaiiden2
04. May 2016 路 14:27 UTC
nice concept, keep up ;)
try our game
http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=90749
Telzidar
04. May 2016 路 16:08 UTC
Nice concept! There's a good tension between having to be careful what to shoot and dodging the onslaught of enemies and bullets at the same time.

That your character aims where he walks instead of where you point your mouse and thus drastically changes the spawn point for your own bullets makes precise shots very difficult. But that's the only real issue that I have with your game.

Otherwise, good job! The animations of the computers and tables are nice details, and I think I spotted a reflection in the water?
A-Flat Miner Studios
04. May 2016 路 18:02 UTC
Good concept. I agree with Faulklin that maybe having some positive effects to your shapechanging could make it more interesting. Only other issue I had was aiming was a bit tricky (combination of not necessarily predicting the right spawn spot of the bullet and I think the hitboxes were smaller than I expected). Other than those things, though, nice little game, particularly with only 48 hours into it.
Marc F.
04. May 2016 路 19:19 UTC
Not bad, needs some polishing but the concept is neat. Develop this a little further and it'll turn into a very fun game. Solid entry!
qikcik
05. May 2016 路 11:07 UTC
Nice :D
pixelpotions
05. May 2016 路 16:19 UTC
Really interesting concept, one of those entries I would like to hit somewhere on the road, further developed.
The shifting abbilities could influence a little more on the gameplay, but the game is really cool anyway!
Good job!
abcdef65g
08. May 2016 路 01:23 UTC
The game is pretty fun! It gets really wacky when lots of enemies spawn in the same room, but it's part of the charm. XD I also like the shapeshifting idea. The only thing that bothers me is how the gun seems to shoot to the right even when you are not facing right, and this happens all too often. Makes it almost impossible to face a bullet swarm when you can't hit anyone reliably, not even the stuff you can transform into!

My best score was only 36.