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Earth Destroyer by shatterhand

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made by shatterhand for LD25 (COMPO)
You are an alien force invading Earth with only one objective: Destroy everyhing on the planet.

The Earthlings won't give up easily, and will throw everything they have against you to defend planet Earth!

Control your UFO with Arrows, shoot with WASD keys .

Destroy all the buildings to go to the next level. When time runs out, its game over.

Go back to your mothership to recharge your energy.

Press F to turn on/off SFX, press M to turn on/off Music (It only works in-game)

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Coding, Graphics, Music, SFX and Design made by Rafael Lima (AKA Shatterhand)

Game made with GameMaker Studio (Source included)
Music and SFX made with EJAY, BFXR and Audacity
Graphics made with GameMaker built-in Graphics Editor, GIMP and Paint.


I had thought about adding a bonus round where you had to capture goats, but couldn't come up with a good gameplay idea for it. I kinda liked the Bonus Round that it's in the game anyway :)

Windows http://shatterhand.beatthegame.net/Earth_Destroyer.zip
Source http://shatterhand.beatthegame.net/Earth_Destroyer.gmx.rar
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-25/?action=preview&uid=14551

Ratings

Coolness 61% 3
Overall 3.29 200
Audio 3.10 144
Fun 3.42 108
Graphics 2.81 415
Humor 2.04 541
Innovation 2.55 508
Mood 2.79 350
Theme 3.35 300

Feedback

fakeshadows
17. Dec 2012 路 04:07 UTC
Really good fun and well put together, kudos!
Jiggawatt
17. Dec 2012 路 04:42 UTC
It would have more longevity if the destruction wasn't so obviously constrained to a grid. I'd love to destroy the houses with some kind of beam that carves out pixels.

Oh, and the music fits this perfectly.
Rex Peppers
17. Dec 2012 路 04:46 UTC
Can't play windows games. Too bad cause this looks fun.
馃帳 shatterhand
17. Dec 2012 路 04:50 UTC
Rex Peppers, I'll be able to port this to HTML5 in the future, but I don't think it will be in the next 2 weeks :(

If I do, I'll let you know, I'll leave a message in your own game page if you wish so :)
Skyshifter
17. Dec 2012 路 05:11 UTC
Very fun but what does the bonus level do?
馃帳 shatterhand
17. Dec 2012 路 05:16 UTC
Just shoot the "mines" quickly enough before they hit you. They get faster as you progress in the level, and if you manage to destroy them all, you get a 5000 bonus points added to your score.

You can only shot once, and will only be able to shoot again if your shot actually hits a mine. If you miss a shot, you're dead :)
Skyshifter
17. Dec 2012 路 05:46 UTC
Tnx but i keep missing =__=
I use Famitracker for the audio of my game, really hard to use until you get the hang of it
Edocentrique
17. Dec 2012 路 15:39 UTC
Old style !
lando walters
17. Dec 2012 路 17:23 UTC
I enjoyed it, but I would have liked a little more dynamic movement using the GM:S physics engine. The audio was also quite good. I wish that the gameplay was a little more varied though, because it did get a little boring after you played through a few levels. overall, solid entry.
馃帳 shatterhand
17. Dec 2012 路 20:44 UTC
I haven't even tried the GM:S Physics engine yet. I am using GM:S like it is GM8 :D
Nik
17. Dec 2012 路 22:32 UTC
Nice one, worked very well and went with the theme nicely too.
bushmango
19. Dec 2012 路 06:05 UTC
Cool! Wish it was a bit more like Rampage where you just destroyed a building x% and it fell down from structural damage.
csanyk
20. Dec 2012 路 02:16 UTC
Solid gameplay. Controls could use a little smoothing/loosening up to give it a more UFO-y feel.
馃帳 shatterhand
20. Dec 2012 路 12:46 UTC
I dunno, I think when you have to control something that's being shot at constantly, the player will prefer to have precise controls.

Usually no one likes shmups with inertia, and that's for a reason.
NiceAlexanderAS
24. Dec 2012 路 15:28 UTC
Great job on the game, i like the idea!!!! :D VERY FUN TOO! :D
ceronman
28. Dec 2012 路 15:37 UTC
I had fun playing this. It's a great game and completely finished. I liked it.
Freakill
02. Jan 2013 路 09:30 UTC
Cool entry! I really liked the music, addictive and the gameplay is good, but maybe a little bit hard learning curve :P From stage 3 it gets much more difficult to reach the lower part given the amount of tanks! I liked it a lot, office hours killer! :P
Neonlare
03. Jan 2013 路 00:48 UTC
Pretty fun and simple, reminds me of some of the older arcade games like Defender.
chocobyte
03. Jan 2013 路 17:36 UTC
Great game!
Cambrian_Man
07. Jan 2013 路 05:24 UTC
Fun and simple arcade action. I like it.