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Aximilator by VonZippenstein

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made by VonZippenstein for LD25 (JAM)
Story:
The Aximilator has crossed between dimensions into a parallel universe full of peace loving light ships. Someone needs to wipe that smug look off their triangles. Launch your targeting bomb bots and destroy these lazy good for nothings.

Development:
Had a nice relaxed jam. Planned on more features, as you'll see in the options. Spent the first 40 hours making nothing but the interface. Then another good chuck of time into nothing but the particle effects. Objectives, gameplay, and enemy types need more attention. Next time.

Hope you like it and thanks for playing!

Windows http://vonzippenstein.com/ludumdare/aximilator/windows/Aximilator.exe
Web http://vonzippenstein.com/ludumdare/aximilator/
Source http://vonzippenstein.com/ludumdare/aximilator/aximilator_source.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-25/?action=preview&uid=7436

Ratings

Coolness 53% 3
Overall(Jam) 2.79 218
Audio(Jam) 2.87 152
Fun(Jam) 2.70 189
Graphics(Jam) 3.85 72
Humor(Jam) 1.64 291
Innovation(Jam) 2.07 296
Mood(Jam) 3.05 118
Theme(Jam) 2.19 301

Feedback

GeorgeBroussard
18. Dec 2012 · 04:51 UTC
Loved the vector graphics style and it's all slick, but like you said above - the gameplay needs more work. I wasn't real sure what was going on other than shooting bombs and letting them hit ships. Super hard to avoid running into things but it didn't seem to matter. The core here is strong, you just need the meat of things like player damage and win goals and all that stuff. Good base to continue from and come up with a solid set of rules.
theRestlessTaxidermists
18. Dec 2012 · 07:36 UTC
Cool graphics! Simple but effective. Got quite quickly bored with the game itself though. Well, I think GeorgeBroussard spoke for all of us. :)
dremelofdeath
18. Dec 2012 · 07:52 UTC
great game; the implementation of the theme is very settle, but once you notice it, the game takes on a whole 'nother light; very interesting
Monxcleyr Productions
18. Dec 2012 · 07:56 UTC
I wish when you came near the end of the map, the transition to wrapping around was smooth, would have given a real space travel feel.
Jiggawatt
18. Dec 2012 · 10:24 UTC
I can't believe I actually had to install a game in 2012.

And it didn't even work. The cursor just blinks at the main menu and none of the options respond.
sanderman
18. Dec 2012 · 10:36 UTC
I really like the art style and the particles. It reminds me of Asteroids somehow, only these shoot back.

As others have pointed out, the gameplay gets old fast without extra mechanics like pickups and powerups. I also wasn't really sure if I was supposed to avoid or ram other ships on collision course.

With expanded rules, this could be great. Kind of a shame that you spent so much time on the interface when it's only 1% of the experience.
🎤 VonZippenstein
18. Dec 2012 · 11:41 UTC
Jiggawatt you don't use the mouse. I made the mouse cursor disappear so people wouldn't use it, but then I was afraid they wouldn't be able to see it when they needed it, mainly for browsers, so I made it visible when moved. You gotta use the arrow keys and enter. About the installer, last time I gave someone an exe without an installer from GM studio this happened: http://vonzippenstein.com/imagelinks/gmstudioexe.png
Bensonance
18. Dec 2012 · 12:00 UTC
Great visuals and decent gameplay. However, its relation to the theme is weak or at least needs more explanation.
Jiggawatt
18. Dec 2012 · 15:08 UTC
Ah, okay. Now I got to try it out.

It might be Just Another Shooter(tm), but hell if it isn't polished. An entry that does only one thing but it does it flawlessly.

So, while I appreciate the effort in the execution, its problems are design-related. I couldn't tell what LD this was from if I didn't know.
Doddler
18. Dec 2012 · 16:54 UTC
The vector art is really awesome, I do like it a lot. It seems a little odd that you can progress just by ramming their ships, but it is a neat core idea.
mcc
19. Dec 2012 · 04:18 UTC
pretty neat little asteroids-type game. i liked the look too. i agree with others that it got boring quickly, though - it would've been nice to see more mechanics introduced.
Floko
19. Dec 2012 · 04:31 UTC
pretty nice gameplay and vector art,but the theme was impossible to perceive unless you read the description in the page =/

nice game,tough
AyCe
20. Dec 2012 · 00:01 UTC
The big + were definitely the graphics. I might have played it completely wrong, but it got boring after some time to fire seeking missiles into loads of enemy ships while your own ship is close to undestroyable (and that's good, since the amount of enemies is so high, strategy is pretty much useless here. But yeah, I definitely liked the graphics. Oh, and are you connected to Tunngle in any way? (cause of your avatar) ^^
🎤 VonZippenstein
20. Dec 2012 · 04:01 UTC
Thanks for the feedback everyone. Haven't heard one thing I disagree with. Next challenge I'll try to do some better gameplay and design planning.

@AyCe, avatar is from faceyourmanga.com
fishbrain
26. Dec 2012 · 18:13 UTC
Very cool asteroids-ish style - fluent and fun! Just need more to do.
CireNeikual
29. Dec 2012 · 04:13 UTC
Very polished looking, but as previously mentioned, the gameplay is quite repetitive. I really like the star field effect!