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X-Moon by leafo

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made by leafo for LD25 (COMPO)
Humans have been colonizing planets. It's time to stop them!

Take to your tank and destroy colonists to collect energy pods to charge a massive bomb. Detonate the bomb when it's fully charged to destroy the planet. Watch out, those pesky colonists are armed with some pretty advanced tech!

Controls:
W A S D - Move
Mouse - Aim and Shoot
E - Detonate bomb when it's charged

Press Enter to advance through screens. Press F1 to disable shaders during game. F3 to toggle fps during game.

Written in MoonScript, running on Love2d.
Music made in Renoise
Art made in GIMP

Windows http://leafo.net/dump/xmoon-win32.zip
LOVE http://leafo.net/dump/xmoon.love
Source https://github.com/leafo/ludum-dare-25
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-25/?action=preview&uid=4321

Ratings

Coolness 94% 2
Overall 3.98 19
Audio 3.82 13
Fun 3.92 15
Graphics 4.43 9
Humor 2.30 434
Innovation 3.50 114
Mood 3.85 24
Theme 2.92 490

Feedback

arkeus
17. Dec 2012 · 03:49 UTC
I love how smooth it is and the 3d effect. I find using the tractor beam frustrating, but outside of that it's really fun.
adnzzzzZ
17. Dec 2012 · 06:32 UTC
This looks and feels really good to play. Pretty awesome!
SelectricSimian
17. Dec 2012 · 07:00 UTC
Wow! That's the most amazing use of Love2D shaders I've ever seen. I'm going to have to look into GLSL...
Sos
17. Dec 2012 · 07:19 UTC
Amazing! Great job, man!
Also, does it work with anaglyph glasses?
jmk
17. Dec 2012 · 07:19 UTC
Very nicely done. I really like the high level of polish. Plus, it's super fun (and HARD)! :)
vrav
17. Dec 2012 · 07:23 UTC
Super rad. Enjoyed, but didn't beat (got to level 2). Nice presentation, all the effects are cool. I think I liked the shooting-up-and-exploding effects best.
hints
17. Dec 2012 · 07:46 UTC
Absolutely stunning. Shocked what you managed to do with LOVE.

The game gets brutal so fast, and it is super fun even when losing. It's much easier when you turn shaders off though.
Ashkin
17. Dec 2012 · 08:07 UTC
Great graphics- how did you even achieve that planetlike effect? I love it.
Sheep
17. Dec 2012 · 08:23 UTC
The 3D effect is really nice. But the tractor beam doesn't seem to work as it should? I notice the rocks/stone things to get pushed further away instead of closer to me. Kinda annoying. But good job!
Robotic
17. Dec 2012 · 08:32 UTC
Very fun and dynamic, I'm a fan of the RGB effect
headchant
17. Dec 2012 · 09:17 UTC
Very good graphics! I liked the fake sphere thing. One of the best ones I have seen so far.
TomK32
17. Dec 2012 · 10:29 UTC
Crap, I don't have any 3D glasses to fully appreciate your game, and appreciate it I must.
Corné Dorrestijn
17. Dec 2012 · 14:52 UTC
Very nice game, and very hard, I like that, and the filters are awesome :)
Xaychru04
17. Dec 2012 · 17:13 UTC
Wow, that's an amazing game, I love the graphics and the 3D effect, very nice :)
sclark39
18. Dec 2012 · 05:14 UTC
Nice work, I bet this wasn't your first rodeo. ;)
The sphere shader thing is pretty awesome. I couldn't figure out how to pick up the powerups, but it was still a lot of fun. Good graphics + audio.
Frozen Fractal
18. Dec 2012 · 18:35 UTC
Wow, very smooth gameplay. It feels really physical the way the enemies get pushed back by your bullets. It looks great too, with the wacko red/green 3D effect, even though I couldn't find my anaglyph glasses. Too bad there's no sound :(
angrygeometry
18. Dec 2012 · 23:54 UTC
leafo you've outdone yourself. this was awesome. looks fantastic.
LTyrosine
19. Dec 2012 · 01:41 UTC
Amazing for 48hours of work. Well done.
h.attila
19. Dec 2012 · 01:48 UTC
Nice work, great presentation (graphics and audio), but I found the game way too hard.
BlackBulletIV
19. Dec 2012 · 21:08 UTC
Wow, this is amazing. Best LD game I've played so far by a long shot. I found to be far too hard though; couldn't make it past level one. There was also some occasional artefacts flickering; a bunch of vertical white lines.
Puzzlem00n
20. Dec 2012 · 02:42 UTC
I can't make it past the second level, but it's so fun, I'm considering trying to play it again tomorrow. A brilliant example of what Love2D can do. The break-down:

+Fun, addicting gameplay
+Great visuals
-Tractor beams work strangely sometimes
-A bit difficult, but that's only a minus for some people.
GeorgeBroussard
20. Dec 2012 · 11:35 UTC
Graphics and audio are great. Core mechanics are fun and exciting. Is there any way to heal your tank? Sometimes the orbits of the energy pods was odd and too big to hit the pad and seems like I lost them. Loved the fake sphere.
mokujin
22. Dec 2012 · 18:19 UTC
Cool effects!
deathray
27. Dec 2012 · 05:08 UTC
Smooth, nice to play, and very complete gameplay. The non-shader game (F1) is much easier to play and should be the default IMO.
naufr4g0
27. Dec 2012 · 19:41 UTC
I love graphics and 3D effect. The game is very hard but fun to play. I beat the first level, but not the 2nd. Anyway I'll play it again later. :)
Neonlare
06. Jan 2013 · 09:22 UTC
Smooth to play and pretty damn nice looking! Good job :D.
Xeke_Death
06. Jan 2013 · 09:35 UTC
Pity the world wasn't completely spherical, but other than that, I liked the gameplay and the music.
pereubu
06. Jan 2013 · 10:36 UTC
Damn hard, damn good looking, damn fun, and ogosh i hated you during all the 48h because of all the beautiful screens you putted there D:
PIXEL^3
06. Jan 2013 · 11:45 UTC
Awesome music, cool shaders, nice gameplay, I'd say this is by far the best LD25 game I've seen so far, and it's a löve2D game(love the framework)
bwdevel
06. Jan 2013 · 17:42 UTC
I LOVE this game. Great concept, great use of LOVE2D.

The only improvement I would have made would have been to be able to sit on the detonation pad and have accumulated energy slowly drained in return for health, at a very inefficient rate of course.
cardboard
06. Jan 2013 · 20:55 UTC
Very hard and very fun! It also looks amazing.
schnerble
07. Jan 2013 · 13:57 UTC
Great game! It's probably my favourite of the 60-something I've played in LD25. Sound is excellent, graphics work well, and it's fun to play :) It did take me a bit to realise what I was supposed to be doing to collect the energy, but then maybe I'm just slow... :) Nice one!
jfroco
07. Jan 2013 · 14:12 UTC
Gfx/Music/Sfx... everything is great!!!! Best use of Love2D shaders capabilities I've seen. The game is a little too hard. But overall a terrific entry. Congrats.
Cryovat
07. Jan 2013 · 20:47 UTC
I really loved the planet effect, impressed that you were able to pull that off in Love2D. :-)

I liked the tractor beam mechanic, although it kept making me die. Overall, it feels very complete and polished, great work!
zenmumbler
07. Jan 2013 · 20:56 UTC
Interesting and disorienting spherical effect. Hard to play. Will have to try again and not die.