Trade Persuasion by Mezzomatto

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made by Mezzomatto for LD25 (COMPO)
This is my first game ever (well, since Klik n Play). Some friends of mine got me started on the basics of Unity, Blender and JavaScript about 4 weeks ago and now here I am.

I used:
* Unity
* Blender
* Audacity
* Public Domain music from here: http://freepd.com/
* Caffeine

You've all been great.
Enjoy!

Ratings

Coolness 57% 3
Overall 3.26 219
Audio 2.54 326
Fun 3.22 186
Graphics 3.22 253
Humor 2.74 292
Innovation 2.43 567
Mood 2.88 315
Theme 2.94 476

Feedback

DustyStylus
17. Dec 2012 路 09:34 UTC
Haha, this is superb! Nice graphics, nice music, good gameplay and a wicked sense of humour. ;-D

(on a sidenote, for 4 weeks of Unity this is impressive!)
馃帳 Mezzomatto
17. Dec 2012 路 12:21 UTC
Thanks Dusty! I feel all warm and fuzzy now, though maybe that's just sleep deprivation. :P
youdonotexist
19. Dec 2012 路 06:03 UTC
This was great. I loved how you could see the nuclear strikes hitting the planet. Visually, this was very well done. I would like to have had an auto-fire feature (click+hold to repeat fire), but this may have just been because I was playing with a trackpad.
Cake&Code
19. Dec 2012 路 06:07 UTC
Hehe, this was rather fun if a bit click-frustrating (lots of frantic clicking!). I like the idea and the execution is really well done.

Some things I noticed though were that everything has very fixed spawn points so that it becomes a chore to deal with the enemies as they all feel repetitive. A bit more randomness and potentially progression (introduction of new enemy weapons or behaviors) would have been a breath of fresh air.

The end was surprising and awesome. I was expecting to just lose and have a results screen, but having the dude escape and then quantifying the score as a human-cash-value of destruction was epic. I mean I dealt $53,800,000,000 in damages! Take that human race xD
loren
19. Dec 2012 路 06:07 UTC
Really like the look and feel, nice particles!
rvmook
19. Dec 2012 路 06:07 UTC
Nice little game. At first I didn't really know what to do, but after a while I got the hang of it. I enjoyed playing it.
PixelMonkey
19. Dec 2012 路 06:09 UTC
Very fun!
bigbadwofl
19. Dec 2012 路 06:11 UTC
Well done on the entry. Quite fun to play. Also, congratulations on becoming an indie dev. We're glad to have you!
raincole
19. Dec 2012 路 06:11 UTC
The 3D graphic is great. I'm surprised by that you even made the escaping cutscene.
馃帳 Mezzomatto
19. Dec 2012 路 06:26 UTC
Shucks guys! Thanks so much for the comments. And special thanks to Cake&Code for the constructive criticism. I know exactly what you're saying with the repetitiveness, I ran out of emotional energy and just left the shield and carrier spawns in one place hoping that the game wasn't long enough for it to be bothersome. Means a lot to get such commentary from a stranger!
GameRespect
19. Dec 2012 路 06:53 UTC
A pretty fun game, though it will benefit form more enemies/weapons, but since this is LD, it's awesome already!
tim_u
19. Dec 2012 路 08:01 UTC
Impressive for such a short time with your tools. While playing, I was wondering about the shield and carrier spawns. It seemed like a tactics thing. You had to chose between defeating the carrier or getting the shields. So, fun game. I liked it even if my mouse is now mad at me for tapping it so much.
chrismwaite
19. Dec 2012 路 14:13 UTC
Nice game. The graphics are nice and like other I enjoyed the ending - much more engaging than your average gameover screen.
dek
19. Dec 2012 路 22:01 UTC
I enjoyed the pre-aiming you had to do. Made me feel badass at times for hitting three in a row. :)
Codexus
20. Dec 2012 路 21:22 UTC
Nice game!
(By the way public domain music is not allowed in the compo category)
馃帳 Mezzomatto
21. Dec 2012 路 01:50 UTC
Ah crap. Well what do I do now?
LoneStranger
21. Dec 2012 路 20:21 UTC
Frantic clicking was distracting, an auto-fire would remove that. I also had a huge urge to move the ship around with my left hand while firing with the right. My mind felt like I had to dodge the bullets coming my way. :)
LTyrosine
22. Dec 2012 路 16:24 UTC
Brilliant! Nice control over Unity, fun gameplay.
juaxix
24. Dec 2012 路 11:14 UTC
Super fun and spawn rates very well balanced, i have learned a lot with this one also!
Well done
fishbrain
25. Dec 2012 路 16:55 UTC
Very cool! I like this - fun and satisfying to play.
Winterblood
25. Dec 2012 路 23:44 UTC
Fun game especially with so little practice with the tools! Nice balance of mechanics.
lotusgame
29. Dec 2012 路 11:57 UTC
Nice particles effects :) Fun game. Too bad there is no upgrades stuff, i wish there is more, but in 48h the work done is awesome !