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Friend Ships by introvertlol

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made by introvertlol for LD24 (JAM)
PLAY HERE www.boxhacker.com/lud24

See link for how-to-play!

- Kill ships

- You can make them angry

- Shoot asteroids to collect ore (makes you appear greedy to other ships)

- Go to a sun to re-fuel

The games AI did not work out so the above feature may or may not work out well...

Requires flash plugin + a hardware accelerated graphics device.

Things we would do differently next time:
x - Work longer
x - Not spend a day finding a new moniter...
x - Work on game essentials first then effects etc
x - lower the scope of the project

Made with:
x - FlashDevelop for the code using AS3
x - Flash CS3 for the GUI + GUI code
x - Photoshop CS3 for art
x - SFXR for some sound

Developed by:
James Wrightson, programmer, design and coffee addict www.boxhacker.com

Claire Knight, art, sound and gui
www.claireadele.com

Web http://boxhacker.com/lud24/index.html
Windows http://boxhacker.com/lud24/index.html
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-24/?action=preview&uid=16871

Feedback

馃帳 introvertlol
28. Aug 2012 路 01:58 UTC
The web link has not worked..

PLAY THE GAME ON THE WEB HERE
http://boxhacker.com/lud24/
Cake&Code
28. Aug 2012 路 16:08 UTC
While I was playing I felt like there was a lack of feedback, I had no idea if my bouncing projectiles I was shooting were having any effect at all, they reminded me of ineffectual nerf bullets. Maybe if the enemies/rocks glowed or sparked on impact it'd be more obvious that something was happening. Scratches, soot, whatever you need to add to make sure people understand that they are being affected. Even if I don't quite understand the connection to the theme, it was pretty fun!
Uberi
29. Aug 2012 路 22:59 UTC
As Cake&Code said, it became difficult to tell if my projectiles were actually doing anything to my targets since there was no response to successful hits. That said, this is a fun game and has more depth than the average top-down spaceship shooter.
nseward
30. Aug 2012 路 17:09 UTC
Very slick product. Good job. Nice music, graphics, and gameplay.
lurkingshadow
31. Aug 2012 路 11:07 UTC
to fix thee weblink add html in front of it, had some problem :D. I love the name and the physics in the game. Although i agree with Cake&Code about the feedback.
馃帳 introvertlol
01. Sep 2012 路 11:24 UTC
Thanks for the feedback people :)


I have changed my link to http://boxhacker.com/lud24/index.html yet it still
not showing up :(

I ran very low on time in the compo, mostly because I was working on a solid AI system which turned out far too flaky
so I had to settle with standard state machines :(

...was worth the risk though!
thewiseguy99
06. Sep 2012 路 23:53 UTC
Cool shooter game. Neat concept and graphics. Great start and something to build on for sure!