Kamikaze Planet by Monomer

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made by Monomer for LD23 (COMPO)
Hello folks! My name is Monomer, and here's my compo game!

Created using Flash Develop and Flixel, as well as Flixel Power Tools!

Music was done in Reaper primarily with Plogue Chipsounds and a little bit of Kontakt and Battery.

Sprite work was done in Paint.net.

SUMMARY:

Great scott! A vast race of vehement tiny aliens is attacking your beloved city, and their using their own tiny planet as a weapon! Enter your Gargantuan Defense Robot (patent pending) and try and shoot that planet back up into space; don't forget about their tiny alien ships, though, and be wary of your robot's heat levels!

CONTROLS:

A and D to move

Space to fire (builds up heat)

Shift to dash (builds up more heat)

If your heat gets too high you won't be able to fire until you cool down!

Thanks for playing!
-Monomer

Ratings

Coolness 41% 748
Overall 3.53 131
Audio 4.11 9
Fun 3.58 69
Graphics 3.83 101
Humor 2.20 437
Innovation 2.69 538
Mood 3.18 167
Theme 2.69 593

Feedback

SidetrackGames
23. Apr 2012 路 04:55 UTC
Awesome, i like the retro feel!
matt
23. Apr 2012 路 05:16 UTC
Awesome job. Great music, graphics, atmosphere, everything.
RandomOutput
23. Apr 2012 路 05:30 UTC
148 seconds! There's a lot of great things happening here. Lots to pay attention to and keep in check. My one gripe is that I wish it was more obvious when I was overheated and when I had cooled off.
馃帳 Monomer
23. Apr 2012 路 05:39 UTC
Thanks for the feedback so far, folks! @RandomOutput I definitely hear you on that one; I was hoping to get some more obvious visual cues in there but kept running into time-consuming bugs, and thus left it as is for the compo. Definitely noted, though, if I decide to polish this up more in the future. =)
cirolve
23. Apr 2012 路 06:26 UTC
woo, fast paced game, seemed like it got too difficult too fast :/ still though, really fun, and the graphics were impressive. good job :D
Daniel
23. Apr 2012 路 06:29 UTC
Cool sound track!
馃帳 Monomer
23. Apr 2012 路 07:08 UTC
Thanks dudes! For those of you who dug the music, I have more such music @ monomer.bandcamp.com

Thanks for playing the game, feedback is definitely appreciated!
aaronsnoswell
23. Apr 2012 路 07:21 UTC
Nice! I like how the big red ?thing? (planet?) blocks the path of fire. Good twist on an old genere. Not sure about the theme here though. Would have beeng great to see some little civillians running around your feet getting killed :P
aaronsnoswell
23. Apr 2012 路 07:22 UTC
Also, what do you mean I can't use the arrow keys! Not everyone is left handed :P
Daniel
23. Apr 2012 路 07:23 UTC
Very well done! Difficulty, sound, graphics, and gameplay all feel oldschool. What a brave little dancing fighter robot :D
vigrid
23. Apr 2012 路 20:15 UTC
I love the atmosphere in this game - reminds me of the good old times when the neighborhood had just one guy with a Nintendo clone. Well done!
馃帳 Monomer
23. Apr 2012 路 20:38 UTC
If anyone here likes the chippy tunes, the music from this is now a free download on my bandcamp page (monomer.bandcamp.com)
HeyChinaski
23. Apr 2012 路 22:08 UTC
Looks great and the sound is cool too. A nice mechanic although I felt like it gets difficult to quickly. Perhaps I'm just playing badly though!
MadGnomeGamer
23. Apr 2012 路 22:49 UTC
Nice game! LOL about left-handed controls--finally RIGHT-handed people are getting their comeuppance!

The graphics were impressive, and your take on the theme was quite original.

(Not nearly as many platform games as I expected in this LD so far!)

I also liked the sound effects.
azurenimbus
24. Apr 2012 路 01:21 UTC
So cool! The feel reminds me a lot of Ziggurat on iOS, though the gameplay is completely different.
ilikescifi
24. Apr 2012 路 15:19 UTC
Wohoo! Extreeemly retro! Love it!
Sodaware
24. Apr 2012 路 17:11 UTC
Maybe a running score would have been nice, but I really enjoyed playing it. Looks and feels great, and it gets really frantic when you have to start juggling shooting enemies, stopping the planet and not overheating.
YSelf Tool
24. Apr 2012 路 20:36 UTC
Oh, retro ftw!
Oreganik
25. Apr 2012 路 15:42 UTC
I loved how the broken glass stopped movement. That led to some pretty intense situations, where I was blasting through my own buildings TO SAVE MY WORLD. =D
Oreganik
25. Apr 2012 路 15:47 UTC
Ack, sorry, cross posted! what I MEANT to say was: this has the best music I've heard so far, and a solid progression scheme. And the subtle particle effect when losing population is lovely.
blob
26. Apr 2012 路 17:18 UTC
One of the best soundtrack of this LD ! Will take a look at your bandcamp.
The missile defense game with a giant robot is pretty cool. The game got a bit hard too fast, I wanted to see more progression and more ennemies. I love these kind of games and always felt its been underdone. I did a missile defense kind of game a long time ago with rebuilding mechanics and boss battles ( and it was shitty because i was 14) but I feel there's still potential to make awesome modern games out of this style of stuff.
orgarus
26. Apr 2012 路 18:19 UTC
When I read things like Kamikaze Planet I got to play!
With no doubt: I LIKE THE MUSIC of this entry!
The game is a goodlooking old school one, a bit repetitive though. For sure this game wins on playability if you add powerups that increase the gun power.
Oh! And the idea of the planet approaching to the earth (I suppose that is the earth :P) is awesome.
Cheers!
Ben
27. Apr 2012 路 01:05 UTC
Great game, I had a lot of fun. Challenging, got really hard really fast. Very fun though, good job!
jwolf
29. Apr 2012 路 05:30 UTC
This is a really well-polished shooter. Well done!
chinchang
04. May 2012 路 19:01 UTC
nice particle effects and sounds.
gregdevice
05. May 2012 路 02:39 UTC
173 seconds and everyone died! Like the music and overall gameplay. Only wish I could move the sprint key somewhere else.
Pacifist Games
07. May 2012 路 01:51 UTC
Very nice polished game, loved the little things like the particle effects and changing background color. Great job!