ZUNZANDA by SonnyBone
Did I ever tell you about the time I nearly wiped out an entire planet? It was an accident, of course... and I ain't proud of it. But man... lemme tell you... what I saw that day gave me a new appreciation for what we got. We got this vast universe and we can travel all over... the whole galaxy at our fingertips. But here's this tiny little world stuck right in the middle of it all... completely out of the loop. It all started when ...
CONTROLS
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MOVE - Arrow Keys
SELECT/PLACE - Left Mouse Button
Post-Compo Edits:
- Fixed a bug that prevented the game from running with certain audio codec installation issues. If you continue to have audio problems, please post a comment! I'll try to figure them out!
- Added a few extra lines to the credits as a dedication to my aunt that passed away shortly after the end of LD23.
- Fixed a critical bug that prevented player movement. (Removed the asdw keys for input as a quick fix. Could not find the true cause.)
- Removed several unused graphics files in an attempt to reduce the file size. Sorry... it's still over 18 MB due to the audio.
CONTROLS
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MOVE - Arrow Keys
SELECT/PLACE - Left Mouse Button
Post-Compo Edits:
- Fixed a bug that prevented the game from running with certain audio codec installation issues. If you continue to have audio problems, please post a comment! I'll try to figure them out!
- Added a few extra lines to the credits as a dedication to my aunt that passed away shortly after the end of LD23.
- Fixed a critical bug that prevented player movement. (Removed the asdw keys for input as a quick fix. Could not find the true cause.)
- Removed several unused graphics files in an attempt to reduce the file size. Sorry... it's still over 18 MB due to the audio.
| Windows | http://db.tt/DsjahGiZ |
| Source | http://db.tt/DsjahGiZ |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=1365 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 87% | 2 |
| Overall | 3.82 | 48 |
| Audio | 4.65 | 1 |
| Fun | 3.13 | 259 |
| Graphics | 3.30 | 247 |
| Humor | 3.90 | 19 |
| Innovation | 3.48 | 177 |
| Mood | 3.86 | 21 |
| Theme | 4.35 | 9 |
When hundreds of people make non-browser games, that means that, to play all of the entries, I would need to download hundreds of games to my computer. I typically use OS X, so Windows-only entries are particularly inconvenient.
Please consider making a browser game next time.
The randomness of the stars can make or break the difficulty of a wave. Sometimes you won't get lucky, then you'll get 8 in a row with little effort. Thanks for playing and commenting!
Absolutely loved the voice acting.
Evil Sandwich Studios, thanks! Yeah, the delete terrain option was left over from sandbox/debug mode, but I left it in story as a little 'joke'.
OH WELL
Thanks for the plays and comments! I'll be getting to your games asap.
Great work!
I share the observations of others though in that the game is a bit slow paced. I made it to wave 3, fell off on my way to my last piece of starshine, and just couldn't bring myself to do it all over again. I still give it high marks in spite of that, though.
But I died in this wave or the following one. Havent been able to beat the game yet :(
This is really my only complaint: restarting the whole game when you reach even wave 5 ( which he says is half the way ? So im guessing I have to survive ten whole waves without dying ! )
Read that restarting on the level was supposed to work though, so im hoping to get a post mortem version with that ! I'm enjoying replaying the game anyway, until I'll beat it. One of my favorite of this ludum dare so far. Great narration as said by others and cute little universe. Sweet story too...
(also, the green buddy could have a nicer walking animation)
It was very thoughtful of you to include the sandbox =D. Congratulations =D
For anyone that rates and comments, I'll be playing your games first before any others. I have a backlog, but I'll get to 'em all.
The narration is great, and the game is full of polish. The game play is hard, but in a challenging way. I wouldn't add a lot of features, other than a way to begin at half point in the game.
Also, if you could add some subtitles for us ESL'ers, that would be awesome (I missed a bit of dialogue in the opening, not much).
Cheers, and thanks for the game! Stars all around for you!
Fantastic job. It's things like that which set a great LD entry apart.
My best effort was about six waves in story mode - I would have played on but for the inability to restart at the wave I died on.
I thought the land destruction/building mechanic worked well, and I liked that you had to choose whether to risk walking over a perilous bit of terrain to reach a starshine, or play it safe in the middle with the enemies.
Maybe there could be more things to pick up - whether it be power-ups to temporarily slow/freeze the enemies or make the starshines attracted to you, or rocks you could use to add terrain during the waves.