Small World by psychopsam

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made by psychopsam for LD23 (JAM)
This a shoot-em-up on a microscopic scale. I'm pretty happy with the shader, and the blaster action is quite satisfying. Hope y'all enjoy it too. (MAC version may run slow - not fully optimised)

Ratings

Coolness 0% 1178
Overall(Jam) 3.23 94
Audio(Jam) 3.29 68
Fun(Jam) 2.71 139
Graphics(Jam) 4.20 25
Humor(Jam) 1.56 217
Innovation(Jam) 2.29 204
Mood(Jam) 3.25 70
Theme(Jam) 4.15 4

Feedback

AlwaysGeeky
23. Apr 2012 路 19:43 UTC
Great looking graphics, interesting colour palette
Galaxy613
23. Apr 2012 路 19:44 UTC
If you are unlucky enough to start with an enemy near you, or if you get knocked down with 2+ enemies nearby at any time, then you mind as well be dead because you get knocked down every single time you get hit and can't do anything until your standing up sequence is completed. Even against one enemy, you can only get a few shots off before you are on the ground again. Even if you start off well, it's hard to hit them because your head is in the way and not off to the side like any normal Third Person Shooter..
Izzimach
23. Apr 2012 路 19:50 UTC
Audio and graphics are top-notch, and the game as a whole is complete. The only problem I had was that the avatar's head would block my view so I couldn't see where I was going.
馃帳 psychopsam
23. Apr 2012 路 19:52 UTC
There's a cheat - keep moving back while the player is falling over and standing - the players movement is being recorded and you'll jump way back to a safe spot.
Just start blasting early as well.
Rapid fire that mouse and you'll be right. I'd like to add the head to side and fix up the aiming - but I ran out of time.
馃帳 psychopsam
23. Apr 2012 路 19:54 UTC
Oh yeah - don't hang around on the title screen - because the bad guys are moving toward you from the start.
mooosh
23. Apr 2012 路 21:50 UTC
this ran really slow on my computer, but it was super-pretty and the control scheme was interesting
馃帳 psychopsam
24. Apr 2012 路 00:49 UTC
@moosh - what are your specs? Perhaps I can make a lite version.
LeReveur
24. Apr 2012 路 03:05 UTC
Unfortunately, my PC is too weak to manage your game without lag (in fact, I've tested a fuzzy slow-motion game). But despicts that, I've rescued the first scientist and kill two viruses, so I consider that as a fair test, and wow, I wish I could test it with a good PC...
Thanks for this game.
spilth
26. Apr 2012 路 02:14 UTC
Tried to play it on a Mac but it just keeps crashing when I start playing.
Vilborg
27. Apr 2012 路 03:07 UTC
Everything but the player seems to have been rendered a solid medium gray. I'm on Windows XP if that helps.
csanyk
13. May 2012 路 02:56 UTC
Looks AMAZING but the framerate is VERY slow on a Thinkpad T61p (Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz, 8GB RAM, discrete graphics).
Dan C
13. May 2012 路 16:10 UTC
VERY impressive graphics and sound.

The game isn't actually much fun though. It's annoying trying to aim through the character's head and the aiming controls feel like I'm moving my weapon through custard.

Since the bad guys move so much faster than the player does, and sneak up from behind, and the weapon moves so slowly, it's pretty much impossible to shoot or avoid them all.
kddekadenz
13. May 2012 路 17:13 UTC
Sorry, no rating because I had only ~3 FPS (Laptop with Linux)