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Minisk, You Will by Miltage

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made by Miltage for LD23 (COMPO)
Minisk is a planet, a very small planet. So small, in fact, that it is located in a single drop of water. It is also your home.

Its surface being rich in nutrients and resources alike, it has become the target of all nearby living organisms. Unfortunately, they don't want to live there. They're only after its resources, and won't stop until they've sucked your planet dry, leaving it uninhabitable.

It's your task to ward off these thieves. Five waves of enemies, each progressively more harder than the last.

Controls:
WASD/Directional Keys - Movement
Q - Shop
F - Place Teleporters
W - Use Teleporters
Mouse - Fire Arrows

Tools:
IDE - FlashDevelop
Engine - FlashPunk
Graphics - Photoshop
Sfx - Sfxr
Music - FL Studio

Web http://robertshenton.co.za/ludumdare/
Post Mortem http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2012/04/25/minisk-you-will-post-mortem/
Source http://robertshenton.co.za/ludumdare/minisk_src.rar
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=8745

Ratings

Coolness 67% 3
Overall 3.43 169
Audio 2.56 393
Fun 3.47 112
Graphics 3.50 180
Humor 2.13 480
Innovation 3.08 368
Mood 2.93 295
Theme 3.71 102

Feedback

DoktorAce
23. Apr 2012 · 15:51 UTC
What inhabitants!? ;)
Very nice game, but I would have loved to gotten more resources and action from the start. I have 1000 games to play!
MarekkPie
23. Apr 2012 · 15:52 UTC
Maybe it's my screen size; but I can't get all of the screen to appear.
Suese
23. Apr 2012 · 15:55 UTC
Fantastic game.

The only thing that would have made this better would have been some fast-paced music and some mouse-able buttons for the shop/teleporters instead.

Thank you for this.
thristhart
23. Apr 2012 · 15:56 UTC
Woo-hoo! I beat it! Towers are OP.
Innovation: 3/5 - Not particularly new, but not a copycat.
Fun: 4/5 - I was surprised by how enjoyable it was.
Theme: 3/5 - A literal tiny world.
Graphics: 4/5 - Pretty, and functional. No complaints.
Audio: N/A - Not on a computer with sound, so no rating.
Humor: N/A - Didn't see any attempts at humor, so not rating.
Mood: 3/5 - Very lonely.
omaha
23. Apr 2012 · 15:57 UTC
very fun. also very hard to play with a touchpad.
j_peeba
23. Apr 2012 · 16:01 UTC
A fun game! I only wish the player arsenal would be bigger but it was still very entertaining to try and hold back the enemy waves.
Hume
23. Apr 2012 · 16:51 UTC
Great art, great controls. The arrows require skill to properly use. I enjoyed playing this.

Congratulations on a polished entry.
🎤 Miltage
23. Apr 2012 · 17:22 UTC
Thanks for the fantastic comments so far guys! :D
vigrid
23. Apr 2012 · 22:55 UTC
I've had a lot of fun playing this game - it's a bit hard though.
Mesene
23. Apr 2012 · 22:59 UTC
Good job man.
The arrows somehow are affected by the rotation of the planet, it was intentionally?
🎤 Miltage
24. Apr 2012 · 06:16 UTC
Not intentional, no, but I didn't fix because it's fun to shoot arrows into an orbit around the planet and watch them come back around and kill a wasp.
🎤 Miltage
24. Apr 2012 · 13:53 UTC
I realise now what MarekkPie meant about the screen size, the webpage was preventing you from scrolling down on smaller resolutions, but I've fixed it now. Also, I think I've got one or two of the winning/losing screens mixed up, I'll see if I can switch them tonight.
🎤 Miltage
24. Apr 2012 · 15:39 UTC
Alright, I did indeed have them the wrong way round. I have switched them now, I'm sure a small fix like that isn't against the rules.
Daniel
24. Apr 2012 · 18:03 UTC
It's pretty nice. But I think it would be more dynamic if money came in faster
Zed
24. Apr 2012 · 18:35 UTC
Very good. Very clever. And very pretty, with clean and simple design. Good job!
Birchmountain
24. Apr 2012 · 19:59 UTC
A very simple and entertaining game! The game difficulty scales rather slow but after a while it gets quite intense. I really like the audio on the sucky-thingies, it really makes you panic. Well done!
Several
25. Apr 2012 · 02:35 UTC
Upon realizing this would be game primarily about shooting random spawns, I was quite dubious at first, but having to frequently outrun my own wild arrows made for a very pleasant experience. Well done on the gravity + planet size + ease of missing.
marudziik
25. Apr 2012 · 22:26 UTC
Very nice - feels very much complete. I like that there is a shop available, those turrets help a lot! Great animations, consistent graphics - liked it very much.
MarekkPie
26. Apr 2012 · 01:57 UTC
Alright, played on a bigger monitor. Great game. A little tough the first play through, but once you realize what to do isn't not too hard.
Knighty
26. Apr 2012 · 04:44 UTC
Good game. It was a little hard to predict how far my arrows would fly, and they move a bit slow even when fully charged.
Kitch
27. Apr 2012 · 04:11 UTC
Cool little game. Graphics worked really well.
Zillix
29. Apr 2012 · 06:15 UTC
I had a really fun time with this game. Shooting my arrows into orbit was really neat, and I liked the mechanics. Would have been awesome to be able to move while aiming!
robcozzens
01. May 2012 · 01:49 UTC
Really good. Even though it's kind of frustrating, I like that you stand still while charging your arrow.
samoojamies
01. May 2012 · 09:23 UTC
Finished it. Great use of the theme and overall really nice game.
rvmook
02. May 2012 · 17:35 UTC
Lovely game, didn't really get to use the teleport though. I figured four turrets were better then one working teleport.
🎤 Miltage
02. May 2012 · 17:51 UTC
Thanks for the great comments, everyone!

@rvmook I know, the teleporters are my proudest feature, but also the least viewed feature, because everyone (including myself) seem to be able to beat the game without buying them. Oh well. I should have spent some more time balancing the game. Lesson learnt for next time!
philhassey
06. May 2012 · 13:57 UTC
Liked the round world, looked very nice. Pretty easy to pick up.
Sodaware
11. May 2012 · 17:19 UTC
Fun game, with a lot of polish. Loved the animation of the little sucker guys as they fell. I was sad I could only have 5 turrets, so my plan to cover the world with them failed :( An upgraded bow would have been nice, and some more variety in the enemies, but the core game is solid and well built.