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Protector by kiswa

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made by kiswa for LD23 (COMPO)
From the intro:

You are the protector of this planet.
You have kept it safe from disaster for hundreds of years.
But now a new threat has arrived.
Your planet has been swallowed by a giant vessel.


I really enjoyed my first Ludum Dare. Thanks for taking the time to play my game!

If you're interested in what went into this; I used Otomata for music, bfxr for sounds, Audacity for audio editing, GIMP for tiles and sprites, kilo (my JS library) for base code, and JavaScript edited in Eclipse (with Aptana and MercurialEclipse plugins used)! Also, bitbucket for play hosting and code repositories.

Web http://kiswa.bitbucket.org/ld23/
Source https://bitbucket.org/kiswa/ludumdare/src/3551966052b7/ld23
Time-Lapse http://youtu.be/3cPL3XxfSkw
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=10990

Ratings

Coolness 81% 2
Overall 2.80 535
Audio 2.65 357
Fun 2.69 494
Graphics 2.42 668
Humor 2.19 446
Innovation 2.91 437
Mood 2.74 387
Theme 3.38 243

Feedback

angrygeometry
23. Apr 2012 路 15:15 UTC
ha, a pretty literal interpretation of the theme. i liked it!
Cambrian_Man
23. Apr 2012 路 15:54 UTC
I dug the music. The dead planets were somewhat hard to see, though and I never got terribly far into the game. I like the concept, though.
De10ter
23. Apr 2012 路 16:06 UTC
Well its...different.
馃帳 kiswa
23. Apr 2012 路 16:18 UTC
Cambrian_Man: I should have tested on more machines. I could see them fine on my dev machine, but at work today they're nearly invisible. My bad!
Kane
23. Apr 2012 路 16:52 UTC
I am totally bad at this game, but I like it !
jimmypaulin
23. Apr 2012 路 18:12 UTC
I like the megascale structure interpretation of the theme, very space opera/sci-fi. The difficulty ramp was well judged and there were some nice risk/reward dilemmas thrown at the player. Nice crisp graphics too, I persevered until I beat it ;)
eburn184
24. Apr 2012 路 02:34 UTC
This game is so simple, yet I found it a lot of fun. Nice job!
Evgis
24. Apr 2012 路 16:02 UTC
Good concept, but a little bit wierd :P
schizofunky
24. Apr 2012 路 20:37 UTC
I like the idea of playing as the world! ANd the shrinking mechanic is very cool too!
whitetigle
24. Apr 2012 路 20:38 UTC
I like the fact that shrinking a planet has a cost ;)
devwil
24. Apr 2012 路 20:44 UTC
i was really enjoying the music, but it stopped playing after a while! started back up when i restarted the level, though.
Terra
24. Apr 2012 路 23:11 UTC
I really liked the atmosphere of it, and I felt so guilty the first time I had to shrink. Controlling the planet was great.

I feel like the hitbox for the lightning and dead planets was maybe a bit too large; There were a few times where I was hit when I thought I was safe, but maybe I just suck :P
Suese
25. Apr 2012 路 20:37 UTC
Hehe, very literal interpretation.
10WonXero10
27. Apr 2012 路 08:46 UTC
Quite innovative, well done.
BlackBulletIV
01. May 2012 路 09:06 UTC
I quite like the concept, the music was pretty cool too. I couldn't get that far though, since it's very difficult for me. Nevertheless, it's pretty cool.
someone
04. May 2012 路 15:18 UTC
Interesting concept and good music.
I didn't get very far though. The dead planets hitboxes seem to be square, which seems off as I keep dying without actually touching them.
mess110
08. May 2012 路 15:25 UTC
wow! really nice! love the theme and how you adapted to it
onehandclap
13. May 2012 路 17:48 UTC
Well, well, well: what have we got here? And unpredictable interpretation of the theme. And it's fun, too! =)