Nan-o by Mrnewt

made by Mrnewt for LD23 (JAM)

My first time in the compo.

I went with a minimal approach, given that my initial project really didn't take shape.. at least not enough for the compo.
However, the jam came out fairly well.:P
The idea is I guess what you would call a war in a digital world, where you play one side by clicking to generate procedural type ships that attack the other side.
The longer you wait, the more hp your ship gets, but the ship gets slower as well.
This is a HTML 5 game. It runs well with the latest Chrome, Firefox, and Chrome Frame on IE.
Made with Scirra Construct 2.
Special thanks to my friends over there.

Windows	http://dl.dropbox.com/u/666516/C2games/jam/index.html
Web	http://dl.dropbox.com/u/666516/C2games/jam/index.html
Source	http://www.scirra.com/
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=12711

Ratings

Coolness	33%	851
Overall(Jam)	2.76	169

Fun(Jam)	2.38	192
Graphics(Jam)	2.67	190
Humor(Jam)	1.82	196
Innovation(Jam)	3.57	43
Mood(Jam)	2.53	168
Theme(Jam)	2.75	163

Feedback

kasarun

24. Apr 2012 · 22:53 UTC

I Love the Pixel explosion and the minimalist interface! But its frustrating to see them fly in circle without hitting.

nornagon

25. Apr 2012 · 01:22 UTC

Neat randomly-generated ships! Not much interesting gameplay though, and it's hard to tell which ships are yours.

MinerCraftGuy

25. Apr 2012 · 17:29 UTC

Was unable to steer the ships, Construct 2 def. looks improved since I last used it.

Andrew

25. Apr 2012 · 17:38 UTC

Good idea, but needs polish. The light ships while fast are essentially useless

Cake&Code

26. Apr 2012 · 02:53 UTC

I wish there was more control, like maybe the ships would target the enemy that you click on or that you hover over. The timing feels like waiting since the faster ships just can't seem to win over the strength of the slower stronger ships.

The mechanic has potential, but it needs work.

Rex Peppers

26. Apr 2012 · 14:42 UTC

Like the idea, though would be cool if there were different types of attacks (missile ship / shield ship / etc)

Morgawr

26. Apr 2012 · 14:55 UTC

I couldn't honestly get it to run... I mean, the game just starts and then it spews out ships, regardless of what I do (or at least there doesn't seem to be any feedback at all). I'm always at score 0 while the enemy racks up points.

azurenimbus

29. Apr 2012 · 23:04 UTC

Really unique, great minimalism.

I thought the ships were gorgeous.

josefnpat

01. May 2012 · 21:10 UTC

I really like this. Would be nice to see a little more strategy somehow I guess.

zkenshin

06. May 2012 · 14:44 UTC

Liked it, but would have been nice if your ships could have spawned in blue and enemies in red or something to easily get a feel of what is happening on the battlefield.

Orni

09. May 2012 · 16:05 UTC

it took me some time to get what's going on - the concept is really cool

could use some polish - but it's a great idea - I'd love to see what this could become if you continue working on it