Cross Word Shooter by celmer89
Is it possible to combine first person shooter and Scrabble? Yes, it is,
In Cross Word Shooter you must defend galactic pillar from hostile letter cubes. Your pillar has limited hull durabilitiy though. Shoot with cannon to cubes. If you create a word, you can submit it to gain points. The longer the word, the more points you get. Every 100 points repairs your hull.
Controls:
Look around - Mouse
Shoot - Left Mouse Button (Fire1)
Submit - Right Mouse Button (Fire2)

| Windows | https://celmer.egnyte.com/dl/gtkasEIEJN |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/cross-word-shooter |
Ratings
| Overall | 871th | 3.158⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 639th | 3.263⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 489th | 3.474⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 408th | 3.816⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 503th | 3.028⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 629th | 3.237⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 15🗳️ | 9🗨️ |
Aside from that issue, I liked the concept, nice job :)
The game was funny, it is a bit challenging but that is not bad at all. I managed to survive forming short words like prepositions (some of them in other languages I have never spoke, though).
Well done, it look like it was a bit complex to make it.
Nice looking surroundings too.
Ideas for tweaks:
- Add health powerups to shoot
- Danger indications
- Long words => clear closest letters
- Two/three letter 'boss' cubes
(Actually, I could see this making a very fun little VR game if you add some of @joror's suggestions, limit the letters to attacking from maybe a 120-180 degree frontal cone, and have the precision of the Vive or Oculus Touch controllers to shoot them)