Attack of the Void! by rubr

made by rubr for LD 42 (JAM)

The Void has attacked Earth!

The year is 30something-something, and your base was teleported into the void. Don't ask how. In the void you find Iron, Crystals and... Hamsters?

To escape you need to collect resources dropped by the voidlings, called Ingium(TM). The void will send fierce reinforcements to get thy riches and forbid your escape. Make your defenses and escape in this epic turn based strategy game Attack of the Void! by rubrband.

Game made in Gamemaker: Studio 1.4 in 72h

Code by: rubr

Art by: xer, jaggent-aka-shouke, QuoteMasterN

~~Lack of sleep by: ldjam.com~~

Features:

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Turrets to shoot Void creatures with!
Bigger turrets to shoot Void creatures with!
~~Totally-not-enslaved~~ Hamsters!
Very realistic and functioning Reactors!
Very realistic and cool ending!
Punishment for not having enough time to play! ~~No save states~~
Since this isn't written anywhere in the game, you can right click to cancel things like targeting and placing buildings.
Amazing music! OST List:
Silence by WeCan'tMakeMusic Group
Quieter Silence by WeAlsoDidn'tGetEnoughTime Band

Patchnotes

v2: Fixed an issue where the game would crash on very specific occasions. v3: Fixed an issue where a void tile would move 1 pixel sometimes. Fixed an issue where the top-right tile next to a reactor would show as not powered while placing mines or turrets.

SCREENSHOTS:

What's that? You want to see this amazing piece of art? Well, here you go!

Install guide

Windows

Just open the .exe provided on the itch.io page and enjoy the game.

The last step is very mandatory.

Windows	https://rubr.itch.io/attack-of-the-void
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/attack-of-the-void

Ratings

Overall	609^th	3.375⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Fun	521^th	3.3⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	350^th	3.425⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Theme	671^th	3.4⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	418^th	3.69⭐	23🧑‍⚖️
Humor	557^th	2.658⭐	21🧑‍⚖️
Mood	489^th	3.237⭐	21🧑‍⚖️
Given		13🗳️	1🗨️

Feedback

William Kluegel

14. Aug 2018 · 22:55 UTC

Pros:
- I like the style of the game. The base sorta reminded me of Command and Conquer(95) for some reason.
- The game was difficult, there was some real strategy in deciding when to play greedy and when to build more defenses.
- I like the idea of a base that expands and having to trade resources for more space
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Cons:
- Some sound effects would have really helped. Check out BFXR
- Was only loosely related to theme
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Overall enjoyed the experience, thank you for sharing your game :)

rexpeppers

14. Aug 2018 · 23:35 UTC

Sadly, can't play windows games -> please let me know if you have a video of gameplay or if you get it on a twitch stream or something.

Devio

15. Aug 2018 · 01:48 UTC

Enjoyed this game, simple turn-based game that shows promise and works well. Had no issue with this and got into deep thought! well done!

Jaggent-aka-shouke

15. Aug 2018 · 13:10 UTC

@william-kluegel hello! We did make sound effects in BFXR and bosca ceoil, we even had a somewhat ok theme song! Our problem was we couldnt implement them in time, due to our lack of experience with audio in GM:S. Thanks for the response though! We will try to get some time for it next LD :D

Jaggent-aka-shouke

15. Aug 2018 · 13:16 UTC

@rexpeppers Hello! Sorry to hear that. Sadly because of how **GM:S 1.4** exporting works we cant export to Linux or Mac without the target OS present.

QuoteMasterN

15. Aug 2018 · 17:45 UTC

@rexpeppers It's possible to play this game on mac using a program called Wine. That's how I played it.

Lumpy

17. Aug 2018 · 18:30 UTC

Fun and ambitious game! Takes a few tries to figure out an optimal start, shot myself in the foot a bit on my first playthrough. Cute art!

atom0520

03. Sep 2018 · 18:19 UTC

It's a very interesting turn-based strategy game. The pixel arts are amazing, especially the reactor, it's so cute! I don't think it's tightly related to the theme as I don't feel quite "out of space" when I play, but I do often feel "out of resources". Moreover I don't feel motivated to upgrade the base level, as it seems to do no help to my defence or attack. Maybe you can make some rules to motivate player to upgrade their base level like player needs to upgrade the base to a specific level to win or the high level base can provide some special resources. Anyway it's a very fun game and I think it would be better if you can add some audio later. Good work!

Shakedimus

03. Sep 2018 · 22:19 UTC

The mechanics of this game are very cool! And it also looked pretty great but it really lacked sound to set the mood but I guess that's what you ge tat game jams. I didn't have a lot of time but I rated a few categories already. Will come back tomorrow morning to give a longer playthrough . BTW it's very similar to https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/pre-alpha-build a nice idea but both implemented differently.

digitaldude555

04. Sep 2018 · 18:57 UTC

I really like the idea behind this could work as a bigger game, don't stop developing this idea, also liked the graphics.