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Alien by ghust1995

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made by ghust1995 for LD 42 (JAM)

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Alien is an asymetrical local multiplayer game where up to 5 players playing as aliens can fight against another player playing as the keyboard controller. Fight for your survival and destruction of the master keyboarder while the remaining gameplay area is destroyed by him!

If you dont have local friends for local multiplayer, you can try using Parsec ( https://parsecgaming.com/ ), it's very simple to setup. Thanks for the information @guin36 Controls:

Keyboard Controller: 4 top rows of your keyboard

Aliens:

Joystick analog + jump button (A on xbox, Square on PlayStation)
Keyboard Arrow Keys  + NumPad0

Press Your jump button to join the game, and spacebar to start.

Have Fun!!

As requested, here is a gameplay video:

https://youtu.be/u1y_4hp4VJ8

Source Code https://github.com/Ghust1995/ld42
Windows https://muts.itch.io/alien
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/alien

Ratings

Overall 910th 3.094⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Fun 760th 3.065⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 491th 3.281⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Theme 467th 3.645⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 834th 3.063⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Audio 543th 2.984⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Humor 561th 2.645⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Mood 835th 2.833⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Given 30🗳️ 30🗨️

Feedback

jeke
14. Aug 2018 · 19:40 UTC
It looks like you forgot to post the links? Or am I missing something?
Katie Dover
14. Aug 2018 · 19:45 UTC
Would love to play your game - @mention me when you get your link up! :)
mdacoffee
14. Aug 2018 · 19:46 UTC
This looks cool, but unfortunately I can't try this out because I don't have anyone to test it with :/

@jeke It looks like the download is at the bottom of the itch.io link?
earnso
14. Aug 2018 · 19:48 UTC
Is there a mac build?
AtillaGallio
14. Aug 2018 · 19:50 UTC
@earnso no :(, sadly it only works on windows because we had to use some windows dll to map keyboard positions.
@jeke @katie-dover download is on itch.io page!

Thx everyone
jeke
14. Aug 2018 · 19:59 UTC
Thanks @atillagallio. Did you update the post to include the link or was it there the whole time?

The Ludum Dare site has been extremely wonky for me lately.
guin36
14. Aug 2018 · 20:07 UTC
I love the concept of this game! It's so simple and intuitive yet unique and innovative. It's a great multiplayer twist to the floor disappearing mario party style minigames. The game is also extremely well polished for a jam game; it's got solid animations and sound design for every aspect of gameplay.

Overall, I would highly recommend the game!

If you have friends online, I believe you can play the game using Parsec https://parsecgaming.com/, though I haven't tested it myself.
AtillaGallio
14. Aug 2018 · 20:29 UTC
@jeke It was there the whole time haha.
@guin36 thx for playing!
Swini
14. Aug 2018 · 22:12 UTC
I love the idea with the keyboard! Nice idea. I played just with one person so it was quite easy!
Paulo Augusto
15. Aug 2018 · 14:08 UTC
nice project man, i like it
Plukers
15. Aug 2018 · 15:26 UTC
It's very creative and original! Had a lot of fun playing it. On one-on-one, however, it's really hard for the alien.
Thanks for the great submission!
Fork0
15. Aug 2018 · 16:07 UTC
I can't download and play the game. You should put links here on this page. Also the "Download" button on itch.io doesn't download the game.
🎤 ghust1995
15. Aug 2018 · 16:16 UTC
@plukers We did not have a lot of time to balance everything, so we did focus on making it better for the aliens the more aliens were playing, but we will definitely try to make it more balanced.

@fork0 I don't understand how is this possible, the download link on itch.io seems to be working on all computers I tested. Can you try again to make sure? Thanks!
S_Knight
15. Aug 2018 · 17:26 UTC
Wait I got there eventually - missed the bit about space. Couldn't properly test as I've got no player 2 but I think I got the gist. It's got a high level of polish with things like the screen shake.
Player 2
15. Aug 2018 · 19:50 UTC
Seeing as i have no one to play this with i couldn't play it, however i understand what you were going for - a mario party-esk like minigame with the floor disappearing under the players, limiting their space. I like that idea and it is a good fit to the theme. However, i found the graphics underwhelming, with the floor looking like a default unity cube, and the sparkling stars just looking like a default particle effect from unity. However the background was interestingly detailed.
I couldn't judge the game's controls, as i don't have a controller handy, so overall this game looks like it would be fun to play, but i have to judge it from what i can gather.
Demn
16. Aug 2018 · 14:54 UTC
Hey ! For some reason I can't really play the game. Once it launches, I see the level getting built up then .. Nothing, and nothing seems to work. Am I missing something ? Would love to play your game, I'm probably missing something !
Also, do you think it would be possible for you to make a video of you playing the game ? Since it's multiplayer I'd love to see that, if you ever got time !
Music is groovy atm, loving it :P
🎤 ghust1995
16. Aug 2018 · 16:24 UTC
Hey @demn, @player-2 and @s-knight you can play with keyboard only if you have a number pad. To start the game you'll need at least one player to join (press the jump button), and a portal will appear. Once a player joins you can press space bar to start the game. It really feels unintuitive, will definitely change this in a later version.
🎤 ghust1995
16. Aug 2018 · 16:25 UTC
@demn here is a gameplay video:

https://youtu.be/u1y_4hp4VJ8
Demn
16. Aug 2018 · 16:50 UTC
OKay thanks you, I got the game to work ! This is a really interesting idea, indeed working as a Mario Party game with assymetric gameplay. I haven't been able to play a real game with other players but the jump mecanic feels really good, much like in a Mario Party; it's not clunky or anything.
It's a nice bet to actually make a multiplayer game on a LD, so congratulations for that :)
KostblLb
16. Aug 2018 · 17:12 UTC
yay, coop that's interesting! thanks!
Yaro
16. Aug 2018 · 17:29 UTC
It would be great if you had bots, just to show off the concept. Or am I the only one playing ld games alone?
goffmog
23. Aug 2018 · 19:59 UTC
Nice production values my only gripe is that neither my Swedish keyboard nor my UK keyboard quite have the layout suggested here :)