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Micro Trooper by Split82

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made by Split82 for LD 40 (COMPO)

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The Game

Micro Trooper is tiny action platformer inspired by classics like Super Crate Box and Downwell. Your goal is to kill as many mini bosses as possible. Each miniboss will spawn when you pickup the crystal. More crystals you have, tougher the boss will be.

Backstage

This time I started to work on a puzzle platformer, but after several hours I realized that the idea is bad. So I deleted everything except 2D character controller and switched the genre to action platformer.

Controls

Z - jump, X - fire, Arrows - movement

Software

  • Unity 2017.2
  • Photoshop
  • BFXR
  • Logic Pro
  • Audacity

Post-Compo version

Don't vote based on this build! I've changed and added few things which I couldn't do during the 48 hours.

  • holding fire button fires continuously
  • tweaked sounds
  • tweaked music
  • enemies look a little bit different
  • more particles
  • more effects
  • better enemy spawning AI
Source code https://github.com/Split82/Ludum-Dare-40
HTML5 (web) http://temp.hyperbolicmagnetism.com/MicroTrooper/index.html
HTML5 (web) https://split82.itch.io/micro-trooper
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/micro-trooper

Ratings

Overall 28th 4.086⭐ 83🧑‍⚖️
Fun 9th 4.22⭐ 84🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 540th 2.728⭐ 83🧑‍⚖️
Theme 398th 3.317⭐ 84🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 58th 4.102⭐ 85🧑‍⚖️
Audio 16th 4.115⭐ 80🧑‍⚖️
Mood 30th 3.937⭐ 81🧑‍⚖️
Given 28🗳️ 30🗨️

Feedback

randomphantom
04. Dec 2017 · 15:04 UTC
Nice polish and graphics, and you even have gun recoil keeping you on your toes. Gameplay becomes a little stale after a while as the boss remains the same, although admittedly I haven't made it very far.
Xacur
04. Dec 2017 · 15:47 UTC
The shooting feels so good. The controls are flawless, I'd play this game for hours if I could use a controller.
The only thing that I didn't like is that you can't jump up through the platforms.
Halouverite
04. Dec 2017 · 20:39 UTC
Its a really solid action platformer implementation, The graphics and audio are everything that is necessary. Its kind of odd to rank as a compo entry because it does a really good job of what its doing, but that genre is so well developed that it draws a lot of comparisons to way more polished games.

On the whole its a really nice game that i'm impressed you made in a weekend.
gamepopper
04. Dec 2017 · 20:53 UTC
Very solid and well-polished platform shooter. I can definitely see where the inspirations of both Super Crate Box and Downwell are found. It would be nice if you could jump through some platforms but that's where part of the difficulty lies.
Oivin F
04. Dec 2017 · 21:01 UTC
This is great! One of my favorite submissions by far!
Feels a lot like Downwell. Yes, the variation is small, but its like the original Super Mario, its got a ton of charm in what little content there is.

The game also feels very polished, smart choice going for the simple graphics, as the consistent artstyle ties it all together. Not to mention the PUMPING soundtrack. Great job!
KabalaTrance
04. Dec 2017 · 23:05 UTC
Nice game, I see why you said that mine is similar.
I love feel of shooting.
Also one suggestion. Plese try not to use Z for controls, because lots of us don't use English keyboard, and often Z is switched with Y, so game is kind a hard to play.
SilvervaleGames
05. Dec 2017 · 03:15 UTC
Very good all around game, visuals, gameplay, sound. It did feel a lot like the games you mentioned, but that's not a bad thing.
Dlaha
05. Dec 2017 · 08:21 UTC
Very polished. I love the music!
Stadoblech
05. Dec 2017 · 10:00 UTC
fast, addicting, cool! I enjoyed it a lot :)
RickSquanchez
05. Dec 2017 · 10:42 UTC
this is a great action game ! Everything feels so smooth and polished! well done!
OldPeculier
05. Dec 2017 · 11:46 UTC
Sweet! Definitely one of the better ones. Great music, winsome graphics, pleasing gameplay. Just an all-around well-executed game.
Elendow
05. Dec 2017 · 12:20 UTC
Love the 1-bit graphics and the overall feeling of the game. Looks very polished and it's very fun to play. I would love some other behaviours to enemies to make it more challenging, a possible add for the future? :)
kerzak
05. Dec 2017 · 13:32 UTC
Cool. :) The music and graphics fit together well. The overall game feeling is good with only one tiny thing I found a little bit disturbing -> jumping with Z/Y. It would be more natural to jump with UpArrow for me so I would be able to focus my left hand only to shooting.
🎤 Split82
05. Dec 2017 · 13:36 UTC
@kerzak good idea! Will add it there :)
rhythmlynx
05. Dec 2017 · 14:02 UTC
Pretty cool! The controls feel really tight, I like the little bit of knockback from firing the gun so you can't just stand still and spam fire. I found it difficult to predict where enemies will move up or down, most of my deaths were because of that. In Super Crate Box for example an enemy always falls down at the first gap they encounter, so it's very predictable.
AndreB
05. Dec 2017 · 14:05 UTC
Quite simple but cool game! and the music is simply awesome.

There isn't much to say other than congrats!
Michal Ferko
05. Dec 2017 · 14:14 UTC
Looks and plays great. I played hours of Super Crate Box and this is amazing. Would love to see more variation, but great job anyway.
SkullPixel
05. Dec 2017 · 14:41 UTC
This game has some fantastic polish, even with how simple it is. The animations were so smooth, and the general feel of controlling the character and shooting things was awesome. Congratulations on a solid entry!
Yetman
05. Dec 2017 · 15:13 UTC
This so fun. There is this feeling that makes me believe that I can do better so I keep retrying only to lose after 2 bosses every time :D
The art looks great even with 2 colors only and the music is very energetic.
tvance
05. Dec 2017 · 15:24 UTC
Great audio! The controls handle smoothly. This is surprisingly good for a compo.
Sintel
05. Dec 2017 · 15:27 UTC
Simple graphics, but they are very charming. (I really like the jump animation.) This isn't the most innovative game, but it's quite fun to play!
JeffChen
05. Dec 2017 · 15:28 UTC
Really like this game,great music and sound effects，and graphics are great（I think you are a big fan of Downwell：））,control is very smooth,that fells good.I just can't use to use my right hand to control movement,maybe you can add a left hand control mode?
Sir. Syko
05. Dec 2017 · 15:56 UTC
Love the character slight knockback with each shot ;) nice game!
Gruhh
05. Dec 2017 · 17:01 UTC
Simple, beautiful and challenging. Congratulations on the design, and I really liked the aesthetics of the game. The soundtrack helps a lot in the feeling.

Simples, bonito e desafiador. Parabéns pelo design, e gostei muito da estética do jogo. A trilha sonoro ajuda muito no feeling.
saintheiser
05. Dec 2017 · 18:27 UTC
Solid gameplay and responsible controls. Kill 5 bosses and can't feel progress. I think, this game needs some new gameplay elements.
Abuki
05. Dec 2017 · 18:54 UTC
Love the level of responsibility and polish of the character controller. That is soo important for platfomer!
tomiinek
05. Dec 2017 · 20:25 UTC
Sound, graphics, action, addictivity, everything great! Maybe enemies could be a little bit more smarter with increasing bosses/levels
Jakub Gemrot
05. Dec 2017 · 21:49 UTC
Nice! Screen shake always works :) love that. But my finger hurts, may be fire 3 bullets per press? I do suck in platformers, auto-fire would make this more enjoyable for me. But otherwise, pretty neat!
Jeremy Ryan
05. Dec 2017 · 22:22 UTC
Like it! Played the Compo version. The graphics and controls are really smooth and nice to play. I appreciate the fact that you can shoot in non-horizontal directions as you jump.
Blizary
05. Dec 2017 · 22:25 UTC
Really nice, the graphics, the animations, the game feel all really great ;)
Matcheryt
05. Dec 2017 · 22:26 UTC
Loved the graphics and audio, everything runs smooth and it's really enjoyable to play.
RainbowJam
05. Dec 2017 · 22:27 UTC
Pretty damn solid game. The map reminds me of those old one-room Mario games with the enemies making their way down
Visuals and audio go so well together, love the bit style to it
My only issue is when you jump then shoot the bullet goes in a diagonal, seems a little unintuitive to me but it could just be something I need to get used to
All in all I quite enjoyed it! :smile:
Casper
05. Dec 2017 · 22:40 UTC
Wow! The feedbacks are really great combining with the sound effects. Love it!
Rajin
05. Dec 2017 · 22:42 UTC
Very nicely put together! As others have said the small polish touches go a long way. Would love to see more variety in some combination of the enemies, player abilities, and environment, just to keep things a bit more from feeling a bit same-ey, but what's there now is definitely great (with great improvements in the post-compo version)!
Manan
05. Dec 2017 · 22:45 UTC
Very nice and polished graphics. The game is also very fun to play.
RubixAlchemist
05. Dec 2017 · 22:46 UTC
Love the feedback the gun gives you. Kept instinctively clicking the space bar to jump. Great game!
azlen
05. Dec 2017 · 22:53 UTC
This game feels like Super Crate Box with the graphic style of Downwell!

Really fun, responsive controls, and very addicting :grin:, I keep playing again and again because I feel I can do better each time.
Pavel Smejkal
05. Dec 2017 · 22:58 UTC
I really like how smooth the gameplay is! Art, sound and all fit the overall mood very well. And these "Smoking crystals" :D

I kinda felt that going through the left side would put me on the right side, that would have been nice, just like TowerFall does it :)

Btw we wanted to make action-platformer and ended up doing puzzle one :D
SpicyHotSauce
05. Dec 2017 · 23:01 UTC
This game is really very cool. Everything about it felt like not just a reference, to retro games of the Pac-Man/Galaga Era. Great game!
Amir Bayareh
05. Dec 2017 · 23:20 UTC
Fast paced games are my favorite and yours is excelent!
It really gets the best from Super Crate Box and with that aesthetics it is just exquisite!
Nice game!
Carpin
05. Dec 2017 · 23:38 UTC
Very solid, I really liked to play it! The jump it's very funny, good luck! Well done.
Kyle Pham
06. Dec 2017 · 00:16 UTC
I really love the knock back effect when you shoot. I also like it how the ghosts just get so much faster and more annoying when they loop back. Really good audio. The black and white theme is good for your ghost theme. The game fits the theme quite well. The only thing I would suggest is to add a new feature because the game kinda gets boring over time. But it is still addictive though. Definitely had fun playing this game.
Incredible Ape
06. Dec 2017 · 04:09 UTC
I really liked the little flip animation when the character jumps!
Reality Blind
06. Dec 2017 · 12:28 UTC
Really love the art style and gameplay, great work 👌
Alexandru Buhai
06. Dec 2017 · 23:41 UTC
A very good implementation of a fast pace game. The animation and music are on point! Also very impressive you manage to do all that in 48h! For the record I wanted to also thank you for making BeatSaber, that is one of the best VR games I ever played!
🎤 Split82
06. Dec 2017 · 23:54 UTC
@alexandru-buhai I'm glad you like it :)
pareidolia
07. Dec 2017 · 08:45 UTC
You can never have enough screenshake ;) I loved the fact that you can keep firing while jumping
Yngvarr
07. Dec 2017 · 08:51 UTC
Wonderful! Plays smoothly, it's difficult to stop playing. And I really love this music and animations! Too bad you didn't build it for Linux. =(
pcmaster
07. Dec 2017 · 10:34 UTC
Zdar! :) This was the best gameplay I've seen on this LD so far. The shooting feels incredible, so does the movement. I love your music, the sounds are good and the overall feeling is the top. I totally love your game, there's hardly anything I could add!
seano
07. Dec 2017 · 19:20 UTC
Really lovely, smooth animations and twitchy but fair gameplay
Geckoo1337
07. Dec 2017 · 20:24 UTC
Really good with smooth controls. It reminds me many old games on which I wasted my time when I was younger. Nice aesthetic. Well done ++
PavelDlouhy
07. Dec 2017 · 20:25 UTC
1-bit color and, still, nothing is missing on aesthetics side. Music in style of 8-bit computers such as C64 or ZX-128 (AY...) reminds me of my childhood. This is pretty polished game and I will hardly forget it! Excellent work.
GameDevMumin
08. Dec 2017 · 11:20 UTC
Excellent art! <3 I've seen that concept in Super Crate Box already but it was really well done here! :D You polished it really goodly, so i can feel the impact of shooting! :D
Nucleose
08. Dec 2017 · 18:29 UTC
As pretty much everyone has mentioned, this is a really solid entry, but I think that it could have used a bit more tie in with the theme. Went for a pretty standard approach and that makes it really flexible for whatever future you might have planned for it. I'm a big fang of Super Crate Box and Downwell, but it's BECAUSE of that that I wish you went a bit further in creating your own identity here. Your game-feel is top notch, so keep it up!
jenninexus
09. Dec 2017 · 07:13 UTC
One of my favorite types of games - loved it! :)
Sean S. LeBlanc
10. Dec 2017 · 09:52 UTC
Digging this 1-bit art style! It wasn't particularly deep in terms of gameplay, but it's still a solid entry.

It's interesting how differently the compo and post-jam versions feel due to the firing modes. The latter is definitely easier on the wrist, but I may actually prefer the former due to the strategies available: in the post-jam version, I found myself getting further mostly just be standing on one level and defending, which ended up being more boring.

The diagonal shots during jumps and being able to jump at any point after walking off a platform were both nice touches.
Drury
10. Dec 2017 · 11:06 UTC
Really fun, kinda what we ended up going with too. Methinks you did better, even in 24 hours less and without friends to help.

Pozdravy z Plzne :beers:
dvdfu
13. Dec 2017 · 18:30 UTC
Super polished and game-feely, I can see how Super Crate Box and Downwell inspired this!

Very impressed by the look and feel of the whole game being nailed in such a short time.
randomhuman
14. Dec 2017 · 22:27 UTC
Very solid and satisfying action, this game feels incredibly polished, and looks and sounds great. The gameplay is not incredibly compelling, but it is impressive that you were able to pull it off after abandoning an earlier idea, and it is still fun.
Hisfantor
16. Dec 2017 · 18:21 UTC
really like the sound and simple graphics
Franklins Ghost
17. Dec 2017 · 11:03 UTC
The feel of the shooting in this is so satisfying, made playing such a nice experience. Liked the juiciness and feedback of destroying the enemies and moving around, really nice polished entry.
CosmicCrystalGames
18. Dec 2017 · 02:27 UTC
Controls are immensely satisfying and the graphics and effects are top-notch. So polished! The Downwell vibe is strong with this one ;)
SecretPocketCat
19. Dec 2017 · 11:56 UTC
The controls just feel so good and the jumping animation looks super cool. It's super juicy and only thing missing is some enemy and weapon variety. Making the gun an autofire was a good call.
ayame9joe
24. Dec 2017 · 09:20 UTC
Good and classic. Very solid.
Psychedelia
27. Dec 2017 · 20:31 UTC
I had so much fun playing this! I will add my voice to the crowd of praise on how awesome this game feels. The sound is spot on. Great job! The movements of the smaller enemies were a little hard to figure out, but at least it kept me on my toes.

Never made it that far to become bored of the same boss style. Imho with this number of smaller enemies running about it would be tedious to have different bosses with complicated ways of disposing them, so in a way I think I like that you kept them simple.