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Rick Dervish - Space Cadet by coldfire83

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made by coldfire83 for LD 42 (COMPO)

Rick Dervish - Space Cadet

Synopsis

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Rick dervish is a game about a boy, in a spaceship, which is powered by an engine that leaves behind a HUGE trail of fire.

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Fight you way through the enemies that are coming to take you down. But be careful, because when they fly into your trail of fire, it only gets bigger.

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Hope you have fun with the game.

Tools Used To Make The Game

Engine

  • Unity 3D
  • Visual Studio 2017

Image Editing

  • GIMP

Audio Editing

  • Audacity
  • Helm (https://tytel.org/helm/)
  • The Levelator (http://www.conversationsnetwork.org/levelator)
  • Abundant Music (https://pernyblom.github.io/abundant-music/index.html)
  • Onine midi-to-wav converter (https://www.onlineconverter.com/midi-to-wav)

License

The game and source code are being released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. For more details about the license, please go to https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode. A summary of the license can be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.

Source code https://www.dropbox.com/s/pclzndqd6orfg4m/LD42RunningOutOfSpaceSource.zip?dl=0
HTML5 (web) https://coldfire83.itch.io/rick-dervish-space-cadet
Windows https://coldfire83.itch.io/rick-dervish-space-cadet
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/rick-dervish-space-cadet

Ratings

Overall 499th 3.153⭐ 51🧑‍⚖️
Fun 420th 3.135⭐ 50🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 615th 2.625⭐ 50🧑‍⚖️
Theme 345th 3.583⭐ 50🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 627th 2.51⭐ 50🧑‍⚖️
Audio 303th 3.021⭐ 50🧑‍⚖️
Humor 259th 2.656⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Mood 435th 2.795⭐ 46🧑‍⚖️
Given 57🗳️ 33🗨️

Feedback

chaitae
12. Aug 2018 · 23:35 UTC
The music was pretty good.
dk5000p
12. Aug 2018 · 23:35 UTC
The game is tough and probably will take a lot of doing. Not sure the little twist adds too much but it was a fun game.
Swini
12. Aug 2018 · 23:36 UTC
I flew in an enemy and i got more space. Am i worng or should that be? Good sounds!!
Listonos
12. Aug 2018 · 23:45 UTC
Very tough game, I did not manage to survive. Ignoring enemies, a long tested and battle hardened tactic suddenly does not work here. Could use a little bit more variety in sounds effects.
Korso
13. Aug 2018 · 00:40 UTC
Pretty good game. I liked the music and the twist of reducing the space, although I feel that some minor changes would soft the difficulty curve. Good job!
🎤 coldfire83
13. Aug 2018 · 01:40 UTC
@swini That was intentional. When testing, I found that if I didn't give space back when hitting enemies, the game was impossible to complete. Thanks for the feedback.
artbohr
13. Aug 2018 · 01:47 UTC
A fun game, I've beaten it in the 3rd try, nice music and overall gameplay, I also liked very much the "Jumping to hyperspace" at the end.
wavertron
13. Aug 2018 · 03:38 UTC
Tough, good use of theme. Great job.
Paden Shorey
13. Aug 2018 · 04:09 UTC
It's very hard to avoid the bullets and it's a bit weird that you ask for the player's volume settings before starting the game. Also a bit confusing having two continue buttons.
Mertios
13. Aug 2018 · 04:10 UTC
Tough, but okay game. Graphics were pretty miserable though. Who is that person supposed to be? He looked terrifying.
Xyntell
13. Aug 2018 · 04:10 UTC
I love the fact that it becomes very difficult at some point.
BrettSchiff
13. Aug 2018 · 04:14 UTC
I like that there are different objectives for each level, and outside of gameplay, volume sliders are always great.
whoisninja
13. Aug 2018 · 04:37 UTC
Awesome music! I just didn't like how my ship got stuck to the wall.
Blondhie
13. Aug 2018 · 04:51 UTC
Way tougher than it looks, but overall fun.
steventrouble
13. Aug 2018 · 04:58 UTC
Great game! I really like the idea. My one wish is that the ship blaster sound was shorter, it can get a little annoying when I hold down the space bar. Besides that, solid game.
karlipoppins
13. Aug 2018 · 05:09 UTC
Cool little space shooter with a nice take on the theme! The controls and graphics were fluid! I have to admit you had me a bit worried with your cover art work :) I really enjoyed the fact that there are multiple levels, a volume configuration screen and a nice progression. Would be awesome with some sort of storyline background. Music was pretty cool too (Was it generated?)

Great job overall!
Erendelous
13. Aug 2018 · 05:28 UTC
Oh, it's amazing! Especially music and the "running of space" mechanics)
🎤 coldfire83
13. Aug 2018 · 05:43 UTC
@mertios - That person is supposed to be Rick Dervish...I guess a career as an artist is out of the picture for me :laughing:

@karlipoppins - Music was mostly generated, but made a few tweaks in audacity to smooth out some weirdness.
Memel06
13. Aug 2018 · 07:25 UTC
I loved you idea, is really fun!

Music is nice (maybe some variations to sound effects will improve this factor) and the difficulty is very high.

Nice entry for this LD42 man, it surely needs some graphic polishing but it's a nice game :)

Thanks for your work and good luck!
Jambav
13. Aug 2018 · 10:43 UTC
Fun, Nice mix of the classical shooter with the theme. Was a bit tough, but not impossible. Completed in 4th attempt.
rumor
13. Aug 2018 · 11:00 UTC
Good take on running out of space! Controls well and pretty complete in terms of features. Another attack type would be really useful, especially something lateral. The fire trail expansion could be more fun if it was temporary, so you could to "weather the storm" of a miss and earn your way back to some breathing room by playing well. Nice job overall.
Eric Kulbiej
13. Aug 2018 · 13:11 UTC
Nice game, enjoyed it very much. Keep it up!
Fork0
15. Aug 2018 · 16:18 UTC
It's a cool game, but really hard.
Anubhav Kashyap
17. Aug 2018 · 11:17 UTC
Tough game, as others have said, but great use of the theme. The audio was good too. However, I did find a glitch in Level 1: if you fly to the extreme right or left, the ship goes out of the map, so you always win. Apart from that, though, great job. :thumbsup:
T8kk
21. Aug 2018 · 06:06 UTC
Nice small game coldfire83. I found the difficulty curve quite high getting quickly hard or maybe I simply suck at these games haha. The music was nice and overall i didn't find too many critical bugs or issues playing. Was there some story for the orange area which narrows your space? Overall fresh and creative idea, overall well done!
meatpudding
24. Aug 2018 · 13:24 UTC
Cool game. I like the movement of the enemy ships, it's really hard to beat. The background is cool, so is the concept. It's a well put together game.
Zirrrus
26. Aug 2018 · 11:38 UTC
I wish I wasn't this terrible at schmups. But still a fun game, the art is...special. :)

The music is really good. Multiple tracks too!
afendar
28. Aug 2018 · 18:36 UTC
Nice game. The graphics are simple but acceptable for a 48h version. Good work ! continue like this
CristiHKJ
31. Aug 2018 · 07:25 UTC
Great game! Very cool and interesting! :D
candlesan
01. Sep 2018 · 03:19 UTC
Good classic shmup action. I like that you tweaked some of the default unity speeds on a game object. I always found the default unity controller settings to be too unresponsive for a shmup and I like the values that you chose.
bradur
01. Sep 2018 · 04:25 UTC
I turned the SFX down to 10%. The sounds were quite distracting, but the music was very good!
Nice use of the theme, quite a twist to the very familiar shmup mechanics!

After the first level the game got very hard. Or maybe I'm just not a good shmup player.

Well done!
jordantanner
01. Sep 2018 · 07:55 UTC
I'm a massive fan of shmups / bullet hell games, so I automatically love this based on genre. The control of the ship felt decent, firing rate felt ok (maybe could be a bit faster but less powerful-- seems more exciting while still doing same DPS), and enemies not too bad either! I've always been fascinated with the different firing patterns of the enemies in these types of games-- they really add to the experience and force the player to learn and react, which I feel like is crucial. You seem to have done a good job implementing some of these firing patterns! I played this game longer than some others. Perhaps graphics could use some love, but overall, certainly a fun game. I really appreciate your entry, nice work!
Blinkenlights
01. Sep 2018 · 10:05 UTC
What a good idea! Needs some polish, but nut a bad entry all-in-all.
Gildar76
01. Sep 2018 · 11:23 UTC
Nice game, liked the music. THe default volume might be a bit on the high side for my taste.