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AutoInvaders by Sri Harsha Chilakapati

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made by Sri Harsha Chilakapati for LD34 (COMPO)
AutoInvaders is my take on remaking the classic SpaceInvaders game to the concept of the theme 'Two Buttons Controls', and the only controls used are the two ALT keys. The left ALT key does fire, and the right ALT key spawns up the shield.

Being spending too much time on the graphics, I think there are still things that are not polished. I will be adding those elements after the compo.

This game requires Java 8 to run. OS/X users please use the OS/X build. If you download the Linux build, you can run it with java -XstartOnFirstThread -jar AutoInvaders.jar and it should work fine.

This game uses OpenGL 3.3, SilenceEngine 0.4.1b and LWJGL 3.
Windows http://downloads.goharsha.com/ld34/AutoInvaders.exe
OS/X http://downloads.goharsha.com/ld34/AutoInvaders-Mac.jar
Linux http://downloads.goharsha.com/ld34/AutoInvaders.jar
Source https://github.com/sriharshachilakapati/AutoInvaders
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=22490

Feedback

Doctor_N
14. Dec 2015 路 07:32 UTC
Okay so I thought this was a pretty cool concept but it was nowhere near feely enough for my tastes. Have a watch of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJdEqssNZ-U

Would have loved some parallax stars and screen-shake. Also I beat the first boss without using the shield just by spamming the shoot key is that supposed to happen?
馃帳 Sri Harsha Chilakapati
14. Dec 2015 路 15:05 UTC
@Doctor_N Thanks for your opinion, and the link. I'm sure I'll get these in for the next compo. The issue here I had this time is spending more time on art and less focus on the game play. There is no difficulty involved, and the level generation is pretty random.
Akhera
14. Dec 2015 路 20:55 UTC
According to Microsoft Security Essentials, this game contains a trojan. I'm not touching it.
Gornova
14. Dec 2015 路 22:10 UTC
note: this game don't contain any trojan for me, using Windows 8.1 and scanned with microsoft security essentials.

Btw, the game. There are no bugs, graphics is good and sounds okay. Lack of gameplay, in particular new weapons, force boredom on my, sorry!
sP0CkEr2
16. Dec 2015 路 03:02 UTC
Akhera> Windows 8.1 does that for any unsigned EXE. Just ignore it.
Akhera
16. Dec 2015 路 09:10 UTC
@sP0CkEr2 - I'm on Windows 7 and this didn't happen with any other games I rated.
MemoryLeek
17. Dec 2015 路 17:00 UTC
Okay, interesting take on an old classic. Quickly becomes very repetitive though :)
Crowbeak
18. Dec 2015 路 08:59 UTC
I'm glad there's a Mac version, but my laptop definitely doesn't have two Alt keys.
Adreqi
18. Dec 2015 路 22:31 UTC
quite the same as memoryLeaks. plus nice soundtrack :)
mike.cullingham
27. Dec 2015 路 05:02 UTC
Sticks to the theme. I had a hard time timing my shield at the start of a level, so could've used a simple countdown mechanic of some sort. Nice job.
jachepe
27. Dec 2015 路 11:20 UTC
Good game! maybe is not very innovation but is a solid game. Good work!
miwuc
27. Dec 2015 路 12:12 UTC
Nice game with polished presentation, nice audio, even has a boss fight. I kind of liked the concept but at the same time it felt a bit slow, static and too easy. It would be nice to have more action and visual effects, power ups and whatnot (but of course that's hard to do in 48 hours).
A-Flat Miner Studios
02. Jan 2016 路 09:55 UTC
Nice straightforward idea. That incoming wave patterning is nice!