JetTeam by Firellon

made by Firellon for LD34 (COMPO)

Simple game about ship squad management and enemy behavior types.
- Squad moves to your mouse position
- Left Mouse Click will make every ship in squad shoot (if can)
- Ships fire automatically when they see enemy
- Killing enemies eventually grants you additional ships (don't miss that spheres)
- Enemies passed to the left border will immediately respawn at left side AND decrease your chance to get more ships
- Assemble 10 ships in your squad to win!

If you want to play, it's probably best to click on "Web" link and play at my site. If you want to deploy the source, you will need to launch some simple server in folder with the game unpacked, since it's not standalone application.
Have fun!

Best Regards, Firellon.

Web	http://firellon.ru/jetteam
Source	https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzZ0QJy7iY7XQU4tVkNwQWhBbk0/view?usp=sharing
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=59837

Ratings

Coolness	59%	3
Overall	3.14	559

Audio	3.21	222
Fun	3.13	501
Graphics	2.76	664
Humor	2.17	569
Innovation	3.18	465
Mood	2.92	511
Theme	3.17	835

Feedback

esayitch

14. Dec 2015 · 10:20 UTC

Pretty decent game, graphics could use some polish. I would also increase the size of enemy ships, or decrease the size of the arena. Themes are not really expressed as much as they could have been.

Good concept though, and the sounds are pretty cool :D

🎤 Firellon

14. Dec 2015 · 11:46 UTC

I'm glad that you like sounds/concept, that was my main goal, actually =)
About themes expression:
- I interpret "two-button controls" as "two ways to control the game" - and there they are, mouse hover and mouse click =) You may think about it as a "zero-button game", as you can complete it without a single click.
- I interpret "growing" as team expansion and difficulty evolvement. As you gather more ships, you have more power, but also you're more fragile and enemies spawn more frequently.
Thanks for feedback!

manabreak

14. Dec 2015 · 16:04 UTC

I enjoyed this quite a bit! Reminds me somehow of Cannon Fodder. :)

YinYin

14. Dec 2015 · 16:06 UTC

I loved how each squad member had a name :D

Ghen

14. Dec 2015 · 16:08 UTC

imo it'll be much better if the plane movement not stiff/depend on grid
i love the idea of the additional plane for life, the graphic for me quite decent, and the music somehow fit it really well :D

srimech

14. Dec 2015 · 16:10 UTC

I like this, it's a novel mechanic. I didn't find myself using the "shoot together" button much, but that doesn't matter. The music is great.

Bacontree

14. Dec 2015 · 16:14 UTC

I really enjoyed this one. It gives it a very personal touch that everyone has names. Nice music and mood too.

mlepage

15. Dec 2015 · 04:13 UTC

I like the names too. I found it a bit hard to control, could never really get past 3 ships.

MrNyarlathotep

15. Dec 2015 · 14:47 UTC

Fun, like manabreak said the individually named units reminded me of cannon fodder, and the gameplay reminded me of Gradius with maxed out Option.
I did feel like bullets shouldn't collide with each other though.

randomhuman

15. Dec 2015 · 17:43 UTC

Tough game, especially when the up & down enemies come into it. I didn't get above five ships. I did want to keep playing though!

The Merge Conflicts

16. Dec 2015 · 06:23 UTC

I like the innovative idea, but this game is hard to reach an end state. Check out my game if you have time, thanks buddy!

DrFallos

16. Dec 2015 · 09:40 UTC

Space and growing! Very good work!

Aerohand

17. Dec 2015 · 06:35 UTC

decent work! reminds me some of my childhood game and it is quite hard...
kind of curious how the ai work. they follow rly weird patterns...

Hot Box Games

17. Dec 2015 · 20:50 UTC

I liked the ship stacking, made for quite interesting gameplay when deciding to attack/evade oncoming ships/bullets! Art is pretty, too!

OwT

04. Jan 2016 · 21:41 UTC

Really nice game, I like the music, it's so nice to hear! The gameplay is interesting, because of the three ships to control, I had a lot of fun with it!