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Shape Invaders by GeruGames

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made by GeruGames for Ludum Dare 45 (COMPO)

--Controls-- WASD - Movement

Scrollwheel - Zoom in and out

Left Click - Shoot

Left Click and Hold to charge up and attack, when you hear the high pitched sound you're fully charged! Release to fire your special attack.

--Gameplay--

The shapes are invading, oh no! You have nothing to defend yourself with besides this pesky little gun. Fend off the shapes for as long as you can and become more and more powerful! Upgrades will change your bullets and increase your stats.

--Post Mortem--

I think this one turned out pretty fun, I wasn't able to playtest the game as much as I would've wanted to so the game may have a few bugs here and there. Lemme know and I'll fix them as soon as possible.

I wish I was able to add a bit more variety in enemies, but what came out should be fine for now. There's about 7 enemies that function differently I believe. Although they're all really just variants of 2 basic enemy types.

This game is for Ludum Dare 45 - Start with Nothing.

Youtube https://gerudumgames.itch.io/shape-inva
Youtube https://github.com/gerudum/Shape-Invaders
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/shape-invaders

Ratings

Overall 175th 3.578⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Fun 83th 3.719⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 450th 2.516⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Theme 426th 2.79⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 328th 3.047⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Audio 157th 3.359⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Humor 304th 2.268⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Mood 339th 2.919⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Given 27🗳️ 28🗨️

Feedback

AskingQuestions
06. Oct 2019 · 23:34 UTC
Reminds me of diep.io. Nice movement and depth!![Annotation 2019-10-06 193302.png](///raw/947/82/z/26a7c.png)
lizelive
06. Oct 2019 · 23:34 UTC
it crashes if you click really fast with the bomb shot
Brandon JS Lea
07. Oct 2019 · 00:00 UTC
Real nice feel to this one. Simple but elegant.

Gameplay wise it's very very simple, but still works fairly well. My only real "issue" was that I seemed to lose for no reason, perhaps an enemy spawn on top of me?

Overall, good. Would have be nice to see some more interesting mechanics/something to set it apart, but I suppose that's personal preference.
🎤 GeruGames
07. Oct 2019 · 00:20 UTC
@brandon-js-lea Hehe yeah, I ran out of time by the time I realized that the enemies could spawn on top of you.

@lizelive I'll fix that tomorrow

@askingquestions Glad you enjoyed it!
NachtWitch
07. Oct 2019 · 00:26 UTC
really cool concept and gameplay, the only issure is that at set times it can lag like absolute hell
Brandon JS Lea
07. Oct 2019 · 00:31 UTC
@gerugames "I’ll fix that tomorrow"
Are you allowed to fix bugs once the compo periods over?
🎤 GeruGames
07. Oct 2019 · 00:34 UTC
@brandon-js-lea I read the rules and I think they allow for bug fixes, but only if it's detrimental to gameplay
They just don't want us adding anymore features or content after release
Inventivum Games
07. Oct 2019 · 00:36 UTC
good game, would have been fun if the upgrades came faster just so you could experience the game as quickly as possible, however, I guess that would make the lag even worse.
MusicBlox
07. Oct 2019 · 00:48 UTC
It seems like you already know about enemies spawning on you, but is there supposed to be duplicate upgrades at the same time? You game is a fun shoot em up, but there are a bit of bugs here and there that subtract from the experience.
dk5000p
07. Oct 2019 · 02:04 UTC
With the multishot it appears the the game lags. I liked that there were multiple enemies. Would be nice if the powerups paused the game. Not sure how this fits the theme, but the theme is very open ended.
ixchow
07. Oct 2019 · 02:36 UTC
The idea of an arena-less arena shooter is an interesting one. In my (score 101 -- so rather short, I guess) run, I never found myself in that frantic mobbed-on-all-sides sort of situation that one gets in (e.g.) SmashTV. I wonder if it is possible to create that sort of feeling without walls, or if having the ability to forever run in a given direction basically shuts that down.

Also -- a small note -- the zoom control feels reversed to me.
blobo
07. Oct 2019 · 20:35 UTC
The enemy death sound effect is super satisfying! nice game.
BustosMan
08. Oct 2019 · 05:40 UTC
Very good entry but I think there should be a better indication of when an enemy is stronger than the other (like adding a shield icon that grows in strength).
SharkWithLasers
08. Oct 2019 · 07:11 UTC
Super fun game! I really liked the powerup that sucks enemies in (forgot the name of it).

Small bug I found: the background effect (which is really cool btw!), doesn't scale with how far out the camera is zoomed.

Nice work!
Fupi
08. Oct 2019 · 17:47 UTC
That was really quite fun! Only problems I could find were that the scrolling for zoom in and out were reversed and that shooting too much can cause some lag. Great game!
Lone_Wolf
08. Oct 2019 · 18:55 UTC
Great work! I enjoyed every second!
~~Reminds me of SK's guns... hmmmmm... :P~~
🎤 GeruGames
08. Oct 2019 · 22:33 UTC
Alright, I read the rules of the Ludum Dare again and yeah I am allowed to make bug fixes, so I pushed a few-

-Fixed Status' stacking over each other.

-Fixed Explosive Shot lagging and exploding way too many times.

-Fixed Double Shot lagging.

-I believed I fixed the lag spikes entirely from my testing, but I don't know how you guys' computer will fare.

-Fixed freeze status causing enemies to move backwards.

-Removed debug buttons that let you get upgrades whenever you want.
Lombax
08. Oct 2019 · 23:38 UTC
wow, great work. this is a realy nice game, well polished also.
uhm the only thing i found was that the small triangles could spawn right under me. at that point when it happened i had been standing still for abit.
gj btw :dog: :dog:
Wevel
09. Oct 2019 · 11:12 UTC
Really well made game, the graphics work well and it was fun to play. I think there should be some sort of fire rate limit, but otherwise the only issue I had was that it crashed when I tried to get a health upgrade.
🎤 GeruGames
09. Oct 2019 · 12:00 UTC
Thanks for the feedback everyone!
Ithildin
09. Oct 2019 · 19:23 UTC
I could play this kind of games for a loong time, they're sooo flow inducing :D

You made great use of animation to juice up the visuals, from the small recoil of the ship cannons to the background squares.

Sounds were a bit too loud, but they fit well.

I wasn't too sure about if there was any way to make the upgrades appear, or if it was just a matter of surviving long enough.In any case, I think I reached to the third upgrade selection panel and the game also crashed for me when I picked the health power up.

Despite this, I really enjoyed playing it. It feels quite solid, well done!
lesinvisible
09. Oct 2019 · 20:16 UTC
Nice simple game, despite minimalistic graphics I liked overall presentation, especially the sound effects.
🎤 GeruGames
09. Oct 2019 · 23:16 UTC
@ithildin Yeah the game is based on a wave system. I did't put in a wave counter though, it was one of things that I had forgot to do before launching the game lol. As a result the upgrades seem to be appear randomly, but they actually appear every 2 waves. Waves get longer as the game gets more difficult so.

--Final Bug Fix--
Fixed Crash when health upgrade is chosen.
Solah
10. Oct 2019 · 11:55 UTC
Nice little game, it just lacks of something making it more original, it is too classical. Good job anyway!
LeviDSmith
23. Oct 2019 · 05:38 UTC
Nice shooter. I liked the upgrades at the end of each wave. I wish there was an auto-fire option. The particle effects looked nice as well.