Crashteroids by Rogod

made by Rogod for LD34 (COMPO)

Crashteroids is a 2 button-control space growing game with the objective to collect all the aliens from the planets and get to safety.

Made with Java - find the executable Crashteroids.jar inside /dist

All artwork made in Gimp.
All sound effects made in SFXR.
All music made with http://tonematrix.audiotool.com/
Coded in Netbeans IDE.
Less than 24hrs work in total.
Listened to F-777's chipstep the whole time: dude it suits the mood better than my attempt at making music.

Have fun :D

P.S. This was only made by me, no external media or assistance was provided.

Update!
Ported the whole game to DarkBASIC Pro (Windows & DirectX9.0c). Source is available for reference too.
(This port was made in 24 hours after a day of testing other people's games - try porting Java OOP OpenGL to BASIC DirectX any faster :P )

Update2!
Ported the whole game to Android GLES! Incase anyone wants to play it "that" way xD
Crashteroids is on the Google Playstore here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.crashteroids

Windows (Java)	http://updates.rogodigital.com/crashteroids/Crashteroids.zip
Source (Java)	http://updates.rogodigital.com/crashteroids/CrashteroidsSRC.zip
POST COMPO Windows (DBP)	http://updates.rogodigital.com/crashteroids/CrashteroidsDBP.zip
POST COMPO Source (DBP)	http://updates.rogodigital.com/crashteroids/CrashteroidsDBPSRC.zip
Linux&Mac (Java) (Untested)	http://updates.rogodigital.com/crashteroids/CrashteroidsUNX.zip
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=64484

Ratings

Coolness	52%	3
Overall	3.65	183

Audio	2.65	468
Fun	3.50	234
Graphics	3.62	225
Humor	2.86	261
Innovation	3.92	78
Mood	3.35	235
Theme	4.23	80

Feedback

zybit

14. Dec 2015 · 11:51 UTC

Cool game!

RockhopperGames

14. Dec 2015 · 13:11 UTC

An excellent showing! The idea was really creative, and the the excecution pulled through! Building a tower is really satisfying, and it remains fun for a surprisingly long time, considering how simple it is.

As a possibility for a post compo version, you could take this idea and run with it, adding in all sorts of upgrades and bonuses for the little cities you build, possibly adding a bunch more strategy to it!

🎤 Rogod

14. Dec 2015 · 16:28 UTC

Thanks man, that's actually what I had in mind.
Thinking of porting it to Android because of it's simple controls.
And I felt only 4 upgrades wasn't enough, so I'm gonna dream up some more and maybe play with planet sizes & different buildings/structures on the planets. :D

Jonathan Whiting

14. Dec 2015 · 18:01 UTC

Cant run this (naked java) so not rating.

🎤 Rogod

14. Dec 2015 · 19:59 UTC

What does Naked Java mean?
(You could have probably downloaded Java in the time it took to say that you're not rating it - lots of games here are made with Java & most computers come with it pre-installed to some degree.)

Allthebees

14. Dec 2015 · 23:55 UTC

Wow this game is incredible. It feels so polished too! I had a lot of fun playing it. The only thing is that the music loop is maybe a bit too short and becomes annoying quickly but it's not a bad sound, just not enough of it!

RockhopperGames

15. Dec 2015 · 06:37 UTC

Awesome! I'll definitely give a the post compo version of this a play! There's so much interesting stuff you could do with the idea... Missions where your aim is to cover the entire planet, building missile silos to take out asteroids (or just giant swinging arms)... This could be really great!

🎤 Rogod

15. Dec 2015 · 12:14 UTC

Heh, Allthebees I completely understand where you're coming from - I am no musician; it's why I deliberately included the sound-off option. :P

RockHopperGames & Jonathan Whiting stay tuned here and on rogodigital.com, work has already begun on Crashteroids2 - I'm completely revamping the code, expanding and porting to Android and DarkBASICPro so everyone can enjoy it with a Windows machine or an Android phone. :)

🎤 Rogod

16. Dec 2015 · 13:16 UTC

So I've just spent the last 24 hours converting Crashteroids into DarkBASICProfessional from Java.
Here's the whole game, completely ported:
http://updates.rogodigital.com/crashteroids/CrashteroidsDBP.zip
And the source for reference if people want to compare the languages:
http://updates.rogodigital.com/crashteroids/CrashteroidsDBPSRC.zip

utgarda

17. Dec 2015 · 11:29 UTC

Guys, since you used free software, like Gimp and Java to create this, maybe you could package it for Linux, probably all you need is to put required .so files instead of .dll :)

[etsvigun@Jotunheim ludumdare34]$ java -jar Crashteroids.jar
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no lwjgl in java.library.path

🎤 Rogod

17. Dec 2015 · 11:45 UTC

I have no Linux distro to test on, but I'll package the Mac&Linux runnables if you wish.

DrTeaSpoon

17. Dec 2015 · 12:43 UTC

This the third game that captivated me all the way to the end. The first game I spent more than 10 minutes in. Good job! Though for love of god some less repetitive music would be nice.

🎤 Rogod

17. Dec 2015 · 12:58 UTC

Hah I'm GLaD to hear it, and I make no apologies for the music, I am a programmer and visual artist at heart - I normally get my team to provide music for our projects - as this had to be a solo work I had to do the music as best I could. :P

lastnerd

25. Dec 2015 · 08:30 UTC

Fantastic, easy and very fun game.

🎤 Rogod

26. Dec 2015 · 00:13 UTC

Thanks, not everyone finds it easy, you must be one of the chosen ones. :D

synthetic-entropy

28. Dec 2015 · 00:55 UTC

Wow! This is one of my favorite entries. Cute graphics, excellent implementation, and just enough gameplay to make the tower building mechanic fun without overstaying its welcome.

Great job. I feel like this is everything a ludum dare should be. :)

ZpeedTube

28. Dec 2015 · 12:17 UTC

Overall awesome work! Only complaints is that it takes so long to complete a level (if there is an ending), played to first boss and then lost patience. And music needs improvement (but I know how hard it is, I'm very bad on the music part too).

🎤 Rogod

28. Dec 2015 · 16:13 UTC

Thanks guys :D

ZpeedTube, it's not level based, that was the last boss. :P
You get a score when you escape him.
And yeah, the music still beats some of my other solo-attempts. :D

BunchaSapsGames

04. Jan 2016 · 23:35 UTC

I really liked it. Well-polished, looked great, played great. No real issues here other than the game maybe being a bit slow.

astrophics

05. Jan 2016 · 00:24 UTC

This is a cool game! Graphics are okay

mf1214

05. Jan 2016 · 00:46 UTC

Great game! Nice concept and good effort.