Night Radar by ranseur

made by ranseur for LD34 (COMPO)

Night Radar

(as always, title is just two random words)

Theme chosen: "Two button controls"

Armed with just a Morse code capable communications device, guide friendly fighters squadrons to fend off enemy, evil bombers.

Reading the README.txt provided is essential.

Thanks for playing.

Made with Game Maker: Studio.
Sfx: Bfxr.

Version history:
v1.00: initial release.
v1.01: reduced difficulty, fixed small graphical bug.
v1.02: fixed a crash bug.

I am told there are some crashes, but I don't seem to able to reproduce them. If it happens to you, please take a screenshot or copy the text of the error and show it to me. Thanks.

(The original design was quite different, sadly I quickly realised that it would take about 7 days to make that project, and so I had to settle for this instead. Graphics are non existent, and the code is just horrible.)

Windows	https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/227084348/Ludum%20Dare/LD32%20-%20Night%20Radar/Win/LD34%20-%20Night%20Radar.zip
Source	https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/227084348/Ludum%20Dare/LD32%20-%20Night%20Radar/Source/LD34%20-%20Night%20Radar.gmx.rar
Timelapse	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6VgCEYDMxo
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=39477

Ratings

Coolness	71%	3
Overall	3.17	536

Audio	2.61	493
Fun	3.27	392
Innovation	4.08	36
Mood	3.31	262
Theme	3.57	610

Feedback

gene-z

14. Dec 2015 · 14:08 UTC

Nice game, good work

victorfisac

14. Dec 2015 · 14:21 UTC

Good work! :D

DivineOmega

14. Dec 2015 · 14:21 UTC

Awesome and creative. I really like style of game. I think I'll come back to this one later and try to master it. I'm not very good at it yet.

Gameplay is very engaging if you're willing to sit at all. The challenge is good. Graphics and audio are appropriate for the game style.

Awesome. :D

timsjostrand

14. Dec 2015 · 14:24 UTC

Cool game! The Morse code mechanic is unique. Will return to later!

Carnivoris

14. Dec 2015 · 14:27 UTC

Very cool. You don't see morse code in games enough!

Saymon

14. Dec 2015 · 14:30 UTC

Wow, awesome game, really difficult at first, you have to memorize and rehearse the sequence before inputting it, Great job !

Move127

14. Dec 2015 · 15:30 UTC

Great game! I'd love to see the morse code mechanic in a more robust military strategy game.

Catblocker

14. Dec 2015 · 15:40 UTC

Really nice and unique gameplay. I think some further instructions woud be necicarry thougt because I had a very hard time understanding how to do things. Like getting a response

manabreak

14. Dec 2015 · 15:55 UTC

Really interesting take on the theme. I have to give it another go at some point - I'm a bit too tired to really comprehend all the depth this game has. Nice work, nevertheless!

AranHase

14. Dec 2015 · 16:04 UTC

I like the idea of using morse code to send commands, very innovative.

HolyBlackCat

14. Dec 2015 · 16:26 UTC

Woah, great! Insanely hard, but it's good!

RockhopperGames

14. Dec 2015 · 16:40 UTC

Great idea, though it'd obviously take a lot of time to master! In a way, the simple style actually suits the theme of the game, so good work making the most of your limitations there!

Unfortunately, I hit an error upon taking down my third fighter, and got the following message:
############################################################################################
FATAL ERROR in
action number 1
of Step Event0
for object obj_fighter:

Variable obj_fighter.exploded(100048, -2147483648) not set before reading it.
at gml_Object_obj_fighter_Step_0
############################################################################################

🎤 ranseur

14. Dec 2015 · 16:48 UTC

@RockhopperGames Thanks for the report! Fixed it.

DesignerNap

14. Dec 2015 · 18:30 UTC

HARDCORE!!! Love it. Reminds me of Subcommand! :) Great stuff. The basic audio and visuals actually give it quite a tense feel as the player is free to project.

davesoft

14. Dec 2015 · 19:23 UTC

10/10 would radar again :D

RockhopperGames

15. Dec 2015 · 06:40 UTC

Nice! I'll be sure to give it another go later, just to see how far I can get!

MercuryXGames

16. Dec 2015 · 11:15 UTC

nice game!

antonuklein

17. Dec 2015 · 16:02 UTC

Extremely fun game, really unique too!