SPACEBRIX extreme by spoon

made by spoon for LD34 (COMPO)

Get in the shoes of The Commander and command an army of bricks against the horde of bloodthirsty windows - IN SPACE!

Move your mouse to pilot the spaceship.
Left click to shoot (if you have bricks orbiting you)
Right click to suck in bricks - they will start orbiting you

When you get hit, you lose all your bricks, but you only lose health when you don't have any bricks orbiting you.
When an enemy hits the bottom of the screen, you lose HP.

The game uses the ISL Nano Font http://www.dafont.com/isl-nano.font

Web	https://spoongames.itch.io/spacebrix-extreme
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=50472

Ratings

Coolness	46%	1507
Overall	2.96	716

Audio	2.73	431
Fun	3.17	463
Graphics	2.43	798
Humor	3.05	198
Innovation	3.22	433
Mood	2.65	697
Theme	3.57	610

Feedback

greenscreen

14. Dec 2015 · 13:34 UTC

Very nice concept. Graphics are a light bit cheap, but the gameplay is satisfying.

MrNyarlathotep

15. Dec 2015 · 14:44 UTC

Fun, and definitely unexpected. I liked the sound effects!

goffmog

15. Dec 2015 · 14:44 UTC

So much more fun than I expected, well done :) Love the sound effects, great idea too.

Drury

15. Dec 2015 · 14:47 UTC

This is the funniest one so far. Neat gameplay too.

qwetro

15. Dec 2015 · 14:53 UTC

The mechanic is interesting, but a game without end could be boring. If you make an ending I would like it more :)

tanjent

16. Dec 2015 · 09:00 UTC

allegro_init("COMMENT");
/* Really tight mechanics and a good mix on the theme with growing by sucking up the bricks and firing them! I think the game needs some powerups and new enemies to make the shooting easier and keep the interest up. Also a big up for keeping allegro alive. I remember back in 98' when DJGPP, Deluxe Paint and Allegro were my bestezt budz */
allegro_exit();

trexmix

19. Dec 2015 · 21:13 UTC

Very unique mechanics. Felt like the difficulty ramped up quite a bit after a few waves but overall had some fun with it

speciesUnknown

19. Dec 2015 · 21:18 UTC

Nice graphics, but I don't see the theme - its not two button controls, as you're using mouse movement and left click, and I can't see what grows.

I liked sucking up bricks to shoot at everybody however.

Catblocker

20. Dec 2015 · 13:07 UTC

Well, the theme was Two button controlls or growing. I can't see no growth, and you are using three "buttons" (yes the mouse is also a "button/controll")

zenmumbler

20. Dec 2015 · 18:25 UTC

Any game with "Extreme" in the title is of course awesome (*cough*pls_play_my_entry*cough*) and not just the code but also the style is reminiscent of Sos. Funny and a creative bullet mechanic.

tantumgames

22. Dec 2015 · 16:09 UTC

Good fun and enjoyable game with 2 button gameplay, good job.

mard

22. Dec 2015 · 16:32 UTC

Thanks to everybody for the comments and votes!
zenmumbler: yes, the game is pretty Sos-like, mostly due to the fact that I played McPixel and watched his allegro.js tutorial-stream-thingy just before the compo