One Man Spaceship by MrDave

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made by MrDave for LD34 (COMPO)
I went for the topic Two Button Controls. In this game you use up and down to move the lever up and down (it will automatically move left if it can).

Controls:
- W and S or
- Up and Down or
- Mouse left and Mouse right or
- Z and S
(It will move left and right automatically)

Weapon List:

Shield – The shields block all incoming damage for a very short period, they are needed for all levels.

Front Guns – These are great all-purpose guns but only attack targets on the right side of the ship.

Rear Guns – These are great all-purpose guns but only attack targets on the left side of the ship.

Reset Cooldowns – All of the weapons have a cooldown to stop them being triggered for a while after they have been activated, this allows you to remove the cooldowns on everything else so you can use them again.

Cannon – This is a high powered shot but has very slow rate of fire.

Beam Gun – The beam does damage to everything underneath it but doesn’t move, making it great for slow moving targets and groups.

Release Missiles – The missiles slowly build up over time and the button releases all that have built up, making it great if it hasn’t been triggered for a long time.

Ratings

Coolness 68% 3
Overall 3.87 83
Audio 3.93 40
Fun 3.91 48
Graphics 3.29 379
Humor 3.88 36
Innovation 3.96 65
Mood 3.33 246
Theme 4.13 133

Feedback

SomeKindOfOctopus
14. Dec 2015 · 03:14 UTC
The sounds are amazing.
Elenesski
14. Dec 2015 · 06:36 UTC
Loved the audio ... good idea. Had fun. and a great laugh too.
GodsBoss
14. Dec 2015 · 08:13 UTC
The sounds are awesome and the game is fun.
Shared
14. Dec 2015 · 12:39 UTC
Awesome audio, great idea with the gearbox and good graphisms
Very good submission overall
Zeezgames
14. Dec 2015 · 13:25 UTC
Hi, i liked this game because the two controls made it different to switch the weapons and rushing back up to shields meant you had to be clever with timing to turn them on and overall i liked playing this :)

Well Done!
jcwelgemoed
14. Dec 2015 · 13:42 UTC
Very cool take on the two-button theme. Great fun and gets challenging but in a good way. Very well done.
Carnivoris
14. Dec 2015 · 14:35 UTC
I love it! The sound effects are amazing!
aamatniekss
14. Dec 2015 · 14:39 UTC
Lol, the sound efects are super funny. But they're very good for something made with your mouth! :D Cool game!
AranHase
14. Dec 2015 · 14:41 UTC
Best SFX \o/ (yayyy~)

Very good use of the control limitation.
Adolf Jong Un
14. Dec 2015 · 14:44 UTC
i love it, the audio and graphics are both rly good. but i must say that i wished the gearbox went a little faster.
kepons
14. Dec 2015 · 14:45 UTC
Nice take on the theme, really liked the amount of features accessible with just 2 buttons. The sounds were hilarious and the game was fun and wasn't too difficult or easy.
DivineOmega
14. Dec 2015 · 15:34 UTC
I love the funny audio, obviously spoken pew pews. I tried to do the same kind of audio in my entry, but you really nailed.

The gameplay is solid. The graphics are nice and appropriately cartoony.

I love the concept of an entire spaceship being controlled by one enormous gear stick. Great game. :D
keepee
14. Dec 2015 · 15:50 UTC
This is pretty good idea, having inertia on the gearstick movement would make it feel more frantic, and less of a chore to go from top to bottom.
Zetym
14. Dec 2015 · 16:35 UTC
Nice game, liked the gearbox but the audio took away from the overall experience.
Jod
14. Dec 2015 · 17:12 UTC
I. LOVED. THIS.

You, sir, win the award for most awesome sound effects ever. Kudos!

But besides the sound effects, the gameplay was very elaborate, you followed the team well and handled limited resources brilliantly. KUDOS!
Kimau
14. Dec 2015 · 17:44 UTC
Really lovely concept, controls wonderfully
DesignerNap
14. Dec 2015 · 18:08 UTC
I really enjoyed this spin on tower defence :D amazing audio work too! Great job.

also - "YAAAY!" :D
dmecke
14. Dec 2015 · 19:48 UTC
The sounds are absolutely awesome! I had a lot of fun during the game and actually gave it another try just to find out what made which sound. :-)
Everything feels very polished. If I have to mention one point, it would be that it feels that "two button controls" kind of limit this game. Maybe you could do a post-compo version of it where you control the commander in the cockpit heading from one control to another as a time management game.
Teren
14. Dec 2015 · 20:34 UTC
Epic sounds :)
joekinglake
14. Dec 2015 · 20:36 UTC
Really nice idea, super original.. Of course the sound effects are incredible and gave me a good laugh too! Great work!
icereci
14. Dec 2015 · 21:08 UTC
Euro Truck Simulator brought me here :)
Love the game, interesting manual gear controls.
Sounds are epic..
dos
14. Dec 2015 · 23:50 UTC
Phew phew phew phew phew phew!
recursor
15. Dec 2015 · 02:56 UTC
The gearshift control is a really neat idea and the sounds are quite enjoyable/humorous. Nice job
LandoSystems
15. Dec 2015 · 03:03 UTC
Made it all the way through, its a lot of fun, great work! Fantastic sound effects, the humor really takes it to 11. Excellent job!
dekart
15. Dec 2015 · 04:52 UTC
Cool game, i like it. The lever could've moved faster for better control over the situation. It would also work if it would be a wheel rather than a level, so it could rotate equally in both directions. Switching from missiles to shields is a pain.
esayitch
15. Dec 2015 · 07:10 UTC
I tend to score highly in theme games that make 2 buttons do many, many things, and this one does that :)

Funny audio, cool game, and nice difficulty curve. However, by the end I was just randomly activating everything and hoping for the best xD

Good luck, great entry!
MAnimal
15. Dec 2015 · 07:59 UTC
Wave 4!! really hard, very fun to play, challenging, i like your audio
TeamEagle
15. Dec 2015 · 12:19 UTC
Wow, this was pretty fun. The switching may have been faster but overall really cool. Finished it!
bitowl
15. Dec 2015 · 16:57 UTC
those sounds are amazing :D
I like the concept very much!
Goutye
15. Dec 2015 · 21:14 UTC
Excellent voice dude!
broknecho
16. Dec 2015 · 05:27 UTC
I really liked this idea. The time management aspect was a little tough at times with the bottom abilities being so far away from the shields.

Neat idea! well done!
Skywilly
16. Dec 2015 · 08:53 UTC
Ahaha, i love this game. One of my favorites of this competition. The sound is fantastic and the idea seem really interesting (it's inspired by Niffla's game, Affordable Space Adventure ?)
Wevel
16. Dec 2015 · 20:05 UTC
Love the gear stick idea, sometimes got stuck at times though.
TheMeorch
17. Dec 2015 · 04:12 UTC
What a fantastic idea! And good execution of it! Hilarious sound effects, too. Nice work!
Warboys
18. Dec 2015 · 12:13 UTC
Hilarious audio and a really unique experience, good job!
Jupiter_Hadley
18. Dec 2015 · 15:41 UTC
Very well made game, lovely audio! I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you’d like to check it out :) https://youtu.be/l1a-s63Ve1s
WizzardMaker
18. Dec 2015 · 15:49 UTC
Great sounds, nice gameplay
KanedaXIII
21. Dec 2015 · 19:11 UTC
Hahaha! "dubbed" audio is awesome! And the game mechanics are awesome and fun, a great twist for a resource management game!
scorched
23. Dec 2015 · 17:21 UTC
Just select and listen. Gameplay doesn't matter much:D
Erlend Aakre
23. Dec 2015 · 19:53 UTC
Pretty neat, interesting controls :) love the enthusiasm of the sounds
Guard13007
04. Jan 2016 · 19:04 UTC
Very cool idea, loved the voice acted sound effects. xD

I loved how floaty the gears were because it made it slightly frustrating to select something..which is a weird thing to say.