The Unstable gun by Sheol

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made by Sheol for Ludum Dare 49 (JAM)

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About

Weird squids have invaded the lab! It is up to you - wielder of the unstable gun to stop the menace! Collect the weapon nodes to unlock the full potential of your gun!

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(I may have bitten off a bit more than I can chew by solo-ing this but oh well!)

How to play

Click to shoot, WASD to move! Collect all 3 weapon nodes!

(if you press 'G' you can see the tiles glitch haha)

If the screenshake is a bit too much, you can press 'M' to randomise the bullets for lesser shake :x

Ratings

Overall 877th 3.426⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Fun 530th 3.611⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1397th 2.556⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1013th 3.241⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1061th 3.241⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Audio 797th 3.042⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Humor 507th 3.327⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Mood 817th 3.352⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Given 22🗳️ 29🗨️

Feedback

MorePixels
06. Oct 2021 · 05:10 UTC
Fun game, I liked the bullet changing mechanic, kept combat fresh and exciting!
Yokin
06. Oct 2021 · 05:11 UTC
This game is now one of my favorite games :thumbsup:
LDJam user 258863
06. Oct 2021 · 05:15 UTC
A nice little entry! It wasn't ground breaking, but everything worked well, the light effect was cool, the upgrades felt nice, and overall it was enjoyable. The high quality tiles clashed a little bit with the dev art, but still was a nice entry.
Devin N
06. Oct 2021 · 05:15 UTC
Great use of the Lighting! Nice camera shake at the end too
ZhennaPerks
06. Oct 2021 · 05:23 UTC
This isn't my favorite style of game, but I liked how short and sweet and polished this is. I was a little thrown off by the squids sounding exactly like Creepers from Minecraft and the really familiar boss music. Super clean game though, thank you for sharing.
🎤 Sheol
06. Oct 2021 · 12:40 UTC
@morepixels Thank you!! :D I initially wanted a more chaotic bullet mode haha. If you press 'M' you can see it :p Glad you found it fun!

@yokin Thank you for the kind words :)

@ericbomb Thanks for the feedback!! :DD I made the classic blunder of doing the environment art in 128x128 while the rest of the game is in either 64x64 or 32x32 sprites haha xD

@devin-n Much appreciated!! :D I really love camera shakes haha.

@zhennaperks Ohh!! Yeah haha the sounds are actually the zombie sounds from minecraft ;p The firing sound the enemies make are actually also a minecraft sound :x The final boss music is Carl Orff's O Fortuna (actual name is Carmina Burana iirc) in case you were wondering! Hope you still had fun though :D
Shea Kelly
06. Oct 2021 · 12:41 UTC
sound effects are amazing the choice of music is amazing and the art style is as well the only this is the end thing (I don't want to spoil it) but it could be harder.
nanolotl
06. Oct 2021 · 12:54 UTC
Greatly enjoyed this. Simple, but the whacky guns were amusing and fun.
🎤 Sheol
06. Oct 2021 · 17:35 UTC
@shea-kelly Ahh I'm glad you enjoyed it!! :D Thanks for the feedback!! Maybe in the future I'll increase the difficulty ;p Thanks for playing! :D

@nanolotl Thank you!! c:
squigglez
07. Oct 2021 · 00:33 UTC
solid game. i like the lighting effects especially
SlickRamen
07. Oct 2021 · 22:24 UTC
enjoyed it, got pretty fun after I got the bullets..
BGDC
09. Oct 2021 · 08:25 UTC
Not much to say, good game overall! great job :thumbsup:
🎤 Sheol
11. Oct 2021 · 08:13 UTC
@squigglez Thank you for the kind words!! I think I could have done more with the lighting haha but hey, it's a learning experience ;p

@slickramen I had just as much fun creating the bullet types haha :p

@bgdc Thank you!! :)
talas
11. Oct 2021 · 11:59 UTC
didn't understand all, but this is fun =)
Mallard
11. Oct 2021 · 16:12 UTC
Nice gamejam submission.
I liked the atmosphere created with the lighting and sounds.
The enemies were varied enough to keep me engaged throughout, and the final boss battle actually made me chuckle on the chaos of it all.
Good job.
cavejohnson332
11. Oct 2021 · 18:02 UTC
Loved the boss music)
and *SPOILERS* ---- minecraft zombie sfx)
matthewlacker
11. Oct 2021 · 23:39 UTC
Nice job! 1 I was pretty surprised you managed to squeeze a boss fight in at the end. I think the lighting looked good and set the mood nicely, but i am not sure if it was the right choice for this genre. It felt a little disorienting. The glitched tiles were also a nice effect.
🎤 Sheol
13. Oct 2021 · 00:47 UTC
@talas Ahh noted! I'll work on improving the clarity for my games in future!! Glad you found it fun though!! Thank you! :D

@mallard Thank you for kind words!! :DD Took me quite a while to figure out and set up the sounds/atomosphere haha. I'm glad you got a chuckle out of the final boss hehe.

@cavejohnson332 Every boss needs an 'epic' soundtrack imo :p The final boss music is Carl Orff’s O Fortuna if you were wondering! :D And yeah haha I used the minecraft zombie sfx for the mobs :x Maybe next time when I'm more experienced with things I'll do my own sounds ;p

@matthewlacker Oh man I barely managed to squeeze it in >__< Noted on the feedback on the lighting and mood! Hopefully I'll be able to improve on that for future submissions :x I'm glad you liked the glitched tiles effect haha, those took sooo long to figure out how to make and I was afraid it'd be too disorienting if I left it in the game. :x The initial idea was that everything could glitch out, the wall props, the guns, the bullets but I took too long with just doing the char, enemy and tile glitch that I had to cut it out :x
LDJam user 261242
21. Oct 2021 · 17:18 UTC
Nice work! I like the mood and level design! Wish u good luck.