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Stylish Aeroplane Dress 'Em Up by Happy

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made by Happy for Ludum Dare 49 (JAM)

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CONTROLS:

  • WASD / ARROW KEYS – control ship
  • SHIFT / Z / SPACE – fire weapons
  • LEFT CLICK – select part to place, pick up part, place part
  • RIGHT CLICK – rotate currently selected part (if possible)
  • R – store/scrap currently selected part
  • ESCAPE – pause/menu

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This game is a scrolling shoot’em up/plane dressup game with a twist. As your ship is old, barely designed for combat and extremely unstable, your parts will fall off after a while. Thankfully, you can replace them by salvaging new parts from the enemies you destroy! But how well will you manage to do that in the heat of combat?!

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Be sure to think about how you build yourself up as unbalanced weight will make movement harder. Having guns on every side may make killing enemies a cakewalk, but comes at the sacrifice of extra speed. In this game you constantly have to make decisions and deal with what you’ve been given!

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In addition to providing mobility and offensive capabilities, extra parts will also take hits for you. This is important as your core is quite vulnerable. Three hits and you're out!

And some parts ...just look pretty. Dress your plane up for multiplied score!

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CREDITS:

  • jm2k - coding
  • happyhead - art
  • fuyucchi - design
Link https://happyhead.itch.io/stylish-aeroplane-dressemup
Link https://happyhead.itch.io/stylish-aeroplane-dressemup
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/stylish-aeroplane-dress-em-up

Ratings

Overall 208th 3.947⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 118th 4.026⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 47th 4.184⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 252th 4.053⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 233th 4.237⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 523th 3.474⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 335th 3.605⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 414th 3.711⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 28🗳️ 9🗨️

Feedback

Daniel Giorlando
05. Oct 2021 · 01:22 UTC
Wow this is so cute I love it
giraffalope
05. Oct 2021 · 01:32 UTC
Super cute! Thought the game idea was very unique. Wish I had a little more time to dress-up my plane in between waves of enemies.
LeYamez
05. Oct 2021 · 01:39 UTC
It was super fun and cute :3 The idea was pretty cool and fun! Just needed a bit more time to add more parts..
dodori
05. Oct 2021 · 01:40 UTC
Wow, this is so cute! I love that you can "dress" the character up, haha. Really cool entry!
NuggetMcHotdog
05. Oct 2021 · 01:44 UTC
Love this one!! The concept of rebuilding your ship mid battle is super innovative.
My only current critique is that attaching parts to the ship felt a bit weird some times, with pieces not attaching when they should or attaching in the wrong places. Other than that, super solid entry!
LandoSystems
05. Oct 2021 · 01:49 UTC
What a cool game! Not only is the parts-attaching mechanic fun to see in a shooter like this, the art style is super cute and juicy too. My only minor complaint is that it's tricky to get a part attached sometimes. Really great work here, hope you expand on it!
LDJam user 243929
05. Oct 2021 · 01:50 UTC
Very nice game - kudos for the idea and the very good execution. The gameplay flow seems to be well-thought-out (or balanced, eyyy pun intended) as well.
Also great job with the visuals, that river-ish animated background works perfectly with the retro style.

I'd love to see this expanded!
ruruie
05. Oct 2021 · 02:27 UTC
That was great. My only >_< on it is that was really difficult to attach parts even when completely still and it wasn't clear what might or might not be a valid attachment point.
MorePixels
05. Oct 2021 · 02:53 UTC
Super fun! I found it quite hard to place the parts while also trying to not get killed. Maybe something like a ship editor in the pause menu could be good? It was also a bit confusing at how to place parts when I first started playing. Overall though really good game!
LittleBeardMan
05. Oct 2021 · 15:39 UTC
Pretty cool game! There's a nice variety of parts and shooting/destroying enemies was juicy.

It was a bit hard to get certain parts attached (Specifically wings for me), and it felt a bit awkward trying to attach them while moving. Maybe having a "build" period in between waves could have helped out both issues. Enemies at the beginning felt like they had a bit too much health too, but that's a pretty minor nitpick.

Overall, with some polish I could see this being a turning into a pretty fun full game
kantanloop
07. Oct 2021 · 21:42 UTC
I love a good SHMUP! The visuals are cute and I love the enemy designs in the later waves, and the variety of parts you can pick up is great. It's a little tough when you don't get at least some gun parts at the beginning; it feels like the smaller enemies take a lot of hits with the default weapon, but once you're over that initial hump and you have a lot of parts to work with it's not that big of a deal. Fantastic work overall, I'd love to see this expanded!
very dark lord
08. Oct 2021 · 16:49 UTC
This is pretty cool! Dig the concept. Also great variety, some of these weapons feel really great and powerful, and you quickly get that feeling of becoming stronger and better, which I always like in these games.

I just wish there was some more time to relax and build your ship - the way it is, it's quite stressful, and in the end I kept dying despite having numerous parts, mostly because one of them (the flat gray one with 2 red lines I think) required such precision to place that I was unable to do so at all, and I also couldn't drop it. Maybe I misunderstood how to use it, but in one session it took me ~15 seconds and like 50 clicks to place it, and in two others it just ended my round as I wasn't able to add anything to my ship. Let me know if I've doing something wrong. :D Seemed to me that I had to hit the exact right pixel, which was seemingly impossible while the ship was shaking and moving around. Otherwise great entry, maybe I'll have another try on another day and see if I can get further.
pm2k
09. Oct 2021 · 18:13 UTC
@very-dark-lord thanks for playing and giving feedback!! you were not doing anything wrong, the system for placing parts just unfortunately ended up a bit awkward and buggy...
also, to drop parts pressing the R key should work
Pierre Morreel
10. Oct 2021 · 10:25 UTC
Original entry for this theme, concept is super cool ! Placing your parts on your ship is quite nicely made for a jam, however sometimes you have to pixel perfect it but that's okay. Nothing special to say about art and sound, they fit well with the global mood of the game. Nice entry !
Tom Kun
13. Oct 2021 · 03:59 UTC
Cool Concept and great execution! The only suggestion for the customization gameplay is that maybe slow down time or even freeze time for the player to put on the new parts.
Anton Florey
14. Oct 2021 · 23:59 UTC
This has huge potential I think. Love the graphics and sound. Would love to see you keep working on this :)
Exmxpx
16. Oct 2021 · 12:05 UTC
Really enjoyed this, the character was automatically drifting to the right a little for me, probably something on my end but other than that, this concept and game were great and you guys nailed it. Great job!
Tygrak
16. Oct 2021 · 13:26 UTC
Very fun and cute! Trying to equip the parts during is quite chaotic, but I think it is ok as you can take a risk and equip stuff during combat or just wait until the wave is over. The big gun really bangs. It was quite hard to keep a ship maneuverable, but that's also part of the fun and fits the theme nicely. The graphics are great, the sound too. Good job :)!