Cyber Survivor by theheheo

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made by theheheo for Ludum Dare 51 (JAM)

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Background

In a city... where robots are many and surviving is tough, become the greatest cyber survivor this city has ever seen. Your cyber abilities activate every 10 seconds, choose which abilities to use and combine them in a way that you see fit.

A game made by Theodore Liem Norell (theheheo)

Soundtrack made by Joel Ekberg aka DJ WATER DUCK

Ratings

Overall 553th 3.545⭐ 46🧑‍⚖️
Fun 316th 3.678⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 795th 3.089⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Theme 528th 3.711⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 844th 3.189⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Audio 576th 3.136⭐ 46🧑‍⚖️
Mood 899th 3.078⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Given 41🗳️ 68🗨️

Feedback

Faust_Mi
04. Oct 2022 · 13:55 UTC
Cool game! Very unusual angle, very interesting to play! Great job!
TriangleTriangle
04. Oct 2022 · 13:57 UTC
Good work dude! Shooting felt satisfying and the bullets look good. I guess the only thing would be to have more variety to keep the interest, but that's jams for you. What you have works well!
LDJam user 298496
04. Oct 2022 · 14:04 UTC
Neat little wave shooter, gameplay feels really solid.
ramelio
04. Oct 2022 · 14:10 UTC
Cool take on the theme. I like how you can choose to pick up your upgrades at the right time to get an efficient weapon cycle.
Jackaljk
04. Oct 2022 · 14:19 UTC
I'm not a fan of this type of game but this one's fun, I like the stretegic elements! And nice visual style too.
🎤 theheheo
04. Oct 2022 · 18:47 UTC
@triangletriangle thanks! Yeah I agree, would definitely have added more enemy variations if I had time, feels like time moves faster during jams.
🎤 theheheo
04. Oct 2022 · 18:49 UTC
@jackaljk @matt-ravenhall @faust-mi @ramelio thanks a lot, appreciate it !
tharky
04. Oct 2022 · 22:28 UTC
I enjoyed it! It was a cool wave shooter game. I loved how you implemented the theme with a nice style :) Nice job!
LikuRio
05. Oct 2022 · 09:03 UTC
Very nice game
LDJam user 43351
05. Oct 2022 · 09:07 UTC
I see we had very similar ideas for our games haha! I love the idea of getting more and more weapons and each of them firing off at the end of a timer. Thats very cool. I love the sound effects and the gameplay felt really nice. Great game well done!
Lorwon
05. Oct 2022 · 09:10 UTC
Nice game !
What I liked:
- The gameplay with all the different weapons !
- The way you used the theme.

Improvements:
- Sometimes the weapons are hard to find when they are not within the camera range. Maybe adding somthing that show where the weapons are ?

Good job !
Rendow
05. Oct 2022 · 16:41 UTC
The shooting and the special weapons feel very satisfying. I also like the choice of using 3D for a survivor-like game. Well done!
🎤 theheheo
05. Oct 2022 · 17:02 UTC
@lorwon thanks :D! By weapons do you mean the boxes/pickups? Yeah I agree it would have been good to have an indicator for where they spawned.
🎤 theheheo
05. Oct 2022 · 17:04 UTC
@tharky @Rendow @LikuRio @Jejkobb thanks! Glad you enjoyed it !! :D
Sk Katea
05. Oct 2022 · 18:40 UTC
I loved it, especially the fact that you implemented the theme in such a original way
ChillerTyp
05. Oct 2022 · 18:41 UTC
The fifth game of this kind I see in this jam...
W4YN3R
05. Oct 2022 · 18:43 UTC
Very cool game, really like the precursor for the different abilitys. This makes targeting really intuitiv!
Cool Idea and nice entry!
BugByte14
05. Oct 2022 · 20:01 UTC
Really fun game, it's so satisfying when you get the shotgun and just take out so many enemies at once. Great job!
kuggenhoffen
05. Oct 2022 · 20:25 UTC
Pretty satisfying little game. Good job!
BangKerpow
05. Oct 2022 · 21:00 UTC
Solid controls and a solid little game. The cooldown mechanic was a fun take on the theme.
Alex de la Cour
05. Oct 2022 · 21:43 UTC
An enjoyable game - the controls and shooting felt very smooth and well implemented, and clearing out chunks of enemies with the skills felt really satisfying.
Abdonatioera
06. Oct 2022 · 01:44 UTC
A fun game. The shotgun and laser feel very nice. I liked the camera perspective of the game too.
Lvl99Chicken
06. Oct 2022 · 04:11 UTC
I got sucked into this game haha. I like the visuals and the feedback is solid, gun feels fun to shoot and satifying fighting enemies. Powerups were fun too. Great job!
brunozisman
06. Oct 2022 · 05:16 UTC
Okay, so i ended up playing more than i should've... Very easy to understand and challenging at the same time. Great job!
resacaGames
06. Oct 2022 · 14:21 UTC
I find the theme use was great, I loved this out of sync special attacks piling up, I was devastated when powerups stopped appearing after 3. How dare you take the chance of being op away from me?
Overall 10/10 if powerups are infinite.
saintchristopher777
06. Oct 2022 · 17:33 UTC
Very cool; addictive little game! I know it wasn't _meant_ to be a "Vampire Survivors -like," but it has the beginnings of that vibe.
🎤 theheheo
06. Oct 2022 · 18:23 UTC
@resacaGames thanks! yeah you might be on to something there about not stopping at just 3 special attacks.
🎤 theheheo
06. Oct 2022 · 18:33 UTC
@brunozisman @Lvl99Chicken @Abdonatioera @alex-de-la-cour @BangKerpow @kuggenhoffen @BugByte14 @W4YN3R @sk-katea thanks for the feedback! really appreciate it :D
🎤 theheheo
06. Oct 2022 · 18:41 UTC
@saintchristopher777 thanks! yeah didn't really realize it was a Vampire Survivors-like until my friend pointed it out haha, I am definitely gonna try that game!
CookieRA
06. Oct 2022 · 20:19 UTC
:v:
![2412345.PNG](///raw/8a5/32/z/52943.png)
JustARoom
06. Oct 2022 · 20:31 UTC
Love the concept of each ability being on 10s cooldowns, very fun and made me strategize.
🎤 theheheo
06. Oct 2022 · 20:32 UTC
@cookiera damn thats probably the best score I've seen so far! really want to make an online scoreboard now
🎤 theheheo
06. Oct 2022 · 20:33 UTC
@justaroom thanks!
kimau
07. Oct 2022 · 10:36 UTC
Would like a faster build up but it was fun and immeditaly grokable
OnurY
08. Oct 2022 · 07:46 UTC
![Screenshot_1.jpg](///raw/0d1/82/z/52d45.jpg)
Aldruin
08. Oct 2022 · 09:27 UTC
The different weapons bring variety and a fun gameplay to the game. Pretty fun one.
fabula_rasa
09. Oct 2022 · 18:44 UTC
This is quite fun! The special abilities are distinct and really make the game fun. Some energetic music would be great.

One thing that kinda confused me is that you say in the description that I can choose which abilities to use - I'm not sure how to do that. For me, the abilities just activated automatically some time after they finished their 10-second cooldown. I saw no way to chose anything. What did I miss?

![Screenshot_10.jpg](///raw/732/a2/z/52f28.jpg)
infestedrabbit
09. Oct 2022 · 19:58 UTC
its fun
want more guns and right click pleae :)
🎤 theheheo
09. Oct 2022 · 21:02 UTC
@fabula_rasa thanks for playing and for the feedback! yeah I should have made it clearer that you can press Q to open up an action/ability menu to respec what abilities to use. I currently only have controls in the itch page.
F1Krazy
10. Oct 2022 · 10:07 UTC
This is a nice little game! Trying to position and time yourself to make the most of your cyber-abilities adds a nice level of strategy to the game. I agree with the other reviews in that it would have been nice to see more variation in terms of abilities and enemy types, but I understand the constraints of jams. It's also a bit disappointing that you can only take one hit before getting a game over, but it does add to the challenge considerably.
GodDoesPlayDice
11. Oct 2022 · 21:00 UTC
Cool use of the theme, our team thought about it too