Boomsticks by OgelGames

Shooting waves of monsters might sound easy when you have unlimited ammo, but not when your gun explodes every 10 seconds!
Throw your gun away before it explodes to avoid damage, time it just right and explode the monsters with it. Pickup new guns to continue shooting and survive to the end.
Controls
- WASD - Move
- Mouse - Aim and Shoot
- Space - Throw gun
- ESC - Quit
- M - Toggle music
| Link | https://ogelgames.itch.io/boomsticks |
| Link | https://ogelgames.itch.io/boomsticks |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/boomsticks |
Ratings
| Overall | 562th | 3.536⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 157th | 3.929⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 531th | 3.375⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 316th | 3.929⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 815th | 3.25⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 487th | 3⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 915th | 3.058⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 27🗳️ | 16🗨️ |
Good job!
But overall very fun and a nice variety of enemies and weapons to keep it feeling fresh :) Great job!
@dusho New weapons always spawn on-screen, but I guess when you're running around it's easy to run away from them. I think @pixelydian's suggestion of zooming out a bit would help with that.
@for-science Yes they do, but not enough, and yeah there really needs to be some visual feedback for the timer, and probably a sound too.
@m0dsat @bobfish Big booms are in testing :)

it may need more guns and harder gameplay, and I found it weird to let the wave ends before killing everything.
That was a lot of fun though haha!
My only critique was that I got stuck at one point without a gun for awhile because the timings just worked out that way I guess? Other than that I had way too much fun.
This was very well balanced, which is beyond challenging for a game jam.