December 14th-17th 2012 :: Theme: You are the Villain
"Sometimes you have to be your own hero", someone says.
In videogames, however, it's quite the opposite: usually you're the hero, but sometimes you just gotta be the bad guy.
Your mission is to stop the 'nth' space hero, by sending him the right troops at the right time.
Pick the troops with your keyboard and place them by clicking on the grid with your mouse. And that's it. Hope you like it.
Downloads and Links
Ratings
 | Coolness | 88% |
| #81 | Innovation | 3.66 |
| #137 | Overall | 3.43 |
| #147 | Theme | 3.71 |
| #169 | Audio | 3.00 |
| #225 | Graphics | 3.31 |
| #243 | Mood | 3.02 |
| #310 | Fun | 2.94 |
| #545 | Humor | 2.00 |
Comments
Great work with the graphics and sound, looks very professional given the timeframe. Really amazing achievement
Awesome idea. However, that hero seem too superior. Maybe I'm just not clever enough to discover the efficient of hitting him, but he keeps avoiding my "attacks". Stupid hero!!! ;)
The game looks quite nice and I really like the idea but has a number of flaws I think.
You really need some kind of introduction / tutorial explaining how everything works. I was expecting, when clicking on a grid, for the ships to appear exactly where I clicked so I could stage an attack better.
I would have also used number keys instead of letter for the hotkeys as they are more readable - the font you used is somewhat strange ^^
Not a bad game though at all!
Wow that is really cool gameplay :o very different. I liked the song aswell even when the hero dodged your attacks everytime it was still fun and rewarding.
Awesome, re-read the instructions a few times before remembering I was the villain, hahaha.
@Starspell yeah, font was kind of randomly picked because it had a "spacey" look and it was under Open Font License, i could not afford to "waste" time in being picky :D thanks for the feedback.
Pretty cool! Sometimes it's like too many buttons though :p
Very good game, well polished. I felt a bit too random when spawning my ships, but it was fun nevertheless
Really good and well planned! Game mechanics are fine tunned and enemy (or hero?) AI is really good for making it a nice challenge :) To make it more difficult I'd have done that money increased depending on attack performance ;)
A bit clunky, but a cool idea. I wish I could have set up more of the typical enemy arrangements (like a row of enemies to all come out at the same time) instead of just basically random placement.
Cool, seeing quite a few of these. Great audio. As with most of these the "enemy" is OP. I'd have tried to make a gradual curve of dummies to intelligent.
The controls take a minute to figure out, but once you do, you are rewarded with an interesting twist on the space shooter genre. Great fun and a good challenge!
nice job! the ship was good at dodging (maybe a little too good) and the music was very addictive. seriously, i really enjoyed that music.
Gameplay is very original, and it's not easy to destroy the ship! Good Job!
Nice execution! I see this kind of concept in Ludum Dare 2 times now, you're the 2nd one. Hero is good at dodging !!
Good job, especially on the UI. Also fits the theme like a glove.
Nice idea - the UI is a bit misleading (I thought the buttons would be clickable, too).
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