December 14th-17th 2012 :: Theme: You are the Villain
So, I was planning on this Ludum Dare for weeks, but had also been planning on going to a debate tournament the same weekend. I know both of them were coming up I just for some reason didn't associate in my mind that they were the same weekend.
It was too late to back out of the debate tournament, so I went begrudgingly and, huzzah, took first place. I had just enough time left in my busy weekend to cobble together this game in about 3-4 hours to submit to the Jam. I know it may be a meager offering but I am totally thrilled to have finished and submitted something to my FIRST LUDUM DARE! It was a great experience, although obviously next time I will make sure I have the weekend free.
I made the game in XNA.
Controls:
WASD to move, arrows to shoot. Hit as many green things as you can and don't get hit by any blue things.
Downloads and Links
Ratings
 | Coolness | 51% |
| #256 | Audio(Jam) | 1.58 |
| #270 | Fun(Jam) | 2.28 |
| #276 | Humor(Jam) | 1.84 |
| #284 | Innovation(Jam) | 2.16 |
| #288 | Theme(Jam) | 2.40 |
| #300 | Overall(Jam) | 2.32 |
| #304 | Mood(Jam) | 1.95 |
| #329 | Graphics(Jam) | 1.29 |
Comments
Wait, I didn't see how recent your comment was. I originally uploaded the wrong file and that was what I fixed, I'm not sure what problem you encountered.
Can't play on my mac, sorry. Mainly commenting so it leaves my page of games.
Simple, but nice and crisp. I can't give you a high rating, but very nice for 3-4 hours. Heh, it's better than a good few entries anyways. Good job, I hope to see what you can make in the full time next Ludam Dare!
wow for 3-4 hours and your first entry this is quite good =D liked the the mechanics but doenst feel very polished, still cool entry join the next one too =)
Good job on the debate thing and also the game considering the time frame, look forward to seeing you for the next one!
Not bad for a first entry, but would have benefited from sprites, even if they wre poorly drawn.
Can't play windows, but congrats on entering and finishing, and winning your debate!
Love the christmas-themed colours. Makes me feel like I'm controlling christmas lights on the snow or something as I drag them along to hang on my house. Red is always the villain in the red-green combination :(
Congrats on winning debate tournament. :D
very impressive for the time it was made in. you should check out glorious trainwrecks :)
Well, it is a game and it is playable so not bad for four hours. Audio didn't work on my machine. Nice to see I'm not the only one who uses color blocks for placeholder art. As the art was abstract, I'd have called it Killing Angels to build on the villain theme. Prefer .zip to .rar as zip is built into every OS.
This looks pretty interesting, and I wanted to download it, but the link is no longer active. Do you think you could push a new one up? Thanks!
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