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What's beneath the surface? A chest-burster.
What you've got here is Aliens themed whack-a-mole. That's it. ;)
Arcade gameplay is roughly in place, with bugs of course. Hastily added sound effects. Wrapping this up with a couple hours to spare since I have to be someplace. Will definitely finish it up, since there's a bit more I wanted to do with this.
Downloads and Links
Ratings
 | Coolness | 84% |
| #117 | Humor(Jam) | 3.35 |
| #297 | Graphics(Jam) | 3.57 |
| #496 | Fun(Jam) | 2.76 |
| #509 | Audio(Jam) | 2.68 |
| #517 | Mood(Jam) | 2.81 |
| #539 | Theme(Jam) | 2.80 |
| #629 | Overall(Jam) | 2.72 |
| #682 | Innovation(Jam) | 2.25 |
Comments
Thanks, guys! :D But yes, lots of bugs. Much glitching. I plan to fix up most of that and polish it up in the coming days.
Whack-A-Mole :)
The game seems to have gotten stuck after a while, because nothing new happened.
The scream definitely makes it. Wish there was an easier way to start over than reloading the page, though!
That scream! Nice presentation. Definitely a little buggy though.
It's all fun and games until a chest burster flies into your face. Wacky idea, and good execution, only bug I came across was after wacking the Medical Hammer tm (great name) a few times in a row, no more patients came down.
Don't do drugs kids
Kinda funny.
Shame it tends to lock up.
Guessing most of the graphics are pulled from elsewhere?
Glitchy, but pretty good for the time. I included it in part 17 of my Ludum Dare compilation video series, if you want to check it out :) http://youtu.be/wBne0r55jPY
The most hardcore whack-a-mole game I've ever played! It's a diamond in the rough :P.
Anssi@MooseflyGames
I went back and revised the hell out of the game over the last couple weeks; fixed lots of bugs and polished things up. Learned a lot. :) -> http://fortyseven.itch.io/whack-a-burster
Came back to link to the final version on GameJolt: http://gamejolt.com/games/arcade/whack-a-burster/30298/
It's still barely a game, but I'm pretty proud of how it turned out. :)
And I'm just realizing that it's probably the same build. I should have looked first. [Talks to an empty room.]
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Dropping from ceilings, and chest busting aliens... Most legit I've ever played! If it weren't for all the glitches... It would be freakin awesome.