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A jam submission

Alien BlasterView game page

A game where you spin and shoot aliens.
Submitted by Pritack — 46 minutes, 43 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Enjoyment#12143.1183.118
Audio#13662.9122.912
Overall#16962.9352.935
Creativity & Theme#18383.0003.000
Seriousness#18493.0003.000
Visuals#20992.6472.647

Ranked from 34 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Game Engine

Other/Custom

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Submitted

I like the way the little aliens explode when you hit them!

Submitted

Really cool game! Gave me nostalgia for Asteroid... Loved the audio, the gameplay felt smooth.

A bit of feedback:

The spinning speed could use some fine-tuning, as it was a little annoying to have to find the guys behind me at the speed.

And the movement could use a little more love in areas.

Overall, really goofy and fun game, keep it up!

Submitted

Thrown me back among the first game ever create, asteroid! great idea for the spinning theme, get pretty challenging over time! keep it up!

Submitted

Sound design and animations are really crisp with nice looking pixel art. I second the spinning speed, could be fine tuned for a more smoother experience. Really cool game though well done

Submitted

Nice game! I like the idea of locking the camera to the player, which helps to avoid some of the confusion that sometimes comes with rotational keyboard controls. The game is slow to start, but gets sufficiently challenging over time for sure.

One thing that I think would make the experience even better would be to have a more even aspect ratio, or at least have the spaceship aim along the longer axis. I saw some enemies, only to have them go out of sight when I rotate the view to take aim.

Submitted

Nice interpretation of the theme! For me, the spin controls were a little too sensitive and that made it a little hard to aim. The enemy approach speed also felt a bit too slow, like I was waiting for them a bit too long.

I liked the explosion animation, and how it still included the eye, and the art style is a good pixel art vibe! Good job!

Submitted

My dude! From the awesome spin audio (really juicy) to the satisfactory shooting and explosions, this is cool! Zoom out a bit, add new enemies, start the scaling and let the good times fly! Great start and very good considering the time constraint!

Submitted

There is so much game juice, killing enemies feels so good

my high score was 86 (killed by the asteriods)

Submitted

Neat little mini-game~ I do find the movement a bit difficult as it increment so much than I expected.

Submitted

Really cool game idea! I think it could be expanded with some upgrades!!

I'd be happy if you'd also try our game :3

Submitted

Love the pixel art, the explosion sounds are satisfying especially when I manage to no scope a alien off screen. I don't think slowing it down is the right answer, but being able to increase rotation speed at will is! Blasting the slow green guys and constantly turning to check my 360 for them is a little frustrating because of how rapidly my space ship spins. If I could maybe use the mouse or double click or something to choose a fast spin versus a slow spin, I would have felt way more in control. But it felt very cool when I did take better control of the fast spin and blast the fast moving aliens on time or the big meat bois that take 3 hits. Fun game that just could use some tweaking! :)

Submitted

The spin needs more control and you can polish the gaem but overall I like it! 

Submitted

Fun stuff but oh man, spinning that fast was getting me nauseas! lol, need a bit more control on spin speed

Submitted

For a small project it's a lot of fun to play! The pixel art and sound work very well here, and the new enemy types that appear over time are a nice addition.

As others have already said, the rotation is way too fast, slow it down a bit and it will feel a lot better.

Good work!

Submitted

I liked the sprites and effects, I think the sound was a bit too high in volume for the explosions and also, since you added right and left key, I think you could also easily add the "A" and "D" key as most players play with those.

Submitted

Fun lil game!  It was a bit hard to control. You should consider adding acceleration. But still, great job!

Submitted

Love the effects of destruction of the spaceship !  Really good game ovewrall, congratss!

Submitted(+1)

Great game! I love the sound effects and the explosions, they make the game feel really dramatic!

A lot of people have brought it up, but the ship is very difficult to control when it spins so fast, I kind of got the hang of it but it does make the game a little frustrating. Although the cast of enemies were so good that they more than made up for it (I liked the yellow guy).

Developer

Yeah, I can see how the turning may seem a bit fast, so I am thinking of adding a toggle to change the turn speed for the ship for a future update. Thanks for your feedback!

Submitted(+1)

one of the best implementations of "Spin to Win"!! it was a bit difficult to control and align the bullets to the path of enemies, but I think that's how it's meant to be. Nice work!

Developer(+1)

Thank you, glad you enjoyed!

Submitted(+1)

changing direction seems way too sensitive but i guess thats intentional. i really like the effects and sounds, they really improve the experience.

Developer

Thanks for your suggestion and for playing my game! The main reason I made the ship turn like that is to make the game feel faster paced and more precision based.

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