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GMTK Game Jam 2023

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A twist on arcade space shooters like Space Invaders! Launch waves of ships at a lone attacker.
Submitted by Blast9 — 2 minutes, 6 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity#26913.1823.182
Presentation#30092.9092.909
Overall#33122.8032.803
Enjoyment#40512.3182.318

Ranked from 22 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
Space Invaders twist- Instead of playing as one ship against an invasion, you protect the mothership from an intruder using waves of ships.

Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?

No

We used pre-existing art

Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?

No

We used pre-existing audio

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Comments

Liminal-ZeroSubmitted300 days ago

Interesting prototype/concept. It might be nice to see more, maybe a 1v1 multiplayer mode, one person with the mouse, the other with the keyboard.

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Shotback
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翼比天高Submitted300 days ago

It's just so cool, and incredibly fun!

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[GMTK-2023] Can I move?
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IndigoLobsterSubmitted300 days ago

Nice to see that you had a similar idea to mine. We named our games similarly and we both uploaded our games at the last minute. We must be twins, who were separated at birth. Hahaha.

Great effort. It has potential, if you polish it more and add more gameplay depth.

Cheers!

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Earth Defender
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SongerkSubmitted301 days ago

nice game, but it was hard for me to understand what is going on, like the enemy life is going down ? Or how much am I supposed to hit him?, but I believe it was due to a problem with the screen size in the Brower, and it was enjoyable to play.

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emaG
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Cléo FontaineSubmitted302 days ago

I like the concept and the game looks good, I like the general mood. I had fun and wish it was longer, it has nice potential! I'll play again if you have time later to implement the respawn of the intruders as you said

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I Beleaf in You (post-jam)
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SpdrdSubmitted303 days ago

The consept is very cool, and it looks good, I would enjoy that it was longger

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Amazeing
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steenishSubmitted303 days ago

Quite enjoyable, though I felt like I mostly mashed buttons and hoped for the best. I defeated the enemy though so I'm happy enough with the outcome. Great work! I would have liked to be able to see how many ships I was able to spawn to manage my resources a little better, though!

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Escortee
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PelengoSubmitted303 days ago

Very fitting and menacing music. The launch button is very satisfying to click and it is very enjoyable to watch the ships attack the alien at the click of a button.

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Space Explorers
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VíktorSubmitted303 days ago

Great work! If you want make it better after the jam I suggest making some kind of money system to upgrade your ships and stuff like that ;) And if you want a more arcade look go for neon colors and, of course, pixelart!

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Server Shift
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Ben WolffSubmitted303 days ago

Noice!! Cool idea. :)

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ANTIGOLF
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MINIMASubmitted304 days ago

loved this

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BUFF BASS
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SpencerP23Submitted304 days ago

Love the presentation! Feels like I'm at an arcade cabinet and the way the spawning buttons are incorporated looks really nice. Felt like with the lack of control of your ships the only strategy is just to spam but it is fun to see your armada take down the ship

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ShopKeep
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Blast9Developer303 days ago(+1)

Thanks! Yeah, the extent of ship waves was "do the ships go out on their path" and not much further. As a beginner there's lot's to learn and figure out- my wider scope was to have more complex cooldowns, different wave options to send out on different buttons, and that all to show up on the screen. More work to be done!

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Eleventh_LordSubmitted304 days ago

Nice minigame - It's really fun. I was wondering if you could add some AI to the player's ships - they're just moving randomly.

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Goomba's Revenge
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Blast9Developer303 days ago

Thanks! Currently each button sends ships on a set path and they all have a static firing rate, but I'll consider adding something more would give it more depth.

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NeatGamesSubmitted304 days ago

-Enjoyment: It is really fun watching all the action play out while I just sit back and press buttons ~

-Creativity: Very creative way to reverse the roles.

-Presentation: Great! The UI and graphics are all very clear and simple.  Having a moving star background with parallax would be perfect!

-Neat game indeed!! Please check out my non-creative entry when you can :D

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Mini-Mon Survivors
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