A downloadable proof-of-concept for Windows and Linux

Started out as my entry for LD49, but I didn't get this finished, although I was a lot more organised this time round. 

It's basically a proof-of-concept for an idea around how power-ups could work for a vertical scroller. 

  • As the player accumulates power-ups, they're added as modules to the left and right of the player's ship. 
  • If one side of the ship has more power-ups, then the ship becomes unstable and starts to drift to the side with more power-ups. 
  • The bigger the difference, the faster the drift.  
  • Enemy fire can destroy the power-ups, and if a power-up is lost, so are all power-ups outboard of the destroyed one so you can go from a perfectly balanced ship, to a massively unstable one with one enemy shot >:-).  
  • Tried adding controls to move modules left and right, as well as to auto-balance, but the auto-balancing currently doesn't always work (okay, it very rarely works).
StatusPrototype
PlatformsWindows, Linux
Release date Oct 04, 2021
Authordigital bacon
GenreShooter
Made withUnity
TagsLudum Dare 49, Prototype
Code licenseMIT License
Average sessionA few seconds
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard
LinksLudum Dare

Download

Download
DB49 Unstable Prototype.zip 23 MB
Download
DB49 Unstable Prototype (Linux).7z 28 MB

Install instructions

  1. Download the ZIP file.
  2. Extract to a folder.
  3. Run the LD49.exe executable file.

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