Overheat, arcade high score chaser

[Jimanzium]

Originally made for 32x32 jam, never submitted it. I don't know why. Recently made a few improvements and decided to release it.

In overheat you must shoot to avoid overheating and exploding! But don't shoot anything or the stress will make you explode.

Instructions:

Shoot using the arrow or WASD keys
Don't let the heat meter fill
Don't shoot too many things
Press F1 to enter/exit fullscreen mode
Turn your speakers off to mute audio

Download:
http://jimanzium.itch.io/overheat

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[Beelz]

Houston, we have a problem. I can't start the game... I tried spacebar of course, and a few others. Also when reverting out of fullscreen the game doesn't shrink back down. It does leave fullscreen, but makes the window larger than my physical screen.

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[Jimanzium]

I can't re-create this problem, neither the fullscreen issue or the game starting. Hm. Anyone else having this problem?

[Nixola]

Are you sure you're using the same LÖVE version? Any information about your resolution / screen setup?

[Beelz]

I'm running v0.9.2 with a resolution of 1024x720(shitty laptop), but I'm not sure it'd make a difference as his conf.lua doesn't designate a version:

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function love.conf(a)
	a.title = "Overheat"
	a.identity = me
	a.window.width = 320
	a.window.height = 320
	a.window.fullscreen = false
	a.window.resizable = true
end

[Nixola]

Conf.lua doesn't designate a version, but that doesn't mean it's version-agnostic; when unspecified, it's assumed it's for the latest version (0.10.0). Try updating

[Jimanzium]

The key string for the space bar was changed between these versions. In 0.9.2 it was " ", now it is "space". So that's one down.

[Beelz]

As much as I'd love to update to 0.10, I can't. My current system doesn't support OpenGL, so no canvases and no update.

But after manually updating the keys so I can play, my high score is 152... Not a bad game really. It's simple, but easy enough to get hooked for a few rounds!

A suggestion for future reference... You can fix it to work for losers like me like this:

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if key == "space" or key == " " then
-- blah
end

[Jimanzium]

Thanks for the tip. Added a version for graphics cards without OpenGl 2.1 support.