LÖVE

Think I reached critical mass

The enemy radius can be kinda hard to see on a contrasty monitor: perhaps consider a 5% opacity blue circle for an idle enemy, and then turn the circle red when it's targeting the player? The intermediate R and B values could show while the enemy locks on.

Also, second on the don't-need-to-click idea. Players will get it in seconds.

Okay, I have a simple form of combat working, but the trouble is that it's not very fun. Battles are extremely quick, and have extremely simple mechanics.

Any ideas on how I could make this more fun?

Also, it occasionally freezes for a couple seconds. No idea why, I don't think I have time to figure it out as the contest ends in a few hours.

Make different eyes shoot different things.
Powerups.
Random spiffy looking particle effect background. Make it a tad more interesting to look at.
Don't require the user to click to move so I don't end up just holding down the mouse button the entire time.
Add strategy. The enemy needs a way to win based on user actions.

Nice sound effects.
Cool minimalist style.
Color eye health was a good touch.

I think you have a good chance of winning.

Reminds me of the first stage of Spore.

ghostwriter wrote:Any ideas on how I could make this more fun?

Have lots of beings on the screen, some smaller, some larger. Eat the smaller ones and avert the larger ones.

holy crap im finished and it's not half bad. Thanks for all your support

edit: i left in the click-to-move navigation because it's sometimes necessary to use the mouse movement to explore. You don't want to accidentally run into an 8-eyed foe while looking for easy picking

Edit: Playthrough video

I enjoyed the game immensely: I would shell out a few dollars for it on Steam if you polished it up a little. I also experienced the game freeze, but couldn't find a cause in your source.

Speaking of your source, why do you have a copy of your game in your game? There's a full .love inside the .love file.

It is indeed a fun game.
The game crashed twice, both times when i had 3 of those shooters together at the same place (maybe that is the cause?)

tentus wrote:Speaking of your source, why do you have a copy of your game in your game? There's a full .love inside the .love file.

Well that would explain why it suddenly doubled in size. I didn't notice that.

I didn't notice any freezes or crashes. It's fun! The ending suggests it needs a backstory, though.