September 2024 libGDX 7 Day Game Jam Entry

Theme: The 4 Elements(Fire, Water, Earth, Air)

Dev Notes:

Man, oh man, So this Jam got me.

While I am very happy with the LOOK of the game thanks to the awesome crt shader I found. The gameplay is unfinished, basic and kinda slow.

Couldn't think of what to make until Wednesday. Decided on a space invaders clone only to realize, eh, this isn't that fun... But too late to pivot to something like a fast and cool like a bullet hell. So it's definitely not what I would consider one of my better jam games. Missing a lot of polish mechanically, difficulty can be all over the place depending on if you get the right pickups. hitbox issues, no ending, etc...

But at least I think it looks cool.

I will try to clean it up a few bugs before the jam review. Better luck next time!

Gameplay:

Move left to right, shoot at enemies above. While evading enemy projectiles Every time you clear the core wave of enemies. Your scoring for each enemy on the subsequent waves increases.

Asteroids contain many special elements. As such they have a chance to drop different elemental powerups. Which you can use to dispatch your enemies.

But also note they will instantly kill you if they hit you, unless you have a shield active

Also, the game has no end, it just keeps on going till you die, sorry, no time.

Basic Left/Right movement. A / D key

Shoot enemies: SPACE Key

*Since the Easter egg pickup has a lower chance to spawn. I added a cheat. If you just press the P key you will spawn an entire row of every elemental power up. You can repeatedly press it as much as you want.

Destroying Asteroids should be the main goal as they have a chance to drop elemental powerups.

Fire Powerup (Red): Increase power of default weapon.

Earth Powerup (Brown): Adds bonus weapon which shoots off to the sides

Water Powerup(Blue) A single use Ice Shield, having a level 2 shield will cause ice projectiles to explode when you are hit and lose the shield.

Air Powerup (White): Increase firing rate of all weapons

Heart Power(Pink with + signs): Gain 1 health back

Easter Egg Powerup: ????

Assets Used:

Spaceships: https://fearless-design.itch.io/tiny-ships-free-spaceships

Asteroids: https://arcadeisland.itch.io/space-shooter-wang-tiles

Background Nebula: https://norma-2d.itch.io/celestial-objects-pixel-art-pack

Small amount of other assets done myself or possibly from older collections I had.