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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #1024 | 3.448 | 3.448 |
| Presentation | #1735 | 3.466 | 3.466 |
| Overall | #1829 | 3.310 | 3.310 |
| Creativity | #3162 | 3.017 | 3.017 |
Ranked from 58 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?
Reversed Space Invaders. Control the aliens and defeat earth's defenses.
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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when you wish past was different
This was an interesting role reversal. I like the concept that a random alien ship is chosen to fire on the human, but it threw me off to have the firing alien ship swap if I'm holding a shot. I think it might be more player-friendly to show a timer so that the player knows when the firing ship is about to change. That aside, this is good work!
All humans are dead! Tricky to aim your shots, but a fun game. Good job :)
Thx very much. My game is nowhere near your amazing game. Cheers!
That is high praise haha thank you
This was an interesting idea and well implemented. The only issue I saw was that when a human ship was destroyed, the alien ships stopped moving, but could still be hit by shots from the human ship. Other than that, this was a lot of fun.
Yeah, that was one of the bugs that I noticed right after uploading xD
Thank you for the comment.
Interesting idea to swap the roles. The controls for the ships are very limited, and this can make it frustrating at times. Maybe letting both the aliens and humans move more freely can add more fun?
This humans stopped our invasion! :( Didn't catch what my bubble deals. Wish you best luck!
The bubble highlights which ship can shoot. Only one ship can shoot at a time. There must be a better way to communicate it to the player. Hmmm.
Thanks for playing and leaving a comment. Better luck next time, Alien.
That was pretty cool. On my first try I accidentally hit the defender 3 times in a row, so I thought there was autoaim on XD. It was more challenging after that, though. I had a super similar idea for my game also, reversing the roles in a retro space game.
Oh. Wow. Nice pro-gamer skills xD Thanks for the message.
I rated your game. Very cool idea and fun game. I hope you can polish it a bit more after the jam. Cheers!
Top tier game!
That's the idea I tried to base my game aswell. Take something we know and flip it 180.
Love it, I think this game is what the jam was intended for. Fun, challenging, and polished. All 5s for me!
Reading your message made me wanna replay the game. You are very good at marketing. Hahaha.
So nice of you. Thank you very much.
Simple and creative. It's really fun to play and much more challenging than the original game as you have just one objective.
I miss the protective shields from the original game but that would just make the game too hard.
Great job!
Fun idea, fits the theme well. I felt really good lining those shots up. Smart idea having the enemies frequently get chosen like.. “OK, THIS IS MY TIME!”
Haha. Very funny intepretation :D Thanks for the comment.
Fits the theme great, easy to understand and quick to learn how to play. GJ
This game is a great role reversal of Space Invaders! The graphics look amazing, and the spaceships add a level of strategy to the game. Good work!
I really like the concept! and the shooting mechanism is just amazeing!
In principle, I think this works very well. The idea is solid, it feels crunchy and responsive. My only gripe is that, in practise, having more ships as the invader does not feel like an advantage at all. With fewer ships, there's just less for the defender to hit and more consistency for the player. I found it felt easier when I had just one or two ships left and I could reasonably dodge the defender's bullets.
So, maybe needs some polish in terms of the core mechanic, but broadly a very fun game!
I agree 100% that it needs much more polish (and more playtesting).
Very helpful feedback. Much appreciated. <3
Nice game, would like to see a bit more diversity in the graphics ;)
Nice job! The effects and sounds were crunchy and satisfying. Great take on the classic space invaders!
This is Space Invaders, except you play the invading aliens instead of the defending humans. I unfortunately had a hard time shooting down the spaceship. Another problem I found was that the game gets progressively easier as the aliens get closer if you hit a spaceship. I beat the game twice, so I guess I had a good time playing this game. Good job.
Love the gameplay! I was also going to make a game about space invaders, but I ended up making a strategy game.
Ah we also thought about something like this initially :D great to see it done here.
Game works well has good contrast and a clear art style. I had a hard time hitting that tiny little space ship at the bottom, but I won in the end!
Congrats for submitting :D
Thank you for the encouraging message ^^
Great work!