Alien Game Prototype

For one of the Ludum Dare mini competitions a few months back I started hacking together a simple arcade style game.  The human race is being attacked an eaten by a vicious alien species.  You play the role of a benevolent alien who comes to the rescue of the helpless humans.

Originally the only defence the hero had against the invading aliens was going to be a tractor beam — where you must grab and throw the aliens to get rid of them.  After showing it to the Pipe Cleaner Man he insisted that I added lasers and homing missiles, so I did.

I’m not certain what I’m going to do with this project.  As it began as a quick hack for a 48 hour competition, it is not very well designed.  It would need a considerable amount of rewriting before being able to transform it into a real game.

For the time being I think I’ll hold off before posting the actual game for download.  I would like to add at least a simple scoreboard and actually being able to win or lose before sharing it.