Core 10

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Core 10 (2013) was our entry for the gamejam Ludum Dare 27.

It is a short stategy game for desktop (Windows, Linux, OSX) where you get to protect the ultimate core of life using different kinds of shields, the more shields you set the more level and AP you get!

Gameplay screenshot after many turns have passed.

How to Play

You begin the game with an unprotected Core, it is up to you which side protect first. Move the shield type selecion with A or D then click the empty slot on the screen.

At the start of the game, you can only place shields in 4 different positions around the core.

As the game continues and more shields are places, new smaller slots to place shields appear, and the player gets more AP.

A word on AP, every time you set a shield you will lose AP for that turn, you will need to wait to the next one in order to recover all of your spent points.

Enemies start coming from outside of the game view until the core is surrounded by them.

Velocity matters, this an important part of the game, the enemy will be able to attack you for the same amount of seconds you spent on your turn! That means if you wait the whole 10 seconds on your turn then the enemy will get 10 seconds to attack you (Ouch!) Press the space bar to finish your turn as soon as you set your shields and take advantage of the rules.

To summarize, the keys are:
A: Move left on the shield selection area
D: Move right on the shield selection area
Space: Finish your turn (Remember the sooner you finish your turn the better!)
P: Pause the game
R(While the game is paused): Restart the game
Click on an empty slot to set the selected shield type

Download

The game can be downloaded here.

Installing Java is required to play the game.

Credits

Viktor Briceno designed the game ideas and mechanics, while also developing most of the game logic.

Luis Boscan also took part on the development of the game and did all of the visual assets.

Music was done by our friend V-Axys.