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    Ludum Dare 18

    August 20th-23rd, 2010
    Theme: Enemies as Weapons

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    1.

    Windows | Source

    Strongmen! (with vital exclamation mark) is a tactical strategy game in a similar vein to games like Civ and XCOM.
    Except you have no weapo ...
    - Theme
    #10 - Innovation
    #19 - Overall
    #21 - Fun
    #37 - Humor
    2.

    Play online | Timelapse | Source

    Java 1.5 is required, the game is played as an applet in a webpage. ...
    - Theme
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    #4 - Innovation
    #8 - Community
    #9 - Fun
    #16 - Humor
    #36 - Coolness
    #42 - Audio
    3.

    Windows

    Arrow keys to move and jump. Land on enemies, pull them around and force them into the ground to make them shoot each other.

    Infinite arc ...
    - Theme
    #15 - Fun
    #16 - Overall
    #18 - Innovation
    #37 - Graphics
    #40 - Coolness
    4.

    Windows | Source

    It's finally done...

    Should work in most Windows machines, although I only tested it with Windows 7 (64-bit)... But all the code is prett ...
    - Community
    #4 - Theme
    #9 - Overall
    #15 - Audio
    #16 - Innovation
    #20 - Coolness
    #22 - Fun
    #31 - Graphics
    #40 - Humor
    5.

    Web | Source

    Fly your ship around the enemies to fling them at each other. Made with Flixel. ...
    - Innovation
    #5 - Theme
    6.

    Play it in FLASH | Play it for N64 | Source Code

    Use the arrow keys.

    Goal #1: Stay alive. Use left, right, and up arrows (or Z) to move and jump around.

    Goal #2: Wreck enemies. Use do ...
    #6 - Theme
    #6 - Audio
    #7 - Fun
    #7 - Overall
    #15 - Innovation
    #28 - Coolness
    #47 - Humor
    7.

    Web | Jam Version

    Arrow keys to move, Z to grab, P to pause, M to mute. ...
    - Audio
    #4 - Fun
    #7 - Theme
    #12 - Overall
    #50 - Community
    8.

    Windows | OS/X | Web | Source

    FAIL-DEADLY designed and developed by Josh Sutphin.
    More stuff: http://www.third-helix.com

    So this is basically a simple RTS where you p ...
    - Overall
    - Fun
    - Innovation
    #8 - Theme
    #10 - Audio
    #31 - Humor
    9.
    TIE

    Web | Source | Timelapse

    Arrow keys move.
    Up, z, or c to jump.
    X or space to pick up the guy you are standing on.
    X or space again to throw.

    You can touch the ...
    - Coolness
    #9 - Theme
    #12 - Community
    #21 - Audio
    #32 - Overall
    #37 - Graphics
    #38 - Fun
    9.
    TIE

    Windows | Linux

    You play as a firefighter, fighting his greatest enemy... Fire (You didn't see that coming?). His weapon of choice? Fire (Again, really I ...
    #5 - Innovation
    #9 - Theme
    #24 - Coolness
    #27 - Community
    #37 - Overall
    #47 - Humor
    9.
    TIE

    Windows | OS/X | Linux | Web | Source

    Defeatall the forms of the your alien nemesis by using the mouse to guide your ship around this twisted shmup.
    Gravitate enemies towards y ...
    #5 - Graphics
    #9 - Theme
    #22 - Fun
    #24 - Overall
    #39 - Innovation
    12.

    Web | Source

    Arrow keys to move, ram a ship as the pod to control it, Z to eject and go back to pod. Whenever you see a new enemy, eject and capture it, ...
    #12 - Theme
    #36 - Community
    #37 - Graphics
    13.
    TIE

    Windows | Web

    Introduction
    ------------
    In PSI keepers you control a special PSI powered unit with the arrow keys
    (or WASD). There will be many suicide ...
    #13 - Theme
    #25 - Fun
    #42 - Overall
    13.
    TIE

    Windows | Source

    Correct title is "Super Thwackswinger" (it wouldn't fit).

    Grab enemies with a grappling hook! Smash and destroy!

    An updated version of ...
    #12 - Fun
    #13 - Theme
    #32 - Overall
    #40 - Coolness
    15.
    TIE

    Web | Windows | Source and Assets

    Here it is my friends!

    This game is called Leave Me Alone; it's about those sad times when life feels overwhelming.

    Goal: Entice the t ...
    #10 - Fun
    #15 - Overall
    #15 - Theme
    #26 - Innovation
    #26 - Audio
    15.
    TIE

    Windows | Source

    A top-down shoot-'em-up where your only weapons are the enemies themselves.
    Controls are WASD to move, and mouse to rotate your ship.
    When ...
    #15 - Theme
    #17 - Audio
    #35 - Coolness
    15.
    TIE

    Windows | Source

    This is my first time participating in Ludum Dare and hence I of course estimated time requirements badly. I live and learn though!

    In Cl ...
    #15 - Theme
    #46 - Innovation
    15.
    TIE

    Windows | XNA Framework | Source

    May need to nuke a couple more bugs, but on the whole it's done!

    You need XNA Framework 2.0 installed before you can play it! ...
    #6 - Community
    #15 - Theme
    #28 - Coolness
    15.
    TIE

    Windows | OS/X | Online High Scores | Source

    ========== IMPORTANT ===========
    * 24 Aug: Fixed another crash (when you died + didn't get a highscore). Also changed the name to gnorf2.ex ...
    #14 - Fun
    #15 - Theme
    #18 - Overall
    #27 - Graphics
    #31 - Humor
    #32 - Community
    #33 - Innovation
    15.
    TIE

    Flash | Source

    Move using the WASD keys, suck enemies into your cannon with the space bar and aim and fire with the mouse at other enemies. Once all enemie ...
    #15 - Theme
    #18 - Graphics
    #29 - Humor
    #42 - Overall
    #50 - Fun
    21.

    Web | Source

    My first Ludum Dare entry.
    Made in actionscript + flixel.

    Crash your enemies into each other to clear each level.
    Avoid getting hit or ...
    #19 - Coolness
    #21 - Theme
    22.

    Windows


    Unarmed and Dangerous!

    Written for Ludum Dare #18 (Theme: Enemies as Weapons)

    By bluescrn (dave@bluescrn.net / www.bluescrn.net)

    ...
    #4 - Graphics
    #5 - Overall
    #6 - Fun
    #19 - Community
    #21 - Innovation
    #22 - Theme
    #46 - Audio
    23.

    Windows | Source

    This is my first ever entry to Ludum Dare! HypnoFruit is a tower defense game, where your use captured creeps as towers. To use a creep as a ...
    - Coolness
    #23 - Theme
    24.

    Windows

    Instructions:
    1. Unzip somewhere
    2. Install OpenAL with the provided installer
    3. Run bin/LD18.exe
    4. Enjoy

    Gameplay Info:

    The goa ...
    #24 - Theme
    #25 - Community
    25.
    TIE

    Windows | OS/X | Jam version | Web | Source

    You have no weapons and are attacked (for no reason?) by evil robots. Avoid the robots and trick them to crash into each other! (you can eve ...
    #6 - Graphics
    #6 - Audio
    #10 - Overall
    #12 - Humor
    #12 - Fun
    #25 - Theme
    25.
    TIE

    Web (Applet) | Source | Timelapse | Playthrough

    Use your mouse and keyboard to control your spaceship and beam up the floating alien spheres, and use their evil against them!

    5 levels o ...
    - Coolness
    - Graphics
    #10 - Fun
    #19 - Overall
    #25 - Theme
    #27 - Community
    #39 - Audio
    27.

    Flash | Source

    Here you are this simple game.
    It's a flash game that you can play on your browser:

    Space Jellyfish are invading!
    Just catch them and ...
    #27 - Theme
    #45 - Humor
    28.

    Original | Play Fixed Version | Timelapse | source

    Manipulate gravity to cause shapes to crash into each other.
    Make sure you don't run into any of them!

    The mouse controls the player.
    C ...
    - Coolness
    - Fun
    #4 - Overall
    #13 - Audio
    #18 - Graphics
    #20 - Innovation
    #28 - Theme
    29.

    Play Online | Source

    Had a lot of fun with the theme, hope you enjoy the game too. No sounds sadly, but a lot of explosions.

    Written in Java.

    --Game Info-- ...
    #29 - Theme
    30.
    TIE

    Web | Source | Gameplay Trailer | Post-Compo Version

    This game was created for the 18th Ludum Dare 48 hour game competition. The theme was "Enemies as Weapons". Development took 26 hours from A ...
    - Community
    - Coolness
    #14 - Overall
    #17 - Fun
    #18 - Audio
    #24 - Graphics
    #30 - Theme
    30.
    TIE

    Web | Source

    Using your trusty Universal Hacking Device [hold SPACE bar] you must hack the marauding robots to be used as gun emplacements against their ...
    #30 - Theme
    #40 - Coolness
    32.
    TIE

    Windows

    Tested on Windows XP SP2.

    Use WASD keys to move, mouse to aim.
    The object is to lasso other enemies and throw them
    as projectiles, in o ...
    #9 - Graphics
    #9 - Innovation
    #31 - Overall
    #32 - Theme
    32.
    TIE

    Web | OS/X | Windows | Source | Time Lapse

    Pilot the mouse chopper! Take out your rivals the cats!

    Use the Arrows or WASD to control the helicopter.

    Use your hook to automatica ...
    #7 - Humor
    #32 - Theme
    #43 - Innovation
    34.

    Windows | Web | Source

    COMES FREE WITH A MENU SCREEN!

    You are a brave warrior who has fallen into a robot-infested labyrinth. You have no ammo or any means of d ...
    #33 - Humor
    #34 - Theme
    35.

    Web | Source

    Ugh. Infiltrator is done.

    Story: Two armies have invaded your homeland and laid it to waste: The Red Wolf Army and the Blue Star PMC. ...
    #8 - Community
    #13 - Overall
    #19 - Fun
    #24 - Audio
    #27 - Graphics
    #35 - Theme
    #39 - Innovation
    36.

    Windows | Source

    Unfinished - sorry :(

    Arrow keys to move, number keys to fire weapons. Collect the glowy husks of destroyed enemies to use them as weapon ...
    #15 - Community
    #21 - Humor
    #36 - Theme
    #39 - Fun
    37.

    Windows | XNA 3.1 | .Net 3.5 | Story | Source

    The story (which is an important part of the game) is here:

    http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2010/08/22/singularity-smash/

    and the scre ...
    #37 - Innovation
    #37 - Theme
    38.
    TIE

    Windows | OS/X | Linux/Source

    Inspired by Jeff Vandermeer's Ambergris. You are tasked with exploring a cavern filled with strange and exotic fungi. Can you scan all the ...
    - Graphics
    #4 - Audio
    #6 - Overall
    #12 - Innovation
    #13 - Community
    #31 - Fun
    #38 - Theme
    #50 - Coolness
    38.
    TIE

    Windows | Web | Source

    Attach the bodies of sword-monsters to a giant spinning wheel of death. Survive 8 waves of enemies to win the game.

    To attack an enemy, y ...
    #16 - Innovation
    #28 - Coolness
    #38 - Theme
    40.
    TIE

    Web (Unity) | Windows | OS/X | Source

    Get people to do what you want, by lying to them!

    Click on folks to add them to a sentence, and then add in insults or complements.

    St ...
    - Innovation
    #9 - Humor
    #18 - Community
    #21 - Overall
    #27 - Graphics
    #33 - Fun
    #40 - Theme
    40.
    TIE

    Windows | Source

    Made in 14 hours.

    All the info you need is either included in the readme, or is on the title screen.

    There would have been more orb ty ...
    #29 - Audio
    #40 - Theme
    42.

    Online (Flash) | Source

    It's sort of an "auto-canabalt" where you grab enemies and throw them to others in order to clear your way.

    They can chain-explode, and a ...
    #36 - Audio
    #42 - Theme
    43.

    Windows | OS/X | Linux | Source

    Your ship has gon out of ammo but there's still enemy to fight. The only way to survive it's to dodge all enemy bullet and make them fire ea ...
    - Coolness
    #43 - Theme
    44.

    Web | Source

    Prot is a Flash platformer. Knock all of the enemies out of each level - you can pick up and throw smaller enemies to knock out bigger ones. ...
    #22 - Graphics
    #30 - Overall
    #33 - Fun
    #44 - Theme
    45.

    Windows (compo version, with source) | Windows (post-LD version)

    Move your ship with the arrow keys or WASD, move the mouse to aim, left click to fire. Your ship's weapons are powered by the sound made by ...
    - Coolness
    #6 - Innovation
    #16 - Audio
    #45 - Theme
    #50 - Overall
    46.
    TIE

    Windows | Source

    Here is my final entry, broken as it might be.



    You are Brian Inajar the Brain In A Jar (hilarious!)

    The object of the game is to k ...
    #18 - Humor
    #38 - Innovation
    #46 - Community
    #46 - Theme
    46.
    TIE

    Web | Source

    You are a roboticist trapped in a secret government with a bunch of malfunctioning robots. Thankfully, even though you are unarmed, you've g ...
    - Coolness
    #29 - Audio
    #33 - Humor
    #46 - Theme
    48.

    Windows | OS/X | Timelapse | Web | Source

    Exterminate! Exterminate!

    INSTRUCTIONS (please read, the game isn't really self explanatory):

    So you have to destroy all the robots to ...
    #23 - Graphics
    #35 - Community
    #48 - Theme
    49.
    TIE

    Windows | Web | Source

    My first attempt at any sort of game competition.

    You can only defeat the enemies by infecting them and causing them to attack each othe ...
    #46 - Audio
    #49 - Theme
    49.
    TIE

    Web | Source

    Please spend 30 seconds reading the instructions! You can then read the tips after you've played a bit, if you like.



    I really wanted ...
    #8 - Community
    #19 - Innovation
    #40 - Coolness
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    49.
    TIE

    Windows (Rar) | Windows (Zip) | Source | Timelapse

    So, after tireless effort, I'm finally done.

    SOME NOTES:
    -The game uses surfaces to draw the view, if your video card doesn't support wh ...
    - Fun
    - Overall
    #18 - Humor
    #23 - Community
    #33 - Graphics
    #49 - Theme

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