I made a boss level:



And here's a jar file you can run:

http://bigosaur.com/blog/stardust.jar

More details in my blog post:

http://bigosaur.com/blog/12-more-aliens

Tell me if you like it. Thanks.

same problem, after wave ten, everything stopped. Loved it while it lasted though 

I just realized there are other games named Star Dust, so I'm renaming it. I searched for Drone Invaders, and it looks like it's not used by anyone.



I'm fixing bugs and adding some features now (screenshot below), and I'll post a new .jar file this weekend. Stay tuned...



BTW, do you prefer .jar or Android .apk?

You're right. I'll send both. Thanks.

Here's an update. I completed graphics for basic alien types. It's black&white here, but I color those differently in the game:



Also created some new bosses:



You can try it:

http://bigosaur.com/blog/droneinvaders.jar

None of the options in the main menu work, so don't bother to try. Just click in the middle of the screen to play. All the levels are playable and there are new bosses each 10 levels. Most of the powerups (triple shot, auto-reload, etc.) work. You cannot die, so it's nice for testing

To raise the shield, click the shield icon in top-left corner. To detonate the atomic bomb, click the icon in top-right corner. This icon only shows up when you have bombs.

I love it, I want this game on Android, ios, and windows devices right now 
 

Yes! Coming soon

Since this is part of LudumDare October challenge, it has to be finished and released by the end of October. My estimate is that I'll complete everything in the next 7-10 days.

I'm currently working on the in-game Shop, with options to buy powerups:

Thanks.

The idea is that you can upgrade each of the items multiple times. First upgrade is 2000, next one 5000, etc. Everything is at level 1 on this screenshot. I guess I need to add some kind of indicator which level is it at.

Other items, that will be "expendable" (like bombs, shields, lives) would have different prices.

Here's a new video showing all the powerups. It uses a modified version of the game that gives powerups rapidly. It won't be that often in the actual gameplay:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/SZ73G0n6cm4?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;start=" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/SZ73G0n6cm4?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;start=</a>

I also decided on the game icon. Since Android allows and even recommends irregular shapes, I'm using the Shield icon for the main game icon as well:

The game is almost done. I added missions, daily challenge:



Weekly hunt:



And now I'm left with sound effects, Google Play integration, and maybe a couple more bosses. Here are the bosses I have so far:

1. Borg: releases drones 1-by-1
2. W: releases 6 drones at a time in 2-2-2 formation
3. K: does not move. Releases two constant waves waves of drones going sideways
4. Snake: looks and moves like a snake, releases drones from its head
5. Splitter: splits into two smaller drones when hit (can be hit 4 times, resulting in 8 drones at the end)
6. Evader: teleports to a different location each time you hit it
7. Blower: grows when hit, gets smaller when it releases drones. Turns into drone at the end.
8. Invisible: gets invisible and only shows up when releasing drones
9. Windmill: rotates and releases drones, when destroyed releases a lot of spiked mines
10. Boss of the bosses: releases Borg bosses (which in turn release regular drones)
11. Catcher: releases 8 drones at a time in 3-2-3 formation
12. Twins: when one of them loses energy, the other increases. Bigger one tries to protect the other.
13. Rotator: has vunerable core and hard protective shell. You have to wait until it rotates the vunerable part downwards
14. Mega boss: the only boss that does not release drones, but goes downward itself and has loads of energy

This means that bosses do not repeat until wave 150. It's hard to get that far, but I did manage wave 178 and 199 so far, so I'd like to add unique bosses up to level 200 at least.

If you played the .jar file and have some boss ideas, please let me know.

Awesome Graphics and Game Idea! Could you change the color of letters when the challenge is completed? Also I got my android phone delivered today.

Not a bad idea... if there were a ship

In this game you really don't get to see yourself, you are not controlling a ship, but a laser turret which is stationary, sits at the bottom of the screen. However, this "fires from all sides" does give me some ideas...

The game is complete. You can get in on Google Play:



https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bigosaur.backyardpanic

I might release a Windows/Mac/Linux version in the future if there will be any interest for that.

P.S. Hey, if you're a forum moderator and you're reading this, please move this game to the Showcase (or maybe even Featured   ?) section. Thanks.

You have Samsung Galaxy Y, right? I read that resolution is 320x480 pixels, is that correct?

The problem is not really the font size, but the fact that game was built with minimal resolution of 480x800 pixels in mind. Anything smaller, and it does automatic shrinking using linear filter and it looks really bad. I'll try to tweak it to use something better, but it might be slower then. Does it run smoothly?

Of course. I just started doing some marketing. There is some traffic to my site from LudumDare and from here, but I also posted this on the Hacker News:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6594521

I got a lot of feedback from there and a lot of installations.

So far, about 200 people total have installed the game and played at least once. I'll post the update with stats (and if I earn any money) in a week or so.