Ethergrind
This game is from the old Ludum Dare platform. The original page is no longer available.
This is roughly the scene in #ludumdare right now. Based on this
PBF
strip.
We herd u like game programming compos, so we put a caffiene injection system in your fridge so you can code until you die.
5/6 powerups are coded, level format is done. need a way to finish levels.. still, this leaves me with all day tomorrow to generate content. i might try to make a boss, but i wouldn’t hold my breath on that.
I made some delicious shrimp fried rice.
Frying the veggies and shrimp.
Rice ahoy!
Om nom nom.
Also, this.
I’m making a classic-style shooter, heavily inspired by R-Type and Gradius.
There will be many advancing walls of doom, although I haven’t really decided what direction they will be advancing from (most likely ALL DIRECTIONS, CRUSHING YOU BETWIXT THEM LIKE UNFORTUNATE SPACE JAM).
I spent a good few hours cranking out a nice motion blur effect. Here it is in action.
EtherGrind Timelapse
Music is “Do You Know Squarepusher” by Squarepusher.
Annotations so you know what the heck is going on.
::
ethergrind
::
::
distribution (source and win32 .exe)
::
:: source requires
pygame
and
pgu
::
::
keys
::
::
arrows
– move ::
::
space
– shoot ::
::
enter
– accept powerup ::
::
f
– turn on high-quality visual effects ::
::
esc
– quit (why would you want to do that?) ::
:: start main.exe or main.py with the -f switch to run in full screen mode ::
well, apparently i just suck a lot, because i messed up
map3
on ethergrind. python’s dom chokes on it because of some malformed xml.
here
is a fixed copy of the xml for those of you with nerves of steel who can make it that far. drop it in the /maps directory. alternatively, i’ve just gone ahead and fixed the
download link
from the original post; feel free to disregard levels 3-5 if you wish when you vote.
also, you’ll be happy to know that it IS beatable. many levels, however, took me several playthroughs; notably level 2 and level 3 are fiendishly difficult. some tips:
level 2: use speed and boost through the level until you reach the last grinder. take out the turrets first and let the enemy ships you’ve dodged come back. destroy them all before trying the boss. make sure to take out the cannons before you fight the boss.
level 3: just power through with speed. this is just really hard.
level 4: for the asteroid area, concentrate on going slowly and eliminating all enemies as they appear. when you get to the grinders, dodge like hell.
level 5: make sure to pick up all of the powerups. it will give you enough to get a shield. when you get to the boss, fly straight through him (losing your shield) and keep going until there is enough space for you to deal with the enemy ships. then fly to the top and bottom of the screen and take out the turrets before engaging the boss. it’s very, very hard. good luck.
thanks for the comments, guys, all the games i’ve played are top notch. congrats to everybody!
PBF
strip.
We herd u like game programming compos, so we put a caffiene injection system in your fridge so you can code until you die.
5/6 powerups are coded, level format is done. need a way to finish levels.. still, this leaves me with all day tomorrow to generate content. i might try to make a boss, but i wouldn’t hold my breath on that.
I made some delicious shrimp fried rice.
Frying the veggies and shrimp.
Rice ahoy!
Om nom nom.
Also, this.
I’m making a classic-style shooter, heavily inspired by R-Type and Gradius.
There will be many advancing walls of doom, although I haven’t really decided what direction they will be advancing from (most likely ALL DIRECTIONS, CRUSHING YOU BETWIXT THEM LIKE UNFORTUNATE SPACE JAM).
I spent a good few hours cranking out a nice motion blur effect. Here it is in action.
EtherGrind Timelapse
Music is “Do You Know Squarepusher” by Squarepusher.
Annotations so you know what the heck is going on.
::
ethergrind
::
::
distribution (source and win32 .exe)
::
:: source requires
pygame
and
pgu
::
::
keys
::
::
arrows
– move ::
::
space
– shoot ::
::
enter
– accept powerup ::
::
f
– turn on high-quality visual effects ::
::
esc
– quit (why would you want to do that?) ::
:: start main.exe or main.py with the -f switch to run in full screen mode ::
well, apparently i just suck a lot, because i messed up
map3
on ethergrind. python’s dom chokes on it because of some malformed xml.
here
is a fixed copy of the xml for those of you with nerves of steel who can make it that far. drop it in the /maps directory. alternatively, i’ve just gone ahead and fixed the
download link
from the original post; feel free to disregard levels 3-5 if you wish when you vote.
also, you’ll be happy to know that it IS beatable. many levels, however, took me several playthroughs; notably level 2 and level 3 are fiendishly difficult. some tips:
level 2: use speed and boost through the level until you reach the last grinder. take out the turrets first and let the enemy ships you’ve dodged come back. destroy them all before trying the boss. make sure to take out the cannons before you fight the boss.
level 3: just power through with speed. this is just really hard.
level 4: for the asteroid area, concentrate on going slowly and eliminating all enemies as they appear. when you get to the grinders, dodge like hell.
level 5: make sure to pick up all of the powerups. it will give you enough to get a shield. when you get to the boss, fly straight through him (losing your shield) and keep going until there is enough space for you to deal with the enemy ships. then fly to the top and bottom of the screen and take out the turrets before engaging the boss. it’s very, very hard. good luck.
thanks for the comments, guys, all the games i’ve played are top notch. congrats to everybody!