I set out to do a lot more with this project than I usually do. I pushed out of my comfort zones and went all out with it to try some new things, and some worked well. Others I'm not quite as happy with, but in the end I think its overall pretty good.
EOF is semi-platformer with an upgrade system, multiple attached levels, standard key puzzles (Everyone loves key puzzles!) boss stages and more. It also has two endings; try to find them both!
I don't know if it's intentional or a bug, but your cooldown for you laser drops (the same amount as when you fire a shot) every few seconds, making it very hard to cool down your guns. Only with a ton of gun upgrades was I able to play without waiting a good 30 seconds between killing each badguy.
Other than that though, great game, love the art and the mechanics. Plus you get 5 star in community for the whole XNA Reach thing (had no idea).
It's a bullet-fest where even the bullets shoot bullets. I especially liked the upgrade system and thought it worked well. Nicely done for a 48 hour code concerto.
I realize now I didn't explain the energy mechanic. Your shields use energy to recharge, so that's what you're seeing. This creates a direct penalty to taking shield damage as it really messes with your ROF at lower reactor levels. Get it up to 4 or 5 and you can spam all day in armor.
the energy mechanic is cool can I improve the rate shields generate at? as it is I just alt-tab and do something else to let them fill up I don't think you can describe this as a platformer in any way the fact that enemies respawn makes it feel like I have no impact on anything there was one enemy that I couldn't kill because of how the blocks around it were positioned, that bothers me for some reason I'm lost because I died and I have no idea where the room I respawned in is in relation to where I died figured it out, I respawned before the bosses that I'd already beaten level design is quite strange, it feels like you just scribbled randomly and made it into a room (quite possible, this IS LD after all) oh dammit, when I was nearing the ending (the not-exit one) I entered a room and got stuck in a wall, moved downward, then the game crashed (System.IndexOutOfRangeException, probably caused by my moving out of the level and therefore out of the array, I'm sure) don't really feel like doing that again, so I guess I don't get to see the ending - that said, your game has bullets that shoot bullets. I am satisfied. also, the upgrade mechanic is neat
Awesome game! The upgrade system was what made it fun and addictive. Music was also good and engaging. The ending was really funny. The software really became free to do what it wanted! My OS didn't seem to like that, heh heh.
Solid gameplay and implementation, I like it. Too bad I suck at this kind of games, so I didn't play it through. Also, I don't like respawning enemies ... A little bit more variety would be nice.
Definitely one of the best games this LD. I'm going to disagree with Andrew, as the forced use of horizontal fire is what made this game challenging. The upgrade system was a nice addition.
Other than that though, great game, love the art and the mechanics. Plus you get 5 star in community for the whole XNA Reach thing (had no idea).