End Boss

by ditto
Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.17
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.90
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.10
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.55
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.41
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.68
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.68
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.92
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★56%
Written in C# with XNA

Aren't bullet hell bosses the coolest thing ever!? Well why can't you ever PLAY ONE!? NOW YOU CAN! OMG!

Play as a spidery big End Boss and squish that pesky little player ship!

Do you have an Xbox-controller hooked up to your computer? GREAT, PLAY WITH IT! Otherwise keyboard is also fine.
(Controls on gamepad is: left thumbstick to move. X, A, B to shoot and Y to defend.)

Bro tip: Don't let the player get power-ups!

Also, fuck, totally missed out on the goat thing.. :c

Comments22

ilo17 Dec 2012, 07:23
A very solid effort, Ditto. It was harder than I imagined too - I felt slow and very exposed!
tumoxep17 Dec 2012, 08:47
Five's in all fields
drizzlybear
drizzlybear17 Dec 2012, 08:52
Awesome Idea-- I had a lot of ideas about reversing game-mechanics to be from the villain's frame, but this one hadn't crossed my mind. Sweet! :)
CMaster17 Dec 2012, 08:54
Nice work, although I couldn't work out which 360 button for the aiming attack.
Gemberkoekje
Gemberkoekje17 Dec 2012, 08:54
Unfortunately this crashed on my work computer; right at the beginning ~ I'll put this on a list to try at home~!
Ditto
Dittoauthor17 Dec 2012, 08:59
The aiming attack actually autoaims at the "player ship"! Thanks for the nice comments! :D
Agamgad17 Dec 2012, 17:24
Really Really challenging ! btw I love the inertia of its mandibules and its evil look !
Msquirrel
Msquirrel17 Dec 2012, 21:25
Woah, that was really difficult, but a great idea and really well done!
gameXcore17 Dec 2012, 21:39
Fantastic presentation & really well polished, it would have been easy to miss the subtlety of the boss's movement or the players avoidance, but you nailed it!
EatenAlive3
EatenAlive317 Dec 2012, 21:46
Best game I have played so far this LD! Very very fun, thanks!
TheH
TheH17 Dec 2012, 21:47
Great concept, I love how you feel sluggish and like you can't really hit what you want to hit. AI behind the "hero" ship is pretty good as well, it's a lot harder to hit that little guy than you might think. ((makes me wish I was that good at dodging bullets in bullet nightmares haha))
tomvert
tomvert17 Dec 2012, 21:53
Great, the defense move is very cool. Great animation too.
FrozenCow17 Dec 2012, 22:02
Once you know how to play it is very doable. The problem is that the 'hero' gets stronger as time goes on. I didn't know how everything worked and the hero was already pumped before I could do anything about it.
Second try was much easier though. *Very* enjoyable!
TwilightFlandre19 Dec 2012, 01:15
Huh a bullet hell game that is difficult from the boss's point of view as well. The graphics look great by the way and the actual gameplay is super fun!
LaughingLeader19 Dec 2012, 01:15
This is a really neat concept. The graphics were great too, and I especially like the feel of the weight of moving the big boss around. Great job!
killmonday19 Dec 2012, 20:59
Cool! Nice twist of the standard game :)
Aslai21 Dec 2012, 05:58
The graphics were fantastic, and the game is pretty fun. However, if you can position one of your two omnidirectional shooters over the player, you can instagib him >:3
It's a little OP. Just a little.
Cyboot
Cyboot22 Dec 2012, 11:53
I remembered your last entry so I thought lets try this one too.
And I can say, it was worth it!
Graphics, Sound, Idea and Gameplay a really great. And - its hard to describe it - it feels so complete, not like it was developped in hurry of 48 hours.

So very great Job. You can be proud! Thanks for making this game :)
Rialgar27 Dec 2012, 00:30
Great Game, could not stop trying till I won. I especially like how you need to protect the inner parts of your ship, because loosing them means loosing everything attached to them, too.
To my mind, the boss could use a little more color, though.
zenmumbler
zenmumbler28 Dec 2012, 12:57
Excellent art and implementation of this idea. The sluggishness of a mega-boss really is clearly conveyed. The player AI is rather basic but it's hard enough already. Damn players!
StMatn7 Jan 2013, 02:01
Awesome game! The graphics were pretty, sound was nice, but the player was too good at dodging bullets :P Very good game

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