Escape from Minimalism

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.96
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.07
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.44
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.29
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.89
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.73
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.53
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.68
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★46%
If you cannot play the game right now, please wait with rating the entry and check back tomorrow - I will try to provide an installer for windows and a version for the web ported by JSIL as soon as possible (https://github.com/kevingadd/JSIL).

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A simple game based on dodging hostile space ships. You can upgrade your ship after a fixed time period - or let's say the enemies can use your ship to upgrade their own.

Controls:

Can be played with an XBox controller or the keyboard!

WASD, Arrow Keys, Left Thumbstick - Movement

Q, O, Left or Right Shift, Button X - Boost

E, P, Space, Button A - Shield

Comments10

Jonapulse
Jonapulse29 Apr 2013, 05:35
Good and fast gameplay. A little too fast for me--I couldn't handle the attackers popping out of nowhere. But I enjoyed playing it.
DaanVanYperen
DaanVanYperen1 May 2013, 01:24
kept clicking away the tutorials by accident. looks interesting though.
Frosnite
Frosnite2 May 2013, 18:38
Cool idea! Nice work on the HUD too :D
Squared Muffin2 May 2013, 18:45
A nice entry but with very difficult gameplay. The enemies usually come from the direction your going leaving very little chance of surviving.
Spiridios
Spiridios2 May 2013, 18:48
It's way to easy to bypass the tutorial screen in play. Fast and hard and I still wasn't quite sure what I was supposed to be doing. Some of the colors were hard to see on my monitor. I think you could have a decent game here with just some slight polish.

BTW, appreciate the JSIL build.
HelkeGames10 May 2013, 19:07
Nice game, love the concept and the art, well done :D
Qaterknan
Qaterknan15 May 2013, 19:16
Quite good, nice graphics. But not very original concept.
AndyBumpkin
AndyBumpkin15 May 2013, 20:31
Liked this yeah. The talking head reminded me of an episode of Red Dwarf so that was a good start ;)
Then the gameplay itself was compelling. The regular upgrade system was a great idea. I only scored 2786 but found there's certainly a touch of tactical play involved in avoiding the herd of baddies.
lorancou
lorancou18 May 2013, 15:09
Really enjoyed playing! I had to reload the game though as I skipped past the tuorial the first time and I wasn't sure if I was supposed to avoid the other things or not. Reading it helped for my following runs ;)
dek
dek20 May 2013, 22:26
I like the gameplay and the parallax background, nice :) The sound was really loud, could be toned down a bit. Apart from that, all good!

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