Here's my first Ludum Dare entry! It was pretty satisfying completing a game in 48 hours, though it was also a lot of work. In Windows, just run the exe to start the game. In Linux, run RUNME.sh.
The controls should be pretty obvious, but here's some info anyway: Arrow keys - Move Z - Select in menu or fire weapon
Dodge the white bullets in the 10-second waves. Each wave is separated by 10 seconds of break time, during which you can buy items. An item is displayed if at the end of the wave you have enough coins to purchase the item, but it doesn't go away if you buy other items (so you can go into debt, though you'll suffer from interest and you won't be offered items next round unless you get out of the red). The items are as follows:
Heart - Brings back 1 hit point. Gun - Shoots forward. Hold Z to charge to shoot 3 at a time. Gun+ - Shoots in 4 directions. Hold to charge to shoot in 8. Hourglass - Lets you move faster. Orb - Gives you a hit point that lasts at most as long as the wave. Magnet - Coins are easier to collect and are attracted to you.
Clear the regular game to unlock a second set of 10 waves. Have fun!
Made with Visual Studio with C++, SFML, GraphicsGale, Paint.NET, and MilkyTracker.
For a bullet hell, you've got the proper elements: small hitbox, erratic wave patterns, and those occasional hard-to-reach coins. Music is nice, and controls are smooth. I'm not sure though if having negative money is a bug or not; whenever I play the normal "start" mode, no items are for sale. I wish the game though have its powerups spawn more frequently (and to balance it out, less ammo) The cross gun is too imbalanced.
The wave levels were a mess. My experience with BH games has been that they have a pattern you can learn and predict, though it may be very hard to do so. These just seemed random. Not a deal breaker by any means, but it made it much harder than I was expecting.
I've never been very good at bullet hell situations, so I couldn't survive long enough to see the whole game. From what I've seen, though, the game is really neat and to the point.
Cute graphics, solid gameplay, all around great entry. Only complaint is the upgrade system should have shown you what you could save for, instead of only showing you what you can buy.
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Music is nice, and controls are smooth.
I'm not sure though if having negative money is a bug or not; whenever I play the normal "start" mode, no items are for sale.
I wish the game though have its powerups spawn more frequently (and to balance it out, less ammo) The cross gun is too imbalanced.
From what I've seen, though, the game is really neat and to the point.
I never saw any other powerups then the DEF.
Would have preferred higher res or 'resizable' cause its hard to see small