It's an extremely pretty game, but the gameplay feels a bit stale. Additionally, it's frustrating that leaving the edge of the screen kills you instead of acting as an invisible wall like in most games of this sort.
The whole thing oozed with niceness: The way the beams looked, the screen shake and particle effects, the 8bit sounds, the epileptic messages and the fast difficult gameplay. The game definitely had some personality. Despite dying over and over I just wanted to keep going.
You managed to pull off the 1bit graphics well. The combined feel of the game and what I think was an excellent utilisation of the theme, made for a lovely overall experience.
I completed your game! Hurrah! This is what it must feel like to be Luke Skywalker. Great art style. Hangs together really well. Wish it was a bit longer though - but that's a good thing! :)
The game is really difficult, but i found out that you can escape the death rays by flying behind the boss - but this tactic fails when those little f#*cking drones come out :D Nice tune, really nice game :)
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Corné Dorrestijn17 Dec 2013, 19:58
Its maybe a little too hard :P but it also makes you keep trying
That was so intense! At first I was a bit confused (maybe add a 'HOLD YOUR FIRE' at the start?) but once I got the hang of it, it was really something :) A bit sad about the lack of music / sound tho, and that it's so short!
So amazingly beautiful! If this was released in 1980 or something, the newspapers would be talking about it. Real war in space! Our teenagers are wasting their youth, etc. This is awesome by 2013 standards too
Beautiful. To be honest, I was really excited about this game the moment I saw that first GIF you posted. :D Visual style is simply amazing! I especially love that screen shake. And theme usage is really great. Awesome game overall!
Awesome art, music, and overall presentation. The gameplay itself isn't really innovative and I didn't have much fun playing personally, but I also haven't played Dark Souls yet, either :P Anyway, not really a game for me, but I love the presentation so I definitely want to see more of your stuff :)
Hah. Too brutal for me to want to continue playing it, but it doesn't stop me from liking it.
Classy graphics.
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TomboFry21 Dec 2013, 15:27
If a highscore of 2 wasn't enough, why not include a raging fit as well?! :L Very fun, I kept on trying, many many many many times, and got to the end eventually... Graphics were both really cool and distracting, argh!
Damn that was hard, and satisfying, and hard! Love the song, would be nice if it just looped instead of restarting though, graphics are fucking neat, stressful and really fun, great job!
Good game. Difficult at first but easy once you know what to do. Getting a high score is fun for a while but becomes repetitive - perhaps the game should get harder over time.
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Jiggawatt21 Dec 2013, 22:50
The idea of using enemies' weapons against themselves is pretty good. The execution leaves some fluidity to be desired, and the applet lagged a lot for me in addition.
The graphical style is alright, but the music is the worst I've come across so far. Not only is it annoying but it also had to start at FULL VOLUME when I played. Killed my buzz before the game even gave me any.
I wanted to play this one since I saw it on IRC, finally found the time. Still love the art style. Really great. Very tough, too. Couldn't beat it, even though I tried for an hour or so.
Great, but I think you should remove the limitation on touching the edge of the screen, it is frustrating. And the mothership does not kill on contact, that is counter-intuitive.
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YogaFire2 Jan 2014, 19:12
This game is awesome. I made an account just to say this, you asked for suggestions so here it is. After finally beating the game I feel the end screen is not very rewarding. So my suggestion would be to make the end of game a more rewarding experience... not sure how. Maybe with a victory fanfare and a picture of the world rejoicing idk, but something to show for my hard work. Great game, idk what but I feel like if you just add a little something at the end it would feel more rewarding and therefore be that much sweeter. Good work
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YogaFire2 Jan 2014, 19:16
p.s. it doesn't have to be something big, but just something special to show for all the hard work.
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The whole thing oozed with niceness: The way the beams looked, the screen shake and particle effects, the 8bit sounds, the epileptic messages and the fast difficult gameplay. The game definitely had some personality. Despite dying over and over I just wanted to keep going.
You managed to pull off the 1bit graphics well. The combined feel of the game and what I think was an excellent utilisation of the theme, made for a lovely overall experience.
Nice tune, really nice game :)
That was so intense! At first I was a bit confused (maybe add a 'HOLD YOUR FIRE' at the start?) but once I got the hang of it, it was really something :) A bit sad about the lack of music / sound tho, and that it's so short!
Great game :D
Really fun game too.
I was stupid for the first two tries, though the points were bullets.
And this game is really fun! The chiptune music and sfx were great, too!
I really like to, having only one bullet, still be able to kill the enemies... and with "friendly fire"!
Amazing job!
Classy graphics.
Very fun, I kept on trying, many many many many times, and got to the end eventually...
Graphics were both really cool and distracting, argh!
The graphical style is alright, but the music is the worst I've come across so far. Not only is it annoying but it also had to start at FULL VOLUME when I played. Killed my buzz before the game even gave me any.
Very nice use of the theme! Good job.