Xcape

by syawqy
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.94
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.19
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.09
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.13
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.71
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.74
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.13
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.76
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★73%
control :

move using mouse

left click to shoot

left click on the ship / space key to enter slow motion

when in slow motion click anywhere to launch your hook

plot :

you're escaping black hole using a small space ship, that eventually will be sucked by black hole, but you won't give in, because you have ultimate space powered hook that can grab other ship and take control of it.

so you must use other ships that flying around you to continue escaping black hole, watch out for debrises that are flying toward you. your ship will wreck in an instant if you hit by debrises

music credit :

tactical pursuit by matthew pablo

http://opengameart.org/content/tactical-pursuit

tools :
flashpunk
flashdevelop

Genres: action

Comments22

Robinerd
Robinerd16 Dec 2013, 08:36
I like it! Nice style, but is it really allowed to use pre-made / public domain music in a compo entry? Any way, good work on this game! :)
onemoar16 Dec 2013, 08:41
Really fun idea, made me laugh while playing :)
Kettlecorn16 Dec 2013, 09:09
Fun! Old-school crunchy noises are always pleasing.
syawqy
syawqyauthor16 Dec 2013, 09:13
thanks for reminding me Robinerd
now moved to jam entry
embero
embero16 Dec 2013, 10:09
Like it a lot, cool gameplay idea!
And it haz grappling hookz!!
anvoz
anvoz16 Dec 2013, 12:14
Really fun to play, nice and simple.
chardish
chardish16 Dec 2013, 17:40
I liked this a lot. The hijack mechanic is very interesting and made me wonder why there were even normal guns in the game. Would be cool if the different ships had different strengths/weaknesses so there were different reasons to pick them.
syawqy
syawqyauthor17 Dec 2013, 02:26
@chardish
yeah, I'm thinking about that too, but in the end, what make them different just amount of ammo they hold, if you notice a number in left down corner, that's show how much ammo your ship has
WiseGAMER
WiseGAMER17 Dec 2013, 20:09
Good and lovely game but I fail to find a connection to the theme.
Diptoman
Diptoman18 Dec 2013, 10:03
Nice art style and very fun, and it's always refreshing to see a space shooter with something different. Good work!
ChuiGum
ChuiGum19 Dec 2013, 01:44
Nice art, and nice music. Fun too!
kcpunk666
kcpunk66619 Dec 2013, 05:51
Old School feel. good job
JaymeeMak
JaymeeMak19 Dec 2013, 06:05
While this doesn't seem to clearly match the theme, grabbing new ships like this is a pretty interesting and fun mechanic, and the gameplay pacing seems good. One thing to note: when I die by reaching the bottom of the screen, at least for me, I am still able to grab new ships, even after the game over message appears. Good job!
finefin
finefin19 Dec 2013, 09:13
a nice little shmup. the ship switching is working good and adds something different to the genre. well done!
fizzhog19 Dec 2013, 14:47
The hook is a really nice idea.
michail
michail20 Dec 2013, 01:14
Really cool and fresh idea. The slowdown also works very well and makes it easier to effectively use the hook. But the connection with the theme seems a bit loose.
glovecat
glovecat20 Dec 2013, 11:09
Nice game. The hook makes this space shooter better than the others :D
CatOnMars
CatOnMars20 Dec 2013, 11:12
Really nice music! I like the grapple design too!.
GaTechGrad21 Dec 2013, 18:43
Nice gameplay. I liked the concept of hooking onto new ships to proceed, but it was hard to figure out how to use the hook. My best score was 5092.
ViliX28 Dec 2013, 13:15
This game is fun to play.
4/5 for fun.
sekaru
sekaru4 Jan 2014, 11:51
Loving the ship grabbing mechanic!
Brainless Games
Brainless Games4 Jan 2014, 20:18
The game was really fun and i liked the idea for it.

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