Sure it doesn't really fit the theme anymore, but the failed prototypes and versions this went through was directly influenced by the theme.
Control the latest in the line of Space Quellers, which exist to stabilize the area around space stations using projectile drill technology.
Stabilize all 6 areas if you can!
Controls: Arrow Keys to move, Ctrl to Space Drift, Shift to Fire Drills
Works best in Chrome. Chrome includes a text to speech thing that will alert you of things so you don't have to read the top status bar. Works fine everywhere else. Never tested in Internet Explorer.
NOTE: IF YOU AREN'T USING CHROME IT MAY NOT BE TOO OBVIOUS WHEN AN AREA IS STABLE. CHECK THE DISTURBANCE BAR AT THE TOP AND IF IT'S EMPTY SEEK THE EXIT. WILL TRY TO MAKE IT EASIER IN A FUTURE VERSION
Edit: Added post compo edition which currently only adds a bit more polish and additional control options. Changelog in game
Highly recommend Fullscreen mode. Press F11 to go to fullscreen mode in your browser.
Controls: Arrow Keys to move, Ctrl to Space Drift, Shift to Fire Drills
Audio is fantastic. I really liked this game. Perhaps the ship could have been a little more responsive? Slow to turn and all. Can easily see this being a bigger game with more things to shoot/dodge (need tighter controls) etc. Very well done. Ran smooth and nice, too.
I liked the use of a real voice. Also the warp effects were really nice. It seemed hard to turn the ship and shoot what I wanted. But it's always nice playing a top down bullet hell game :)
Very nice, I loved the integration of the IA voice and the visual effects for disturbances. I couldn't get very far though, as the controls were very difficult for me (and the drift stops when i shoot..)
Very cool, the drift was almost essential, gets a bit tricky with the moving disturbances.
Great audio, really fit well and added a lot.
Can't really think of anything to critique, the main issue I had in the beginning was finding the extraction point, until I noticed that it panned from the extraction point at the beginning of the levels.
I don't think it was mentionned anywhere that shift was the shoot button, or I missed it; was ramming the disturbance until I got the hull critical message. Oops.
Half Asteroids, half bullet hell, half exploration. Dunno how it adds up, but I like it. Good job!
Great fun after figuring out how to use the space drift/strafe properly. Spot on difficulty ramp throughout levels. I enjoyed the fancy effects with nice graphics and the integration of text to speech for a futuristic game.
On theme: would be interesting to see the failed prototypes (I'm assuming the space drill was first from a digging/underground proto?)
really like the game - i like the computer talking to you - the shift key was a bad choice for shooting - windows kept telling me i had sticky keys - everything else was good - great job
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Simplistic, but enjoyable :)
Great audio, really fit well and added a lot.
Can't really think of anything to critique, the main issue I had in the beginning was finding the extraction point, until I noticed that it panned from the extraction point at the beginning of the levels.
Half Asteroids, half bullet hell, half exploration. Dunno how it adds up, but I like it. Good job!
Using a computer reader as a voice was a great idea, it fits with the space theme very well.
On theme: would be interesting to see the failed prototypes (I'm assuming the space drill was first from a digging/underground proto?)
I liked the gameplay and controls too, but can't go further;
was my fault, I'm so bad when fighting the disturbances xD
(sorry my english ^^')
Very nice and simple graphics.
And the gameplay really comes through...
The controls could use some tweaking, and if I'm not mistaken that's what you've done in the post-compo version.