Control three ships (one with a shield, one with fast light firepower, and one with slow heavy firepower) as you fight your way through bunches of difficult enemies.
Select, drag, and drop the ships to move them. Try and keep your ships inside the shield whenever possible (you have to move them around if you hope to destroy any enemies though).
I'm pressed for time, so no sounds or music were added.[Update] Added some sounds!
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I used GameMaker 8.1 to program the game and draw all the sprites, http://converticon.com/ to make an icon, and sfxr to generate some sound effects.
Incredibly hard to manage 3 ships at once. Next to impossible really. If that's part of the design to just grab the shield ship and play with that alone, why not.
Also, I can put the ship at the far left of the screen and become invulnerable and also not be able to shoot.
Nice concept, but agreed justinooncx that it's very tricky to manage your three ships all together - maybe if the enemies were a bit slower or you got more warning what was coming, you could plan and position a bit better. I had some fun though :)
I really like the concept, could work well if it was multiplayer, or something along those lines. I found it difficult to do too much, what with each ship (apart from the shielder) having only one life point. I'm not too sure what you could do for that, but it's something to think about.
Good looking game. It runs nicely but is just really hard. I ended up sacrificing two ships, lol, and then it became more manageable just moving one around the screen. Either way, good game.
I'm very sorry about the difficulty; I should have given each ship at least three hit points. After the jam is over I'm probably going to improve this a bit; lower difficulty, better graphics, multiple levels, and a shop to buy different kinds of ships.
I have to agree with a lot of the comments about difficulty. I'm not sure if I missed something but felt like I could stand more of a chance if I could aim the ships fire in different directions. With a bit more work this could really turn into a great game. Keep it up!
Pretty neat. Interesting drag n drop idea for a space shooter. I liked the enemy spawning and timing and the retro audio boops and beeps was cool. Was hard to deal with 3 ships but I had fun slamming shields into ships as well.
Never seen a shooter that allows you to position ships like this. Unfortunately I couldn't keep my ships alive for too long. I love the graphics consistency throughout.
Like the idea, but clicking and dragging as a control input can be a bit cumbersome at times. Not too bad though. Runs at a really low resolution so it was tiny on my screen.
But aside from that, great method of timing sequences and different AI strategies - good sounds that make it clear what's happening and fun to play. You opted not to be rated on humour - but your ending was the first one that made me laugh, so I gave you a good mood score.
@monkeedude1212 Ugh, I wish I had checked that sooner. I added humor now; thanks for rating it.
I agree with you; clicking and dragging is cumbersome, but I'm trying to find ways to make it less so. Hopefully the post-LD game won't feel as cumbersome as this one.
I found trying to micro manage the three ships next to impossible. I felt my best bet was to grab one and play the game with that. It was rather fun though.
Very neat idea with moving the ships around. I wish I could see something like this with multiple players (each with their own cursor) scrambling to move around a dozen ships. Either way, this is something I haven't seen before and it's a very cool idea!
Other than that, I liked your method of giving stats to the player. It was fun to see how many of each type of ship I destroyed, rather than some arbitrary score value. Good work!
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Also, I can put the ship at the far left of the screen and become invulnerable and also not be able to shoot.
I found it difficult to do too much, what with each ship (apart from the shielder) having only one life point. I'm not too sure what you could do for that, but it's something to think about.
But aside from that, great method of timing sequences and different AI strategies - good sounds that make it clear what's happening and fun to play. You opted not to be rated on humour - but your ending was the first one that made me laugh, so I gave you a good mood score.
I agree with you; clicking and dragging is cumbersome, but I'm trying to find ways to make it less so. Hopefully the post-LD game won't feel as cumbersome as this one.
Other than that, I liked your method of giving stats to the player. It was fun to see how many of each type of ship I destroyed, rather than some arbitrary score value. Good work!