The Infestation

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.21
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.17
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.87
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.63
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.87
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.66
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.66
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.83
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★72%
Things quickly change for the worst when mild-mannered maintenance unit AT-512 receives a message from the central computer warning about an impeding infestation of acidic space cockroaches!

Controls:
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Movement - Arrow keys
Shoot - Space key

Tools and technologies:
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- Language: Haxe;
- Frameworks: OpenFL + HaxeFlixel
- Art: Pickle + Graphics Gale
- SFX: Bfxr
- IDE: FlashDevelop + Sublime Text 2

screenshot

Comments35

Lolwned
Lolwned8 Dec 2014, 10:28
Cool game, more powerups would have been fun !
Tiago Ling Alexandreauthor8 Dec 2014, 11:26
Yeah, i was planning to implement persistent weapon upgrades, just like in your game.
woodecker
woodecker8 Dec 2014, 13:11
Playing with the borders theme? :D It's a nice shooter, it's fun to kill cockroaches haha
adrianulima8 Dec 2014, 13:29
when I saw infestation I imagine zombies, but you use a scarier enemy xD
svenardo8 Dec 2014, 13:30
Cool game:=) Would have appreciated it a lot if you didn't have to switch keys when moving up and down (360 degree movement with the left and right arrow keys would enhance the flow of playing)
zanenga8 Dec 2014, 13:39
Nice! I would love some more power-ups as well. :)
Insality8 Dec 2014, 13:44
Nice game, but i think it's need more dynamic in gameplay
gj!
Tiago Ling Alexandreauthor8 Dec 2014, 13:58
@svenardo: that's how i made it initially - i thought it was kind of strange when releasing and pressing the key again so i changed it. Bad idea, it would make the game more dynamic i think.
Tipyx
Tipyx8 Dec 2014, 15:14
More variation in the gameplay will be better ^^
Resonious8 Dec 2014, 15:16
Pretty neat little defense game. Sometimes powerups would show up far away from where the enemies were headed, such that there was no way I could get the powerup, but it did tempt me to go over there, so maybe that's not such a flaw afterall.
mrexcessive8 Dec 2014, 15:32
Hi there. Liked the style of shooter. Found it easy to get offside and therefore hit. Nice sounds, very 80s. Good job!
kraln8 Dec 2014, 15:34
I choose to interpret vent as screen! Very nice aliens-twist on tempest, although I am missing the superzapper and other associated oddities. Overall, very fun (good job!)
drludos
drludos9 Dec 2014, 00:34
The web version game seems down, or is it just me? (blank page here and on the "web" link)
hoyt hoy
hoyt hoy9 Dec 2014, 00:59
really nice game!
Little disgusting :)
Good idea of gameplay! Maybe some new thing can make this game more attractive.
fierysquirrel
fierysquirrel9 Dec 2014, 02:12
Very nice! you were right, our games have similar appoeaches, great job!
Tiago Ling Alexandreauthor9 Dec 2014, 11:44
@drludos: I didn't notice any problem with any of the links for the web version. Just to be sure i re-uploaded the game again, if you had any problem before i think it is fixed. Also, check your flash player version, the game needs version 11.8 to run. :)
Dissiden7
Dissiden79 Dec 2014, 13:41
Yeah, more power ups would make the game more dynamic, but I enjoyed it. A lot of potential.
harley77
harley779 Dec 2014, 21:38
This game gets hard quick. Very fun, just wish there were more power ups to deal with some of the heavy waves. Great job!
theomg
theomg9 Dec 2014, 23:20
Nice game, loved the use of perspective.
xhunterko
xhunterko10 Dec 2014, 05:58
That annoying intro sound effects though. Still, not bad! A little difficult at first cause I didn't think about how it'd work at first then got the hang of it.
Xaychru
Xaychru10 Dec 2014, 17:48
Nice game! Too bad the gameplay is a bit repetitive...
Shpuld
Shpuld11 Dec 2014, 09:46
Cool game, base gameplay was very fun. Would've liked it better if you would move with left/right only and if the sounds didn't hurt my ears.
cxsquared
cxsquared11 Dec 2014, 18:14
Really cool mechanic with the all around shooting. Really fun and it was great to see more people use Haxe and Haxeflixel
maxyan12 Dec 2014, 10:44
Hate cockroaches, nice mechanics.
Leaghorn12 Dec 2014, 11:51
Good idea, but kinda slow. Higher fire rate, more, but waker enemies would be better IMO
Kim Sjöberg12 Dec 2014, 14:44
Solid gameplay and a nice touch that you always shoot towards the middle so there's a point to moving around. Good art!
pjimmy
pjimmy12 Dec 2014, 16:03
standard shooter, but with clever mechanics and use of perspective, solid gameplay, well done
ruthiepee
ruthiepee13 Dec 2014, 02:16
Such a bleak concept, but I really enjoyed it. Totally unique concept, never seen anything like it. The controls are straightforward and the difficulty seems really balanced. Super fun game! My score: 10100.
dekart13 Dec 2014, 13:21
Nice game, simple yet challenging.
Zi
Zi14 Dec 2014, 01:07
Really fun game! :) However, the roach-powerup balance was a little off, so it quickly became impossible. :(
anissen
anissen14 Dec 2014, 18:55
Pretty cool game! I like the idea and how it seems balanced, that is no wave is impossible (although they get harder) and yet the pressure is constant. Some ideas for improvements/future work:
* More frequent power-ups.
* Movable area circular instead of square + faster movement.
* Indication of where the next wave will appear.
* Creep variation.
Good job!
jpmit
jpmit25 Dec 2014, 18:09
Cool game, good work!
Sestren29 Dec 2014, 20:40
Nice Gyruss-style game. Some of the sound effects are a tad harsh, but shooting the bugs is satisfying and the power-ups are nice.
Tiago Ling Alexandreauthor29 Dec 2014, 22:00
Thanks for the telling me, i never knew about this Gyruss!

And yeah, the audio sucks unfortunately - i'll change all the sound effects in a post compo version eventually.

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