Expando-ship is a fairly basic shmup where you pilot a ship that will grow every few seconds. The larger it grows, the more weapons and armor you have. If you get hit, a segment pops off. If you run out of segments... Well you don't want to do that.
The sides of the ship are bulletproof, so you can use them to clear out otherwise impassable walls of bullets. They will also reduce collision damage, but not entirely prevent it.
===Controls=== Z/W/Y/Space to shoot. (Spacebar may prevent diagonal movement in some keyboard/browser combinations) Arrow keys to arrow. C forces your ship to collapse (Turns off extra guns but you keep the armor still). This is useful to quickly shrink if you think you're going to take a hit. M mutes the awful music loop.
== Known browser issues === IE11: No audio (Won't fix) IE<10: Broken. (Can't fix) Firefox Mac: Some reports of poor audio quality. (Can't test) tl;dr use Chrome or Safari for best results, else your warranty is void
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A very tight feeling in this one. Plays super smooth on my PC/Firefox. Good work on the in game tutorial and really good music as well - which provides a good pulse and spacey feeling. Nice work.
I think I just filled the entire universe with my bullets lol! Loved the game, animations and FX were super fluid even though I had so many things on screen. Music was pretty good!! Bonus points for the background story and usage of the theme. My only concern is that things start to get hard to distinguish after a while. Wonderful job otherwise!
I think I shot stuff and then I exploded, or imploded. For all the bullets I was firing it felt like most of them just went off and had a drink with their mates instead of going after my enemies. L'enfer, c'est les bullets.
Awesome concept, and bullets *everywhere* make it very satisfying to play. I'm also impressed there's a funny, well written story to go with it (ok I'm terrible at this sort of game so I cheated I just read level.js) Great job!
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P.S. Little bit uncomfortable key mapping ZWY
Tight presentation. Music was bearable. Good.
also music is not that bad, just becomes a little annoying in the long term ^^