The upper bar (blue-yellow) is your shield - the shield is regenerating over time. The bottom bar (red-green) is your hull health - the damage of it is permanent and cannot be healed. When you are hit by enemy, the shield can absorb significant amount of damage - but when it's depleted, all the damage is going to your hull. And when your hull is destroyed, you fail the mission.
GENERAL INFO:
Simple space shooter game!
Your goal is to defeat the enemy fleet, which is trying to kill you really hard. The controls are simple - press up to go up, down to gown down. If you wonder, it's definitely possible to beat the game, it's not so long.
WALKTHROUGH OF THE GAME:
DEVELOPMENT TIMELAPSE:
TECH INFO:
Created using C++, SDL2, Gimp, Sublime Text 3, Travis CI, Fedora and many others.
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Benys9414 Dec 2015, 07:33
Brutal game, great work. This game should win ;-)
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Jstank14 Dec 2015, 10:16
I like it! It runs, its simple its hard. That is everything you need from a space shooter. I really like the health system, shields down, take structure damage!
Interesting comment on the shmup genre: Since you always want to be shooting, no need to hold down a button :) It got hard pretty quick despite my best efforts but I had fun playing it. Also nice 1982-kinda graphics. :)
Simple and hard. I like shield system of the ship. It would be better if the enemies do not have aimed shooting to you, bullets are a bit bigger and a bit slower as in classic bullet hell games.
A competent shoot 'em up that was challenging but not unplayably so. Could have done with some basic sound effects and visual effects for polish, but the core game was pretty solid. Good job. :)
Well done! It's really difficult, and I think the way the shield and health is displayed makes it a bit difficult to see (long and thin, and you have to take your eyes off of the playing field). It also goes almost immediately into "really hard" mode, which is fine but difficult! :)
I recorded while I play, and there's a lot more commentary in there too. Currently uploading to this URL: https://youtu.be/TRir3BAnNVQ
Well done again! Thanks :)
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Jwatt21 Dec 2015, 08:30
You can tell this was made by someone who thinks of themselves primarily as a "programmer". There's no transitions, no interpolation, no rounded edges. Everything either just happens discretely or doesn't happen at all. Zeroes and ones brah.
Conceptually very basic, no mentionable twists to break the monotony, or to change the player's relation to the environment. You've pretty much seen every mechanic there is in the first few moments. And it's very short to boot, almost ashamed to exist on your screen for the briefest moment.
Wow that's hard ! i can't pass some point where there are 2 ranges of shipse a bit like this : << ... It's a bit unfaire other ship could shoot any angle when you have no choice but shooting straight forward... Good idea overall
A nice fast-paced shmup, exactly what I like. I have to admit though, that it's a bit rough round the edges. Some more particles and sound would really add to it. Otherwise really neat stuff.
Well I have not failed. I like the shield bar I think shooter should use this more often. Maybe you should differnt color for ennemies bullet. Someting bigger and flashy.
Really difficult shmup, and although it's the implementation of the theme, not being able to move horizontal makes avoiding bullets even harder. I think the guns are too far apart, because I always miss enemies when they are exactly in front of the ship. Some enemy variety would have been great. Also some sound effects and particle effect would definitely help to juice it up a bit.
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It could really use some sound effects though, but other than that it's a solid game.
2.The later section is a bit hard. But I like it.
3.Better add some sound effects, that will add a lot to this game.
Could have done with some basic sound effects and visual effects for polish, but the core game was pretty solid. Good job. :)
I recorded while I play, and there's a lot more commentary in there too. Currently uploading to this URL: https://youtu.be/TRir3BAnNVQ
Well done again! Thanks :)
Conceptually very basic, no mentionable twists to break the monotony, or to change the player's relation to the environment. You've pretty much seen every mechanic there is in the first few moments. And it's very short to boot, almost ashamed to exist on your screen for the briefest moment.
It's a bit unfaire other ship could shoot any angle when you have no choice but shooting straight forward...
Good idea overall