King Of The Claw is a little space arcade game I came up with for the ShapeShift theme. Simple WASD movement and aiming with the mouse. You can grab disabled enemies or their guns with your Claw (right click) and shapeshift. Some types of enemies have more health, so you can shapeshift into them to get the increased health. Or shift your gun into theirs. Simple scoring mechanic with a little summary when you die or when you win. My first attempt, but not bad for 48 hours (minus the time I wasted on my first idea).
One thing that I wanted to add but couldn't due to time was a 3rd component, like a shield or a turret or something, that you could grab with the claw and upgrade. I do want more uses for the Claw, but none of my ideas really fit with the ShapeShift theme. I think maybe using it to grab asteroids to smack enemies or stealing components off of multiple component shipts, etc.
It is an interesting game but if you can't shoot while you are moving then it is really hard to achieve all the objectives, besides that, with a shot of the enemy you are removed, you should try to add a shield or more life or a defense to the ship.
Davalcordub - It should be possible to move and shoot at the same time. Can you please elaborate on the problem you're seeing? Also, shifting into other ship types can help increase your health, making it a bit easier to survive. Cheers!
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Sorry I only read you'd like to know the score after I left the game. I can tell you I was able to finish by my second attempt.
Solid controls and gameplay, everything works as expected.
Nice sfx.
I wasn't able to download the source. When I click the link, I get a dropbox login page.
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