Magical Cyclone

by fsqrt
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.90
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.80
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.02
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.38
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.35
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.03
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★47%
Simple and endless side-scrolling shooter.

Controls:

[Arrow keys] / [D-pad (or analog stick)]: move

[V key] / [A button (or B/X/Y)]: shot

Using gamepad was tested on Google Chrome and Firefox with XBox 360 gamepad. These controls may correspond to other buttons/sticks on other gamepad.

Tools:

The game was written in C++/SDL2 and compiled into JavaScript/HTML5 using Emscripten.

Graphics made with Gimp, and sounds made with sfxr.

Updates:

- Added more gamepad support. You (probably) can use your gamepad on Firefox

- Fixed rendering enemy bullets at wrong position

Comments19

Black Horn Studios20 Apr 2016, 09:09
Nice conceptart! I think this is a good point to start a project. I love the witch and colour set choosen.
Clever way to solve the "game start" moving the paralax background. The difficulty increases very fast but good jam game.
TheMightyTeam20 Apr 2016, 19:57
Nice game. I like to see the pixels :) Maybe a little difficult from start.
rahulparihar21 Apr 2016, 01:43
Nice game, had fun playing this. Would be better if I didn't have to keep pressing the shoot button. Instead, holding down the button should keep the bullets shooting (maybe at a low fire rate). Except that, I love everything in the game, especially the visuals. Nice colors and gameplay ! Followed you on twitter :)
marod23 Apr 2016, 09:04
Nice game and nice art!
djfariel23 Apr 2016, 09:12
Really liked the art, and sounds.
Nice entry.
Theme though?
DrillerDev24 Apr 2016, 12:29
Nice little shooter, and great graphics. It could see a bigger game being developed from this

You should give some visual feedback when enemies are hit
DAT.NOT.MY.GAME!24 Apr 2016, 13:00
I don't see how this is related to the theme. But the game has really nice pixel art graphics and is nice to look at and play. I would add some things like coins for the heroine to collect while she is avoiding all those shooting creatures.
webadev25 Apr 2016, 19:40
Graphics were pretty good but game is quickly boring and hard
Inateno
Inateno27 Apr 2016, 17:15
Nice arts!
I have to spam my gamepad to shoot which made the game pretty unplayable :(
okoto29 Apr 2016, 12:31
cool art, wierd game design
avinashd2 May 2016, 02:16
I really love the art style, but without pickups or a cooldown, it really becomes a button-masher.
tomlum
tomlum2 May 2016, 05:58
Absolutely gorgeous game.
Dining Philosopher3 May 2016, 22:15
2600 points, pretty hard imho... I agree with others that shooting should really be done by holding a button rather than tapping it.
Rock Eaters
Rock Eaters3 May 2016, 23:20
Nice art, but sound is awful, graphics looks like a konami shooter
domrein5 May 2016, 00:54
Pretty fun, but has nothing to do with the theme? I guess there are some shapes shifting around.
jordgubben
jordgubben5 May 2016, 07:34
A game about a witch flying and shooting at things? Sound vaguely familiar somehow(*).

Can't really tell how this game relates to the theme, but it looks and sounds great.

(* Check out my compo entry, you'll get it)
syst3m_ERROR5 May 2016, 18:59
Cute game! The art was adorable and well made, I wasn't sure where the theme for the jam was though? Maybe I just missed it. You should also add some feedback to let the player know what is friendly/has been hit, since it took more than one shot to destroy the enemies and there was no feedback letting me know they had been damaged, at first i thought they were collectibles, same with the projectiles they launched. Really great and fun game overall though!
broknecho10 May 2016, 01:00
Tough little game here. Graphics are really nice! Great job!
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