Space Shift

by dj_pale
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.30
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.48
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.74
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.33
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.85
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★52%
Small space shmup where your ship changes with different abilities every 3 seconds. Survive waves with ships with similar capabilities!

Arrow keys to steer, space to shoot.

Made using luxe game engine (Haxe)

== Digital Apathy==
* Code: dj_pale
* Gfx and ass. code: plink
* Music: skurk

Very minor post-compo fix - disable space-key in browser on canvas to avoid accidental scrolling. Note that if the game is too big for your screen you can use browser zoom to make it smaller!

Genres: shooter

Comments14

Ithildin
Ithildin19 Apr 2016, 15:51
Loved the idea, polish and execution was solid, too (...and the "shape shift" sound effect is super cool!). Great job!
ogre20 Apr 2016, 07:24
I made a game with the exact same name :) Pretty different, but both arcade-y. Like yours! Nice and difficult without being overly frustrating.
TerraCottaFrog
TerraCottaFrog20 Apr 2016, 21:55
The forced shifting is really annoying, especially when you change when dodging moving towards a wall to the green ship. Only 10% of the deaths felt like they were my fault.

Love the audio, though.
CelloCoder20 Apr 2016, 22:06
Really fun! Very cool arcade-styled graphics/sounds :)
LeftRight9220 Apr 2016, 22:44
Felt like either shapeshifting needed to be more controlled or to warn the player they were about to shift.
Cosrnos24 Apr 2016, 17:58
I think a warning or a visible timer would be helpful, but the concept was good and addictive! Good job!
shapemorph
shapemorph24 Apr 2016, 18:36
Nice job, polish and fun game, good challenge
TheMeorch
TheMeorch24 Apr 2016, 19:10
Great audio, and an cool take on the theme. As some others have said, some warning about when the ship is about to shift would be great. I most often died when DEF switched to MOV and I suddenly moved much faster than I expected (into a bullet!)
scorched
scorched25 Apr 2016, 15:46
Hangs for me on Firefox when I press Space for second time (first time is to start the game). Also background is dark only on within some rectangle: http://imgur.com/qJzPs23
Gamepopper
Gamepopper26 Apr 2016, 12:26
Very well polished! The mechanics have a good feel to them!
forestgamer00730 Apr 2016, 03:19
80 is maximum points to get Innovation: 3/10 Fun: 6/10
Theme: 5/10
Graphics: 2/10
Audio: 6/10
Humor: 0/10
Mood: 0/10
Coolness: 5/10
Overall: 27/80
Good Game
Reyn30 Apr 2016, 09:56
Thanks, that was fun. I think if you made the ship flash before it switched it could prevent some of the frustrating deaths. Movement was especially nicely done.
damrem9 May 2016, 12:02
Fun! Just one little comment: it's possible to move diagonaly backward but not forward.

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