OpFern Class

by ghost-in-the-toast

co-authored: @conduit

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.59

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.85

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.41

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.91

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.50

Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.27

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.28

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.42

Gameplay: OpFern Class is a fast paced, arcade style shoot-em-up set in the distant future. This game was created in three days using Game Maker Studio 2.

Plot:
We are the members of the air-to-space specialist group known as the "OpFern Class". Our mission is to track and locate the alien mother ship known as the Dreadnought. Using our new warp drive technology, our mission objective should be easier to accomplish. Even though I knew everyone wouldn't make it, I didn't think it would be like this.

Post patch notes:
Just some minor bug fixes. Credits actually roll now without the game crashing. No improvements other than that.

Controls (Keyboard/Controller):
Fly Ship: Arrow Keys/D-pad
Fire Weapon: Z Key/X(PlayStation) & A(Xbox)
Change Pilot: C Key/Square(PlayStation & X(Xbox)

Ghosts in the Toast: Avery Ruth (Programmer/Pixel Art), Mary Fellner (Traditional Artist), Michael Gaskins (Guitarist/Pixel Art) and Conduit (Producer/Composer)

Tools: GameMaker

Comments25

Toast Toaster4 Dec 2018, 04:22

This soundtrack is sicc as H E C K, my dude!

4 Dec 2018, 04:27

What an amazing soundtrack! The game play was awesome too, although if I could change one thing, I would have enjoyed some type of health bar for the boss.

Toast Toaster4 Dec 2018, 04:33

Ok now that I've had a chance to play it, this is definitely the best game I've seen here so far. BUT, I really think it NEEDS mouse control for the spaceship, like in Tyrian.

Fattori4 Dec 2018, 04:52

oh man this music is siiick!

zanagi4 Dec 2018, 05:31

Great and challenging game!

MrPiedPiper4 Dec 2018, 06:07

Just played through a bit, (This game, is hard) and this thing is awesome. Great music, great graphics, and overall it's just a joy to play!
The different classes and the ability to freely swap would probably be my favorite bit.

Unfortunately, my game froze up when I started lvl 4. Which, I'll be honest, I can't tell if that's on purpose or not.

Either way, amazing job!

ghost-in-the-toastauthor4 Dec 2018, 06:54

@mrpiedpiper that is a bug that we intend on fixing! The credits are supposed to roll after lvl 4 but ran into a slight issue. Glad you enjoyed the game!

MrPiedPiper4 Dec 2018, 07:07

(Just to make sure there's no mis-understanding- it froze when I was *starting* lvl 4. I didn't get to play that one :c Might have to replay just to see if I can later.

Helen4 Dec 2018, 23:57

Super cool game! The graphics are awesome and the soundtrack fits perfectly. I like the option to switch between the pilots.

jcroisant5 Dec 2018, 02:28

Amazing soundtrack, very good artwork, and solid execution of the scrolling shooter genre. The pilot portraits and dialogue before and after each level made me feel connected to the characters, so that there was some emotional impact when they were sacrificed, rather than just losing a weapon type. Very smart design choice.

I was not able to finish the game due to a freeze during level 4 right after the boss appeared and the music started. It seemed to flash back to the start of the first level (not sure if intentional), then froze. Despite this it is a very good submission. Nice work!

Conduit5 Dec 2018, 03:32

@jcroisant hey there! Conduit here. Firstly, we really appreciate the honest feedback. Secondly, the flashback was intentional but the freezing was not. Glad you enjoyed it, we certainly enjoyed making it! 👊⚡

KitsuneOkami7 Dec 2018, 03:06

Every part of this worked well, the enemies and their bullet patterns were well designed and apart from the freezing during the flashback sequence that you've already been alerted to it all ran smoothly. The music was nice and I enjoyed the idea that each ship has a unique firing type. Was a lot of fun!

Conduit7 Dec 2018, 03:30

@kitsuneokami thank you for the awesome feedback! Super stoked you enjoyed everything 😁

acaral8 Dec 2018, 09:18

That's work. It rocks. It's so juicy and the music is sooo cool. Also the control of the ship is so smooth.

Well done!

Azayiah8 Dec 2018, 09:43

Loved this game quite a lot! The second level though seems impossible!!!! Guess I'll have to do some more grinding and figuring out haha ! The plot , in my opinion, is what added to me wanting to stay and play! Graphics on the character facesets was just great! Overall feel of the game and character switching and enemy patterns and bullet dodging was just greatly executed. Really hope you had more time to just add more and more even to the graphics!! Well done

Cassio Eduardo8 Dec 2018, 10:06

This is a very solid entry with great presentation (specially the music) and a oldschool feel. I think it's only missing a sub weapon (ultimate) for each pilot and it would be excelent.

Very well polished, well done.

Stames10 Dec 2018, 07:18

real nice shoot em up game. I think it would have been nice to show the controlls inside the game especially because there are not that much. And also the abilities of the pilots. But when I relised, the purple one destroys the enemy shots oooh yea that was awesome :-D
also the Enemy Designe was verry good. Those sideways shooter things that don't go away until you kill them oooh man they were soo annoying but in a good way xD

Lyrcaxis10 Dec 2018, 08:44

Very well done! I couldn't make it to the last level but I appreciate the balance!

ghost-in-the-toastauthor10 Dec 2018, 16:47

Thanks for the feedback! We're planning on expanding this game so we'll definitely be adding in controls to the final product. We appreciate all the kind words!

Azayiah11 Dec 2018, 12:30

Hope you make a full version of this! !!

JUSTCAMH11 Dec 2018, 12:57

Wow. This makes me feel incredibly inadequate. Your game is amazing! I also made a shooter, and whilst yours is better, my excuse is that mine is compo. :wink:

I would probably tweak the restarting thing tho, as restarting from scratch upon death was very demotivating. Maybe make the player restart the level instead of the whole game? I also wasn't sure about the score (???) thing at the top left. It seemed to have no relation to the game, and even went into the negatives? I thought that maybe it was a distance to boss, but didn't seem to be. Otherwise, an outstanding game, the music creates a groovy atmosphere! :thumbsup:

ghost-in-the-toastauthor11 Dec 2018, 13:29

That was left over debug code I thought I removed. It's actually the y axis in the room as the camera moves up.