SYNTHRAY

co-authored: @orcifried
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.67
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.26
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.29
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.95
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.55
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.88

Play the game in HTML5 here: itch.io.

DISCLAIMER

There is a known bug where enemy spawn rate persists between sessions. This is of course not a real bug but just a feature of meta progression!

SYNTHRAY

SYNTHRAY is an arcade game with a retro aesthetic where you create your RAYTAR weapon before you engage in the onslaught of enemies. When creating your beam gun, you choose modifications that enhance an offensive ability while sacrificing a defensive ability.

Instructions

Before starting each arcade _synthrun_, you add modules to your _RAYTAR_ beam gun. Here, the possible module additions display their effect on your stats in the _synthrun_ with a tooltip when the mouse is hovering upon them.
Inside the game, you utilize the beam gun through the following controls:
- Point in the direction you want to shoot with the mouse
- Shoot with the left mouse button
- Run with WASD and arrow buttons


Credits

The game is developed by @bo_nyby and @esbenkc.
- FunkyHippo on itch.io
- EsbenKC on itch.io
- Music is Street Dancing from the album Osaka Nights by TimeCrawler82.

How to play

The game runs in HTML5 on itch.io.

Thanks for playing!

Comments8

Vodish
Vodish4 Dec 2018, 02:24
I love the game! I really enjoy the synthwave style, the graphics are well made as well as the music. The game is easy to control, I hope you'll make other great games!
blobo
blobo4 Dec 2018, 02:49
My god. The art and music is fantastic! I'm a bit of a sucker for outrun aesthetics, and you hit the nail on the head!
Pez
Pez4 Dec 2018, 02:53
this style is my jam! Great music too!
AlpineM4 Dec 2018, 03:03
The art and music is AMAZING, and the gameplay is fun. I like the powerups too. But the game is just so hard! I can't last longer than a couple of seconds
WalterP
WalterP4 Dec 2018, 03:29
Great Aesthetics and music. You guys should keep working on this! Would be great to see more enemies and an upgrade shop. Keep up the great work.
Weiiswurst4 Dec 2018, 15:55
I really like this game! But I always get stuck between 5 or more enemies... Guess it's too difficult for me ;)
PabloDap4 Dec 2018, 16:17
Great music, art and little animations for the enemies. I've run into a problem where the enemy spawn rates aren't reset after you die, so they start spawning like you are 45 seconds in when it's only been 3 seconds and you can't fend them off more than 15 seconds. With that fixed I think it's gonna do great!
OrciFried
OrciFried4 Dec 2018, 17:01
Thanks for playing and for the kind words, everyone!

@pablodap we noticed the bug just a bit after publishing but we're not really able to update it after the deadline :sweat_smile:

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