Arcade shooter where money is everything - An homage to the classic Robotron: 2084 - Sound Effects using ZzFX!
How to play... - Destroy the rival currencies! - Use WASD to move. - Mouse to aim and shoot. Hold left click to shoot rapidly. - You start with $3, don't waste it! - Bullets cost ¢1 each, but... you get ¢1 back for each kill! - Collect copyrights for extra cash, each one is worth 5 more! - Death cost $1, if you die with less then $1 it's game over! - Score is the money you spent, not the money you have. - Please share your high score in comments below.
I will personally mail a $20 bill to the first person who beats $20! Here's a video of me getting $21.35
Nice concept. The only thing I'd suggest is possibly making a copy of the X does Y (Yen earns 1 cent) on the side of the game screen. Good job either way!
This game is hard but really addicting. I thoroughly enjoyed the aesthetic and theme. I couldn't get my bullets to fly in the right direction expect down which perhaps made the game harder to play but still very fun!
Yay, Robotron, yes. But with the copyright and patent troll twist :grin: very nice. Smooth gameplay, but not that easy, especially when these undestructible things appear.
A fun game, I played a couple times. The Ai movement was nice, a little choppy and a little organized. I feel the cost of things were fairly well balanced too.
I'm crap at these reaction-type games but I really liked this despite finding it difficult. The graphics are simple and silky smooth and the sound effects are great. Excellent!
Addictive game. I made it to wave 7 with $7.27 spent. The controls felt really smooth, despite the occasional jitters, and it was really satisfying to just shoot on rapid fire. Only recommendation would be providing some feedback on when you respawn and may not randomize the map on respawn.
This is really fun! The money pits confused me a bit because they change shape every level, but other than that, the controls were really good and the shootin' was satisfying. Nice work!
ZzFx, yum! Entertaining and challenging; the difficulty progression felt spot on. Great use of effects to keep the simple graphics visually interesting.
Had fun with the motion blur and jumping-around little enemy dudes, the ones you've got to push back with bullets were interesting too. The large dollar sign for the intro looks cool but seems to lag my browser a lot, otherwise the game runs great.
Here's how I did over a handful of tries (couldn't survive past wave 4 yet :p fun to play even if I'm not all that great at it)
Thanks for the awesome feedback everyone! I'm very interested in difficulty because one problem I have with most LD games I play is that they are too easy, so I really turned up the difficulty here. I think it is mostly fair and balanced. I spent a lot of time playtesting and tweaking values during the comp. Please post your high score after playing, that is the single best metric I can use to gauge difficulty.
Good game, really solid I think. I managed to get wave 5 after a while playing. Yes it is difficult but difficult in a good way: it is not so frustrating. Sounds and visuals effects are really good. A little bit unbalanced on wave 4, it is very difficult. Overall really good entry!
Hey Frank! Excellent work here. That respawn feels juicy! Colors and symbols are all on point. The bullet trails are sweet. Controls feel great. Sounds add a nice tactile feel without getting annoying (The cue played when enemies move does sound a little like interference though). The one issue I had was the hit box corners for enemies clipping me when I thought I was out of range. Nice punishing difficulty that made me want to get better!
I got really addicted to this. I want to try to get more and more money. Its hard but engaging and encourages me to try again. And the visuals work really well with the design. Great stuff! And thanks for tuning into the stream!
A great take on Robotron... loved it! Same look and feel of the arcade game. Would be great as a twin-stick shooter. Nice take on implementing the theme into this gam.
Impressive idea, at the begining it all seems to be bit too much (so much colors and so much info that you will not be able to absorb it during the first run), but the gameplay feels very natural and overall good handled. It is really nice idea how to approach the theme. Some frenetic music in the background would perhaps build up the atmosphere better, but I mean... Really great job!
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Super trippy and super fun, but way too hard for me :smile:
This is really fun! The money pits confused me a bit because they change shape every level, but other than that, the controls were really good and the shootin' was satisfying. Nice work!
Here's how I did over a handful of tries (couldn't survive past wave 4 yet :p fun to play even if I'm not all that great at it)
I love it!
The game is awesome, btw
I played this game on stream, you can find the timestamp at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14MpruNv7RN4pVCr4go77VXJuePogxHuI9intx5phEqk/edit?usp=sharing