Vertabyss
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You don't come back.
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https://youtu.be/hgjKJow1468
Vertabyss is a psuedo-3D isometric arcade game. It might be the only 2D isometric 5DOF shooter around. Dive infinitely deep and fight increasingly giant submarines for oxygen.
Why do the submarines get so giant? Well, it's due to abyssal gigantism.
MOUSE WITH SCROLL WHEEL RECOMMENDED. Please check README.TXT for controls! You might need a powerful computer unfortunately, as the optimization is kind of bad.
Vertabyss is inspired by a previous Ludum Dare game of mine, Vertico, but the gameplay is a lot different.
NOTE: I may update this into a larger game someday! However, I want to rewrite my compiler first, which could take a while.
There are online high scores now! If anyone manages to beat my (Ultimate Walrus) score, I'd love to gift them a free #Snake2 key... if you can leave a comment giving me a way to deliver it (might have to go by the honor system here :)
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*SOME INFO ABOUT THE PROCESS:
This was my first gamejam in five years. Part of the reason for that hiatus was because I was building a programming language! Vertabyss is the first game to ever use Manta, a revolutionary programming language I spent years making. It would have been an advantage if it were further along, but ended up mostly being a handicap, since I spent about 75% percent of my time just improving the language. It's unoptimized, so I ended up having to write 25% of the code in Python (the language it currently compiles into) where performance mattered. But I'm still quite pleased with the result!*
If you want to keep tabs on my games or on the Manta programming language, please subscribe to my newsletter or follow my Twitter!
JAM NOTE: I updated this file after the jam ended, because it wasn't working on any PC that didn't have Python installed. I left the game as is, and just fixed this compatibility issue.
UPDATE 2: More compatibility fixes - the game now works on any monitor from 800x600 to 4K, and defaults to fullscreen. UPDATE 3: macOS port complete! I added the macOS build to itch.io. UPDATE 4: I've given the game what I felt it desperately needed, which was an online high score chart and ability to reset the game without closing it. You can still download the original submission here for rating purposes, or you can just download the new version and pretend it doesn't have high scores or "press R to restart" :)
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https://youtu.be/hgjKJow1468
Vertabyss is a psuedo-3D isometric arcade game. It might be the only 2D isometric 5DOF shooter around. Dive infinitely deep and fight increasingly giant submarines for oxygen.
Why do the submarines get so giant? Well, it's due to abyssal gigantism.
MOUSE WITH SCROLL WHEEL RECOMMENDED. Please check README.TXT for controls! You might need a powerful computer unfortunately, as the optimization is kind of bad.
Vertabyss is inspired by a previous Ludum Dare game of mine, Vertico, but the gameplay is a lot different.
NOTE: I may update this into a larger game someday! However, I want to rewrite my compiler first, which could take a while.
There are online high scores now! If anyone manages to beat my (Ultimate Walrus) score, I'd love to gift them a free #Snake2 key... if you can leave a comment giving me a way to deliver it (might have to go by the honor system here :)
_____.....-----'''''-----....._____.....-----'''''-----....._____.....-----'''''-----....._____.....-----'''''-----....._____.....-----'''''-----....._____.....-----'''''-----....._____.....-----
*SOME INFO ABOUT THE PROCESS:
This was my first gamejam in five years. Part of the reason for that hiatus was because I was building a programming language! Vertabyss is the first game to ever use Manta, a revolutionary programming language I spent years making. It would have been an advantage if it were further along, but ended up mostly being a handicap, since I spent about 75% percent of my time just improving the language. It's unoptimized, so I ended up having to write 25% of the code in Python (the language it currently compiles into) where performance mattered. But I'm still quite pleased with the result!*
If you want to keep tabs on my games or on the Manta programming language, please subscribe to my newsletter or follow my Twitter!
JAM NOTE: I updated this file after the jam ended, because it wasn't working on any PC that didn't have Python installed. I left the game as is, and just fixed this compatibility issue.
UPDATE 2: More compatibility fixes - the game now works on any monitor from 800x600 to 4K, and defaults to fullscreen. UPDATE 3: macOS port complete! I added the macOS build to itch.io. UPDATE 4: I've given the game what I felt it desperately needed, which was an online high score chart and ability to reset the game without closing it. You can still download the original submission here for rating purposes, or you can just download the new version and pretend it doesn't have high scores or "press R to restart" :)