SteXam

by squimmy
co-authored: @frocto
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.91
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.59
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.91
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.07
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.89
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.62
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.83
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.55
Captain Blimpington's lovely Lady Blimpula has been kidnapped by the dastardly Professor Cogsworth!!
Armed only with his trusty _Steam Laser_, he charges into the lengthy, linear labyrinth beneath the vile villain's castle.

Control your blimp with WASD and aim with the mouse. Your laser takes time to build up a head of steam, so check your pressure gauge in the top-left corner. The higher the pressure, the more damage your attack will do, but once you start firing, there's no way to stop until the pressure has been released.

Cogsworth and her hat robots are vulnerable once every ten seconds: Strike when their head glows red for massive bonus damage!

The castle's defenders will staunchly stand their ground. Search for clouds of _Healing Steam_ to recover from the injuries they inflict upon you!

If you decide Blimpula's not worth the trouble, _the escape key will abort your attempt, suddenly and without warning_.

- Created using Godot.
- 3D assets designed using Blender
- Textures drawn using Aseprite and Krita
- Music made with GarageBand and Bosca Ceoil
- Uses the "Nickelodeon NF" font by Nick Curtis
- Sound effects generated with bfxr

Comments12

Rezioz
Rezioz4 Oct 2022, 12:17
I love the aesthetic of the game, really :)
Igor Morgun4 Oct 2022, 14:57
Very good desing,u so crazy bro
kimau
kimau7 Oct 2022, 10:30
Interesting control scheme, honestly I muted the audio. The tunnel shooter is defo a genre I would love to see revived. Very cool.
LDJam user 3029877 Oct 2022, 10:33
Fun game, felt a bit tough to dodge projectiles moving so fast and in such a small space, but with a bit more balance it could a really fun bullet hell game.
SimonO
SimonO7 Oct 2022, 10:33
A little hard to understand but I enjoyed the total chaos!
BangKerpow
BangKerpow7 Oct 2022, 12:53
Interesting take on a bullet-hell and took quite a bit to get used to the controls.
LDJam user 298496
LDJam user 2984967 Oct 2022, 13:39
There's a really interesting idea here, but it's super hard to aim when the player is blocking your view. Perhaps the player should be see-through?

Nice work!
Flying Dog Fish
Flying Dog Fish7 Oct 2022, 19:03
Interesting game. It's rather hard to see ahead because your blimp is in the way. I believe 1st person view would work better here.
KokkakNiphon
KokkakNiphon7 Oct 2022, 19:33
A little bit confused at the start but quite fun game. I tried to dodge by moving around 4 corners of the screen and it seems to be the best optimal way to win the game that I've found
Heo9 Oct 2022, 17:58
I wasn't able to beat the game but had a fun time. The idea is interesting and I would love to see a bit more polish version ! Well done
Inno11 Oct 2022, 20:30
Original game. A bit difficult with mousepad but fun
LDJam user 259666
LDJam user 25966614 Oct 2022, 13:21
There's an interesting game, but i think too much particles, make my computer burn

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