宇宙列車 -SPACE EXPRESS-

by viwka

co-authored: @joethehive, @saintirin

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.83

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.85

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.95

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.92

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.57

Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.16

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.77

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.21

宇宙列車(Uchū Ressha), or Space Express is a bullet hell shmup game inspired by Touhou and old shmups, such as Hellfire and Galaga.

FULLSCREEN HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Take the latest Kalibr.4 spaceship and blast through 3 different stages, each containing many enemies and one boss at the end.

Controls:
- Arrow keys - Move
- X - Shoot toggle
- Z - Slow down
- Double tap a direction key - Dash
*To dash diagonally, hold one direction and double tap another.*

Features:
- Schmup-bullet hell mix with hard and interesting gameplay.
- "Soft" time limit to all stages.
- UI that gives you a feeling of being inside a spaceship.
- Pixelated art-style, heavily inspired by old shmup games.

Tags: #2d, #bullet hell, #pixel art, #retro, #shoot 'em up, #short, #singleplayer, #space

Genres: action

Tools: Unity

Comments16

Georgy163 Oct 2023, 01:18

Quite interesting and cool. Reminds me of games from the days of Sonic on Sega)

ne_sofa3 Oct 2023, 04:45

I love these games! And this game won my heart. The only thing is, I started hallucinating after the game, is this normal, was it planned?

Kristina253 Oct 2023, 20:03

Прикольно. Не сразу поняла что делать. Не хватает плашки с отметкой жизни)

Kirass4 Oct 2023, 08:51

Cool and challenging

ksts4 Oct 2023, 10:13

nice artwork!

Stupid_scarf4 Oct 2023, 11:19

Замечательная игра, в которой все сделано на славу. Графика, интерфейс, музыка, геймплей - 10/10 на кончиках пальцев. Ребята вы молодцы!

SvetlanaLis4 Oct 2023, 13:48

11/10

Julia Babadshanow4 Oct 2023, 17:28

Not sure If I was hitting the enemy or not (If it was not a one shot). My own hitbox felt also a little bit awkward. Otherwise: Pixel Art = superior; very well done graphics and nice management of mechanics+controls.

Metsker4 Oct 2023, 18:56

Wow, the hud is astounding, also big respect for the genre. Great job!

m0rph1y4 Oct 2023, 19:24

Like that

smiley4058 Oct 2023, 13:00

really nice pixel art and loved the parallax effect to the background plus the music. It's good to see the bullet-hell genre game in this jam. I wish there were random objects spawning like the shields and different types of shooting bullets for player aswell. I Made it this far :smile:

Polite Stories8 Oct 2023, 22:30

I'm really into danmaku titles so seeing "inspired by touhou" really got me excited and I'm so glad I tried, your UI is absolutely crazy and I love it so much! The music is genuinely weird but fits in so well with the overal vibe of the game, if I was to offer feedback I would probably say that something like a sound effect or a visual indication you're actually hitting the target would go a long way to add into that satisfying gameplay loop, like for example in some of the touhou games the character sprites do that little minor flash? JUst a suggestion and I really loved it anyway

LDJam user 2431939 Oct 2023, 14:27

Pretty standard shmup or bullet hell. I can see the shrinking space.
I wish the game had better effect when bullet hits something but it's playable and decent in its current state.

hidden61ade10 Oct 2023, 13:24

Suitable for a touhou fan like me! A very well-comppleted work.

LDJam user 20600113 Oct 2023, 06:50

A very interesting hud, I like the hud taking up a large part of the screen simulating controls, but the gameplay is quite confusing. The shots don't kill me, the boss doesn't seem to die, so many shots come from him that I can barely see him

Alexkik151514 Oct 2023, 09:24

Love style of UI and art, but gameplay is quite really confusing.

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