Excellent arcade twin stick shooter in vein of Robotron but more fun imho! Great job! And it runs great on Linux too! 8) Just made a donation. Others should as well!
P.S. - An option to rebind keys is needed as my keyboard can not fire up/left diagonally and move. Some key combos don't work on all keyboards so it would be nice to be able to experiment with different bindings. I realize dual analog is the way to go and will be playing with D/A most of the time but sometimes I want a quickie on my laptop, plus all games should have the ability to rebind the keys imho.
ALSO - It is possible if you code a key reading routine that hits the hardware more directly, the issue may go away.
I'm so bad at this game, and I wish power-ups appeared a bit more often and earlier, but I absolutely LOVE the aesthetic, how it feels, how it looks, how it sounds!
This is a really well made game! It has all the elements throwing back to those old Hi-Score Chasing arcade cabinets. The enemies are forever coming and power-ups bring life back into the run as you are looking to get overrun by the cute baddies.
Definitely worth a play at FREE. Definitely a candidate for a $5-$10 Steam game(with some more enemies, stage progression, music and powerups).
This game is great thank you! I tried playing with my Switch Pro controller on Windows 10 but the buttons seemed to be mapped wrong. Can someone else try a switch controller and see how it goes?
Very cool game! Lots of this has been said below about the gameplay, sound, vibe, I all agree.
Found a minor bug though. I'm playing on a Windows PC with keyboard. When shooting diagonally the movement does not always work. For instance, when shooting diagonally down to the right, I cannot move right anymore.
that sounds like a very frustrating bug. :( i have tried to reproduce it on two machines but have thus far been unsuccessful. i'll do my best to find it!
This is not a bug per se, it's due to the limitation of number of simultaneous keys able to be pressed on certain rows of certain keyboards. As mentioned above, the ability to rebind should fix this issue as it will allow people to play with different combinations and find the keys that work with their keyboard. I've also seen the issue fixed by coding direct hardware key reading routine.
Bit late, but indeed, I tested it with that site Technostalgic posted and I can confirm my keyboard has the same issue over there, so no bug in your game!
Wow, never knew this, will double check this. I never had any issues with games before though, but I can also not with 100% certainty say that I have played games with 'twin stick setup' lately. Will double check this and inform the dev here.
A lot of laptop keyboards and cheap keyboard have 2 key rollover – meaning you can only guarantee 2 keys being pressed at once. This makes certain games unplayable.
If that’s the issue you’d have to either use a different keyboard or a controller.
Absolutly beautiful game! just put a price on it! haha, i have a question, i like the transition between the stages, but... how did you do that animation!!!!?, i mean just frame by frame or using other method ? i like it very much haha!
Hey. Your game is really amazing, the amount of juice is incredible. I had a lot of fun with it! Could you tell us what software did you use to generate the sound effects (if you made them yourself, that is), and what palette is used for the sprites?
hey! i used a combination of hardware and software synths, Bfxr, and my phone's mic to record sounds. for the ambient track i sampled static from a shortwave radio. mixcraft was my DAW of choice to put them all together.
My man how you make a shooter without SCREENSHAKE?? Thats like the most essential thing for game feel, come on.
Sound is nice i guess, no music. I guess i could recommend "bosca ceoil" (here: https://boscaceoil.net/) if you want to do it completely solo, its free and not too complex yet still allows to make some listenable tracks, though still have to know the basics of it so id suggest to look up a tutorial for it, Brackeys made a good one.
Also dont think i felt any freeze frames (you know when a game like stops for a few miliseconds to add more impact to the action) which is also a minus cuz once again, thats like one of the essential and super easy ways to add GAME FEEL.
Id also suggest to make the friends at least try to avoid danger, even if not like super advanced, cuz like it feels they just walk directly into traps and enemies which is dumb.
Possibly adding some way to move faster could be nice as sometimes it feels like im juuust a bit too slow, maybe like move faster when not firing? Could work imo.
A small neat change would also be to display the controls at the start of the first level so people like me who didnt check the manual dont get too confused.
AAaaand thats all i could think of i guess. Good luck or somethin i dunno.
Loved this game, there's just something about these type of shooters like Smash TV with the focus on "crowd control" that i can't seem to have enough with. The art is gorgeous and the screen effects add a lot to the gameplay
Fantastic game! I love the sound effects and aesthetic, I've been playing for hours now. My current record is 2,462,400, and I got to level 34. Thanks for making this! I'm really excited to see where this game goes!
to be clear about what you are requesting: currently you can pause, select end, return to the menu, and quit from there. are you asking for a dedicated "exit to desktop" button?
thank you for the recommendation! i will check out his music :)
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This looks so cool! Any plans to release a Mac build in the future?
AMAZIN
Just came back to say that I still vibe with everything about this.
this would be stinking great on an arcade cabinet. almost too good. i could see this being the coin cruncher i keep coming back to.
This is really a good game , amazing =)
this is super juicy and really fun!! fantastic job :D
best game in itch for me
It runs perfect in linux also is very fun, I love it.
Yeah linux version runs good. I use arch by the way
omggg i want to do it in gamemaker ! :00000
you should :) gamemaker is really fun and perfect for this sort of thing
Made a video
Great job! And it runs great on Linux too
Excellent arcade twin stick shooter in vein of Robotron but more fun imho! Great job! And it runs great on Linux too! 8)
Just made a donation. Others should as well!
P.S. - An option to rebind keys is needed as my keyboard
can not fire up/left diagonally and move. Some key combos
don't work on all keyboards so it would be nice to be able
to experiment with different bindings. I realize dual analog
is the way to go and will be playing with D/A most of the
time but sometimes I want a quickie on my laptop, plus all
games should have the ability to rebind the keys imho.
ALSO - It is possible if you code a key reading routine
that hits the hardware more directly, the issue may go away.
sorry to hear about that inconvenience. key rebinding will be coming in 0.8.2 :)
Awesome game. I'm curious, how did you accomplish the blood splatter effects?
I'm so bad at this game, and I wish power-ups appeared a bit more often and earlier, but I absolutely LOVE the aesthetic, how it feels, how it looks, how it sounds!
This is a really well made game! It has all the elements throwing back to those old Hi-Score Chasing arcade cabinets. The enemies are forever coming and power-ups bring life back into the run as you are looking to get overrun by the cute baddies.
Definitely worth a play at FREE. Definitely a candidate for a $5-$10 Steam game(with some more enemies, stage progression, music and powerups).
Thanks for the game!
false advertising, enemies are cuddly
really fun game. i enjoy it. thanks
Frenetic shooter game! Couldn't stop playing it!
It is featured in my Top 5 for this week!
Check my video!
trailers incluye satryn VHS en minuto 1:50
This game is great thank you! I tried playing with my Switch Pro controller on Windows 10 but the buttons seemed to be mapped wrong. Can someone else try a switch controller and see how it goes?
The switch controller doesn't work natively with windows 10. If you want to use it with non-steam games, look up BetterJoy.
Thanks for the info. The controller works in Pico 8, but yeah most other non-Steam games the thing is a mess.
This game could easily be released on steam for 10 bucks with some more enemies, map generation, and a progression system. Good job!
Yo this is fricking sick!
Why is this not on steam for 10$?
Very cool game! Lots of this has been said below about the gameplay, sound, vibe, I all agree.
Found a minor bug though. I'm playing on a Windows PC with keyboard. When shooting diagonally the movement does not always work. For instance, when shooting diagonally down to the right, I cannot move right anymore.
that sounds like a very frustrating bug. :( i have tried to reproduce it on two machines but have thus far been unsuccessful. i'll do my best to find it!
Will try to verify if it's indeed my keyboard as people mention below.
thank goodness the smart people chimed in to help :)
This is not a bug per se, it's due to the
limitation of number of simultaneous keys
able to be pressed on certain rows of certain
keyboards. As mentioned above, the ability
to rebind should fix this issue as it will allow
people to play with different combinations
and find the keys that work with their
keyboard. I've also seen the issue fixed by
coding direct hardware key reading routine.
Bit late, but indeed, I tested it with that site Technostalgic posted and I can confirm my keyboard has the same issue over there, so no bug in your game!
This sounds like a limitation of your hardware, not the game. Some keyboards have limited N-Key-rollover capabilities.
https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/6669/how-do-i-remove-the-limit-on-pc-...
for more info
Wow, never knew this, will double check this. I never had any issues with games before though, but I can also not with 100% certainty say that I have played games with 'twin stick setup' lately. Will double check this and inform the dev here.
To expand on Technostalgic, you can test your rollover of your keyboard with the following webpage and following the examples
http://gadzikowski.com/nkeyrollover.html
A lot of laptop keyboards and cheap keyboard have 2 key rollover – meaning you can only guarantee 2 keys being pressed at once. This makes certain games unplayable. If that’s the issue you’d have to either use a different keyboard or a controller.
Thanks, this site will help me testing it probably :)
Buy this game. Very addictive and fun!
Absolutly beautiful game! just put a price on it! haha, i have a question, i like the transition between the stages, but... how did you do that animation!!!!?, i mean just frame by frame or using other method ? i like it very much haha!
really cool
very good sounds tickle my brain oh so right.
good game
540k my best run, thank you so much for making it!
Game is so great, supported on paypal!
Hey. Your game is really amazing, the amount of juice is incredible. I had a lot of fun with it! Could you tell us what software did you use to generate the sound effects (if you made them yourself, that is), and what palette is used for the sprites?
hey! i used a combination of hardware and software synths, Bfxr, and my phone's mic to record sounds. for the ambient track i sampled static from a shortwave radio. mixcraft was my DAW of choice to put them all together.
also, here is satryn's color palette:
i hope this helps <3
Thanks a lot!
This gives me housemarque vibes for some reason, I love it. My best run was around 300k, hoping to beat it. Thank you for making this!
My man how you make a shooter without SCREENSHAKE?? Thats like the most essential thing for game feel, come on.
Sound is nice i guess, no music. I guess i could recommend "bosca ceoil" (here: https://boscaceoil.net/) if you want to do it completely solo, its free and not too complex yet still allows to make some listenable tracks, though still have to know the basics of it so id suggest to look up a tutorial for it, Brackeys made a good one.
Also dont think i felt any freeze frames (you know when a game like stops for a few miliseconds to add more impact to the action) which is also a minus cuz once again, thats like one of the essential and super easy ways to add GAME FEEL.
Id also suggest to make the friends at least try to avoid danger, even if not like super advanced, cuz like it feels they just walk directly into traps and enemies which is dumb.
Possibly adding some way to move faster could be nice as sometimes it feels like im juuust a bit too slow, maybe like move faster when not firing? Could work imo.
A small neat change would also be to display the controls at the start of the first level so people like me who didnt check the manual dont get too confused.
AAaaand thats all i could think of i guess. Good luck or somethin i dunno.
I heavily vibe with this
New Highscore of 166,610!
Bold of the game to assume I have friends, but kudos to maybell for letting me be the hero of the cosmos.
Loved this game, there's just something about these type of shooters like Smash TV with the focus on "crowd control" that i can't seem to have enough with. The art is gorgeous and the screen effects add a lot to the gameplay
Best game I have played on itcho yet :)
Fantastic game! I love the sound effects and aesthetic, I've been playing for hours now. My current record is 2,462,400, and I got to level 34. Thanks for making this! I'm really excited to see where this game goes!
Your aesthetic is incredible. Love it! “i’m having fun” just lookin at the darn thing!
Well, to be honest, nice game! I like shooters like this , good job!
This is a really fun game. But there is a lack of a mid game exit, maybe add ESC to exit or a button you have to press.
P.S. if you need music talk to Evan king, he makes some good music for games
to be clear about what you are requesting: currently you can pause, select end, return to the menu, and quit from there. are you asking for a dedicated "exit to desktop" button?
thank you for the recommendation! i will check out his music :)