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Dr. Nano - tiny surgeon

By mcfunkypants

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Graphics1733.53
Mood1873.13
Fun1993.23
Overall2043.37
Theme2493.37
Humor2912.52
Audio3422.70
Coolness72344
Innovation8102.03

Comments

binary_girl 2012-04-23 00:07

great stuff man!! smooth as u like :)

jim3wg 2012-04-23 00:27

Nice like allways

skullsoft 2012-04-23 01:21

Seriously awesome!!! WOOT!

skullsoft 2012-04-23 01:21

Seriously awesome!!! Nice graphics, especially.

skullsoft 2012-04-23 01:24

Ooops I thought the original comment didn't load.

One peeve tho: Too hard!

orangepascal 2012-04-23 06:33

plays very nice!

matthias_zarzecki 2012-04-23 14:40

Fun shooter! But something about "Dr." Nano feels off.... DOES HE EVEN HAVE A MEDICAL LICENSE HUH

kitch 2012-04-23 14:46

Looks great! Loved the particle effects. It was really hard for me (couldn't get past the first boss), but I think that's because I was getting a poor frame rate (my current computer's fault, not yours), and I really suck at these sort of games (my fault, not yours). I'll replay it on my better computer later.

ratking 2012-04-23 14:52

Cool SHMUP, very playable and fun, but I don't have a 1080p monitor. So I couldn't enjoy it fully, I suppose. :-P
Also, being microscopic is the exact opposite of "Tiny World" for me, haha.

McFunkypants 2012-04-23 19:02

Thanks for all the kind words, guys! As usual, me being the coder who made the game (and playtested it while working on it umpteen times) can blast past everything on the first life. Naturally it is pretty tough ig you don't have: 1. practise, 2. 60fps, 3. widescreen monitor, 4. experience with bullet hell games.

That said, for a little prototype I'm so happy that it works on your computers. I really appreciate your playtests and comments!

d_durham 2012-04-23 19:15

Loads of lovely particle effects and runs super smoothly. Good fun too!

refreshcreations 2012-04-23 21:49

Woah, a bullet hell shooter, with some really awesome graphics, matching sounds and Boss fights. In 48 hours? Which makes me feel like I was playing the cartoon video game version of the film Innerspace? I used to play through Ikaruga a lot whilst I was at uni and I only made it part way through level 3 but it was really good fun to play also. I lost the patient... Nooooo! Excellent game!

mneubrand 2012-04-24 04:50

Nice complete shoot'em up. Sounds feel very coherent. Game runs smooth and and fast for me. Reminds me of the good old "Metal Slug" days :)

Gonna use Dr. Nano for some practice and then dig out some of those again.

divillysausages 2012-04-24 21:35

man, that boss battle is visious

firstrowgames 2012-04-26 01:55

very nice SHMUP.
Cool effects and fun :)

alwaysgeeky 2012-04-26 17:00

I thought this was cool and fun! :) well done

vitou3d 2012-04-27 05:07

This is fun. I like it. I can't believe this can be made in this short time. Well done!

ddrkirbyisq 2012-04-29 12:40

Gotta hand it to ya--never thought I'd be using bullet hell streaming techniques for an LD game. Still couldn't make it through level 3 though, so that makes me *sadface*. Great job anyways. Noticed the firing rate wasn't always constant--is that due to a limit on the number of active bullets at once? Or is that just keyboard controls coming into conflict when I move diagonally?

Also, sprite-based particle explosions? Nice.

andrew-2 2012-04-30 20:27

A bit too flashy for my machine(far from 60 fps) but I think I pt up a decent fight regardless.

datamosh 2012-05-01 01:49

Truly fun game! Sometimes I got a little bit confused, but I loved the size of the screen and graphics too. Maybe the explosions didn't match the overall style, but it's a minor detail.

kevinworkman 2012-05-02 22:42

This is awesome, and I love the art. For some reason I was unable to shoot while going diagonally up and to the left. I could go in every other direction while shooting, but not up and left. This is a fantastic prototype though, great work.

netmute 2012-05-07 11:44

Cool SHMUP. Very polished and nice idea with the mini doctor :)

thristhart 2012-05-11 11:54

Most of the complaints I have are just problems with shmups in general, so I won't hold them against you. That said, I felt there was some incongruity between the fancy particles and the cartoonish characters. Needs a more distinct visual style!