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StarRunner

By bobrocket

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Audio2372.81
Graphics6042.28
Fun6782.06
Mood6892.00
Overall7342.11
Theme7581.61
Innovation7621.50
Coolness89836

Comments

deathray 2012-12-17 03:29

I get "Debug.zip appears malicious" when I download in Chrome.

bobrocket 2012-12-17 18:09

deathray: all that is in the zip is the exe, a readme and the content.

awppy 2012-12-17 21:34

The game lacks any sort of challenge, from what I can tell. It's as intense 10,000 points in as it is at the beginning. The enemies could use some properties, such as HP, speed, or moving in a wave pattern to make some of them harder to destroy.

Noticed my ship started firing blanks after a while. Was that intended, or due to stress on the garbage collection? I was mashing the shoot buttons like a madman.

goulding57 2012-12-21 23:14

Can not play windows games :( Screenshots look pretty cool though. Good luck!

ceronman 2012-12-22 00:17

Nice game. I couldn't see how is related to the theme.

naufr4g0 2012-12-22 00:23

I think the game needs to become gradually more difficult. It seems always the same. Try to offer more variety and new challenges. Note: The ship is not centered. Is the bottom-right corner of the ship that is centered.

h-attila 2012-12-22 00:29

It's not bad, but it's too easy and doesn't get any harder as you progress through the game. Nice art and music, though.

dagamesta 2012-12-22 00:38

I suppose it says you're a villain in the description, but it doesn't come across as clear enough in the game. Perhaps an in-game introduction of sorts? The controls were pretty fluid, and the graphics were all right, as was the music. Why did you include someone else's game (LD25.exe) in your folder as well, though? That all being said, I think this was a good game in every other aspect, keep up the good work.

Also, just out of curiousity, are you the same Bobrocket from the Terraria forums? If so, fancy meeting you here as a competitor at these competitions. Though I guess not so much, since I took part in the Jam, not the Compo, but still. XD

brotherst 2012-12-22 01:14

I didn't see that getting any harder any time soon so I quit. But it's a nice start.

mieville 2012-12-22 03:48

Fun asteroids style game, I really liked the music.

sclark39 2012-12-22 03:53

Crashed when I tried to launch it :(

bobrocket 2012-12-22 11:59

sclark39: Make sure you have XNA 4.0 installed! The link is both in the readme and on this page.
DaGamesta: I'm pretty much Bobrocket everywhere, and in the .zips I don't see a LD25.exe.

fishbrain 2012-12-25 16:15

Solid effort for graphics and sound, but game-play needs some more work as it's too easy... eg speed up approaching spacecraft over time.

neonlare 2012-12-26 16:45

Game remains at a constant difficulty level, same throughout :(. Did like the art style though.

pacifistgames 2013-01-05 00:16

The game feel was really good, but the game lacked any sort of challenge. I would have been able to play forever if my ship hadn't started firing blanks. It also seems that some of the enemy ships wouldn't register being hit. I also found myself wishing that the player ship was actually centered in the window. That aside, I did like the graphics and audio. Did you actually do the audio yourself?

bobrocket 2013-01-07 19:43

i'm not sure why the ship fires blanks after a while, and the positioning is weird (sorry), and the collision is all a bit messy with rotations.
i did indeed do all the music and sound effects.