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Below the belt

By kill0u

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness371
Innovation1773.69
Theme2044.05
Graphics2253.62
Overall3203.44
Fun3443.33
Humor4802.36
Mood5652.85

Comments

fluidvolt 2015-12-14 23:17

This is a really neat idea. I love how it looks. Diving your ships beneath the asteroids is neat, and that combo-skull attack is awesome! I have no idea how to reproduce it though, it just happens sometimes. Add some sounds and music and this would be a pretty sweet little game. Good job.

esayitch 2015-12-15 15:47

This could really use some music and at least some sound effects. Also, the game felt a bit like a 1 button game for two players :P

Aside from those two points, the entry is very solid, cool concept and well-executed. I liked the art and the game was pretty fun.

Good luck in the compo!

drauthius 2015-12-15 20:42

I like the idea, i really had hard controlling both ships so i usually just dove with both at the same time.
But it could really use some music and sounds.

tomenluca 2015-12-15 22:15

First two button game I liked. Nice use of the theme in the mechanics. Cool bosses, well done!

gamepopper 2015-12-16 13:32

Like the idea of multi-tasking between two ships, although it would've been nice if you had a bit more control.

justinooncx 2015-12-16 14:06

Pretty cool game, although there wasn't a lot of control... And it got really difficult near the end.

pokipsy 2015-12-16 19:27

Very nice entry, you managed to make an innovative shmup which not so easy. I'm not a huge fan of shmups usually but I enjoyed playing this one !

tribrain 2015-12-16 22:19

sometimes less is more and this is one of that case, love the game really fun, love the SKULL!

lereveur 2015-12-16 23:58

Clever idea, and good use of the theme ! Well done. :)

delahee 2015-12-17 10:35

Really nice, good mechanic, gc stalls around 8k and sound would just make it awesome :). Very cool entry !

topaz-studios 2015-12-17 10:39

Neat graphics. Also really cool concept both mechanics wise and backstory ahaha :)

kill0u 2015-12-17 10:42

Thanks! :)
What do you mean, "gc stalls around 8k"? There's a (kinda messed up :P) slow-mo effect on power-ups, but the game runs smoothly on my laptop at least 'till 1M points (yeah, dev cheat codes :D)

pauljs 2015-12-17 14:40

Nice idea !

francoisvn 2015-12-17 20:12

Cool idea. Seems like you forgot to include the source code (a compo requirement) :)

teamflare 2015-12-17 21:53

Really nice art and concept :)

galanm 2015-12-18 13:08

Really cool idea. It would have been nice if there'd been time to build some challenges geared toward the control scheme. As it is everything feels random.

kgs0142 2015-12-18 13:10

This is really good! I like this idea, it's very solid and challenging, and it feels so smooth.
Well done!

kmakai 2015-12-18 13:11

Really like this one. My score was 33.007, I had a lot of fun playing it! The art for the ships is perfect, and I really appreciated all of the variety in the ship/shot patterns! Great job.

gipzo 2015-12-19 10:27

Great idea, nice implementation :)

crucknuk 2015-12-20 20:59

Nice entry! Despite the lack of sound, it is really polished and funny to play! Good work ;)

hotboxgames 2015-12-20 21:05

Really great concept. Personally, I would have preferred one ship with maybe a duck and shoot button, as I found it hard to control two ships at the same time - nevertheless this was an impressive little entry that I had to keep playing for 10-15 minutes! :D Great work

xenosns 2015-12-22 19:59

Great mechanic, liked how you used two ships. Sometimes felt like you didn't need to bother dodging for long periods of time.

markusfisch 2015-12-23 21:40

Nice concept! I like that you can play it alone or with a friend. That's a very rare quality.

freaknarf 2016-01-02 19:06

Nice game !
Good job with the original gameplay, the special shot introduces a cool but hard mechanic. The game becomes so hard at some point that sometimes it feels like diving is as punishing as being shooted :)
Neat pixel art, and great enemies design !
Good job ! Cheers !