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Shape Shooter

By powerkraut_

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness352
Fun2603.46
Innovation3423.38
Overall3633.38
Humor4052.52
Theme4463.78
Mood5592.86

Comments

krashja 2015-12-14 04:35

Woo, nice mechanics, i like it! i love shake camera effects too :) Nice work!

cxsquared 2015-12-14 05:09

I really like the movement mechanics. Also it felt nice getting a score of 2much. Nice work.

daleth90 2015-12-14 05:12

I like this game, feeling good when shooting and destroying.
However, You may write an enemy spawner, so the players can keep in the game until they lose, rather than restart it.

gironc 2015-12-14 06:10

Amazing!

tutti-ankka 2015-12-14 14:59

Cool idea, camera shake was nice too!

nirabazgames 2015-12-14 23:34

Simple but cool!

atollett100 2015-12-15 05:47

really enjoy the design. using knockback to get around is one of my favorite mechanics for any game.

alright onto technical stuff

There's a balance between too slippery and too heavy for friction, the player slows down a bit too fast. accelerating from holding left click long enough should let you zoom around (to an extent)

also thanks for annotating your code it makes me happy on the inside

when compiling with game maker you can set it to do a standalone .exe instead of the installer by changing the save as type

chewie 2015-12-15 17:45

Interesting way to move by shooting)
Never used second form through (cube) there was no need in it.

philstrahl 2015-12-15 18:25

First of all: Please don't use an installer, it just clutters up everything and is not really necessary for little GameMaker games. I speak from experience :)

Apart from that: Really enjoyable arcady shmup with a twist. Liked the recoil as means of transportation quite a lot and the screen-shake gives everything a nice feeling of OOMPH!. You even made an icon! :)

kzdev 2015-12-17 21:56

Haha, died with "2much" score. I liked the move around by shooting mechanic, good use of two button controls.

hackbug 2015-12-19 09:43

Awsome game :) really nice

starspell 2015-12-21 03:37

I like the "2much" score level. That was pretty cute. I thought that the game was going to be disappointing looking at the screenshots but it's implemented much better than I expected! I liked the movement and the mechanics, especially switching modes to avoid damage. I didn't find it very challenging but add a few enemies types over time and more powerups and it would be quite fun to play.

srakowski 2016-01-05 00:14

I really liked the idea of using shooting as a means of thrust in as well as shooting. Well done!