Solar-Powered Guns

mattmirrorfish 2017-08-01 16:42

hey,

Cool little game. I think the mechanic is solid with the refueling and I like the little connector line that shows when you're getting powered. I think it might be good to have some pressure to move away from the charging stations, like maybe they run out too? As it was I found just sitting near one and spamming bullets was a dominant strategy. Also I found that the movement and turning were painfully slow, not sure if that was intentional or maybe a bug?

I think the art is the most successful aspect of this. Great colors and overall unit and enemy design was clear and solid. I like the simple background and overall the visual effect was clear and punchy. Some sound and music would have added a lot I think. Nice work!

machinescreen 2017-08-01 16:43

The tethering mechanic is a cool idea and I like the graphical style - I'm a particular fan of the splat animation! I have to say though that the controls felt a bit ponderous for my taste.

xaedes 2017-08-01 16:47

Nice shooter. The graphics fits nice together and is perfect for this game play. The theme could be recognized very well. But I would suggest to change the parameters a little bit: The inertia in the movement was a bit too much for my taste. The "running out of power" feeling was not intense enough; maybe (increasingly?) slow down the movement when out of power? But the game title says "solar powered guns" which fits better to the way it is. Some background music and some basic sounds would have been nice. Some kind of level progression, a score and/or a winning condition would round things up. Promising project.

mactinite 2017-08-01 16:51

Really dig the art style and effects. Turning and movement speed could be faster to make it more frantic as others have said. Nice work!

jake-cope 2017-08-01 17:18

Very fun little game, controls are challenging but enjoyable. Took me a few tries to beat the third wave but I finally did it, nothing else spawned so I assumed that was the end. Overall great game!

krishnasism 2017-08-01 17:19

Like the graphics and the gameplay. They go together really well. Some sound would have supplemented your game and made it much better(not that it's not good already!).

Loved your game. It was nice, and the idea behind it was unique. Loved the connection system. Good implementation.

Congratulations! and good luck!

krathya 2017-08-01 17:37

So much fun! i love the movement so slow because it force you to think each movement, also the pisel art its lovely!

a333 2017-08-01 19:48

I've played with this music =D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnT7cfYd2u8

Very nice art and animations. It's interesting to play, and charge stations mechanic is an solid take on the theme.

But movement is really slow =)

toadietechnika 2017-08-02 01:34

The movement was really slow for my taste, yet shooting at the enemies is still enjoyable. The graphics are visually pleasing, it's a plus point for you. If you'll work with this game again, I would feel the game more with audio. You still did a good job for this game :D

branquelo 2017-08-02 01:46

The commands are a bit slow, but the concept are great. Need more content xD

slunkey 2017-08-02 04:24

Nice entry, as others have said, movement and turning were a bit slow for me.

But I love the idea of being tethered to the power stations, but there probably should be more incentive to move away from them too. Maybe to get power ups, or they run out of power too ect. Otherwise you could just hang out at a power station all day and mow the bugs down. Great animation on the splatter too.

cardinal90 2017-08-02 07:54

The idea with power stations is very nice for this type of game. Slow turning speed makes it too hard, especially when you try to change turn direction. Some sound effects would have been nice to have.

daydreamerstudios 2017-08-02 14:11

I love the pixelart in this game it's great!

coauctor 2017-08-02 15:58

I like the graphics and the idea, the one thing I'd want to see in the game is a goal. What if there's more energy rods and you need to go from point A to point B? With the scrollable screen it would be more engaging I think. Imagine different obstacles and monster formations, for example. Also, I'd prefer faster movement.

Thanks for the game!

ray 2017-08-02 20:08

Nice animations, but the movement was to slow

sprouts 2017-08-02 20:19

Great graphics and style. Wish there was a score to see :p

ginger9 2017-08-03 12:26

Great graphics! Hard because the slow movement.

conk 2017-08-03 15:22

Love the simplistic art style, consistent and pleasing on the eyes!

Gameplay is decent, but as others said the best tactic is to camp a station and blast the bugs like you are a turret, potentially making the stations run out or increasing the speed of the car would help with this (moving and turning that slow was quite painful, felt like I was stuck in glue), perhaps a few variants of bugs would have changed things up too, but that's rather minor.

The lack of sounds is too obvious, sometimes it's difficult to find some that fit, but even using bfxr for shooting and impact fx (which only takes about half an hour or so) would've made the combat a lot more enjoyable.

Awesome game! Good job :grinning:

maldo19 2017-08-16 04:11

I really liked the graphics, the sprites looked really nice and the explosion effect was good.

fillefilip8 2017-08-22 08:55

Liked the graphics a lot. The player movement was very slow but it made it funnier to play because it made me a bit mad in a good way :)