RailGunner by KunoNoOni
RailGunner
By KunoNoOni
The origin of this game came out of frantic desperation as my first 2 ideas ran into issues. This game was made is just under 18 hours. I will explain all in my post mortem.
So RailGunner is an arcade style single screen game. You are the ship at the bottom of the screen and you can only move Left or Right as you are linked to the rail at the bottom of the screen. Above you are 3 more rails where your enemies will attack you from.
There are six different enemies which will attack you. This can lead to lots of bullets on the screen, its not quite "bullet-hell" but it can get pretty close at some points.
Each wave lasts 25 seconds, and they are endless. How far can you get. There is a countdown at the top of the screen to let you know how much time you have remaining.
You have 5 lives before its Game Over. Use them well!
Controls
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Use the "A/D or Left/Right Arrow Keys" to move. To shoot you can use either the Left Mouse Button or the Space Bar. You are able to hold either down for continuous fire.
Notes
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You can shoot down the enemy bullets, and you get points for it too!
To save you, the player, the pain of constant sound I opted to not have sound for the enemies when they shoot. You will thank me later :)
The point system is as follows:
Enemy Bullets - 50 Points
Lower Rail - 100 Points
Middle Rail - 200 Points
Top Rail - 300 Points
By KunoNoOni
The origin of this game came out of frantic desperation as my first 2 ideas ran into issues. This game was made is just under 18 hours. I will explain all in my post mortem.
So RailGunner is an arcade style single screen game. You are the ship at the bottom of the screen and you can only move Left or Right as you are linked to the rail at the bottom of the screen. Above you are 3 more rails where your enemies will attack you from.
There are six different enemies which will attack you. This can lead to lots of bullets on the screen, its not quite "bullet-hell" but it can get pretty close at some points.
Each wave lasts 25 seconds, and they are endless. How far can you get. There is a countdown at the top of the screen to let you know how much time you have remaining.
You have 5 lives before its Game Over. Use them well!
Controls
---------
Use the "A/D or Left/Right Arrow Keys" to move. To shoot you can use either the Left Mouse Button or the Space Bar. You are able to hold either down for continuous fire.
Notes
-----
You can shoot down the enemy bullets, and you get points for it too!
To save you, the player, the pain of constant sound I opted to not have sound for the enemies when they shoot. You will thank me later :)
The point system is as follows:
Enemy Bullets - 50 Points
Lower Rail - 100 Points
Middle Rail - 200 Points
Top Rail - 300 Points
Ratings
| Coolness | 68% | 3 |
| Overall | 3.23 | 523 |
| Audio | 2.87 | 468 |
| Fun | 3.45 | 247 |
| Graphics | 3.13 | 533 |
| Humor | 2.52 | 528 |
| Innovation | 2.66 | 871 |
| Mood | 2.91 | 577 |
| Theme | 3.54 | 644 |
I did have music, but nothing I tried seems to fit and it made the game feel to noisy. So I cut the music.
@ramonparaiba & @rmc: Thank you both. Its not everyday you get compared to such a great console. I am in very good company. :)
@jocamar each wave after the first wave the game gets a little harder, but it caps out at wave 5.
@digibody Spaceships are suppose to have wings :), though I will admit I should have made the bounding box on the player a little smaller. Honestly I never thought about it. I was too worried about finishing the game before the deadline.
That said, didn't really fit the theme IMO. There wasn't scrolling, but you didn't really.. embrace the theme, I suppose. 4 stars overall, and the 5 star I've given out this Ludum Dare, so yeah, awesome.
I would have added diagonal moving bullets for added challenge.