Xcape by syawqy

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made by syawqy for LD28 (JAM)
control :

move using mouse

left click to shoot

left click on the ship / space key to enter slow motion

when in slow motion click anywhere to launch your hook

plot :

you're escaping black hole using a small space ship, that eventually will be sucked by black hole, but you won't give in, because you have ultimate space powered hook that can grab other ship and take control of it.

so you must use other ships that flying around you to continue escaping black hole, watch out for debrises that are flying toward you. your ship will wreck in an instant if you hit by debrises

music credit :

tactical pursuit by matthew pablo

http://opengameart.org/content/tactical-pursuit

tools :
flashpunk
flashdevelop

Ratings

Coolness 73% 3
Overall(Jam) 2.94 332
Audio(Jam) 2.74 305
Fun(Jam) 3.19 153
Graphics(Jam) 2.71 398
Humor(Jam) 2.13 325
Innovation(Jam) 3.09 189
Mood(Jam) 2.76 318
Theme(Jam) 2.13 471

Feedback

Robinerd
16. Dec 2013 路 08:31 UTC
I like it! Nice style, but is it really allowed to use pre-made / public domain music in a compo entry? Any way, good work on this game! :)
onemoar
16. Dec 2013 路 08:36 UTC
Really fun idea, made me laugh while playing :)
Kettlecorn
16. Dec 2013 路 09:04 UTC
Fun! Old-school crunchy noises are always pleasing.
馃帳 syawqy
16. Dec 2013 路 09:08 UTC
thanks for reminding me Robinerd
now moved to jam entry
embero
16. Dec 2013 路 10:04 UTC
Like it a lot, cool gameplay idea!
And it haz grappling hookz!!
anvoz
16. Dec 2013 路 12:09 UTC
Really fun to play, nice and simple.
chardish
16. Dec 2013 路 17:35 UTC
I liked this a lot. The hijack mechanic is very interesting and made me wonder why there were even normal guns in the game. Would be cool if the different ships had different strengths/weaknesses so there were different reasons to pick them.
馃帳 syawqy
17. Dec 2013 路 02:21 UTC
@chardish
yeah, I'm thinking about that too, but in the end, what make them different just amount of ammo they hold, if you notice a number in left down corner, that's show how much ammo your ship has
WiseGAMER
17. Dec 2013 路 20:04 UTC
Good and lovely game but I fail to find a connection to the theme.
Diptoman
18. Dec 2013 路 09:58 UTC
Nice art style and very fun, and it's always refreshing to see a space shooter with something different. Good work!
ChuiGum
19. Dec 2013 路 01:39 UTC
Nice art, and nice music. Fun too!
kcpunk666
19. Dec 2013 路 05:46 UTC
Old School feel. good job
JaymeeMak
19. Dec 2013 路 06:00 UTC
While this doesn't seem to clearly match the theme, grabbing new ships like this is a pretty interesting and fun mechanic, and the gameplay pacing seems good. One thing to note: when I die by reaching the bottom of the screen, at least for me, I am still able to grab new ships, even after the game over message appears. Good job!
finefin
19. Dec 2013 路 09:08 UTC
a nice little shmup. the ship switching is working good and adds something different to the genre. well done!
fizzhog
19. Dec 2013 路 14:42 UTC
The hook is a really nice idea.
michail
20. Dec 2013 路 01:09 UTC
Really cool and fresh idea. The slowdown also works very well and makes it easier to effectively use the hook. But the connection with the theme seems a bit loose.
glovecat
20. Dec 2013 路 11:04 UTC
Nice game. The hook makes this space shooter better than the others :D
CatOnMars
20. Dec 2013 路 11:07 UTC
Really nice music! I like the grapple design too!.
GaTechGrad
21. Dec 2013 路 18:38 UTC
Nice gameplay. I liked the concept of hooking onto new ships to proceed, but it was hard to figure out how to use the hook. My best score was 5092.
ViliX
28. Dec 2013 路 13:10 UTC
This game is fun to play.
4/5 for fun.
sekaru
04. Jan 2014 路 11:46 UTC
Loving the ship grabbing mechanic!
Brainless Games
04. Jan 2014 路 20:13 UTC
The game was really fun and i liked the idea for it.