Gun Hell by Red_Fan games

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made by Red_Fan games for LD35 (COMPO)
A flip screen scrolling shoot'm up/ beat'm up.
6 screens in total.
If you are a gun you cannot move, but you can shoot.
If you are a human you can move but cannot shoot.
Switch between the two modes to reach victory!


--CONTROLS--
z- Turn from human to gun and vice versa
x- Shoot
Arrow Keys- Move left, right, up, and down.

--ATTENTION LINUX USERS--
In order to run this game you will need love2d: https://love2d.org/
Be sure to use version 0.9.2 or it will not work.

Ratings

Coolness 66% 3
Overall 3.03 627
Audio 3.26 220
Fun 2.94 592
Graphics 3.33 332
Humor 2.19 468
Innovation 2.77 679
Mood 3.13 314
Theme 3.34 479

Feedback

bazkur98
18. Apr 2016 · 20:39 UTC
Didn't rate, screenshots look promising but windows isn't letting it run, just hangs.
rnlf
19. Apr 2016 · 12:57 UTC
I like the style and music. The game is really difficult though. Switching and shooting and not being able to walk while in gun mode make it hard.

Didn't make it to the end, after fighting and fighting for half an hour or so, I still keep dying in the room after the four round rooms. Its a lot easier when trying to shoot enemies in the back, but it doesn't help that they seem to be ghosts who can just pass the walls.

Ran fine on LÖVE 0.10.1.
Fierceshadow
19. Apr 2016 · 23:31 UTC
pretty interesting idea
Tomahawk2001913
19. Apr 2016 · 23:33 UTC
Cool idea, but it seems to be more of a game of attrition because it's so hard to stay away from enemy bullets while hitting the enemy.
iendsl
19. Apr 2016 · 23:47 UTC
I love how the different screens have different, cool names. I like playing it ok, It was a little tough for me. The art style is really great and simple I love the stars.
teamross
19. Apr 2016 · 23:47 UTC
yay! Retro style <3
Jun &amp; Pate
19. Apr 2016 · 23:49 UTC
The visual effect of the tube-monitor is great. I love that distortion. could be cool to go in and out of it at times. solid.
Ironhead
19. Apr 2016 · 23:51 UTC
Very difficult but I liked the mood and it felt like I was playing it on an old boob tube tv.
GaryS
19. Apr 2016 · 23:51 UTC
I like the style, but then I'm a fan of chuncy retro. I'm not sure the collision is working too well though and could do with a bit of feedback when you get shot.
Promising though...
LudumAnthony
19. Apr 2016 · 23:56 UTC
The mechanic is unique, but not very fun :P It's too hard in an "unfair" way in my opinion. Nice entry though, the music was good and the graphics were decent.
samlo
19. Apr 2016 · 23:56 UTC
Love the screen space effects. Wish the enemies followed you. Great style!
nlbi21
20. Apr 2016 · 00:01 UTC
Retro style is awesome i love it :3.
lanestp
20. Apr 2016 · 00:29 UTC
I dug the heck out of that! It's very simple but it kind of makes me think of old school DOS games. I had a lot of fun. Great job!
jcsirron
20. Apr 2016 · 00:47 UTC
I like the concept. It felt like an old Atari style game, except with much better music! Good Work!
Roland M
20. Apr 2016 · 00:50 UTC
Good game, but would be better if you can shift faster. =]
ArcticPuffin
20. Apr 2016 · 00:54 UTC
I liked it but hit boxes and weird collisions took away from the really cool concept.
tweedle
20. Apr 2016 · 01:15 UTC
Thanks for playing/rating our game!
JJJANEE
20. Apr 2016 · 23:53 UTC
This was a very interesting concept. Move as a human and shoot as a gun. Finding the right moment to switch between human and gun was a bit tricky in the beginning, but after a while you really get into it! The music was really hype too.
I got a little impatient because I had to walk past all the levels I've done already every time I die, so if we can restart from just the previous level tat would be a huge plus!
Overall it was a great game :)
josefnpat
21. Apr 2016 · 06:54 UTC
Nice game! I was able to run it with 0.10.1.

Some fine tuning on the controls would have been nice, but this is a very pretty game. Especially like the screen bending!
euske
23. Apr 2016 · 13:39 UTC
Nice retro graphics!
Tegu
24. Apr 2016 · 21:46 UTC
Whoo, got through it. It was funny to see the transformation of an enemy to a machine gun. :D On many levels you could just run behind the enemies and then shamelessly shoot them to back. It seems to take a while to shift back to human form which meant a few deaths for me as I couldn't dodge a bullet. The atmosphere was nice with the music, the screen effect and the color scheme. Also LÖVE (or Lua, not sure) seemed to say this to console after the run: "Too mutch garbage! (Tell a programmer to check garbage.lua)". Not quite sure which programmer it means, perhaps the resources could be handled in a more efficient way for Lua.

Anyhow, great game with enough levels and different enemy types. The transformation is funny.
Rock Eaters
01. May 2016 · 05:19 UTC
great style it could have been areal good game on atari 2600 :)
pixelpotions
02. May 2016 · 20:50 UTC
Very cool entry!
I admire the use of minimalistic pixel art like this, and I had fun playing it! Good job.