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[Contradiction]

this is pretty cool man for sure, but its just too hard for me to want to start over as many times as it would take to beat it. I mean maybe some people want it that hard, but for me alot of these obstacles would have been plenty hard enough by themselves, yet they were among like 3 other things that i had to think about at the same time. When it's this hard, I feel like I should be able to take more hits. Even though I felt like the controls were mega sluggish, I started to like them towards the end. Also I just typically hate respawning enemies as a rule, ESPECIALLY in a hard game. All that aside, I'm impressed with this, and might come back to finish the demo. I like how you can see those big moving arms at the beginning of the level, it made me curious to see what they were.

Pipeweed responds:

Try now :) Less shooting delay and sharpened controls. And yes , this is supposed to be NES HARD :D

[Luka&Lara: Robo Abduction]

Very nice. definitely would like to get this kind of fun/time ratio with other games on here. Although I think it would have been perfect if it was just a bit longer. Like i wish that i was able to find the teleporter. That would have been the perfect length for a game like this.

kid-blue responds:

thank you, will try to make the next installment longer.

[School Jammers]

I really like the idea of a game that is neither based on killing your opponent, nor a real sport, because it's just refreshing to be reminded that games don't have to rely on that to be fun. however I have no one to play this with, and even if i did, i'd be hard pressed to convince them to play a flash game with me. I believe that flash portals are not the greatest place for multiplayer games sadly. I would like to see more games like this, however they'd only work here if they had a good single player mode, with fun AI to fight.

Nekith responds:

Yeah, that's what I think too, but I realize that too late, I already wanted to finish the game.
I coded the CPU for this reason but I know that's not enough.
I'll do better the next time, maybe with a special single player mode.

Thanks a lot for your comment anyway. Solid, very helpful. Have a nice day !

[Population Me]

i think this is great for a game jam! its a very interesting idea to limit the planets! although by this point i doubt that you care much about debugging it, i found that if you click on the missiles it actually won't shoot a smart bomb, which has killed me a couple times lol.

PrototypicalMonkeys responds:

Haha, sorry about that. Will fix this for the update. sorry about that. *update, have this fixed now, so when I update this will no longer be an issue.

[Blazing Void]

dude i am really impressed by this game! this is a really cool idea! The ships looked really cool, and i like the way it controlled, the only thing would have wanted to change was running into enemy ships. I think i'm not understanding how i was intended to fight enemy ships because i keep on wanting to fly by and hit them, but if i'm not looking dead at them then my primary weapon won't hit, so i end up missing completely or running into them. But i'm sure as I play more i'll figure out the intended strategy. anyway, I think this is a fantastic job

AcetheSuperVillain responds:

An interesting problem... Assuming you are still using the Alloy Tengu, your built-in weapon should be able to auto-aim at enemies with fairly good accuracy. Warrior Mode will have a wider aimable arc than Fighter mode. Tap Z instead of holding Z to get the fast shot. Alloy Tengu's hold Z is destructive, but very slow, so it's only appropriate for slow targets or at very close range.

You can watch me playing the game here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMmW9KKyM-8

If you like ramming into enemies anyways, buy the GriffoRanger or Macrosaur, as they have built-in melee weapons.

[Multi Square]

For such a simple game , the idea works really well. I enjoyed myself quite a bit

RasmusiBoy responds:

Thanks! That was what I was thniking of when I made it, simple and fun =)

[Beavus]

I enjoyed this far more than I ought to enjoy a game about eating wood....

whileworking responds:

Haha, me too!

[spaceship]

this game is utterly insane, exactly how it should be! I love the variety and creativity in the enemies, and the artstyle is how I feel 80's arcade games would look like with current tech, mostly simple but still very attractive to look at. The only complaint I have is that it gave me too many situations where I HAD to take damage, and although this is compensated for with a large health meter, and infinite lives, I takes away from the thrill of dodging things, if you know you have to get hit anyway. but really, I liked this game alot, and hope to see more games like this

Syruplord responds:

Thanks for playing! It was a lot of fun for me to design the enemies and bosses, so it's good to hear they gave you a nice sense of variety. Props again to the pixel artist, totally nailed the aesthetic we were going for.

Good feedback on the difficulty level though. I think I may have overdone it just a little bit in some sections (i.e. level #3), which isn't really "difficulty" it's just unavoidable damage. I think in my game, dodging turned more like a side effect to my design choices, rather than the intended goal. if I developed another scrolling shooter, I would be a lot more conscious of pacing and difficulty, and really emphasize elements of dodging as core gameplay. Perhaps enemies with more predictable firing patterns would have been a better way to emphasize that.

Glad you had fun playing, and thanks for the review :)

[SURVIVE Bots vs. Machines]

This game is AWESOME! I'm so glad that somebody realized that 8bit graphics aren't the only way to reference old games. This reminds me SO MUCH of old games I used to play on Windows 95. It was really fun, the bad guys were all interesting and unique, with their different abilities and stuff. I can't say enough about this game, it was incredible

parkfun101 responds:

Thank you very much!!! Old games from the early/mid 80's had to rely on great GAMEPLAY in order to make up for the small boxy graphics. Gameplay will always be my primary focus on games! :)

Make sure to try playing 1P vs. 2P with a friend and try the Secrets/Cheats out. It is really fun to control a Machine character like Macer and just run over your friends Bots!