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August 20th-23rd, 2010
Theme: Enemies as Weapons

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Space Recycler - Darkhogg - Competition Entry

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FreeHostia seems to redirect to the main page when clicking on the direct links!! JAR/Source direct links removed for this reason. You can access them from the web at the Web/JAR/Source link! Scroll down to the bottom! I'll try to upload source somewhere.
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I've uploaded a timelapse to YouTube! Check out the link above

Read the info on the webpage or the Readme file on the ZIP!

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Ratings

#24Coolness22%
#47Graphics3.38
#59Audio2.54
#77Community2.90
#95Innovation2.92
#101Theme3.08
#103Overall2.69
#108Fun2.46
#122Humor1.67

Comments

Jhelle says ...
Aug 23, 2010 @ 11:23am

I really wanted to like this game cause it oozes fun. Sadly the control of the ship feels very 'indirect'. It also has a nice amount of variety in the enemies which I liked.

Danik says ...
Aug 24, 2010 @ 5:56am

I agree with Jhelle. This game is OK but could be great with better control. It annoyed me not being able to accellerate backwards, because it takes a while to turn around.
It's a shame because concept, graphics, presentation etc. are good.

JDruid says ...
Aug 24, 2010 @ 8:07am

Very clumsy controls.

Jerm says ...
Aug 24, 2010 @ 8:45pm

The controls felt very sluggish which made it less fun. The graphics were simple but were consistent and had a polished feel which was good. With a bit more polish and variety in the gameplay this could have been a solid entry.

Some suggestions for improvements:
Better controls: angular motion should be faster and with more friction. Straight motion should be faster and with less friction. This would make it easier to aim and dodge.

It was too hard to kill enemies. The regular bullets were too slow and not very powerful. Also, if you shot at an enemy with some debris but missed, you would lose all the debris. There should be less penalty for missing when shooting debris (perhaps by not shooting all of it at once, or having a wider spread angle)

Faster game pace in general. If everything moved a bit faster and the controls were more fluid this could have been a fun game.

ExciteMike says ...
Aug 26, 2010 @ 11:19am

The slow turning really hurt this one

pekuja says ...
Aug 29, 2010 @ 3:06pm

Very difficult. It can be hard to dodge things, and your gun is really weak. The debris is pretty powerful, but is harder to aim, and once you shoot it, you have to gather it again, which is especially bad if you didn't hit anything.

shockedfrog says ...
Sep 4, 2010 @ 7:46am

While the controls and general balance of the game do need a little work, overall I think this is one of the best entries and it deserves a bit more attention than it's got so far. Any plans to develop this further?

sirGustav says ...
Sep 4, 2010 @ 7:58am

as others have stated, promising except slow controls

stqn says ...
Sep 4, 2010 @ 4:32pm

Nice graphics but big input lag here (maybe not your fault) and slow turning so I didn't even get a chance to try throwing debris at the enemies.

skalle says ...
Sep 6, 2010 @ 4:43pm

Very difficult to play for beginners. As other people have commented, this could be a quite fun game with some balancing and tuning of controls.

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