Score: 7
"Not too bad"
date: January 13, 2008
You got a fine foundation for a great game, and I recognize the work you put into this, but you need to put in some more and take this to the next level. Some say this was addicting, for me this got repetitive and serious I lost interest because nothing changed or anything new.
Suggestions to make the game better.
1. Make the ship die a lot faster...like three times as fast.
2. Along with point targets and health target, put in energy tagets that will power up a shield. Press and hold space bar to encase your ship in a buble shield. As long as you hold down the spacebar it reduce your energy bar. Targets that hit the shield disappear and don't hit the ship.
3. In addition to your random script that generates your enemies, from time to time put in wave of enemies that completely fill the screen forcing a person to either shoot their way through or use thier shield.
4. You could add alot to this game by adding a repeating background scrolling in the background to give the whole game a sense of motion.
5. You could easily add levels to this game. When reach "X amount of points" go to next level. Change the scrolling background or just add a layer with a different overlay color and whala you break up the play just enough, you give the player a sense of accomplishment that they are advancing, and most importantly you break up the repetiion.
You got skillz and I'll give you that, but you could really push this game if you put your mind to it. I hope you do and look forward to the next version.
Good luck
