Score: 9

"Why so little view count?"

by: coldturkeysong

date: April 16, 2009

This game deserve more attention.

Score: 8

"Potential"

by: PhantomPete

date: April 11, 2009

To my recollection I haven't really seen any game with the trappings of Sci-Fi comedy; even without the clear Star Trek parody or the Red Dwarf theme I'd have found the subject a refreshing change of pace.

Rather than rehash any points brought up I'll try to add ones I haven't seen addresssed:

PROGRESS - The game needs to have some sort of save feature once you complete a level. It's quite frustrating to build up the stats for your ship or save up for the newer model only to have to start off from Square One at Game Over.

GRAMMAR - The grammar is a minor point in comparison to the others brought up in previous reviews as well as this one, but correcting mistakes would definitely add to the experience.

INTERFACE and CONTROL - Using the mouse to control the ship's speed as well as direction is a bit awkward especially when the mouse is needed to pause.

As a suggestion for a future version of Star Trash, given its obvious ST-based parody root and the overhead presentation the next iteration could be made to look and feel like the classic Sega vector Star Trek game. The current overhead style could be adapted into the scanner section, and the bottom half could be made into a first-person view of from the ship's helm with a small window somewhere devoted to stats. The mouse can be used to steer and fire, while keyboard controls could be used for acceleration and bomb while solving the forementioned control awkwardness.

Another suggestion might be to include different mission objectives besides blowing up the WMD and staying alive for different levels, inspired by the narrative of the game itself as well as the potential to make it an homage to the classic ST arcade game. Missions like escort, delivery and even pursuit or race are just some of the ideas that could be thrown in driven by the game's plot.

Overall I like the concept and see much potential for a Sci Fi comedy game.

Score: 0

"horrible"

by: Squidaga

date: April 10, 2009

just ploain horrible, the idea of te game is confusing, the WTF factor on the uni-eyed triangle isa 11 out of 10 and the first level is insane , if there even is alevel 2

Score: 6

"Difficult to Control"

by: Zir0

date: April 10, 2009

Hey.

Nice shooter but there are a few issues:

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Controls
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- It's a bit frustrating when maneuvering the ship. When you want to aim at a target, your ship speeds over towards it, and keeping the mouse close to your ship so it doesn't tush over there makes it difficult to aim at your target.

- Allow the player to pause the game by using a key on the keyboard. That way, they won't risk running into an enemy to pause using the mouse.

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Graphics
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- The graphics are fine. The title screen looks cool. (-:

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Audio
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- The explosion sound gets monotonous after a while. Consider maybe two or three different sounding ones.

- Consider implementing a "2D" sound system. Explosions that happen farther away should be softer as well as panning sounds if they occur to the left or right of the player.

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Other
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- The dialog is littered with typos and misspellings.

- When the game is loading, after the Mochi-Ads, finishes, I get the following ActionScript run-time error:

TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
at menu::cMC_Main()
at flash.display::Sprite/constructChildr en()
at flash.display::Sprite()
at flash.display::MovieClip()
at StarTrashCollapse_fla::mc_loaderMenus _15()

After I close error message window, it seems ok.

- Allow the ability to mute only the music, while letting the sounds continue to play.

Other than the issues noted, it's alright.

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- Ziro out.