Ugh, glitches abound, not to mention imbalances. Tried to restart the game and I had two spaceships on screen, not to mention all my previous laser upgrades on that ship. It turned into a game impossible to lose. Asteroids sometimes became invincible (which now confirms that the aliens in Narcolyxii becoming invincible was in fact glitchy behavior and not intended) and even when they were shot down and destroyed entirely they did not disappear. I think I now see why you don't have many more games beyond this. You need someone to playtest your games before you release them. It's that simple.
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S4, or Space Shooter Sans Storyline, is a simple, increasingly fast-paced space shooter that relies on upgrades and multiple attempts to allow the player to win. The game is easy to pick up, but surviving til the end with the fewest attempts possible separates players from winners.
Controls: Move with Arrow Keys, Shoot with SPACE (Or autofire), Fire Bombs with "B"
Money per second and Regen
You probably made a misstep when you chose to award money per second and also make shield regen cheap. A couple cheap shield and regen upgrades, and I was literally invincible up to the first boss. With a couple cheap money upgrades, this gave me about 20 thousand dollars, even though I only defeated the weakest enemies. That was enough to supercharge my weapon, and everything else was cake.
It took me 6 tries, but I'm pretty sure it's doable in three or four with that exploit, Ignoring all upgrades but shield, regen, money, weapon, weapon dam, and weapon rate. And I don't think that was your intent.
good sometimes
i kept playing til i finnished it which took me 10 attempts.
when i finnished it said there was still 198 miles to go on the left so i'm not sure what the go is there.
will bring me back to destroy an asteroid and find out whats in it.
also had all the same problems that everyone else has already written about.
but its definitely a good game, with a few tweaks it could be incredible.
Big problem with sticky keys
Unplayable for me, arrow keys stick and/or need pressing several times to move the ship. WASD would be a good option.
Other than that (!) it looks good...
Yours,
TonyWilk
Good but has a few flaws
1) I have noticed that when I shoot something (I assume) as it spawns, it takes that immediate damage then becomes immune. (mostly seen on asteroids and later enemies)
2) If you use the super shield thingy, (I sincerely apologize for not remembering its name) and you use it to kill a boss/mini boss. the game gets stuck.
2a) I believe whats actually happening is that you spawn stuff when the last wave finishes, however, the problem here is that somehow the game isn't recognizing that the ship isn't dead. This problem is likely directly related to the first problem, so if you find one or the other, you should be set.
3) its relatively minor, but why do we always start in the beginning, all it does is eat up time, especially when were upper level and most things die in one hit.