recomendations
its a nice game but a couple of things ruin it.
it needs a pause button and checkpoints, you should be able to continue the game, and the formations should be visible somewhere in the screen to easier recognition
Reviews for "Butcherbugs"
A short review
To start with, choosing to do a shooter is a bit of a cop out for the game jam. I never felt like a ladybug and never felt like I was fighting a butcher. But I'll judge this game independently of the contest.
It's a lot of fun for a stock shooter. Nice choice of music, art, and sound effects. The control is smooth and easy. But there is one fatal flaw:
The screen stretches beyond my monitor, and when I fullscreen, I'm unable to use my keyboard controls (and I need the number keys to change formation). As you can imagine, this can lead to some difficulty.
I was still able to manage for the most part, though and enjoyed the challenge the game presented. So nothing new, but a well executed shooter.
(If you need to troubleshoot, I'm running Firefox 3.6.13 on Mac OS X 10.5.8)
Glaiel-Gamer responds:
blame adobe for locking keys in fullscreen for "security reasons"
Great Ideas
I really enjoyed the game. The whole formation ability was a fantastic mechanic and the music and visuals set the mood. My only suggestions would be if after each boss maybe the background changed up a bit maybe even just another color so it feels like your getting closer to the brain and maybe a few other enemy types.
slow
it's too slow paced for me, s i didn't really enjoy it because of that... someone more casual would though, i guess.
GREAT game
Wow this is really good.
Love the graphics, music, and gameplay! Especially the different formations and units.
It was a little hard and on the last boss I never had more than 3 ladybugs.