TRACTRON 2020

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TRACTRON 2020

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You're in DEEP SPACE surrounded by ALIENS with nothing but your wits - and your TRACTOR BEAM!

TRACTRON 2020 is a throwback to arcade invader-style shmups of the early 80s with a TWIST. Reel enemies in and use their weapons AGAINST THEM! THREE unique weapons! SEVEN levels of difficulty! How high can you score?

CONTROLS:

[ARROW KEYS] - MOVE

[Z] - SHOOT

[X] - TRACTOR BEAM

TIPS:

-Your regular shot can't HURT enemies, but it does make them ANGRY - use it to lure them in and TRACTOR BEAM them!

-Enemies will shoot at you in later stages, but don't worry - you can use CAPTURED ENEMIES to BLOCK BULLETS!

CREDITS:

DESIGN, PROGRAM, SOUND

geno7 (https://twitter.com/geno7_)

GRAPHICS, ADDITIONAL DESIGN

Cam Bulat (https://twitter.com/umjammercammy)

J.B. Meredith (https://twitter.com/G33X)

LOGO

Pik

TESTING

C. J. Deuschle

Novaya (https://twitter.com/NovayaCM)

PALETTE SWAPPING SYSTEM

Jon Peterson (https://twitter.com/Pixelated_Pope)

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johnsoma

2020-11-08 02:32:08

Neat game! There's some hidden depth with how you can grab enemies that are charging at you on their own, instead of having to always shoot them first, and shooting carelessly creates more stuff being launched at you anyway. The result is that this shmup requires a lot more thought about when to shoot than most. The only shame is that the content runs out so fast; this definitely could use more enemy types.

ginfeldi

2020-10-14 12:22:31

a pretty fun game with a pretty fun twist

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