i like it but
if this is your attempt to match burn the rope it failed
Reviews for "Grinning Cobossus"
Gama11 responds:
This wasn't suposed to be a copy, but a reference, since I love YHTBTR. ;)
Hold on a sec...
i thought you couldnt kill the cobossus using normal means, like shooting, i thought you could only kill him by burning the rope! i should know, i tried throwing axes at him for like 10 min...
Anyways, a nice little vertical shooter. kept me rather entertained.
Gama11 responds:
Thx, I'm happy you enjoyed playing it.
Fun
Decent game. I definitely enjoy it for the time I played it. Started off on hard and then checked out easy. Multiple bosses with new patterns would be fun.
Something you might consider fixing is the reference point for the ship to follow the mouse. The red dot is to the left of the ship. Several times I'd avoid bullets by moving to the left edge and my mouse would move out of the game window, causing me to get it.
Gama11 responds:
Yeah, that's something I'll definetely take into consideration. Thx for the helpful feedback. :D
Makes me wish flash supported peripherals so much!
Blaaaaah, so it seems I am just too much of an arcade shmup junkie.
Anyway, it could use some harder patterns, not just 'stuff is a little closer together'
Hard is a bit more of an endurance test than anything else, just have to find the 'sweet spots' and hover there to be totally safe and then keep it up for as long as possible. Unfortunately this is something it seems I can only do with a gamepad or stick! It just feels slightly monotonous doing them all at once since there's no pattern change.
This does make want to download the MAME for Gigawing and use the mouse and see how fast it takes me to crap out though. (A game i've beaten with no hits multiple times with a pad/stick, you have to in order to see the true endings)
Gama11 responds:
Hm, have you tried the keyboard controls yet? They might fit your style of playing better.
I also suggest you to try out a software called "Joy2Key" - it converts Gamepads inputs into keys like WASD - you could totally play this game with your gamepad this way.
I'll keep the feedback for the bullet patterns in mind in case I make another smhup sometime. Thx. :)
Yaay
Simple, great reference, and surprisingly fun! Its great to play survival just to see how overpowered your ship can get.
Imo the ship regen rate should probably be reversed. Right now, it increases as you have more health but decreases when you have less. If you end up with 1 hp you really have no way of getting back up without a pickup, and it makes the game incredibly easy if you stock up in armor: you not only have a lot of health but you simply healover whatever hits you. You need to dodge everything early in the game though to recover all that health. Just a thought.
I've gotten over 100k score in survival a couple times, but the score achievements and medals aren't given.
Gama11 responds:
Thx. :)
You're right, the ships health regeneration is kinda stupid right now... It recharges a certain percentage of the current health atm - changed it to a percentage of the maximum health in version 1.05.
The survival medals are working, but you have to die to have them awarded / the score saved. Did you quit via the exit menu button? Gotta think about a fix for this issue... Sry for your trouble.