Good fun. Great controls. Nice ambience
Reviews for "From The Black"
( to the author)
ok. i hate shoot-em-ups.
that said, this game was done very well. full 5 stars for clean pixel art, no bugs, good scaling of upgrades, and general game balance. and the best part of this game: the plot twist. awesome. you did alot with the limited amount of plot you used here, and ended things with a very thought provoking ending.
your story-telling talents are so good, my first thought was wondering if you might have made any games with heavier storytelling. if you haven't, please do. twitchy games are ok, but my favorites are more intelligent genres. looking forward you seeing if you do empire builders, or turn based games, too.
Really really good game! You should win that dare!
arkeus responds:
I got 10th place overall (of about 1000) and 3rd place in the "fun" category. :)
From the Black: A story of accidental genocide.
I didn't like it. That does not mean it's a bad game, but it does not match my standards in a few questions:
Visual - Even "Space Invaders" had a rather clean aspect. The game is visually overriden with colours and pixels and whatnot - it's confusing and ugly.
Storyline - I just couldn't think on it's terms. There is an incoming fleet - not ship, fleet - that knows better to announce itself but has no decoder? The very same one used on the human ships, that had, by accident, the decoding key of a number of ships comming from a place called "black sector" that should spawn nothing?
I had no fun myself. Game has a nice soundtrack and many people seem to have enjoyed it, so, if you're reading this, you'd do better in trying for yourself. :)