Sean your game looks really cool... but I found it quite dull, I am not the greatest at playing shooters so my opinion need not be too important. This is what I concluded from playing it:
the first stage I had to wait about a minute for the baddies to come out. that is too much of a wait.
when I was in combat, by the time I was in battle with the third ship, I was out of my first weapon and was unaware. I thing the weapons should automatically be jumped to the next one as well as be given a choise of which weapons to choose. (this is a high tech game and needs high tech options. Ignore this if you want). there should be weapons ammo either scatter through the map or it should appear when a baddie is destroyed to compensate for ammo usage.
baddies take too long to be destroyed. I feel that in the first stages, when the player is getting used to the controlls, The baddies should be fairly easy to destroy.
as well as the player be given simpler weapons, like the first weapon(weapon 1) but that could destroy the enemies a lot easier. The baddies should, in the first stages at least, move at slower speed than the player not faster. I would like to see that when I thrust and let go of the button I can keep on moving at nearly the same speed.(This is outer space no gravity). That way I can travel in one direction and shoot and turn in any direction to shoot the baddies when they are chassing me.
for me what makes it fun is when they come and I destroy and destroy and destroy... and they keep on comming until I am overwhelmed. not when I have five ships in with in range and all are attacking me and I can't even destroy one with all of the bullets in one weapon. Those odds are highly possible but not the way I would like to commit suicide.
As I said before I am not that fascinated with shooters but I have played some really good shooting games that appealed to me. Don't get offended but as it stands this game to me is a 10 as candy for the eyes. but a 2 in fun factor. this game is one of those games I download, try and dump in my recycle bin.
I like your game and I feel that with the right balance of game play the game will have a lot of potential. If you are triyng to sell it consider making it fun for beginers as well as veterans of the genre.
Cheers :)
the first stage I had to wait about a minute for the baddies to come out. that is too much of a wait.
when I was in combat, by the time I was in battle with the third ship, I was out of my first weapon and was unaware. I thing the weapons should automatically be jumped to the next one as well as be given a choise of which weapons to choose. (this is a high tech game and needs high tech options. Ignore this if you want). there should be weapons ammo either scatter through the map or it should appear when a baddie is destroyed to compensate for ammo usage.
baddies take too long to be destroyed. I feel that in the first stages, when the player is getting used to the controlls, The baddies should be fairly easy to destroy.
as well as the player be given simpler weapons, like the first weapon(weapon 1) but that could destroy the enemies a lot easier. The baddies should, in the first stages at least, move at slower speed than the player not faster. I would like to see that when I thrust and let go of the button I can keep on moving at nearly the same speed.(This is outer space no gravity). That way I can travel in one direction and shoot and turn in any direction to shoot the baddies when they are chassing me.
for me what makes it fun is when they come and I destroy and destroy and destroy... and they keep on comming until I am overwhelmed. not when I have five ships in with in range and all are attacking me and I can't even destroy one with all of the bullets in one weapon. Those odds are highly possible but not the way I would like to commit suicide.
As I said before I am not that fascinated with shooters but I have played some really good shooting games that appealed to me. Don't get offended but as it stands this game to me is a 10 as candy for the eyes. but a 2 in fun factor. this game is one of those games I download, try and dump in my recycle bin.
I like your game and I feel that with the right balance of game play the game will have a lot of potential. If you are triyng to sell it consider making it fun for beginers as well as veterans of the genre.
Cheers :)