LittleBear
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14.03.06
POC06
From DrPetter in this post on Shmup Dev comes POC06. It’s a proof of concept, an experiment in a weapon system. In this case your ship has a tail with cannons attached. The tail follows you around and seems to act as a shield. ‘Z‘ fires all weapons, ‘X‘ fixes the orientation of the cannons. Nice concept, works rather well. I’d like to see this finished, though it’s pretty fun as it is.
the2bears.com » Shmester5000 said,
March 14, 2006 at 11:30 am
[...] Shmester5000 arrives from DrPetter, just a day after I saw POC06. Wow… the first announced “final” cut for the Shmup Dev Horizontal Shooter with Boss Competition and it’s good. I’m very pleasantly surprised at the quality of quite a few of the entries. Shmester5000 has an interesting power-up system. Catch and collect orbs, which will act as shields for you (they’re able to absorb 1 or 2 hits based on colour). Or, convert your orbs into a weapons upgrade, 4 orbs per upgrade. You can even go down a notch, gaining 4 orbs again. Cool, very cool. The graphics style is great, very Alien Hominid. Great bubble-particle effects as well. Give this a try, and thanks to DrPetter for a great contest entry. [...]