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[lowpoly]

I'm done, PLAY IT!

Been slowly pulling this game together over the last couple of weeks. It didn't end up having the amount of depth I originally hoped for but, I think it turned out pretty fun in the end.

Grab a friend and shoot each other out of the sky!

[Mega]

LOVE IT! (played it)
Perfect explosive sounds, physics and animations , could almost smell the gunpowder.
Good passive colors and overall feel for this kind of game.
I cant think of any criticisms, except that its too basic weapons, but that doesn't count because another human player might change things up (I played it alone), and also how it is, was design and intent anyway. also the little that the game does it does it well. This is a real contender. I can say that for only few of our entries 
 

[lowpoly]

LOVE IT! (played it)
Perfect explosive sounds, physics and animations , could almost smell the gunpowder.
Good passive colors and overall feel for this kind of game.
I cant think of any criticisms, except that its too basic weapons, but that doesn't count because another human player might change things up (I played it alone), and also how it is, was design and intent anyway. also the little that the game does it does it well. This is a real contender. I can say that for only few of our entries 

Hey thanks, glad you enjoyed it! Definitely find a friend to play with if you can 

[goshki]

This is a very stylish game.

[Bood_War]

Oh man this is great!

Me and my friends had a few good matches. Any chance for a 3-4 player mode, though?

[lowpoly]

Oh man this is great!

Me and my friends had a few good matches. Any chance for a 3-4 player mode, though?

great to hear

unfortunately, I cut so many corners with the code to make the deadline that adding anything to the game at this point would require a major overhaul. Four players would be cool tho!

[starsrift]

It is gorgeous. Nicely done.

[narasu]

i am quite interested in maybe composing a bit of music that would fit in this game.

were you originally planning to add music to your game? if so, what sort of stuff did you have in mind?

I might give it a try, let me know if you are interested in this offer.

[lowpoly]

i am quite interested in maybe composing a bit of music that would fit in this game.

were you originally planning to add music to your game? if so, what sort of stuff did you have in mind?

I might give it a try, let me know if you are interested in this offer.

ya, absolutely I'd love for you to take a shot at composing something!

In my head I always imagined something along the lines of the music in A Link to the Past, stirring and majestic but maybe a bit darker in tone, with percussion befitting sky pirates attacking each other with fiery cannonballs.

thanks for the offer!

[oyog]

My friend and I played a number of rounds the other night.  It's good fun for a while and the visuals are fantastic.

I notice it becomes pretty difficult to make a comeback after one player starts camping the bottom of the playing field.  That's really mostly a personal peeve since I was the one dying repeatedly while he camped below me.

He enjoyed it immensely. 

[JigxorAndy]

Absolutely love the graphical style! The clouds and the ships look spectacular! Well done!

[lowpoly]

I notice it becomes pretty difficult to make a comeback after one player starts camping the bottom of the playing field.  That's really mostly a personal peeve since I was the one dying repeatedly while he camped below me.

He enjoyed it immensely. 

I'm curious, were you able to ram him effectively? I was hoping that would work enough of as a counter strategy for people who hang out at the bottom. That and controlling the health spawn.

Absolutely love the graphical style! The clouds and the ships look spectacular! Well done!

Thank you!

[Fluff]

We all loved the visuals. One of our favorite title screens. It was a lot of fun but we ran into the same problem oyog did with one player camping the bottom of the screen.

After some experimenting we realized that the higher player gets the advantage in collisions, but this didn't seem to be enough to "retake" the bottom. To ram the enemy you have to try to land on them which makes you an easy target. Also it takes some time to get down there which gives the lower player some chances to shoot you.

We all agreed something needs to entice the players enough to stay in the middle of the arena. King of the Hill style gameplay isn't bad, but it's no fun to have the "top of the hill" near the margins of the map... always bouncing off the bottom of the screen -- it's much cooler to be up near the floating platforms.

So.. how do we keep players there? The repair pickup didn't seem to be enough. Maybe if players could attack below them, the bottom of the screen would loose its advantage and players would stay near the platforms -- using them as obstacles to hide behind?

Maybe the cannon could aim in a 180° arc in front of the player instead of just the top 90°? Or there could be an alternate kind of attack. Depth charges?

Or, there could be other things the players have to collect around the platforms. Maybe they have to pickup ammo, or something that increases their score?

Other thoughts:

• We liked the slower pace/longer rounds. But we thought the rounds might be a little too long.
• We didn't have any technical problems the other day, but I just tried the game on my computer and everything is going much too fast! Could the game be frame rate dependent? Or maybe it's just a bug.
• Score text could be a little bigger. We played on a TV/couch and it was a little difficult to read the scores.
• Could be my personal favorite visuals of the whole compo.

Thanks!

[Theon]

This game is great!!!
Only thing I'd like to see changed is the "bouncyness" at the bottom of the screen.
You ought to either, make solid ground there, or have ships drop to their death when going too far down (alternatively, adding lava at the bottom).

[sixteenbits]

I really enjoy Brigands. Great art style and overall feel. Bravo!

My biggest challenge with the game concerns the controls. I find it a bit confusing that aiming and moving are controlled by the same hand. Ex - W/S for cannon pitch, and A/D for left and right. I feel like it might be advantageous to have W = thrust, and A/D control left and right. Then, two other buttons (say V/B) control the cannon pitch. Space = fire.

It could be that I just need more practice with the existing control scheme. But then again, I'm a big fan of separating control categories per hand.

...there could be an alternate kind of attack. Depth charges?

Love the idea of depth charges, or some other way to shoot downwards.