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Description The deep space. ...Beavers. Hundreds of them. ...Bullets. Thousands of them. And an intergalactic tree which awaits the true beaver hero... This is an horizontal shooter with beavers. It plays just like a classic shoot 'em uo, and features a color power-up system like the one of gunstar heroes. Sadly, I wasn't able to finish this as I wanted before the deadline (might add: cause I'm a lazy ass), but after all that hype (whoo) I own you at least a full-playable level (WHOO)! Have fun! Weapon of choice: Game maker.		Inspired by (http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/4576/27029551.jpg) (http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/4576/27029551.jpg)

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Screens
(http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/4696/beaver1.png) (http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/3808/beaver12.png)

Download
https://sites.google.com/site/leonstash/ColorSpaceBeaver.zip?attredirects=0&d=1 (https://sites.google.com/site/leonstash/ColorSpaceBeaver.zip?attredirects=0&d=1)

How to play
Move with arrow keys, shoot/confirm with CTRL, play.

Perhaps wood could be an obstacle you have to make contact with to 'bore' through it. You have to touch it for a few seconds before it is gnawed away.

This looks cool already, by the way. Love the multi-power-up system.

Sweet. I'm working on Color Space Beaver as well. Mine's a bit of a Shmup, but pretty different. Good luck!

Started coding the power-up system and sorting out a plot, if we could call it that...
well, let's see where are we going:
(http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/4985/spacebeaver2.png)

Good luck to you, sir! I've seen your model and looks great so far -- shall beavers rule the space.

That's looking great. ;D

cute looking game! hope that tail flaps like crazy as he/she flies about ;D

Thanks for the feedback, guys!
Here I uploaded a small "proof of concept" to show how the game should feel and look like.
http://www.mediafire.com/?zmmymdjwvth (http://www.mediafire.com/?zmmymdjwvth)

Right now the game is just trowing at you a bunch of beavers to kill mercilessy.
Use the arrow keys to move, CTRL to fire and 0-1-2-3 to shift through different color powers.

Hai guys.
Right now, I am developing enemies.
Due to the plot I've sorted out, you're gonna fight agaisnt other beavers.
The question is: how can I differentitate them enough one from another?
I'm going to change guns and facial details, but I feel like it's not enough.

(http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/6255/45735115.png)

Should I change body color, too? I gave it a shot, and it feel a little awkard to have rainbow beavers floating around... Maybe changing cockpit color? Adding belts and bandanas?
Enlight me, gentlemen!

if I squint my eyes - the 1st and 3rd seem very similar.

maybe play a little with the body sizes/posture (eg - make one chubby and more sat upright, or make some rules like smaller ones are faster than fat ones...) - if you can get the silhouette for each to read uniquely then you are halfway there in making them look distinct.

Ooh, this looks cool. I like the cartoony style of graphics. Good work so far.

You could always give them different colored jumpsuits or something, leaving the heads the same color. That might not look too goofy. Or make them even more different from eachother byt having a normal one, a tall skinny one, and a fat one or something like that.

This.

Also, different colors and shapes of helmets.

Thanks for the suggestions, guys!

(http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/7198/16540340.png)

Is this progress? What do you think?

This looks awesome! shmups + beavers :eyebrows: you couldn't ask for more!

Really fun style!  I like the different weapons (esp the bomb), and scuba breather, and rocket pack.  I think the more of these one-off differences there are the better...  mabye there could be one with really huge teeth, one with a spinner on their head, one on some kind of hover-board, one with a huge tail, one riding a big cannon, one with a gas mask, etc.

Keep up the good work!

Yeah, looks fantastic!

 :-*

That is much progress!

Happy to hear that.
Now I am in search of some chiptuney music to celebrate some beavers spacefigths.

OK, the game engine it's finished, it's playable, it has a whole full level with bosses and I am a lazy motivation dropper so here I present you this wonderful game  :durr: Everything is avaible on the 1st post.

awesome fun! :beer:
Just wish there were more levels, and that I could alter the pickup colour by shooting it :'(

Altering colors is a sweet idea sir, in act I've just implemented it  :) Corrected a few graphics glitches, too.

Very sweet mini-shoot :D  :-*
We need more levels(...and more enemy waves) ^^

Very polished game for a competition entry. You did a good job on the enemy design.

haha very good NES feel. Graphics, sound, everything spot on. A shame you couldn't get more done, I hope you work on it and add more levels as I really dig it  :gentleman: congrats!

A very fun little shooter. If expanded the color weapon mechanic could lead to some nice Gunstar Heroes style shooting fun plus cheese.

The double green weapon felt very weak though. Its lack of power isn't really balanced by the homing of the bullets.

Very nice art style, though sound effect could probably use a bit more 'punch'.

Also, there's some typos here and there, like "fullfill".

Art direction is awesome, but my Canadian heritage grants me an affinity towards the beaver.  The explosion particles are particularly satisfying.  Also, the music feels very authentic, though the explosion sound feels weak and gets overused.

nice little game and lovely art style!
And wow, after checking out your site I've notice you're italian too :) don't forget to visit a bunch of us at indievault.it

best luck with the compo

I wish there were more levels, this game is fun!

The graphics for this are super fun. I was rubbish at the game though. I'm not a big shooter fan so that's no surprise. An enjoyable and well made entry. Good work.

Enjoyed playing it. The World Tree is a great story element, the graphics, as others already said, are fun. Don't stop making this gaem!

I really enjoyed this game. From beginning to end, it was a quality experience. The graphics, audio, gameplay and story all felt just right. Well done.

Thanks guys! I've put a lot of effort on graphics and enemy design. Feels good to have such great feedback.

Really? I tested every weapon's damage per second and it felt ok to me. Maybe I overweakened it because I wanted no cheap weapons, and himng shots felt like "easy job" to me.

I could fix them, but it sounds even more trash like this  :lol:

Think that I tried different explosions and that was the less irritating one  :durr: I'm happy with laser sounds though.

Ahah, I build an entire plot around that cosmic tree. Shame that I didn't finish it.
Eh, grazie. I liked the review of Carnage Street  :)