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[Alec S.]

Space Captain McCallery
Episode 1:  Crash Landing

This is episode one of my episodic game series “Space Captain McCallery.”

In it, you play as a space pirate who has been abandoned by his crew and has crash landed on a alien planet.  The game is a top-down action adventure game similar to Legend of Zelda that combines arcade style shooting with survival elements.

This first episode is freeware.

Find it here


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Hope you enjoy!  


EDIT:  I have uploaded a new version.  I've made changes in the first episode to reflect changes I've made to the gameplay in the second episode, namely the ability to jump diagonally, holding down the shoot button to repeatedly shoot and strafe, and the camera stopping at the edge of a room.  I've also thrown in a little hidden extra   .

[ortoslon]

why can i move diagonally but not jump or shoot diagonally

[Alec S.]

It was a design choice made rather early on, partially influenced by genre convention (from Legend of Zelda) and to put more emphasis on the strafing mechanic.  Since then, much of the design has been made with 4-direction shooting and jumping in mind.  Hopefully the strafe ability should make up for the inability to shoot diagonally.

[deathtotheweird]

There are very few instances where I felt the need to shoot diagonally. I forget the exact location but there was a diagonal hallway that was pretty frustrating to fight enemies in but so far that's it (it's right after the part where the lightning knocks those weird columns around and you have to dodge them as they fall apart).

I remember playing the beta but I didn't get as far as I am now. Was kinda hoping for more puzzles. It's a fun game though, I really liked the mini-boss fight. The hallucination effect is wonderful, it really makes me paranoid (if I have to take it). I run around shooting everything hoping that it either dies or passes through me.

I plan on finishing it later tonight. Will post overall thoughts then.

edit:

Wow, I didn't realize how close I was till the end when I quit last night (literally 2 screens away).

I died a few times at the end boss before I got angry (also was trying to make time go by because I was hallucinating) and just rushed him and ended up bypassing the battle entirely! I felt cheated..

I also wanted more when I finished, it's so short! Would also be cool if episode 2 had some puzzles.

[Alec S.]

Alright, I've made an update that should fix the issue with being able to, er...run through the final boss.   

Anyway, yeah, further episodes should be longer and have more puzzles.  This first episode was partially me getting the hang of the genre, and it ended up coming out rather more combat focused than I had been planning.  Further episodes will be made with what I've learned making this first episode in mind.

(Also, there was a little bonus you unlocked by beating the game.  It's not much, but hopefully it can extend the gameplay experience a bit.   )

[Alec S.]

For anyone interested, there is now a DevLog for the second episode: http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=12504.0

[Alec S.]

UPDATE:

I have uploaded a new version.  I've made changes in the first episode to reflect changes I've made to the gameplay in the second episode, namely the ability to jump diagonally, holding down the shoot button to repeatedly shoot and strafe, and the camera stopping at the edge of a room.  I've also thrown in a little hidden extra  .