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[Udderdude]

Zomg new shmup. This is what XOP G was going to be, except I'm pretty much done with autoscrolling vertical shooters, so I renamed it and remade it into an arena shooter. I feel the gameplay mechanics I had planned for it fit this style of shmup much better. Also, it's using (or going to use) 99% of the art that was going to be in XOP G.

Demo version here : http://rydia.net/udder/prog/zero/

Game page here : http://rydia.net/udder/prog/zerocross/index.html

More info on the game and mechanics :

Switch Focus - Switch focus modes. Mode 1 - Wide shot/fast movement/silver aura, Mode 2 - straight shot/slow movement/gold aura.

Hijack Shot - Hijacks an enemy and makes it fire hijacked bullets which damage other enemies.  Hijacked bullets that hit enemies build black hole meter.  After 8 seconds, the hijacked enemy self-destructs.  Only one enemy can be hijacked at a time.  weak/killer enemies cannot be hijacked.

Black Hole - Creates a black hole around your ship that eats enemy bullets and gives points for bullets eaten.  Lasts 4 seconds.

Shadow Swap - Swaps places with your shadow ship.  When you swap, any bullets near your swapped position are cancelled.  Cannot swap into walls or enemies.  14 second cooldown.

And here's some pretty artworks zomg!

[Atrus]

0_o woah!   

[Udderdude]

Put up a test version.  http://rydia.net/udder/!crap/zeroCrossTest/

[Martin 2BAM]

 


The artwork is extremely nice. I've tried the test but it's in an early stage to judge it.

[Udderdude]

The art is by the ludicrously talented Gryzor.

[Udderdude]

Added warning symbols that appear over portals and near the screen corners where enemies are about to emerge. 

Updated the test version with this also.

[Udderdude]

I've added the organic enemies to the game.  Unfortunately, they probably won't be making an appearance in the test/demo version.  But they're in there!  Oh yeah .. beware >_>

[Udderdude]

For those hoping for a way to play the game with a stick, I've added a basic mode that removes the need for mouse aiming. It also removes the hijack shot/black hole.

[Udderdude]

Updated the test version with the first strong enemy, which appears in level 13.

[ShinnyMetal]

is there music yet?! I hope not cause... hrrrnnng wants to do just based off the art haha

[Udderdude]

is there music yet?! I hope not cause... hrrrnnng wants to do just based off the art haha

Yes it has music already.  Sorry!

[Udderdude]

I've updated the demo/test version with level 14, and a new level goal in level 12. You have to seal rifts by sitting on top of them for about 4-5 seconds each.

There's also now a goal bonus for completing each goal. You can fail to get the goal bonus on some goals by waiting too long after the enemies stop arriving and the level will now automatically end.

[Happy Shabby Games]

beautiful artwork. i'll have to give this a try this weekend

[cragwind]

Enjoyed the art+music. Looks like plenty of strategies available given the mechanics. The way you introduced a single new gameplay element per level was effective.

The music skipped a few times for me, and I got outside the level bounds in the middle of the left side on level 14.

[Udderdude]

The music skipped a few times for me

Yeah I'm not pre-downloading the music, so this can happen if it doesn't download fast enough.  May have to make lower quality MP3s for the demo/test version.

and I got outside the level bounds in the middle of the left side on level 14.

Not sure how this happened, can you describe a bit more what you were doing?

[Udderdude]

One more update for today, I've added some more backgrounds and added the arcade course.  Since it's just the demo/test version, it's pretty short, but it's in there!  

Also added some more music here and there.

Also also, failing a defend friendly structures level is no longer instantly fatal.  Instead, you don't get the goal bonus at the end of the level.

[Udderdude]

Added code to allow multiple shot generators on a single enemy, and shot generators on other shots.  This is important for the really big enemies and bosses to throw as much crap around the screen as possible! :p

I've got pretty much everything nailed down at this point, now it's just content, content and more content.

[Udderdude]

Still working on stuff.  Some progress :

http://rydia.net/udder/!crap/zeroCrossKillerEnemy.gif

[Udderdude]

Got all the organic enemies in there and working with shot patterns and levels introducing them.  Whee.

[Qunit]

Still working on stuff.  Some progress :

http://rydia.net/udder/!crap/zeroCrossKillerEnemy.gif

Sooooooooooooooooooooo old school !!!! made my day :D