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[NazTaiL]

This is the current project i'm working on: Space Ashes.
Download DEMO: http://www.naztail.com/games/spaceashes/demo/Space_Ashes_DEMO.zip

You can play up to 6 levels. Using keyboard or gamepad.



You play a space ship, pulled by gravity, sent to clean space stations that are swarmed by an unknown form of vegetation. It's a not so easy game where a slow gameplay and patience are your best friends. 20 challenging levels, bosses and secrets to find. Release around FALL 2018.

I'm using GameMakerStudio 2

Feel free to play, comment and share!

Game's webpage: http://www.naztail.com/game_spaceashes.html
Develog: http://www.naztail.com/games/spaceashes/gravitx_devblog.txt

[NazTaiL]

Update!
See OP to download.

27 October 2016 Space Ashes - Alpha 0.2
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Changes:
-Tutorial looks better and it's more dynamic
-New name! - Space Ashes

Fixed:
-Cleaner code.

Added:
-Animated door entry and exit
-New GUI look.
-Fullscreen and music options
-Save system implemented
-Level restart when dying
-Fire and ashes particles
-2 levels (for a total of 5)

[NazTaiL]

Whoooooa! After a long time here is the Alpha 0.3.
Screenshot and download link updated!

29 May 2017 Space Ashes - Alpha 0.3
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Changes:
-Ported Space Ashes to GMS2 (It is awesome!!!)
-Modified a couple of tiles
-Remove upgrades: speed, rotation and thrust. Only Hull can be improved.
-Grabber sounds
-Bombs area of effect is better and a little bit bigger.
-Testing new sprite for player

Fixed:
-Vine spread when falling creates floating vines
-Fire collision bbox changed to precise
-Reading surface's pixel from buffer...OMG!
-Display moving button when pausing the game and set to fullscreen.
-Lights and Ventilation prevent spreading and growing when turned back to ON.

Added:
-Camera shake
-Sprites animations
-Door/Switch/Fan sprites
-Vine falling
-Spores emit light
-Layer with shadows to add depth
-Game's title on main menu desintegrate pixel by pixel
-Level 6(with a bigger enemy...)
-A custom Easing engine.
-SFX

[NazTaiL]

Still progressing. No new demo but here is a short video where I test a pathfinding script. Playing in a level I call: Playground. It's full of new stuff for the game.

[dspencer]

Yo this looks really cool!

[NazTaiL]

Thx!

[-Ross]

This is pretty cool! Quite nice graphics, solid gameplay. I like the "story" idea too. Reminds me of Wall-E, hehe.

A couple things I would tweak:

* Make wall tiles a little bit lighter so you can tell them apart from the background layers in the dark.
* Give control to player sooner on level start - how about as soon as the door is open, don't wait for it to close.
* Fix lights flickering on and off when you touch the switch - maybe just add a small delay before it can be turned back on?
* Mention your weapon in the tutorial! I just had to hunt around on the keyboard.
* Not a big deal, but . . . More normal keys for weapons. 1 and 2 are weird. I would use Z and X and/or space and alt.

[NazTaiL]

Thx for the comments. 
There is a small delay for the switch? Maybe not long enough. I'll take a look.
Always place to upgrade tutorial. Basics controls should be clear at the very begining.

Tiles 'color' are now fixed. I tweak the color and added yellow stripes on 'platform'. This what it looks like now:

[-Ross]

Cool! Yeah that works for the platforms too.

Not sure what exactly it is with the switches then, but most times I went to turn the lights off they flickered off-on-off.

[NazTaiL]

Update!

18 November 2017 Space Ashes - Alpha 0.4
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Changes:
-Tiles color
-Controls help menu
-Musik controller(2 songs)
-Updated controls picture
-Changed tutorial text
-When completed demo, levels won't reset
-Added a couple of "Hull parts" pick-up
-Demo will be from level 1 to 6

Fixed:
-When new update/release, game will resets saves

Added:
-Warning stripes on platform
-New enemies(Snaper, spiter, elbow, vizi, baller)(not in demo)
-Levels(7-8)(not in demo)
-Teleporter(not in demo)
-Playground(A testing room)(not in demo)
-Pathfinding script(not in demo)
-New song
-Panic button! (Slows speed and cuts gravity for 10 seconds. Cost 5 scraps)

Download link updated.

[NazTaiL]

Little bump. Feedback are still welcome. 6 levels on the demo. Here is a new screenshot of things I added. 90% of content are done. Need to design 2 bosses and build 8-10 more levels.

[sidbarnhoorn]

Cool! Reminds me of Solar Jetman!

[NazTaiL]

This is a timelapse of the creation of level 9.

[NazTaiL]

My first planned realistic objective was to create a game of around 15 levels. But the fact is that I have enough content to stretch this to 20 or 25 levels without diluting the fun and challenge. So guess what: I'll do it. I'm planning to release the game on late 2018.

Here is my to p priority on the to do list:

[NazTaiL]

Hidden rooms, teleporters and lasers.
 

[NazTaiL]

Here if a part of the final boss. Pretty happy with the depth effect. (Bezier curve with easing to move it.)

[NazTaiL]

This is my updated devlog. A new Demo will be released real soon. It will be final.
 

Date TBD 2018 Space Ashes - Alpha 0.5
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Changes:
-Windy Hook now turn when touch by the player(90 degrees)
-New names for 'enemies'.
-Door stays open when unlocked by switches and close when locked.

Fixed:
-Screen shake managed by player.(code!)
-Fx particles not clearing correctly (because obj_fx was deactivated...)
-Door being activated by some dynamics object. (Only player can trigger a door(not the switches...).
-Light spitter light offsets.
-Spitter small sparks pic and snd.
-Overlaping sounds to prevent sound peeks.
-Flamer ini.
-Lights not working on some instance(spore)
-Bloody Berry particles not going down
-Fullscreen option(Game has a fixed size of 960x540, can be double, triple, etc...)
-Laser sound not working correctly
-Backgrounds parallax
-Level selection wrapping

Added:
-Pink smoke
-Animation on Liana and vine growing
-Mushrooms, Flowers, Lasers, Float Balls that follows
-Sound on flamers
-Level 9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20
-Engine jam.
-Max Life Point is now 8.
-'Chest' to unlock bonuses.
-Hud text for upgrade
-Artefacts to collect.
-Door shadows
-Hidden Rooms
-Blue vines (jam player and freeze switches)
-Boss 2 and final Boss.

[SamLouix]

It's pretty awesome.

One question I have is... what are you doing to do to make it unique?

I have seen a million games that look similar.

Thanks!

Sam Louix

[nathy after dark]

Don't mind me, just stalking all the other space games on TIG. 

[NazTaiL]

@SamLouix

A slow paced game where you constantly fight against gravity, avoid hitting walls while burning around vegetation that slowly become more defensive(aggressively) against you. I searched,  to do some comparative, but didn't found anything close to this. I would be very grateful if you can point me a couple of games that looks like this.

The game was first inspired by Amiga's 'Fly Harder' and a little bit of 'Waking Mars'.