Yes. In Screen options set Fullscreen ON and Rotation 90 or 270. The fullscreen mode is borderless desktop resolution.Bassa-Bassa wrote:Hi,
Congrats for the release. Does it have an option for borderless full-screen tate mode at the desktop resolution (for 15khz CRTs) or at 640x480 at least?
But even just the first-stage-only demo is wild. Love how aggressive and speedy the enemies are, how erratic their movement can get, how they won't hesitate to shoot you even from the bottom of the screen. And how that first boss can get real close and shoot you right in the face if you don't pay attention to her movement pattern. Feels like being a zako in one of those games where you quick kill and point-blank for score. Really can't wait to dig into the full game. Also, the Inebriator is hilarious.
Checkpoint selection is coming, including bosses, should be next patch or the one after.WarpedByTheNHK wrote:Is it possible to practice just the boss in practice mode? It is always a big help to be able to play the bosses over and over to master the patterns.
Thanks a ton. A proper practice mode really makes arcade games so much more fun to learn.Iori Branford wrote:1.0.6 added the checkpoint selection
https://ioribranford.itch.io/demonizer/ ... ing-points
I am thinking to reduce the power down penalty on death. -1 power level or 1/2 your power level.Weak Boson wrote:Great to see more QOL features.
Hard mode is indeed hard, maybe a bit too much for me (Normal was just right). I don't know if it would be too much to work on, but I feel like the higher difficulty options (particularly Demonic) could be really satisfying if there was something to balance the ultra hard enemies, eg, more powerful/lenient player abilities.
They can take 3 bullets each. They are healed by blue hearts and staying near you (nothing to grab or attack or you pull them back with focus fire).Weak Boson wrote: That actually reminds me of a question I had, and maybe a suggestion. You're demon friends can take bullets for you, but I'm not quite sure how it works. Is it just that after taking a certain number of hits you lose one? do they recover between stages? does it matter which one of them gets hit?
My suggestion is to give them a bit of invulnerability after they get hit. So they could only be hit at most (idk) once per second or something. I'm guessing they have this to some extent already, but as it stands they can really get chewed up in places, to the point where it feels like using them is just not an option.
Sure, maybe, when I figure out how best they could be managed and selected.Weak Boson wrote: Oh, one more thing I wanted to ask: have you considered implementing option formations other than search? Maybe that would change too much, but it could provide some good utility. For example, there are times when you want to use the fast speed but not really the homing attack.
Thanks very much, hope you enjoy this update. If you have it on Steam a review is very helpful.EmperorIng wrote:I know it's late, but I just want to say that I've followed this game's progress for years now and I am happy that the game is out, it's in peoples' hands (harddrives?) and you've continued to fine-tune it. Best of luck with the port, if that works out! I'll have to give some fuller impressions a little later.
Exciting if a bit nerve-wracking. Hope everyone enjoys it.FRO wrote:Just a heads up, this is my Shmup Club game for March:
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Looking forward to digging into this game in a couple weeks!
Good thing I held off releasing until the pushback effect came to me.Weak Boson wrote:Great to see more updates for this already amazing game! Snow seems fun and unique from what I've tied to far. The bullet reflection is really different.
When shooting games started out in the late 1970's, everything was done by small teams, engineering solutions, designing arcade hardware, and coming up with fun game concepts that were easy to pick up and play, but hard to master. As the 1980's shifted from arcades to home consoles and the market diverged, game design teams grew in size, and games became more complex. With the advent of more powerful arcade hardware and consoles in the 1990's, shooting games became even more complicated, with high production values, and involved scoring systems. Fast forward 25 or 30 years, and shooting games have shifted again, back to smaller design teams, and small indie studios, but often retain higher production values due to more readily available tools for small developers to see their visions come to life. That brings us to game developer Iori Branford, and the recently released, indie shoot-em-up, Demonizer, which takes cues from many 90's shooters, but has a decidedly old-school look and feel.
Join the RF Generation Shmup Club in March 2021, as we take on humanity in Demonizer!
