Official shmups.com skill test

worstplayer · Post by **worstplayer** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:15 pm

Download here
And don't forget to post your high score.

MathU · Post by **MathU** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:25 pm

I'm afraid I'm terribly unskilled.

D · Post by D » Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:42 pm

what keys do anything?
Or is that the 1st april joke?

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:47 pm

excellent

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:27 pm

that was okay. i only got 100 points, but it was kind of difficult.

one thing to mention is that the hitbox is kind of big, either make it smaller (a few pixels in the center of the ship), or make the patterns a little more navigable.

also it might be nice to have a fire button. other than that, keep up the good work.

nem · Post by **nem** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:23 pm

Awesome

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:39 pm

As expected, I have no skillz.

RGC · Post by **RGC** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:10 pm

Cannot wait for the OST

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:18 pm

The hitbox is fine, it's the enemy bullet halo that makes it unnecessarily difficult.

Good show, looking forwards to the full version!

Ozymandiaz1260 · Post by **Ozymandiaz1260** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:04 pm

One point

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:13 pm

rofl @ rrootage icon

henry dark · Post by **henry dark** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:45 pm

I got a billion.

Now if only I had enough skills to pay the bills

bkk · Post by **bkk** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 8:11 pm

third midboss is tricky

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:43 pm

highly engaging light/dark switching gameplay mechanism and bullet patterns

sure to inspire shooters for all time

Ayanami · Post by **Ayanami** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:53 pm

What the hell are the controls?

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:25 pm

z change colors

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:34 pm

heh, its funny it is april fools day. i thought the point was to be impossible, didn't even bother trying to find other controls besides movement.

bkk · Post by **bkk** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 2:14 am

Ed Oscuro wrote:Good show, looking forwards to the full version!

Davey · Post by **Davey** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 2:14 am

RGC wrote:Cannot wait for the OST

Me neither. What's the name of that song? It's one of those songs you hear a thousand times but never know the name.

captain ahar wrote:i thought the point was to be impossible

Some asshole will post a superplay on YouTube and prove you wrong.

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 2:55 am

Davey wrote:
RGC wrote:Cannot wait for the OST
Me neither. What's the name of that song? It's one of those songs you hear a thousand times but never know the name.

Yakkity Sax?

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 2:55 am

it's luck based lol

there's like 1 pattern that's easy
the rest are impossible

henry dark · Post by **henry dark** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 3:01 am

benny hill

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 3:07 am

It's a bit like trying to dodge shit balls being fired from a pair of miniguns.

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 3:26 am

The Coop wrote:

It's a bit like trying to dodge shit balls being fired from a pair of miniguns.

So if the brown bullets are shit, what are the white ones? Actually, on second thought, don't answer that.

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 3:35 am

Udderdude wrote:
The Coop wrote:

It's a bit like trying to dodge shit balls being fired from a pair of miniguns.
So if the brown bullets are shit, what are the white ones? Actually, on second thought, don't answer that.

Yeah. With a working title like "Shitty Jitty Bang Bang", it should be obvious

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 4:58 am

Interesting:

You can use a 360 controller (or, I assume, anything that works through your PC).

Control does appear to be analog! I think you can move in any direction, and at least two different speeds too (albeit very close to each other).

A on the 360 controller changes your ship's color/aura.

I wonder if I couldn't mess with the settings...it'd be pretty great if there wasn't an upper limit on the speed

Davey · Post by **Davey** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:54 pm

I wonder if the patterns come in a random order or if it's just a sequence. In other words, I wonder if you could get the easy pattern several times in a row. It'd be sweet if the score only holds one digit, and you could stop the counter with 9 points.

Zebra Airforce wrote:
Davey wrote:
RGC wrote:Cannot wait for the OST
Me neither. What's the name of that song? It's one of those songs you hear a thousand times but never know the name.
Yakkity Sax?

You are a gentleman and a scholar. This is as good as when I found out the name of Spanish Flea.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:12 pm

Isn't it "Little Spanish Flea?"

D · Post by D » Thu Apr 03, 2008 7:39 am

Ayanami wrote:What the hell are the controls?

Yes bitches, wtf? Everybody is so scared that others beat their scores when they get shared the knowledge of how to control this.

pathetic.

worstplayer · Post by **worstplayer** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 7:51 am

Davey wrote:I wonder if the patterns come in a random order or if it's just a sequence. In other words, I wonder if you could get the easy pattern several times in a row. It'd be sweet if the score only holds one digit, and you could stop the counter with 9 points.

Patterns are procedural (same generator as in laseroid). So technically there's infinite number of them. Sometimes it throws out two easy patterns in a row, but shouldn't happen often. Oh, and they're based on your computer's clock, so try again in exactly 100 years and you'll get same patterns

And there isn't upper limit to score (well, there is, but it's some insanely high 64bit number).

D wrote:
Ayanami wrote:What the hell are the controls?
Yes bitches, wtf? Everybody is so scared that others beat their scores when they get shared the knowledge of how to control this.

pathetic.

Arrows - move, Z - change color. If it doesn't work game window probably isn't in focus (try clicking somewhere in game window). You can also use joystick.