GazerStar first Alpha Version. my retro shooter

[orpheus_2003]

Hi.
Here is my first Version of GazerStar.
Its komplet free.
Its in Alpha Stadium.
Have 1 Level, an level ending enemie.
2 Lasers. Formations, Enemies, Bullets.
and much on.
I do this alon.
So i have to do much more work.
But its hard alone. So be patient.
On my site you can check the news.
It will make an englisch one the next day.

Here you go.
http://creativartwork.da.ru

[ForteMP3]

So far, this shows a lot of promise, though it's far from perfect. Now, don't worry, I have no intention of shooting down your work, as I prefer constructive criticism as opposed to all out bashing of someone's work.

First, the good:The graphics are pretty good so far, and I had no issues with framerate. Well done the engine's performance.

Now, there are some problems, but being as this is your first release, this is to be expected, lord knows Cavadius is still far from perfect.

Here's what I've seen so far that needs work

The ship graphcs-The ship seems a bit too cartoony, at least to me, but the basic design is alright...It just needs revision. Also, there's a small visible line behind the engine trail that doesn't look quite right.

Collisions-These seemed rather inconsistent, I've seen shots pass straight through objects without collisions registering. Also, the shots don't stop once they hit something, is this intended?

The collision box for the player seems to be rather oddly defined, the top of the ship can scrape bullets, but the bottom can't. This might need adjustment.

The ship can fly through walls. This is definately an issue.

Game over transitions seem rather abrupt, we don't even see the ship explode, just an instant game over screen. A bit odd.

However, this game has some potential, don't give up!

[orpheus_2003]

So.
I made an update.
Very big.
New highscore list,.
New effects.
Hitboxes are better
Highscore save and load.
better performance
new speech samples
now with new extra. shield and extra weapon
skip intro with space

have a look.

greets

[Orpheus_2008]

Now GazerStar is released.
The first Release Kandidat 01:
Have Fun:

So.
Nun endlich der erwartete Release.
Sicher noch nicht bugfrei. Aber spielbar...

GazerStar - the beginning

GazerStar is the next-generation Side Scroller.
Fight against multi aggressive enemies in 5 different worlds.
Fast and smooth scrolling with tricky effects and traps will demand all your skill to approve the challenge.
Go on rider, give your best to survive the GazerStar.

GazerStar ist der next-generation Side-Shooter.
Kämpfe gegen viele aggressive Gegner in 5 verschiedenen Welten.
Schnell und geschmeidiges Scrolling mit trickreichen Effekten und Fallen werden dich bis zum äussersten fordern um dieses Spiel zu gewinnen.
Auf gehts Kämpfer, gib dein bestes um GazerStar zu besiegen.

Features:
5 different levels / 5 verschiedene Levels
5 different boss / 5 verschiedene Bosse
Multi parallax scrolling / Mehrfach Parallax Scrolling
New graphik- & tileengine / Neueste Graphik und Tileengine
More than 200 sprites / mehr als 200 Spirtes
Fire, snow, water, bubbles, fading and blur effects / Feuer, Schnee, Wasser, Fading und Blur Effects
Fullscreen blur avaiable / Vollbild Blur Effect
Slomotion effects / Slomotion Effect
3 different shoots / 3 verschiedene Schussarten
Permanet fire / Dauerfeuer
Exra lifes / Extra Leben
Bombs with blur and slowmo
Highscroe and instructions menu / Highscoremenü und Hilfe

Screens:




Download: 30 Mb
http://gazerstar.lexigame.de/shooter/shooter.zipscoremenü und Hilfe

[Udderdude]

I tried both fullscreen and windowed, both ended up with a black screen and music playing. Windows said the program was not responsive so I force-quit it.

[Orpheus_2008]

May you have troubles with an codec.
Ty another one...

Here the exe without the video:
http://gazerstar.lexigame.de/shooter/GazerStar.exe