found this shmup called prototype

lilmanjs · Post by **lilmanjs** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 1:30 am

has anyone played this game?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0fGDEJCjLU
its a freeware shmup called prototype and I've downloaded it but not had a chance to play it.

Plastic · Post by **Plastic** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 1:49 am

Looks like a horribly sluggish R-Type rip-off.

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 1:49 am

Plastic wrote:Looks like a horribly sluggish R-Type rip-off.

Seriously, I could fall asleep playing this.

worstplayer · Post by **worstplayer** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 1:53 am

Fun game, no complaints here. Ok, there's inertia, but that's the only problem i have with it.

bsidwell · Post by **bsidwell** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 1:55 am

Looks like a good cure for insomnia.

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 2:18 am

Pretty decent game.
It is free and open source too if I recall.

Momijitsuki · Post by **Momijitsuki** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 3:03 am

I should try for the world record :x

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 3:15 am

Wasn't this one of the entries for one of the early shmup-dev.com comps?

ZOM · Post by **ZOM** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 3:31 am

Reverse engineer the thing, get rid of the inertia and you have a pretty nifty little shmup.

EDIT: I seem to have missed this:

Pixel_Outlaw wrote:...and open source too if I recall.

COOL!

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 4:26 am

landshark wrote:Wasn't this one of the entries for one of the early shmup-dev.com comps?

http://www.shmup-dev.com/forum/index.ph ... 498.0.html

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 6:24 pm

Pixel_Outlaw wrote:
landshark wrote:Wasn't this one of the entries for one of the early shmup-dev.com comps?
http://www.shmup-dev.com/forum/index.ph ... 498.0.html

I thought that's where I grabbed this from initially. I agree with what was said above, get rid of the inertia.

I've never seen it done right in a shmup - it always makes things worse.

worstplayer · Post by **worstplayer** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 6:37 pm

BTW there's a sequel called...wait for it...Prototype 2.
IMO it's much better than original. There's no shield, there are multiple ships with various abilities, more levels, you have r-type like force pod, which you can also use as a bomb, and generally it feels much more like finished game.

Jockel · Post by **Jockel** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 7:07 pm

Momijitsuki wrote:I should try for the world record

:-*

Momijitsuki · Post by **Momijitsuki** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:23 pm

Jockel wrote:
Momijitsuki wrote:I should try for the world record :x
:-*

:o

kozo · Post by **kozo** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:50 pm

Momijitsuki wrote:
Jockel wrote:
Momijitsuki wrote:I should try for the world record :x
:-*

:o

:^

Momijitsuki · Post by **Momijitsuki** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:02 am

kozo wrote:
Momijitsuki wrote:
Jockel wrote: :-*

:o
:^

;D

I was being facetious, you all know that right?

Jockel · Post by **Jockel** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:16 am

Momijitsuki wrote:
kozo wrote:
Momijitsuki wrote:

:^
;D

I was being facetious, you all know that right?

^^"

Battlesmurf · Post by **Battlesmurf** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:19 am

Jockel wrote:
Momijitsuki wrote:
kozo wrote: :^
;D

I was being facetious, you all know that right?
^^"

8==D

On a serious note- never did understand 'intertia' in a shmup. Kinda like the 'heft' in Killzone 2 (demo at least for sure). Just ends up feeling like slugish controls. (save for something like Solar Jetman and Subterrania)

worstplayer · Post by **worstplayer** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:40 am

Battlesmurf wrote:On a serious note- never did understand 'intertia' in a shmup. Kinda like the 'heft' in Killzone 2 (demo at least for sure). Just ends up feeling like slugish controls. (save for something like Solar Jetman and Subterrania)

Some people actually prefer controls with inertia (the guy who made Go Beryllium is one of them, that's why his games have option to switch it on and off), but most of the time it's just misguided attempt at realism. And as for Killzone, FPS have inertia so things like being pushed away by explosions and sliding down slopes are possible.

captpain · Post by **captpain** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:08 pm

Does anyone know of a good thread or list about the best doujin shmups? I imagine there has to have been something like that written by the people here.