Play my flash game Density

[DarkSlayer]

Hi all, i know this is a hardcore shmup forum but i like to think iv incorporated alot of the things that makes shmups fun!

This is my first finished game, play it here:

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/626135

Trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZQULOn-bDk



Dodge ever changing waves of triangles to collect squares before your combo meter hits 0!testing your dexterity, patience, pattern recognition and focus.
Collect red squares before your combo runs out to cash score in.
If a triangle enters your proximity sparks will be emitted and your combo score will be increased.
Tips:
#0. your combo meter drains when not near triangles
#1. To score well you need to collect the red square with a high combo meter
#2. The more triangles close to you the higher your combo will grow
#3.As the waves of triangles change, diffrent play styles will be needed to stay alive and score high
#4.you only get destroyed if you pass through the middle of a triangle
CONTROLS:
move circle: mouse
using a mouse with low sensitivity can make the game easier to control

Website:

http://www.hiddendepthgames.com/

Would love to have some feedback from you guys- also im working on a global scoreboard right now.

Thanks for your time!

[DarkSlayer]

added a picture, shamless bump

[Cagar]

No online high-scores? Mouse controls?
Eeaaghh

[BPzeBanshee]

Actually I quite liked the mouse controls in this.

Got 27274.

[DarkSlayer]

without mouse control the game would be very boring as acceleration is basically needed for high scores. Although using mouse control has been the biggest problem for the game (bad mice, mice with too high dpi, no mouse mat, or even worse trackpad)

I found the whole experience was really dictated by your mouse set up/fps. Playing on a mouse at 500Hz, no acceleration, enhanced pointer precision off and 400 DPI on a big cloth mouse mat gave the best experiance.

Yes im working on added global leader boards today-kinda needs it!

Thanks for playing/feedback guys

p.s my next game is for joysticks due to the issues i mentioned above with massively varying experiences with mouse

[BareKnuckleRoo]

without mouse control the game would be very boring as acceleration is basically needed for high scores.

Speed control exists in keyboard shmups. Have you never played a Touhou game before? Shift key to slowdown for precise dodging is quite common nowadays, it'd be nice to have the option, even if mouse might be more ideal.

Game's alright, "multiplier" is spelled wrong in the score screen.

It's a bit bland, the triangles cover more area than they really need to, especially annoying in that their hit area isn't visible by say, a lighter coloured portion, or simply making the triangles the size of their hitbox. Visually, this sort of crisscross pattern's been done before. I might make the triangles different colours so you can quickly recognize what direction they're coming from instead of having everything be just the same shade of blue everywhere, dunno.

The particle effects caused by grazing tend to get icky looking and distracting, an option to disable them would be nice, or just to have the graze circle turn a different shade when you're grazing? The grazing thing is mostly pointless as you're almost always in range of several triangles when the game gets going, so the only time you'll risk dropping a multiplier is early on during the brief transition to fast shots only.

It's a lot more playable if you load the SWF directly, go fullscreen and right click -> "Show All", playing it in a small window isn't so much fun.

[DarkSlayer]

without mouse control the game would be very boring as acceleration is basically needed for high scores.

Speed control exists in keyboard shmups. Have you never played a Touhou game before? Shift key to slowdown for precise dodging is quite common nowadays, it'd be nice to have the option, even if mouse might be more ideal.

Game's alright, "multiplier" is spelled wrong in the score screen.

It's a bit bland, the triangles cover more area than they really need to, especially annoying in that their hit area isn't visible by say, a lighter coloured portion, or simply making the triangles the size of their hitbox. Visually, this sort of crisscross pattern's been done before. I might make the triangles different colours so you can quickly recognize what direction they're coming from instead of having everything be just the same shade of blue everywhere, dunno.

The particle effects caused by grazing tend to get icky looking and distracting, an option to disable them would be nice, or just to have the graze circle turn a different shade when you're grazing? The grazing thing is mostly pointless as you're almost always in range of several triangles when the game gets going, so the only time you'll risk dropping a multiplier is early on during the brief transition to fast shots only.

It's a lot more playable if you load the SWF directly, go fullscreen and right click -> "Show All", playing it in a small window isn't so much fun.

thanks a lot for the feedback- defintly agree with showing the triangles hitbox, and a option to disable the particles. And yer i know what you mean about grazing becomming a little irrelevent to keeping multi going- mybe a way for it to affect score a lot more would make it useful late game

[DarkSlayer]

and yes the game is SO much more playable when set to full screen!

[Cagar]

without mouse control the game would be very boring as acceleration is basically needed for high scores

Nonsense.
Got 150k with a quick try

[DarkSlayer]

without mouse control the game would be very boring as acceleration is basically needed for high scores

Nonsense.
Got 150k with a quick try

i think you misunderstood what i was saying? or did you mean you used a controller to emulate mouse control and got that score?