Space Moth DX Thread (Now on Steam!)

[clippa]

Just for the record, I thought the bullet heaven HD review was way, way off. The controls are so tight, it's one of the games strong points. Everything feels very instant and if I die, it's always my fault. The difficulty is far from unfair as well and only really comes from the bosses which you quickly teach yourself strategies for, and from the risk/reward of playing for score.

[Despatche]

The way Space Moth DX does it does not bring Garegga to mind at all. There's just something fundamentally off about how Space Moth is doing it that makes it very irritating to play, no matter how much I try to get used to it.

[dan76]

We tested this out when we were making the game. Travelling from one side of the screen to the other takes the same amount of time as going straight or diagonally. For a while the movement was faster but that was odd, (or a mistake, can't remember ) and we didn't like it the same speed as it seemed too slow even though it's technically accurate... so it is what it is.

[system11]

Just bought this and enjoying it so far. Movement is absolutely fine, only other comment right now is the default key mapping isn't ideal - I have a \ key between shift and Z.

[JDE]

Good to know you're enjoying the game so far system11! The default key mapping was chosen because it's what most doujin shmups use, so anyone used to those will be able to jump right in. Personally I change Laser/Bomb/Shot to A/S/D though, because my keyboard has a key between Shift and Z as well.

[JDE]

Space Moth DX is currently 80% off in the Steam Shoot 'em Up Sale - that's just £0.79!
The sale will be running until September 5th.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/425340

Edit: the sale is over now, but dan76 and I have decided to lower the normal price to only £3.99 from now on.