A Shakespearian Shooter?

Vexorg · Post by **Vexorg** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:06 pm

http://kotaku.com/gaming/education/shak ... 255088.php (I can't get the direct link to the page to work at the moment)

BE THOU WARNED:

This be not a similation, preparest thou thine self to destoroy thine enemy. Thou must aim truly thine weapons for the weak points of the f**kin machine. Perform as thou hast never performed before.

j^aws · Post by **j^aws** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:42 pm

Shmupeth, where art thou?
Thy smell crapeth?

Edit:

Was gonna download it, but it looks like you need to register first... neat concept though...

Klatrymadon · Post by **Klatrymadon** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:08 pm

It's wherefore, meaning "why"!

I hope the last boss spouts some of Prospero's insults to Caliban at you.

j^aws · Post by **j^aws** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:09 pm

LOLeth!

postman · Post by **postman** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:31 pm

Their main site seems to be down at the moment, but I snagged the download.....

http://www.apollogames.ca/users/demoGam ... e-demo.zip

EDIT - you need Apollo Runtime from here to play:

http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/apolloruntime.html

Dale · Post by **Dale** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:07 pm

I remember when I was younger I had a Beta of a home-brew shmups called Fractoids that taught you how to do fractions. You'd fly through space dodging meteors and destroying them but you'd have limited fuel and you would need to collect these big oil drums. When you get to a drum you'd haft to solve a fraction equation to get the fuel. I swear if I owned the full version as a kid I'd be an ace mathematician now(well at fractions atleast).

This game looks very similar to fractoids, could be fun.

ccovell · Post by **ccovell** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 2:18 am

"Is this a dagger I see before me?

Lo, I have press'd A+B+C."

Gungriffon Geona · Post by **Gungriffon Geona** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 2:42 am

this game... ugh. rather annoying and difficult. some level obstacles don't even make sense.

bVork · Post by **bVork** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 5:24 am

The actual word catching and scoring is fairly interesting. It reminds me of Twinbee bell juggling.

Too bad the rest of the shooting is fairly poor. The ships have way too much inertia, it's really hard to tell when you have been hit, enemy shots are difficult to see, and there are no interesting enemy patterns whatsoever.

MattC · Post by **MattC** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:46 am

More people would of been interested if development was outsourced to Shanghai Alice and featured the Touhou characters wearing pantaloons.

I would imagine enemies with silver noses (Othello reference), ruffians, the Scottish army, and centurions.

Besides who wouldn't want a boss battles involving Cesar, Othello, Pan, and Macbeth.

Gungriffon Geona · Post by **Gungriffon Geona** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:49 am

MattC wrote:More people would of been interested if development was outsourced to Shanghai Alice and featured the Touhou characters wearing pantaloons.

I would imagine enemies with silver noses (Othello reference), ruffians, the Scottish army, and centurions.

Besides who wouldn't want a boss battles involving Cesar, Othello, Pan, and Macbeth.

drawn into the fights with a feather pen no less!