Planetfall Guardian

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Hellfire
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Planetfall Guardian

Post by Hellfire »

Planetfall Guardian
By Red Dawn Studio

Download Demo:
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About:
Planetfall Guardian is a new side scrolling SHMUP in development by the Red Dawn Studio team. In this demo, you will be able to access the almost complete arcade mode of the game, where the objective is to stay alive for as long as possible and take down waves of enemy fighters by dodging their lasers and missiles and using powerups to your advantage. We hope to eventually introduce a story campaign which will be based around the Planetfall Universe, including boss battles, more varied enemies (I would like to make new sprite for them too), more powerups and loads more.

Controls:
F1 - Game Information Screen
F4 - Display Resolution (Windowed/Full)
Arrow Keys - Ship Movement
Spacebar - Fire Weapons
Z - Use Nova Bomb Powerup

Tips:
- Collect square blips that drop from defeated enemy ships to gain bonus points.
- Always try to collect powerups if they appear on the screen, as they help a lot.
- If you are being chased around by homing missiles, try to loop round them and shoot them down from below.

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ForteMP3
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Post by ForteMP3 »

This is a good start, but I have a few thoughts...

The ship speed...It's WAY too fast as is...There needs to be some way to slow it down, a speed key or something of that sort, because when things get tight and hectic, slower is sometimes better.

Enemies...Well, from what I saw, most just shot straight down. Some variety is always the spice of life...Add other shot types for enemies, give them the ability to aim...increase the variety of enemy types, etc.

Overall though? VERY good start, the pace is nice and fast, and the main shot is nice...
YOU ARE APPROACHING THE TARGET OF ATTACK! THE MISSION STARTS NOW! ARE YOU READY?!
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