Grab, an intensive online shmup

[Koukan]

Hello everyone,

Grab is a top-down intensive and competitive shooter. Inspired by the classics of its genre, Grab reproduce a skill based game while adding a missing feature : network co-op.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n7UyB2qSOE


Key Features :

• Up to 4 players local co-op
• Up to 4 players network co-op through a matchmaking system
• Challenging gameplay with 3 difficulty levels
• Neon graphics
• Innovative patterns and bosses
• Leaderboards
• Replay system

We plan to add these features in a near future :

• New maps
• Achievements
• Map editor
• Community content sharing
• Endless mode

If you like our game, please consider voting:


Thanks to comment and give advice, we appreciate all your help.

You can download a demo version here.

Some links:
Greenlight: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/f ... =614038884
IndieDB: http://www.indiedb.com/games/grab/
Twitter: @voxnihilo

[BulletMagnet]

A few thoughts on the demo -

- My laptop is admittedly not great, but in fullscreen the frame rate dropped a lot, so at least a windowed mode option would be nice to include.

- I think the overall look of the game is fine, but at the boss I found that smaller bullets could easily sneak "under" the larger ones and thus be tough to keep an eye on; some means of making individual enemy shots easier to make out in situations like that would be appreciated.

- I'd reconsider emptying out the player's shield stock after dying, as this makes it difficult to recover after a mistake, much as reducing one's power level to "pea shooter" did in many older shmups.

- Is there any notable scoring system at work here? If there is it's not obvious...