My entry for Bullet Hell jam in 2021

Quick description :

Join the Starfighter mercforce and help defend the system against space pirates !

Controls :

Controller Dpad to move

Keyboard WASD (ZQSD for necesary regions should work) to move

Controller A to shoot

Keyboard Spacebar to shoot

Gameplay :

This is my first time making a shmup type game, so i couldn't really find interesting ways to implement the 10 seconds optional theme, so i tried to go for classic done as best i could.

You spawn in a random of 3 types of ships (with random color variants and pilots )

You shoot enemies, there's a powerup that adds modules on the side of your ship to cover more of the screen when you shoot

Ennemies give you points, and drop an additional score item for more points if collected, the goal here is simply to reach the end and acheive the highest score possible, couldn't make a good lives system in time so you have unlimited lives but each death cuts your total score in half.

Each ship type has different movement speeds, hull strength and shield strength

one of the 3 has turreted modules so you can orient your shots with the powerup

Important note :
Sound has strange glitches when playing on Google Chrome, i found no way to fix this yet, this may be an issue with Godot or Chrome itself ? I would advise to play in any other browser for the best experience. Sorry for the inconvenience :(

Credits :

All assets except font done myself, Ships and Music done prior to the jam, most of the rest during the jam

Font : Audiowide from Google fonts library

Programs used :

Godot 3.2.2

Blender 2.92

Gimp 2.10

LMMS

BFXR

Post jam Update 02 Changelog :

Added 3 Lives and game over system with unlimited continues, score reset upon continue
Added Outlines to all gameplay related sprites such as player ship enemy ships and powerup
Added Boss Warning screen prompt before boss encounters
Bullet hits now grants 10 points
Updated the Hud to look a bit better

Hope you enjoy the game !

cheers :)

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