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-To get the screen to double size, just press F4!

For ones who never heard of Function keys.

Dr. Roboevil wrote:

'overdrive' mode trigger implies standing pretty long at last pattern, which is, well, not really good form of gameplay, i suppose o_^
I would suggest 'stages' of last pattern 'overheat' instead, with somewhat shorter duration overall, to not make bosses overly too long (considering that you are going to make something like that on every boss) ^o^

Overdrive mode is somewhat of a punishment for said bad gameplay, as well as provide an upper limit to the length you can stall.

PureQuestion wrote:Overdrive mode is somewhat of a punishment for said bad gameplay, as well as provide an upper limit to the length you can stall.

What's the point of it ; ?
And for stalling limit normal boss timeout sounds better

It's a time out that does something fancy when it times out, is my understanding; once overdrive triggers the boss starts losing health, I think.

Okay, just played the new version, and I like it. I like the new recolored partsgraphics you used, kinda makes it more like something me or SPIDER would make. Also the interface is good too. I also saw that you added a custom player ship, though it doesn't really look like a ship to me.

Some stuff I'd like to say about it though.
-The Stage 3 boss was pretty cool. It had an almost organic-ship like appearance and feel to it, almost like something you'd see in R-type or something like that. I liked the way it hangs from those rails, and it was rather unpredictable for me too (I was totally not expecting the phase 4 where the rails explode and it flies around and dashes at you).
However, it seems to have too much health for me. Could you lower that some?
-I noticed that the medium-sized drone ships have this red triangle thing that glows when you get close to them. What does it mean when the triangle thing is glowing?

PureQuestion wrote:It's a time out that does something fancy when it times out, is my understanding; once overdrive triggers the boss starts losing health, I think.

Well, it gives additional score purposes, which i see as a bad thing, which can be almost as bad as milking for score, i suppose ;


@Alex
By the way, you might look into fixing safespots on first boss last attack too (bottom-right corner)

Dr. Roboevil wrote:

PureQuestion wrote:It's a time out that does something fancy when it times out, is my understanding; once overdrive triggers the boss starts losing health, I think.

Well, it gives additional score purposes, which i see as a bad thing, which can be almost as bad as milking for score, i suppose ;


@Alex
By the way, you might look into fixing safespots on first boss last attack too (bottom-right corner)

Lasers don't reach there?

AlexMdle wrote:
Lasers don't reach there?

They reach, but player ship has laser shield when not shooting, i suppose, and nothing else reaches there ;

Yet at the same time player cant shoot the boss like that, triggering overdrive after a while.

At that point, staying in the corner nets him about 0 points in total before the boss selfdestructs.

I think that's punishment enough for being a pussy.

We needed more unfairness around here.