[T3] Star Fortress - Final Testing

Posted by Theodore III on Dec. 7, 2007, 4:15 a.m.

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Star Fortress

About

This is a remake of the classic arcade game Star Castle The aim is to destroy an enemy cannon which sits in the center of three concentric, rotating energy shield rings while avoiding or destroying 'mines' – enemies that spawn from the core, pass through the energy rings, and then home in on the player's ship. They can stick back to the shield if the player maneuvers in such a way that a ring is between the ship and the mines. The player-controlled spaceship can rotate, thrust forward, and fire small projectiles. The cannon's shields are composed of twelve sections each, and each section takes two hits to destroy. Once a section is breached, rings beneath it are exposed to fire.

Once the innermost ring has been breached, the central weapon is vulnerable to attack from the player. However, the player is also more vulnerable at this point, as with the shield rings eliminated, the gun can fire out a large laser that kills on contact. Moreover, the central core tracks player movement at all times. If the player manages to hit the cannon, it explodes violently, collapsing the remnants of the shield rings, and the player is awarded with an extra ship. The next level then starts with a new gun and fully restored shield rings, with the difficulty increased (the mines move faster, the rings rotate more quickly, and the core tracks the player faster).

If the player completely destroys the outermost shield ring, the cannon will create a new one. The middle ring expands to replace the lost outer ring, the inner ring replaces the middle, and a new ring emerges from the core to become the inner ring. Therefore, in order to penetrate the cannon's defenses, the player must be careful not to completely obliterate the outer ring.

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I think this game is pretty much finished but I just wanted to get some some quick suggestions from the community on improvements or bugs.

I will probably submit as a game in a week or so.

Download here

Thanks for Reading

- Theodore III

- http://www.theodoreiii.i67.org/

Comments

Casshern 17 years ago

simply awesome, gotta love ur quick remakes of gd quality :)

i'll be pwning up high score now XD

this is a sweet-ass game!

poultry 17 years ago

Yeswait No.

Ryan-Phoenixan 17 years ago

Pretty sweet-looking game. :)

Theodore III 17 years ago

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Yeswait No.
That's not really constructive criticism. :(

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Pretty sweet-looking game. :)
Thanks :)

Rambopvp 17 years ago

The good memories are flooding back!

I used to have a lot of fun with ths game :)

gg