Retrobooster, an old school survival shooter demo version 0.7.8
Posted by: Timothy Tibbetts on 10/17/2013 06:01 PM
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Retrobooster is a game in development from a guy you might remember, Really Slick, who is mostly known for his 3D screensavers.
When evil aliens invade the galaxy, it is up to you and your fleet of decommissioned starfighters to drive them back. Pilot your humble thrust ship through tense battles and tight spaces. Hone your piloting skills, rescue survivors, solve puzzles, blow up gobs of baddies, witness the horrors that lurk in the darkest corners of the galaxy, and make it out alive.
Retrobooster is a survival shooter of old school proportions. Do you like games that don't challenge you until level four? Well, forget about it. Retrobooster will not be soft for the first few levels just to make you feel good. And the aliens will not scratch their heads, waiting for you to blast them. Why? Because when you're all grown up, toiling on some dirty asteroid a parsec past nowhere, and the real alien apocalypse happens, you must be ready.
Download at http://www.reallyslick.com/blog/2013/10/retrobooster-demo-updated-to-version-0-7-8/
Sometimes in Retrobooster you find yourself in a little more hot water than you can handle. This is a sample of the bullet hell action that you might run into:
Here is the full list of changes in 0.7.8:
New in-game interface. Text is bigger and easier to read on small screens. Everything is a bit flashier.
New ship model. The new model is 20% bigger for visibility and difficulty tuning. It’s sexier too.
Expanded the tutorial and Levels 1 and 2 in order to better teach some game mechanics.
Added rumble support for game controllers. My Logitech controller still isn’t rumbling under Windows for some reason, but it works under Linux. Need to work on that.
Ship integrity and shields are now restored when you beat a level.
Dolly-zoom effect added when spawning a new ship.
In co-op games, all players now share the same score.
Sound effects pause when game is paused.
Plenty of cosmetic tweaks and gameplay tweaks as usual.
Made humans more interactive.
When evil aliens invade the galaxy, it is up to you and your fleet of decommissioned starfighters to drive them back. Pilot your humble thrust ship through tense battles and tight spaces. Hone your piloting skills, rescue survivors, solve puzzles, blow up gobs of baddies, witness the horrors that lurk in the darkest corners of the galaxy, and make it out alive.
Retrobooster is a survival shooter of old school proportions. Do you like games that don't challenge you until level four? Well, forget about it. Retrobooster will not be soft for the first few levels just to make you feel good. And the aliens will not scratch their heads, waiting for you to blast them. Why? Because when you're all grown up, toiling on some dirty asteroid a parsec past nowhere, and the real alien apocalypse happens, you must be ready.
Download at http://www.reallyslick.com/blog/2013/10/retrobooster-demo-updated-to-version-0-7-8/
Sometimes in Retrobooster you find yourself in a little more hot water than you can handle. This is a sample of the bullet hell action that you might run into:
Here is the full list of changes in 0.7.8:
New in-game interface. Text is bigger and easier to read on small screens. Everything is a bit flashier.
New ship model. The new model is 20% bigger for visibility and difficulty tuning. It’s sexier too.
Expanded the tutorial and Levels 1 and 2 in order to better teach some game mechanics.
Added rumble support for game controllers. My Logitech controller still isn’t rumbling under Windows for some reason, but it works under Linux. Need to work on that.
Ship integrity and shields are now restored when you beat a level.
Dolly-zoom effect added when spawning a new ship.
In co-op games, all players now share the same score.
Sound effects pause when game is paused.
Plenty of cosmetic tweaks and gameplay tweaks as usual.
Made humans more interactive.
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