Go Beryllium! (Free 2d shoot-em-up)

Conor

Please take a look at my latest game. It's a 2d bullet-hell shmup about the life of a beryllium atom. It was created with Torque Game Builder over the course of about 2 months.

Go Beryllium finished first in the Eegra.com First Annual Game Makin' Shindig!

Download the game here

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEMdCySSZ2I]Trailer on YouTube[/ame]



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Source Code (written in Torque Script for Torque Game Builder)

edwardE

This looks ultra sweet - going to give it a go when I'm at home. (:

ElysiumGX

That looks insane to play. I wouldn't get far. Nice work for the short amount of time spent on it.

J Randall

Sweet! thanks.

seanv

I really like that game.

PeterK

Hey Conner,

I remember seeing this a while ago when it was in development. It's become a nice title, good work on it man, and congrats on a great release.

- Peter

Michael Knubben

Nice one, Conor. Only too bad bullet curtains frighten me, on account of me being absolutely terrible at schmups.

Conor

MightyPea - it's not that hard, there's an easy mode too. Compared to waves mode in GeoWars 2 this is a casual game :-P

JKMakowka

Ahh cool, I remember you pimped a very early verysion a while back. Too bad there isn't a Linux port, but I will try it with "WINE". (Edit: sound works but the rest is just a black screen <- with WINE on Linux)

Conor

JKMakowka - thanks for the Linux test, that's a pity it doesn't work. Torque actually supports Linux but I don't have Linux machine myself to compile and test it on.

Rox

Man, this game rules. It took a while to get a grasp on exactly how it works, but now I'm having a ton of fun with it. I just can't get past that stupid micro black hole...

I love how the music's implemented, too. I've always thought music tends to have too small a part in most games, even if it takes up a lot of space.

Conor

Thanks Rox - the trick with the black hole is to fire off one shield as soon as it starts shooting and rush up close to it, then stay close and grab the quarks. You should actually gain health in that stage by collecting quarks. Just zig-zag like in the YouTube movie.

Rox

Yeah, I can get past it quite frequently actually, I mixed up bosses. I'm more stuck on the one after that that I can't remember the name of. The antimatter guy. The black hole I think is easier than the first boss...

hjd_uk

Ace little game, I have a fondness for fundamental particle physics .
Little nags :
No Pause .
A simple parallax effect on the BG to add depth would greatly help the visuals.

Conor

Still working on this...