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[peter879]

Hello. I am making my first game about ufo attack. It's a shooting game; the html game is now ready. You can also download the free android app from Google Play.

Thanks everyone. Check the game here.

Edited by peter879, 24 August 2012 - 08:05 AM.

[chance]

It's a good start, but with a little work it'll look/play much better.

1. Put all instructions and health/status bars in a separate banner OUTSIDE the playing screen.
It's annoying to have a large portion of the screen covered by the arrow key symbols. And frankly, those aren't really needed. Just have a small text saying "arrow keys to move". Players will understand.

2. Use a larger (and more interesting) background tile.
The current one is too small, so it repeats over a small scale. Not attractive. Try a stellar background.

3. Provide some explanation of those objects dropped from the spaceships. What are those things? Bombs? Power-ups? Bathroom waste?

Overall a good game, so +1 for effort. Just needs some polish.

BTW, I loved the sound of your bullets hitting the saucer. Sounded like rocks hitting a tin can. Very funny.

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Edited by chance, 21 May 2012 - 11:38 AM.

[peter879]

It's a good start, but with a little work it'll look/play much better.

1. Put all instructions and health/status bars in a separate banner OUTSIDE the playing screen.
It's annoying to have a large portion of the screen covered by the arrow key symbols. And frankly, those aren't really needed. Just have a small text saying "arrow keys to move". Players will understand.

2. Use a larger (and more interesting) background tile.
The current one is too small, so it repeats over a small scale. Not attractive. Try a stellar background.

3. Provide some explanation of those objects dropped from the spaceships. What are those things? Bombs? Power-ups? Bathroom waste?

Overall a good game, so +1 for effort. Just needs some polish.

BTW, I loved the sound of your bullets hitting the saucer. Sounded like rocks hitting a tin can. Very funny.

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Thanks for playing the game.
I will work on the background, and other areas you mention.

I plan to add some more play to the saucer plus some clear instructions, remove the keys from the screen etc.

Your review very much appreciated.

[ParrotPeach]

Any game with StarWars music is a win my book.

The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor always was my favorite fighter jet.

I did notice something thought, if I may? When you hit the pink UFOs I see a 'jumping sprite glitch'.

Imo the buttons are a little big... just a suggestion.

+1 Otherwise, good start!

[peter879]

Any game with StarWars music is a win my book.

The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor always was my favorite fighter jet.

I did notice something thought, if I may? When you hit the pink UFOs I see a 'jumping sprite glitch'.

Imo the buttons are a little big... just a suggestion.

+1 Otherwise, good start!

Thank you for taking time to play the game. Good to see you like the music, I just can't seem to make it loop!

About the keys, I have some transparent buttons sitting on my pc, just got lazy last week, but I will now upload them.

And I will look into the pink ufo's glitch plus other issues coming up too.

[ParrotPeach]

Thank you for taking time to play the game. Good to see you like the music, I just can't seem to make it loop!

No prob.

in code that would be...

in object_make_music.

sound_loop(your_music_here);

drag and drop would be...

in object_make_music.

play sound icon, pick your music and set it to 'true'.

[peter879]

No prob.

in code that would be...

in object_make_music.

sound_loop(your_music_here);

drag and drop would be...

in object_make_music.

play sound icon, pick your music and set it to 'true'.

The sound code you gave me works, but the DnD doesn’t work for sound loop.

I was looking at thread about background sound loop problem and it's still not resolved.

My sound problem is as good as resolved. +1 to you.

[mazimadu]

If this is your first game. Good try. Not bad. For that you get a poem by me:

I remember old Game Maker games,
Bad graphics and sound in spades,
Boy the times now sure have changed,
But those where the days..

Edited by mazimadu, 10 June 2012 - 12:55 AM.

[peter879]

If this is your first game. Good try. Not bad. For that you get a poem by me:

I remember old Game Maker games,
Bad graphics and sound in spades,
Boy the times now sure have changed,
But those where the days..

Nice poem Less lag=interesting game.

[Mornez]

How did you get the music to play?

I just made my first HTML5 game...but couldn't get the background music to play.
Note: I used Drag and Drop functions.
Note: Basic sound effects worked fine in my game.

[peter879]

How did you get the music to play?

I just made my first HTML5 game...but couldn't get the background music to play.
Note: I used Drag and Drop functions.
Note: Basic sound effects worked fine in my game.

In my game I have used plenty of code directly because DnD dont work in several situations, like music loop, room changes etc. (dont know why)

For background music I simply used: sound_loop(background_music_here);

[peter879]

And finally, i have the android app. Google Play