Dude, I want to love it but....the controls are so slippery. Also as someone without a mouse and having to use a track pad, this type game would be really nice if you allowed movement with either the arrow keys or WASD. I think it's a great concept and a very pretty pixel game, but because of the movement of the ship (even with several upgrades) I became frustrated enough to not even finish it.
Reviews for "Escape from the VBP"
meinlogin responds:
Yeah, I guess lots of action games with mouse controls are not easy to play with the trackpad. Will see if I can add the keyboard controls, because they will affect the balance (i.e. the game will feel differently).
it's a fun little game. Take it off newgrounds and make a ipod version or something and sell it. i'm fucking serious. i've seen crappy games on the apps but this one here i'm sure you'd make money and promote your skills.
Graphics are so-so. Pixel aren't really my cup of tea. This game doesn't make me rage about it tho. it's fluid, not too bright, not too dark. It's a good combination with the colors. (Maybe a shade darker for the bonuses icons? the green i mean)
Music is... You can find better music easily. However I must compliment your choice. it's not the best, but it's very good. it fits with the game and is not too agressive.
Sounds are great. I have been known for having issues with sounds in any games but not this time. They feel natural even though it's similar to an 8-bit or 2-bits kinda sound.
Controls are perfectly fine. by upgrading the ship's speed they become more fluid and the ship is easier to control.
Bugs : collecting bonuses after having bought a gun but no ammos is as useless as not buying gun at all. might not be a bug in itself, but it is annoying. especially for I, who buy the most expensive gun and dont have ammos. I managed in the end so it's fine. If i can, anyone can.
Some walls have a slightly bigger hitbox than what we can see. Talking pixel, 2 pixel around would be the answer. Once known it can be easily dealt with, but it's still annoying. especially with 2 ships coming after you.
Achievement "100,000 points from bonuses" does not work. why? because not only does bonuses not give any worthwhile point (except resplenishing health or ammos) the random nature of them is too unrealiable to get to 100k bonus. i've got every bonus i could find in 2 runs and i can tell you it's impossible. The "100k points in one run" is fine though.
Achievement "99 km without being hit" does not work either. As soon as you get the maxed out warp you should have the achievement but it doesn't give. after which i did fly over 200 km (strictly speaking: the rest of the run) without being hit once. yet i didn't get the achievement. maybe the "warp" override have something to do with this?
You should put a Quality button. the game is light and doesn't lag much but since you can right click to change the quality, maybe you should add the button? I dunno, it's just less trouble for people like me. Won't influence much.
While the game itself is considerably good, there are small issues which affect my gaming experience. I'm pricky, I know. However in this specific case, it's because I want you to be known and help you progress. I didn't think i'd love this game so much. It was a pleasant surprise!
I'll pass the word to my friend. they got to try this at least once.
Good luck!
meinlogin responds:
Wow, that's just super-detailed and awesome feedback. Thank you very much, I'd put Double helpful for the post if I could:).
I have uploaded the new version with two bug fixes for achievements. And the issue with bonus is in incorrect description. You will receive it if collect total 100 bonuses (in all games).
I suck at this but it is fun. I think?
meinlogin responds:
Haha, just try to go to Shop and you'll get some bonus money immediately. You can spend them on the speed upgrade and this will make playing easier.
Lots of fun. Addicting gameplay. My only issue was that the control of the ship was too sloppy. You lost control when the mouse got close to the edge of the window and the ship was a second delayed when you had to make tight maneuvers. Fun however.
meinlogin responds:
Hi, thank you for the feedback! Not sure if I can do anything with the mouse when it leaves the active window though:(.
Okey, very nice game, but you need to improve some things.
Bad things:
- Upgrades are very easy to max.
- and still, not easy enough to win the game.
- Bullets ran out very fast, even at max level.
- the last gun depletes your ammo really quick. (1 second of shooting depletes a full load of ammo.
- Why the 'Bullets Power-up' is the same icon as the Shield icon at the bottom left?
- Health (Shield) power-ups are really rare to obtain, even you can beat the game without getting a chance to refill the shield.
- Some lasers are unsync of the machines which shoot them (incomplete wall)
- Max speed's ship is slow even at max level.
- You used the same values of the upgrade's menu as the configuration of the game, instead of using the level value. (Max Speed = 100 ? )
- For each Ammo upgrade, you increase the maximum amount of bullets as 1. Useless if you use the MK3 (Final weapon)
Suggestions:
+ More upgrades. - 5 shields are ok, but increase the time of invulnerability after hit, or the health power-up spawn.
+ More ammo. - For each level up, increase 3 bullets of capacity (This is an example.)
+ Fix the laser wall's issue.
+ When you buy a gun, make it equipped automatically.
+ The ship speed. Increase it, please.
+ The Protip. It's always the same tip after you die.
I liked:
The graphics. (Neon + Pixel = FTW!)
The music. (Including SFX)
Teleporting. (Is really helpful to do the first 30% of the map automatically, so you can go on in more challenging fields with your upgraded ship.)
Custom tips:
* If you destroy one of the extremes of the laser wall, you remove the wall entirely.
* Try to get the Coin Magnet as fast as you can, is really, really useful to complete the other upgrades.
* Don't buy all the guns, buy the second one if you want, and then buy the last weapon. It's cheap, and the money is easy to get. Even more with the Coin Magnet (same price)
* It's not that useful the Bonus Magnet to pay what it costs.
* Try to use the bomb to save your last life at the very end of the level.
Nice game, 3.5/5
meinlogin responds:
Hey, this is a very helpful feedback, thanks! I will do the improvements, but not to this version of game (it has already spread over the Internets). Your custom tips are very useful for all who wants to complete the game quickly btw:).