Ace of Space
Flying through space again
Space: Switch Direction Space + Hold: Activate Shields
Credits
Most assets were created by https://kenney.nl/assets. This includes all ships, the UI, font, projectiles and sfx.
Background art was created by https://dinvstudio.itch.io/dynamic-space-background-lite-free
Background music created by https://pixabay.com/users/music_unlimited-27600023/
Comments
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Fun and simple. Bullets could be bigger or more obvious. The round red bullets sometimes blend in with the starry background.
My ship went invisible for no reason and im not sure if it's a super power or a bug. Overall really like the visuals. The game mechanic was simple and easy to understand.
1. I encountered a bug but I'm not sure how it happen. My ship goes invisible and invincible. without collecting the blue star. I got a score of 98k without doing much.
2. When I press the space bar rapidly to change direction, it will trigger the shield...
For anyone else playing this game, do not play it in full-screen (F11); instead, zoom out and play. Pressing 'Space' in full-screen shifts the screen downwards, and playing windowed makes the ship's off-screen.
Otherwise, I liked the game, though I'm unsure why the game can't be full-screened (Itch.io full-screen). It gets quite intense sometimes, and there are reasons to use the shield. The variety of sprites is great too, and is quite an obvious visual indicator of how the ships attacked. I only got a highscore of 12k, so there might even be more ships that what I saw.
That said, I think it's really difficult to aim, and honestly, you don't have to kill the ships, especially the straight shooters. Letting them pass you has no consequences, which might be considered a flaw, but I liked the risk-reward - I can let the ships get closer, letting them more easily hit me, or I can do my best to destroy them.
Overall, I enjoyed the game, though I do wish I could more easily aim.