Mechon Assault

Thanks for playing and for leaving feedback. I appreciate it.

There isn't anymore to the game after beating the boss. It just continually loops. It's more a go for the highscore type thing although that isn't even possible since you can't actually die due to a bug haha.

Unfortunately I had less than 24 hours to work on the game and I spent most of that time on the sprites (specifically the boss). By the time I was done I didn't even get to test it. I had literally a minute left to publish and that was with the extra submission time too haha. So there is a lot I would've liked to have improved. Auto-shooting is definitely something I would've gone with. The boss would've had more HP and attacked more frequently too. I also wanted him to fly into the background, where he couldn't be hurt, and have him attack you from there for a while but I didn't manage to get as far as that.

Next time I'm hoping to have the full weekend to work on my game and also I won't choose to do something where the theme is tied into my sprites since that would make me lose a lot of time again haha. In the meantime though I may give myself another day to work on this game though and just see how far I could've gotten with the extra time.

Thanks for the feedback. Moving enemies was part of the plan but I didn't get round to it. I do like the idea of enemies changing tactics as they become more damaged, and transforming enemies too.

There is actually some change in the boss that occurs when he takes damage. He actually has 4 phases currently (First is bullets that are directed at the player, second is bullets in a 360° pattern, third is homing missiles and fourth is laser beams from above) and after you damage him enough to take out the red missile launchers on his back, he can only perform the first 2 bullet phases from that point on.

I'm guessing very few people have seen the last 2 phases since you can destroy him by the time he begins the second phase, so it's a change in his pattern that has likely gone unnoticed by most, if not all, players haha.

Thanks for the feedback. Glad you like the sprites and the robots breaking apart :)

That was where most of my time ended up going so I'm glad people are liking them.

Thanks for the feedback. There is a hidden health powerup. To unlock it, let your health go all the way down to 1. Do that and you become immortal and the bullets and missiles can no longer hit you.....ok it might be more of a bug than a powerup lol.

But yeah I didnt get to mess with the amounts that the health and ammo pickups give you before time ran out so they both give a very low amount unfortunately.

Thanks for the feedback. The green robot was originally going to be the moving robot but didnt manage to get to programming it. Glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks for the feedback. Glad you liked the sprites. Sorry about the keyboard haha. I can imagine how annoying it wouldve been with a mechanical keyboard. I didnt really consider that but will keep that in mind if i do something similar in future.

Thank you for the feedback. I'm not sure I'll be turning this into a full length game but I'd like to give myself an extra day to work on it to see what I could've achieved. I think I could've had something more entertaining and functional with a little extra time.

Thank you for the feedback. There is certainly alot more I'd like to have done. I'm not sure I plan on making this a full fledged game however I'm considering giving myself an extra day to work on this to see how far I could've gotten. In the end I'm glad I got something with some sort of gameplay but I would like to see if I could get closer to what I was aiming for with just a little extra time.

Thanks for your feedback Rewdan.

I had planned on adding/changing a lot of the stuff you mentioned but ran out of time. I'm glad you liked the spreadshot and I did have probotector in mind when adding it. Unfortunately the ammo for each weapon was added in with minutes to spare so I didn't manage to check and see if you got a decent amount of time with each one before submitting. I would've liked to have things like the Laser last a bit longer.

Things like moving enemies were part of my plan as well (in particular the green flying enemy) but I drained most of my time spriting the enemies and boss. I'm no artist but thought I could manage my time better with the graphics. Lesson learnt though and next time I'll be sure to get the gameplay down before everything else.

Thanks again for leaving some feedback, I appreciate all your comments.

Thank you for the feedback. There was a lot I would've liked to have improved upon or changed but I spent a bit too much time on the graphics for the enemies and boss. I'm no artist so they took me quite a while and left me with little time to refine the gameplay. I may go back and make some changes following the Jam though and I'll keep your suggestion of having something to defend in mind as I do like that idea. Thanks again.