Powerless!

Hello everyone!

I am here to share my latest game (still in early development, but you know, the urge to share is always huge...) Powerless!

It has a leaderboard and Gamejolt integration. I'm still learning and doing my best, but I think it's coming along...

Description

Mixing early arcade game mechanics with modern, RPG-type elements, Powerless is meant to be a competitive game where players try to reach the highest score in a given time. After choosing between a Speed, Constitution or Strenght-based build, the player will have to collect gems and kills enemies to get that score going. You only get 5 minutes. Will you be #1? Controls AWSD to shoot ARROWS to move. M to MUTE.

Here it is for those who want to try it :

gamejolt.com/games/platformer/powerless/20232

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Seems like I don't have permission to post links... sorry if it's annoying to copy/paste it to try it.

I would really like your feedback and advice!

I love it.

Nice graphics, totally addictive. Can't stop playing while being at work :s

i have not been able to get off the floor yet but i will keep trying. maybe it could start off a tad easier so that the player can figure out how things work. i had fun though. i will try again. nice work.

What do you mean you haven't been able to get off the floor? I think there is one thing I haven't made clear enough in the game : you can jump and shoot down to get to places you usually wouldn't at early levels.

The game still needs balance and work in that sense + good AI, but I'm working on it :)

da best game of all dem universe

I absolutely love the concept... 'choose your weakness' is just an awesome idea.

Cool game!!

Does the recoil reduce on the better weaponry?!

It always goes up! It's because it has two uses : killing enemies and ... it's kind of a jetpack?

772 its all about the jetpack :)

Hehe. Gotta make that clear! But how, huh.

Maybe like a presentation screen when the game starts and the character flies from one side of the screen to the other.

It would become immediately obvious if it worked without jumping?!

awesome! I really like this, I found the first minute or so to be a bit bewildering but after that I really got into it!

I love the art style and the way that the dialog is so dismissive it's almost challenging the player to try harder.

good work!

Hello everyone,

just a quick message to let you know that I updated the game quite a bit.

Here's a small preview :

Added :

Combosystem!

Autofire. Hold A,W,S or D to shoot.

Enemy spawn system

Level design

New enemy added

New items added

Made game screen bigger

Warning screen

The Idol (what is that?)

To fix :

Level balance

Difficulty balance

Fix bugs (power-up bugs, some enemy collision bugs)

To come :

?Class ablities

Different enemies

Practice mode

More trophies

Better item art

Player death animation

Enemy death animation

Fix low-res fonts

Lol, I just tried it. Great game, the first of its story-line that I've seen.

Hehe, you mean the first one with that kind of idea? Because there isn't much of a story-line.