Hey everyone, I have just released my latest game, Laser Dolphin. I posted a beta version of my game here a month or two ago. Thanks to everyone who gave feedback - I tried to include as much as I could. The idea behind the game is that you play as a dolphin who has a laser strapped to his back. It is 2d sidescrolling action game. Some of the enemies include: Robo Sharks, Missile Fish, and TNT Turtles. :D I’m interested in any and all feedback. I don’t really have any idea of the system requirements (although probably quite low) so please post your system specs too. Download Windows Demo More Info Images: Title Screen Robo Shark Ice World Volcano World Desktop Wallpaper 1024x768

It is really well done. Congrats!

Thanks for the feedback. I am currently working on improving the controls. I am planning on doing a "swim towards the cursor" as well as the current arrow key controls. Swimming towards the cursor feels more natural but during intense fights you really need the arrow keys to maneuver in all directions.

I think I know what you mean link3333. Right now the laser gets shot in the direction that the dolphin faces. The dolphin tries to maneuver itself to face the cursor. So if you do fast mouse movements the laser will not hit the cursor. Also the laser usually fires slightly above the cursor because of the way that the laser is mounted onto the dolphin. I'm thinking about fixing this up a bit so that the laser feels more responsive to mouse controls. Basically by subtly angulating laser towards the mouse cursor. So that even though the dolphin is not quite facing towards the cursor, the laser will still shoot that direction. I'll try this out and see how it feels.

Thanks everyone, more feedback would be appreciated.

More weapons and enemies would be cool. Maybe some lighting...

Pretty cool game, man ;)

Here's some crits: I think it might be a *little* too easy (but I guess the difficulty can be upped in the Options screen anyway - maybe set the default difficulty to normal?). Occasionally, the missle fish get some cheap shots in - especially when they're head on.

First of all, I released an updated version. This version features improved controls, help screens, and better laser aiming. So check it out! (same download link as before)

Thanks for the feedback. One of the things that I want to add is more weapon upgrades. I'm not sure what to do about the difficulty. I was actually considering making it easier. I know that the game is much to easy for hardcore players (probably most of the people on Gamedev). Crank up the difficulty to 'Extreme' and it's pretty tough, trust me. The problem is that a lot of the people that buy the game are probably not going to be as good at games so I question what the default difficulty should be. I might have to do some testing. e.g. half the people that play the game get easy difficulty and half the people get hard difficulty. Then see which version sells more copies. Or maybe just force them to choose a difficulty when the game starts so that more casual gamers will choose 'Very Easy' and the rest would choose 'Medium'.

Thanks everyone. Please try the new version and let me know what you think!