Scrolling Shooter Challenge - Deep Sea Encounter

Rick Parker · 2019-06-05T19:53:05

(UPDATE!) Make sure you pick up version 1.1 this is much easier and has a difficulty setting! Thanks! This is my entry for the Scrolling Shooter Challenge - Deep Sea Encounter (name changed from Alpha Whisper3) Story - Creatures are invading the Earth from the sea bed and your submarine is the only ship available to challenge them. Unfortunately you have no weapons! Only your shield can protect you. Make your way through waves of enemies and defeat the boss! Controls - Arrow keys - move. Ctrl - Shield. Escape - quit game. You can also use a control pad. Use your shield to bounce bullets back towards the enemies. Be careful though as you any have a limited shield charge. If your shield runs out, release the shield button to recharge. Collect Red power-ups to increase your speed. Collect Blue power-ups to increase your shield power. Tips - On the first level, head towards the middle in between the fish when they split. This will allow you to collect the power up. Getting close to enemies before they fire is an easy way to rebound their shots but make sure you have enough shield available! Colliding with enemies or the landscape will destroy your sub regardless of whether the shield is active. Collect red and blue power ups as much as possible they will really help. If you find it too difficult try using a gamepad to control the sub instead. Cheat Mode - press 'R' to jump to the next level! Link to Challenge Link to post mortem

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Started by r1ckparker May 10, 2019 03:57 PM

13 comments, last by r1ckparker 4 years, 10 months ago

Rutin

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June 05, 2019 03:30 AM

I'm not sure if there is a problem on just my end but when I play the game outside it runs in slow motion, only the visuals... The main menu seems okay, but once the level loads it's super slow.

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Choo Wagga Choo Choo

2,529

June 05, 2019 04:32 AM

Runs perfect for me on DX10 hardware (i5 9300hd). I still barely get past the circle formation, but I think I'm current with v1_2.

Over here, it's perfect the way it is, but what might take it to the next level could be a speed boost modifier. (short, snappy jet thing) to give the controls a touch more life.

Rutin

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June 05, 2019 04:46 AM

9 minutes ago, GoliathForge said:

Runs perfect for me on DX10 hardware (i5 9300hd). I still barely get past the circle formation, but I think I'm current with v1_2.

Over here, it's perfect the way it is, but what might take it to the next level could be a speed boost modifier. (short, snappy jet thing) to give the controls a touch more life.

It runs just like this below on V1_2:

https://giant.gfycat.com/FreeSingleBull.webm

I'm on Windows 10, with a 4GB GeForce 1050 TI SC, 32 GB Ram, i7 4.0ghz quad. I don't have time to try it on my other machines as I'm at home, but I've never had issues running any games from GameMaker Studio before. Very odd as the music is playing normally... ?

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Choo Wagga Choo Choo

2,529

June 05, 2019 04:52 AM

Okay, I was able to reproduce that behavior by switching difficulty. So, confirmed. (win7)

r1ckparker

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June 05, 2019 12:41 PM

Thanks for the updates, not sure what's going on with the speed issues. I will try and recompile it and change some of the settings in Game Maker.

r1ckparker

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Author

June 05, 2019 07:53 PM

I've updated the game to 1.3 could you try it again for me please? I've changed some of the settings but it runs OK on my system so I don't know if it will make any difference.

Thank yoU!

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