shmup ereader

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this vaguely reminds me of that game called lose/lose that was a shmup where each enemy represented a file on your computer, and if you killed it, the game deleted the file LOL
why shred when you can shmup?

vil i remain stoked for this idea and happy to play test!
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this vaguely reminds me of that game called lose/lose that was a shmup where each enemy represented a file on your computer, and if you killed it, the game deleted the file LOL
I forgot about lose/lose!

That was the Zach Gage thing, before he started making really weird versions of classic games, right?

Gosh, I wonder if there's a name for the kind of thing vil is making? Because I always kinda love when games touch external, non-game things
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this vaguely reminds me of that game called lose/lose that was a shmup where each enemy represented a file on your computer, and if you killed it, the game deleted the file LOL
that very much reminds me of a game where if i named it it would be major spoilers for three-quarters of the way in but iykyk
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this is a fascinating idea - I absolutely adore the checksum/hash of the file for leaderboards! would be excited to try this too when it comes out!
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this vaguely reminds me of that game called lose/lose that was a shmup where each enemy represented a file on your computer, and if you killed it, the game deleted the file LOL
that very much reminds me of a game where if i named it it would be major spoilers for three-quarters of the way in but iykyk
yesss! good game! i like how the creator of it is a regular at games done quick
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you've made a shmup ereader, but you should make it run on an ereader
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have made some progress

- letters shake when they are shot
- killed letters turn grey and lifeless and can be picked up by player
- player flashes red when hit by a letter
- primary shot is now a tri-shot
- tweaked a bunch of physics numbers and hitboxes so they feel better

i'm working on a hold-down-to-fire mode that slows you down but does a higher damage stream of :

i also spent part of a flight writing up a ton of dev/design notes for how the "action word" system will work / scoring.
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vilmibm
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oh i also learned about virtual resolution / setCanvas so the game can be resized.

one thing that's weird about this is that i'm literally printing glyphs as game objects. i want this because it'd be funny for the player to be able to pick their e-reading font. but it means that, well, my "sprites" are letters. that is limiting in some ways...
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.'| |__| _.---.._
< | .--. _ _.-' ''-. /\
| | | | .' '-,_.-' '''.
| | .'''-. | | ( _ . :
| |/.'''. \| | '._ .-' '-._ \ \- ---]
| / | || | '-.___.-') )..-'
| | | ||__| /\__ (_/mjp
| | | | .--.----' - \
| '. | '. / ) \___/
'---' '---' | '------.___)
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oh i also learned about virtual resolution / setCanvas so the game can be resized.

one thing that's weird about this is that i'm literally printing glyphs as game objects. i want this because it'd be funny for the player to be able to pick their e-reading font. but it means that, well, my "sprites" are letters. that is limiting in some ways...
hmm i definitely think you should prepackage some font to set as default, because otherwise idk how equal the checksum leaderboards would be if the hitboxes are different
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Per typeface leaderboards? "Oh ya nice Helvetica score, dork. Check out my Comic Sans :boogie: "
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