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It would be cool if at the end of a run you'd get a credits sequence of the enemies and bosses you met on the way that showed their names.
every name should be a pun of varying subtlety, for maximum japes
guess ill be the only one to find that age gap gross
Star Signal is a game about a fluffy-looking rabbit-type thing named 144 who is sent to a distant star following a distress signal from the remote research colony, White Planet. it’s a metroid-type where all you need to get where you need to go is the right gun, the right attitude, and to take detours every thirty minutes or so because you wasted bullets on thin air again and you need to find more ammo and oops you’re lost.
guns in Star Signal are less out-and-out 'weapons' and more like a means to an end: most guns have the capacity to affect your mobility by using the recoil to help you jump, pushing you around with their explosions, or doing things like putting nails in walls to be used as platforms and thus even when you're not shooting things that want to kill you you're chewing through ammo. and when ammo runs dry, you Ping to find more, emitting a signal through your head-mounted antennae that can reveal hidden objects, interact with the environment, or discover secrets to make exploring White Planet that much easier
as of right now i'm running the whole show; i'm doing the sprite art, sound design (but i guess not music design) (what i've got now are placeholders, cheerfully stolen from kero blaster), writing, programming, the works. hopefully as the game gets going (i'm pursuing funding now) i can hire part-timers to help take the edge off things but right now i'm limited by how much i can do personally
here's a list of things i already have planned:
• controller support
• making it easier to shoot downward while also moving forward
• making the prohibitory-sign instant-death-murder-blocks less common in the game proper and replacing them with transitions to other rooms
• an actual metroidvania-like level layout instead of the linear prototype layout
• aaaaand that's it
i've just released an early prototype on gamejolt that you can play now that showcases some of the early-game weapons, the writing style, some simple challenges and a couple fun secrets. i think what i need right now is feedback, and maybe a little brainstorming is in order
Play Star Signal 144 (January 25 Prototype) on Game Jolt
