NEURON
(or something)
Wait, what? Neuron is a space-ish shooter game reminiscent of Starfox 64. It's developed by ThinkInvisible.
It involves controlling a lone vehicle, as usual, driving through endless landscapes to destroy
as-of-yet-nameless enemies, as usual. Standard, run-of-the-mill game.
Except for the fact that it's in 3D.
Gameplay Mechanics In Neuron, the player controls a tank rolling across terrain and structures. It is capable of
jumping and changing its speed slightly. The player views it from behind and slightly above.
The player is capable of firing a laser turret mounted to the top of the ship. Holding down
the LEFT MOUSE BUTTON will charge the laser. The longer you charge it, the more shots it
will fire and the less accurate they will be, up to 10 shots.
Firing and jumping adds to the HEAT meter. The heat meter measures how close the tank's
internal workings are to magically turning into piles of slag. If the player fills the heat meter,
the ship will enter overheat mode. The player will be unable to fire or jump for several
precious seconds, and they will lose health too.
The HEALTH meter measures the tank's integrity. If it runs out the tank will fall apart.
The health meter is depleted by being hit by enemy fire or overheating.
Feature List- = Planned
~x% = Unfinished
X = Cancelled
* = Testing
! = Complete
Terrain ~20%
Random Generation * Random terrain.
Terrain Settings - Allow the player to change the terrain type.
Structures - Roads, buildings.
Terrain Features - Tunnels, cliffs.
Enemies ~20%
Multiple Enemy Types - Different abilities of enemy ships.
Dodging - Will swerve to avoid the player's fire.
Exploding Enemies ! Shields expand when near player, overloading.
Bosses - Larger ships that appear rarely.
Enemy Health ~10% Enemies will take multiple shots.
Follow Terrain - Enemies will glide over terrain.
Player Types ~10%
Tank ~80% A sturdy, ground-based tank.
Mech - A walking machine.
Speeder - A swift land vehicle.
Airship - A flying vehicle that uses gas to rise.
Hitbox Detection - What part of the player's vehicle did a laser hit?
Heli - A flying vehicle with rotors.
Shuttle - A flying vehicle with jets.
Announcer ~25% Voices.Beta TestingThe game's beta is available at
Dropbox.
