Theta in action

June 16, 2009 by Owen
Filed under: development, games, shmup 

Here is a video of the first few levels of theta.

Launch the game via webstart.

weekend theta updates

May 31, 2009 by Owen
Filed under: development, games, shmup 

This weekend I’ve made some updates to theta:

  • Tweaked enemy explosions
  • Fixed the aliasing in the player graphic
  • Played around with enemy shot patterns, making boss enemies harder but normal enemies a bit easier

Screenshots, click to enlarge:

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As always, you can launch the game via webstart.

theta updates

May 25, 2009 by Owen
Filed under: development, games, shmup 

A couple of small updates to theta today.  This game originated from a vertical shmup challenge so had a few restrictions and was fairly light on content.  I like the game, so I plan to expand on it more over the coming months.

  • Allowed the player to shoot in all directions.
  • Tweaked the enemies straight shot.

As always, you can launch the game via webstart here.

In the future I plan to add much content to the game:

  • More levels
  • More enemies and more variety between them
  • Some player powerups
  • More music
  • Some visually interesting backgrounds