Flatshot - A bullet hell with minimal aesthetics - Now on Greenlight

Flatshot - A bullet hell with minimal aesthetics - Now on Greenlight

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 Hello Open Game Art!

I would like to show off Flatshot, a shmup with minimalist flat aesthetics.

It is made with the Rosalila Shooter Engine, a free as in freedom LGPL licensed engine for shoot 'em ups that we started developing a couple years ago.

We currently have a downloadable demo and a greenlight campaign.

All assets are grouped on an Open Game Art Collection that contains Graphics, SFXs and Music made with Free Software (Inkscape, LMMS, Audacity, BFXR).

 

  • Keyboard and Gamepad support
  • Available on Linux, OS X and Windows
  • Free to play, pay for Steam features
  • Free as in freedom (LGPL license)
  • Continuous boss fights
  • Minimalist flat design
  • Random generated backgrounds
  • Engaging soundtrack
  • Diverse, unique and challenging boss attack patterns
  • Interactive tutorial and training
  • Deep and simple core mechanics

   Game mechanics With only 8 directional movement and a a single action button we achieved a deep gameplay experience:[list]

  • Proximity damage multiplier: The closer you get, the harder you hit.
  • Charge attack: Stop shooting to charge, shoot to unleash the an attack that cleans bullets in it's way.
  • Parry: Press the shoot button right before getting hit to parry.
  • Parry dash: After a successful parry, keep pressed shoot button for a short invulnerability time and speed boost.
  • Damage proration: On hit, the player activates a shield that lowers the next hits damage.[/list]

  Graphics We created a visually pleasing look inspired by flat principles. 

  • No HUD: We replaced the traditional HUD by other indicators such as screen shakes, sound effects, color effects. Now the player will be more focused on the fast peaced action.
  • Random generated backgrounds: Every time the game starts a new background will be generated. All backgrounds are carefully designed with colors and shapes that will surprise the player senses every time.[/list]

 Music The music strings along the gameplay boosting an action packaged atmosphere. Be ready for Adrenaline fuel, Trance and Stress. Check out our Collection.    

  If you like the game please help us by voting on Greenlight and all your feedback will be highly appreciated.

  

Check out our Development Journal and Press Kit at our Blog for more information. Thanks for reading!