Last Vector Out

An Asteroids-type game with a twist: each time you wrap around the level, your spaceship and its weapon changes.

One game takes up to a few minutes. 

Will you rack up a million points? My 10 y/o did :)

KNOWN ISSUES:

- If the keyboard does not work, click anywhere in the game window first

- If the gamepad does not work, try unplugging and plugging it again, or switch it to a different USB port

CONTROLS:

Move: ASWD / arrow keys / Gamepad left stick / Gamepad directional keys

Shoot: Spacebar / Gamepad A Button

WHY I MADE THE GAME

Asteroids was created by Lyle Rains and Ed Logg in 1979.

It had this cool feature that your spaceship would wrap around the level: exit through the top, emerge from the bottom, and so on.

I thought it might be interesting to use this wrapping not only as movement but also as controls: going out the level on the left would be similar to pressing Left on the Dpad in another game. In this case, swapping spaceships.

It didn't work: playtesters never remembered which direction was for which ship. On the contrary, they associated the 'Right' ship with the left direction, because that's where it would emerge from.

Because of the tutorials in this first iteration, the spaceships all have names. They are Galaga, Cyclops, Pipistrelle and Juggernaut. But since I'm no longer trying to teach the player which direction is associated with which ship, the names are no longer used in the game.

In the final game, the game just goes through a looping sequence of the 4 different spaceships. It's not the starting point of the project but it's still pretty cool. :)

CREDITS

Created by Eddy Leja-Six

Made on Construct 3 in about a week (lots of iteration through playtests!)

Relentless playtests and brutally honest feedback by my kids and friends

Music by Eric Matyas www.soundimage.org

Visual assets by kenney.nl, craftpix.net,  ducvu.gumroad.com/l/yrryu, graphicriver.net/user/neogeo37 & lazy-nomad-31.itch.io

Construct 3 Trail add-on by patreon.com/skymen

Sounds by heltonyan.itch.io/pixelcombat & gamesupply.itch.io

Font 'Bebas Neue' by Ryoichi Tsunekawa