This is a submission to Playtest & Feedback Exchange Jam

If after hitting "Play" nothing happens, the game is loading assets. It's not broken ðŸ˜‰

What is this game?

ZWR is a classic twin stick shooter in its core. It will test your reaction and precision skills for sure but not only. Figure out which weapons work better against particular enemies. Develop your own play style while climbing the tech tree.

Is it hard?

Expect challenge! But there's also an option to lower the difficulty if you're more of a chill player.

But is there a tutorial?

Yes! The game explains how to play it pretty thoroughly. But you can always skip the tutorial at any moment.

Enjoyed playing?

- Leave a comment!
- Leave a rating!
- Play some more!

This will mean the world!

Controls

WASD  - basic movement
RMB/Shift - boost movement (fast move forward only)
LMB - shoot (who would expect)
Space - trigger the next wave (after you delt with the previous one)
F - interact with the shop and upgrades
1-2-3  - choose a weapon (if you unlocked it in the shop)
E/Q - next/previous weapon


Music by  One Man Symphony (Colateral Damage pack, license)

More information
Updated 5 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
AuthorAlexOnTheMoon
GenreAction, Shooter
Tags2D, Difficult, Space, Twin Stick Shooter

Development log

Comments

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C'mon Betsy56 days ago

Hey awesome game! Had a lot fun playing it. I think I died with 7 remaining? 

I like having the limited ammo, and the store/upgrades were pretty unique!

One thing I would love is if you could boost via Shift, a little tough playing on a trackpad otherwise. Also I must have paused via P, and unpaused via Esc - but it doesn't remove the tutorial text! Ha I was so confused trying to remove it. 

Great job!

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AlexOnTheMoon56 days ago

Thanks for playing! Good point about playing with a trackpad - I actually was struggling with it too XD

Thanks for pointing out the ESC bug too

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Bumblebee72 days ago

Love the game! Need some time to get used to the weapons. There is a challenge, especially towards the end when you need to balance between buying weapons or heal.

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SpongeOpp80 days ago

-Everything written here has some amount of bias from me-

I got through a few rounds, I thought it was kind of fun. One game it really reminds me of is geometry wars. I really liked that game, so that nostalgia might score bonus points for some people.

  • The weapons felt good, but some of them didn't work properly, so that was a little annoying. I think it was the sniper(Not sure) that just didn't work. I tried to replicate this on a separate instance, but I couldn't figure what happened.
  • The difficulty scale is a little weird, I thought that it should be more linear.
  • The enemies and their AI felt a little basic, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing. 
  • If you made the map more interesting, I would enjoy this more. If you had blockers, that could slow down the AI and make the game a little easier. That's just preference tho
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AlexOnTheMoon80 days ago(+1)

Thank you for playing and for your feedback!

What exactly happen with sniper weapon? Did it shoot but not making contact with enemies?

Adding full solid obstacles would add a whole new layer of complexity into enemies ai. I deliberately choose not to add them to cut through basics faster. But perhaps adding blockers only for bullets would make gameplay more interesting. I'll experiment with that if I have time! 

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SpongeOpp80 days ago

The sniper weapon just wouldn’t fire, and it only happened one instance of the game. Also yeah the blockers for the bullets was kinda what I was thinking. Purely just food for thought since your probably working on other aspects.

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electrifiedSquid80 days ago

Hello, i tested it for a few rounds and thats my first impression so far on whats there:

Its solid, but the last 2 rounds are pretty hard since they swarm you from all sides and you don't get room to breathe.

The Sniper is really good early when there are only the big ones

The Scatter is great for the small ones

I didn't like using the Pulse, not enough room for that in my opinion. Sniper one shots and Scatter kills the small ones really well.

The switching Weapon with Q/E works, but it does not work with 1-3

Also the small ones are pretty op :D

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AlexOnTheMoon80 days ago

Thank you for playing!

Well, all your feedback pretty much maps into how I felt about this build - I appreciate it!

Yeah, the Scatter is intended to be the anti-swarm weapon. Great to know I hit the right point

Huh, ok I guess I need to rework the pulse. Or maybe not, it's supposed to be the default starting weapon

Yes, for some reason 1-3 don't work in web build. I'll fix it in future versions

Would you like to try new builds?

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electrifiedSquid80 days ago

Hello, sure i can test your builds, though i'm not big into twin shooters (actually not at all).

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