This is the first game that I have made for myself in a long time. I’ve wanted to do this for months, but time and finances just never gave me the shot. Finally I found two weeks to spend twenty hours a day to give you Insanity! An endless space shooter that highlights some of the features I plan to use in an upcoming title.
A week ago
In Insanity! You pilot a familiar looking ship through a narrow corridor of space that seems to be filled with every badguy and asteroid in the universe. As you hold out against the waves random rewards are spawned that will refill your missiles, repair your hull, and most importantly, give you research points to be used to buy upgrades. New upgrades turn your linear firing photons into super powerful hunter seekers or phasers into huge wave beams that vaporize enemies on site. New shields that recharge faster and repair crews don’t hurt either.
The game only has one level right now and is only on the android and amazon markets. Insanity! Is on its way to the Apple store, though. Over the next few weeks I’ll be adding new levels, upgrades, ships, badguys and more content in general.
Like I said Insanity has been a great learning experience, but it’s only the beginning.
Insanity! Is stage one for my dream to build a 2D spaceship adventure game. Imagine a Metroid style game but played out in a raggedy old starship that you repair, upgrade, and engineer into a powerful warship.
The game will be structured around levels that simulate an open world that you can explore over and over. Random events, or events that you set into motion, will make every new adventure unique.
Respect.