Game News Das Geisterschiff Released

[lightbane]

A bit late answering, but I was busy:

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These are clearly German words! So, when does the firing begin?

Now seriously, why can't I just punch the doors instead of smashing them and damage the mech? Is this a Zaku simulator? It would explain a lot. I'll wait for the updated demo and see if the improvements are noticeable.

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

So, when does the firing begin?

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Now seriously, why can't I just punch the doors instead of smashing them and damage the mech?

That's by design. If you could mindlessly punch everything, that would destroy half of the resource management.

 

[Ice Cream Jonsey]

Love the aesthetic, like Wizardry meets Battlezone. Bought it off itch, good luck with sales, man.

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

Love the aesthetic, like Wizardry meets Battlezone. Bought it off itch, good luck with sales, man.

Thanks man, appreciated.
I hope you'll enjoy it.

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Wizardry meets Battlezone... now that's an interesting idea!

 

[Deuce Traveler]

I played through the demo. Some comments:

- The Linux release of the game runs beautifully on Linux Mint. This might not be a surprise to others, but most games are made to run on Linux Ubuntu. I have no problem running Steam games on Linux Mint, but I've struggled getting to run a few Linux GOG games.

- I lived in Germany for a few years, so I recognized some of the German signs, but I'm still very glad that analyzing them gives me an English translation.

- The wire-frame graphics take some time to become familiar. More descriptive text would be welcome, even if that text would be something simple such as:
"You see a wall."
-or even-
"There is a computer here.
You see a wall."

- Combat is pretty simple. I depended on the sub-machine gun at first, but switched to the assault rifle against a tougher opponent. Mines were trickier for me, but that's my fault for not taking my time and hitting the forward key too quickly. Once I took my time, I disarmed most of them and only had one blow up in my face from a failed attempt.

- I noticed the mini-map revealed places for rooms I hadn't even entered yet, which confused me at first. Is there a way to access a larger map? If not, I think this is the kind of game that would benefit players who like to make their own maps.

- I encountered no errors or bugs. This game was coded pretty well from what I can see. A very nice program you have here.

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

Thanks for the kind comments, mate.

The wire-frame graphics take some time to become familiar. More descriptive text would be welcome

That's a good suggestion. I wouldn't mind doing some minor enhancements like this once I'm done ironing out the remaining issues (also Ninjerk suggested that a while ago, so it's definitely on my todo list).

Is there a way to access a larger map? If not, I think this is the kind of game that would benefit players who like to make their own maps.

There is no way to access a larger map -- I kept the minimap as means to track enemy movement and surroundings within a very short radius. Since the size of ingame areas is rather small due to hardware limitations I had, adding a map would feel like dumbing down a game that's already rather short & simple.

I encountered no errors or bugs. This game was coded pretty well from what I can see. A very nice program you have here.

That's very nice to hear, because this is my first real experience with programming.

 

[Roqua]

I would say that finally something that looks like a proper blobber has been release

So now LoX and SP games are blobbers? Where do you guys come up with this stuff?

 

[thesheeep]

zwanzig_zwoelf If you have a linux version (and looking at the itch.io site it looks like you do), write to the nice people at https://www.gamingonlinux.com, they do not cover EVERY game of course, but yours is almost certain to get a few looks

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

zwanzig_zwoelf If you have a linux version (and looking at the itch.io site it looks like you do), write to the nice people at https://www.gamingonlinux.com, they do not cover EVERY game of course, but yours is almost certain to get a few looks

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll release v1.0.2 soon (which should potentially fix a few issues found reported by a Debian user) and ping them.