It Never Ends Demo 9: The Quest for Feedback

Demo 9 of my game, It Never Ends, is up:

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If I can make it happen, It Never Ends will be a shoot'em up with evolving enemies. I grew up playing games that were based on patterns. Since then, I've noticed that most game AI's still use patterns which we then learn, and exploit. In INE, the aliens are redesigned, physically and strategically to provide a fresh experience with each set of 10 waves.

Since this process is entirely random, you don't know what you will get. Sometimes, the enemies are pathetic. Sometimes they are frightening.

I'm not looking to make the next Angry Birds, but hopefully, I can make a game with some replay value when someone has 20 minutes to kill.

Please send me feedback. If you are also a game designer, send me a link to your work, and I will provide you with feedback on your project first as payment.

Thanks.

Thanks for the encouragement. It means a lot. It sounds like you encountered aliens with the Illusion special ability; player blasts go straight through them. You have to destroy the real ship.

I think you're right, Jacob. I'll tinker with the hologram's transparency a little.

When Macca02 commented on this, I later considered having it flicker only when shot. Perhaps I will do both now.

Thanks to both of you.

Demo 10 is up at my site:

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I have addressed some suggestions made in this forum. If I did not implement your suggestion in this demo, it does not mean that it was ignored. I may not have had time to make the change, or I'm waiting for more feedback to match yours.

As always, your feedback is valued, and the favor will be returned!

Demo 12 is now available. Although there were many changes listed on my site, the biggest change is the removal of the energy system. People hated energy management, so it's gone. The end result has made the game easier.

So, naturally, I had to give the aliens a boost.

Naturally, this most likely means that I ruined whatever game balance I had worked on before.

Help? I need to know how difficult the game is. Remember your special ability choices. Worse comes to worse, you can use a nuke to wipe them all out and force them to mutate. The other specials have been modified as well.... oh, and there's a repair bot now too.

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Unfortunately, I wasn't able to clean up the text screens. I tried, but the resolution is making things difficult. I tried using in game text, and graphics, but it all looks the same: horrible. Remember, this is meant for the iPhone, so I hope that explains my problem.

Thanks for reading, and remember, if you're looking for someone to test your game, just let me know.