AnalogKid Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 (edited) Just in time for the holidays, something new to play. This game was inspired by a game from 1980 called Space Zap with a touch of Star Castle thrown in to the mix and a hint of Asteroids to finish it off. Like my Asteroids port it's meant to be vector-ish and I was going for an early 80's retro look and feel. Left and right stick rotate your cannon around the base, the left button fires plasma bursts and the right button slows down the rotation for more accurate aiming. The space station's shields auto-regenerate over time but in an emergency you can give them a boost with any key on the pad, other than pause. The demo lets you play the first round of the game. https://www.dropbox.com/s/vo0jg2ezqlkgfbz/DeepSpaceSwarm.rom?dl=1 https://youtu.be/LdeXp_ZQNfw Edited December 24, 2021 by AnalogKid added link to video 9 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+5-11under Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 This is fun! Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phattyboombatty Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 (edited) Really cool game! I like the similarities to Star Castle and Asteroids, but with a distinctive twist. Thanks for sharing! Edited December 24, 2021 by phattyboombatty 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cjherr Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Very nice! Looking forward to seeing how it progresses. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Haven't played the demo yet, but watched the YT video. Love the look of this game, great graphics, animation and sounds. Really looking forward to seeing how this develops but so far it looks fantastic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thevnaguy Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 This game is so cool!!! love it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLic0ne t0aD Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Thanks for sharing! ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
128Kgames Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 3 hours ago, AnalogKid said: Just in time for the holidays, something new to play. This game was inspired by a game from 1980 called Space Zap with a touch of Star Castle thrown in to the mix and a hint of Asteroids to finish it off. Like my Asteroids port it's meant to be vector-ish and I was going for an early 80's retro look and feel. Left and right stick rotate your cannon around the base, the left button fires plasma bursts and the right button slows down the rotation for more accurate aiming. The space station's shields auto-regenerate over time but in an emergency you can give them a boost with any key on the pad, other than pause. The demo lets you play the first round of the game. https://www.dropbox.com/s/vo0jg2ezqlkgfbz/DeepSpaceSwarm.rom?dl=1 https://youtu.be/LdeXp_ZQNfw Very cool, watched the video on YouTube. I used to play the heck out of Space Fortress aka Space Zap on my Astrocade back in the day, crazy game! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 This looks really good! Thank you! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyzzle Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Very neat, with great gameplay! Thanks for giving us a demo to play! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZillaRUSH Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 GOTY Candidate!! Awesome, thanks. Cant wait for the cart to be available. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassicReplay Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Graphically not the strongest, but the idea seems sound, plus looks to be very addictive. I'm definitely interested, especially how it plays out and variety between stages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bhall408 Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 Has a nice color vector feel to it - especially in Argon. The "Wave Complete" sound is nice... Looking forward to the next rev! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bhall408 Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 ps- Perhaps change the title of this post to the name of the game? (Deep Space Swarm?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPR Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 I know you got wrapped up in Robotron, but what is the status of this game? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 On 12/24/2021 at 10:28 AM, AnalogKid said: Like my Asteroids port Is their a rom available for your Asteroids port? Never mind, I found it. Thank you for sharing your game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGHMW Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Kinda like the reverse of Star Castle, in which YOU, are defending the castle against enemy fire as opposed to firing away at it. BTW, I really dig Astrostorm and Deep Space Swarm, definitely top notch!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masteries Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Great funny game! Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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