LittleBear says: It's six-dozen of one, half the other.09.04.06
Eridani
I found Eridani through HappyCat’s .sig at Shmup Dev, and it’s a fun, solid shmup. Games tend to feel either smooth and in control, or flakey, much like a car on the highway. This game just feels “well done”. Nothing new, but what it does it does right.
The levels are short, maybe 4-5 waves of 6 or so aliens each. You power-up automatically as you progress, getting 3, 4, or 5-way shots, homing missiles, maybe more. Enemies are varied, with a nicely graded difficulty curve. Graphics are pretty good to, a nice blend of backgrounds and Tron-like glowing vectors. And there are bosses to fight. Play is sort of Galaga in that there’s no visible scrolling, but like Galaga the enemies come to you and start firing away.
Some games capture my interest more than others, such is the case for Eridani. I like it, it’s a great bit of fun.
tim w. said,
April 9, 2006 at 10:23 am
excellent game. i’m still waiting for happycat to update it though.
HappyCat said,
April 11, 2006 at 12:47 am
Thanks for the comments guys.
I’m still working away on the game, though things have been progressing rather slowly recently. I’ll get there though