OVERDRIVE
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
A bullet hell shooter where you and your enemies' actions are joined with the beat. It was made in 48 hours for the GMTK 2021 Game Jam. The game was entirely made from scratch, with original art and music.
Fight on 8 different planets, and acquire new spaceships and skills to defeat all enemies and bosses. Can you conquer this groovy bullet hell?
Let us know what you think!
In space, no one can hear you scream. But everyone can hear the beat!
Credits:
- PocketMage: Art
- Fervg: Music
- Lynnlo: Programming
Thanks for playing! <3
Download
Install instructions
Unzip and enjoy.
For Windows: Extract files and run as administrator.
For macOS: Control-click on the app and select Open from the pop-up window. If there are performance issues, right-click, select "Get Info" and then enable "Open in Low Resolution".
Comments
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I really liked the concept that you wrote in the game description but it seems like there are no enemies appearing. I tried the Linux version and then the Windows version via Wine. Let me know if there’s anything I can do about this. I hope you’ll get to update the game after the jam. :)
We are happy you found the concept interesting! Enemy spawning is random around the player and has no current known issues. There are also no known issues with the Linux version.
If you were playing the tutorial level there is a single harmless enemy that you need to find and defeat to progress (usually spawns behind the player - towards to bottom of the screen). From there, the number and distribution is random.
I hope you'll have fun playing our little game! :D
I really like the art style of your ships; they remind me a lot of old school elite.
The concept of having all ships shoot on the beat is really cool. I think you could definitely create a really interesting bullet hell shooter with this mechanic.
I found the controls a bit unintuitive but after playing it for a bit I realized it was mostly because the ship would move past my cursor and cause the ship to turn, but that would probably be a quick fix by max the direction relative to the screen center instead of the ship.
Thanks a lot for the comments! We had a lot of fun experimenting with the old-school / neon / vaporwave artstyle.
Movement is a bit quirky, indeed. It was intended to give a slightly realistic loss of drag feel to movement, but it seems most players enjoy a finer more direct control of their ship, myself included!
We are extremely happy you enjoyed it! We’ll try to update the game after the jam ends!