Frayspace

Impressive 2D space shooter. You can tell that a lot of love went into making this game. There are 8 ships each with different stats, 18 weapons with different mechanics, 8 powerups, several hazards, a bunch of maps and destructable terrain. There are also lots of options affecting gameplay or controls. [h2]Players[/h2] Single player vs AI with adjustable difficulty. Split screen: 2-4 local players + additional AI. (max 8 fighters) Shared screen: 1-8 local players in shared screen + additional AI. (max 8 fighters) [h2]Game modes:[/h2] [b]Deathmatch[/b] Score points by killing other players. Variations of Deathmatch: * Free for all * Teams (2 teams) * Last man standing * Team Last man standing [b]Capture the flag[/b] Score by capturing the other team's flag. Your own flag doesn't need to be returned in order to score. [b]Conquest[/b] Win by reducing the other team's tickets to 0. This is done by capturing zones and killing enemy players. [h2]Graphics:[/h2] Nice visuals and effects. Ability to remove parallax background effect. Ability to lower particles. [h2]Controls:[/h2] 2 control schemes: Twinstick and classic. There is a convenient toggle for left or right twinstick contols. Ability to rebind controls. Supports up to 8 controllers. Tested with 8 XBox controllers. [h2]Feedback suggestions[/h2] Ships: Several of the fighters look nearly identical. Consider differentiating them more (or removing some). Team color: When not in chaos mode it's sometimes hard to tell which team a fighter is on in the heat of battle. I know there is a trail and a color on the fighter and in chaos mode the player name is displayed in the team color. Consider enlarging the area on the ship that shows the team color. Maybe have a setting to always display the player name in split screen mode. Middle bar: It's full in the beginning and decreases during gameplay but doesn't seem to fill up. If this was explained in the tutorial I must have missed it. What does the bar indicate? Gamepad layout: Consider adding an image of the default gamepad layout. I played a long time without knowing I had to activate the power-up with A on the XBox controller. Darkness weapon: Consider limiting the use of the weapon that darkens the level. It can be abused by some trolling players and if it's used over a large area (at least in chaos mode) then the performance is heavliy impacted. FPS dropped from 60 to 24 and the lag was very noticeable. Suggestions that have been added in an update: * CTF and Conquer modes also for chaos mode (shared screen). [IMPLEMENTED] * Weapon readiness indicator: [IMPLEMENTED] [h2]Bugs[/h2] EDIT: Reported bugs have been fixed. Bugs encountered during 1 hour of testing: There were no crashes but: * 1 teleport didn't work on one of the maps. (It might be fixed. I haven't verified in the new build.) [strike]* In one of the rounds I couldn't control my ship but I could fire and throttle and I was auto-healing even though I was not in a safety zone. I'm not sure but it makes sense that I was shot out of a safety zone when this happened. * (1 spelling mistake. Renegerate -> Regenerate somewhere in the tutorial.) * Rumble is broken[/strike] Cool game! Nice work!

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Really fun and fast-paced space shooter!! I love the physics and the powerups! It feels so good to ram into someone and see them explode. The all-destructive map is also so satisfying!!! Would recommend!!! :D

A fun arena shooter with a destructible environment. Played in single player mode with AI bots and had a blast (pun intended)!

Works great!

Great little game especially for the price. Great for playing split screen with friends. My only negative comment is that it's really hard to tell which team is which in the game. There is an aura around each player, but it's subtle and when you're in the conquest zones it's nearly impossible to tell.