Hi pilots, long time not seen!
Since the last update, which was around December 2023, both the game engine and Steam did get a lot of patches and updates. Unfortunately, these changes do not bring greatness to old game, but rather bugs. Which is the case for Wings Of Bluestar.
For a solo indie developer like myself, 4 years is an eternity. Only big studios can afford patching and keeping games up to date for many years. However, I'm back and I'll be fixing the game. I spent the whole day trying to make the game launches on the newest game engine, which is the first step towards my goal.
The biggest bug the game encountered is the gamepads no longer supported. It wasn't my fault, but Steams. They included a new gamepads system, which broke the old one. But I fixed it.
Another major bug I did fix in this patch are the crushes on both stage 6 and stage 8.
Other bugs are fixed, like:
- The game exit message refusing to close.
- The game always selects player 1 despite player 2 being selected.
- And others I can't remember.
There are still a few minor bugs that I'll be slowly fixing. Yep, slowly, because I have two new games I'm working on. Like some broken achievements and some issues with occasional weird player respawns.
With that said, please let me know if there are still major and game breaking bugs, so I can take care of them. Those are my priority right now.
PS: if you liked Wings Of Bluestar, please make sure to check my newest shmup "Shockwave Triggers". A demo is already available on Steam. It's a vertical pixel art shmup. I do appreciate all types of support.
Wings Of Bluestar
Shinu Real Arts
Shinu Real Arts
2020-10-13
Indie Singleplayer Multiplayer Coop
Game News Posts 26
🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🎮 Full Controller Support
Positive
(42 reviews)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1088420 
Protect space against the last wave of an enemy that used to be mankind's ally: a mysterious intelligent artificial life form. Take control of enhanced trainee pilot Aya, or the mysterious veteran pilot Zarak and fight your way through waves of enemies in order to save mankind and to learn more about yourself and also about your enemy.
Wings Of Bluestar is a horizontal hand painted and frame by frame animated HD game, no photobashing, 3D nor pre-rendered assets are used. Every asset is hand crafted and detailed by the same artist, which gives the game its visual integrity.
Wings Of Bluestar is a shoot'em up game that takes the solid gameplay of horizontal arcade shmups and modernizes it for modern PC and consoles use. The game achieves this by adding a lot of features like HD graphics, trophies, a deep story mode that, under certain circumstances, offers dialog choices and therefore multiple endings, gamepads, keyboard and arcade stick support, a shop to unlock artworks, extra credits, sound test, extra game modes and more.
Gameplay-wise, the player has access to two ships (characters), each with its own control, weapon upgrades and scoring system. They also vary in speed, protection and fire power, so each player can find their own style.
Wings Of Bluestar is a hybrid between classic shoot'em ups and "bullet hells" (Danmaku's), so everyone can have their fun.
Despite the game being horizontal, it also has a lot of vertical scrolling as well, to add to the action.
In addition the essential modes like Arcade, local multiplayer, boss rush and training, Wings Of Bluestar adds an extra story mode, for players who want to get more into the story.
The Story Mode is played like short Visual Novel phases between stages. In those phases, the player will have to make dialog choices. And if some conditions are met, it can influence the story and lead to different endings.
- Single and local two players.
- Gamepad (Xbox 360, Xbox One, Dualshock 4), arcade stick and keyboard support, with a button mapping option.
- HD 2D hand painted visuals.
- Each ship has its own play style, weapon upgrade and scoring system.
- Hi-scoring system involves a risk vs reward approach.
- Huge bosses with varied attack patterns.
- 8 stages.
- A story mode in the style of a visual novel game that plays between stage/missions and, if certain conditions are met, offers dialog choices leading to different endings.
- In-game shop using in-game currency to unlock extra features.
- A gallery, featuring original artwork, concept art, and fanarts to unlock.
- A Boss Rush mode that lets you fight against bosses under a timer.
- Steam Trophies.
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