





Hey switchers & shooters!
Recently I've been collaborating with DSM Arcade to bring Switch 'N' Shoot to the barcades of Iowa in the form of an actual real coin-op arcade cabinet.
The project required some changes making to the game, and I decided it was time to do something I'd been wanting to do for a while:
A full code rewrite.
What you see in the gif above is the game running in 100% new code, and it's a heckuva lot more smooth than the previous version (you can't see the benefit in the gif which is capped at 25 FPS, but in-game it makes a world of difference and easily surpasses 60 FPS).
BORING TECHNICAL STUFF: The old codebase was created with a visual scripting plugin. It's a somewhat bloated middleware plugin, and I've learned a lot about coding in C Sharp since its messy beginnings. So now the game is coded fully in C Sharp and I've been able to get a lot closer to the nitty-gritty engine details to really optimise how it runs. The frame rate is a lot smoother as a result, and I've been able to fix a whole bunch of bugs that were gnawing at the back of my mind.
I hope you'll keep your eyes peeled for the update coming soon. I'm excited to get it out there but I need to make sure it's absolutely bug free before I do. I don't want to destroy the leaderboards you've all been blasting away at.
Some little things you can do to help me out in the mean time:
1. Leave a review on the store page.
2. Tell a friend about the game or gift them a copy.
It really does help a lot.
Thanks!
Matt
@crowbarska
[ 2018-04-03 16:28:52 CET ] [ Original post ]
🎮 Full Controller Support
- Switch 'N' Shoot - Linux [94.07 M]
Switch 'N' Shoot is an arcade shoot-em-up with a twist...
You only have one button which turns your ship and fires your guns at the same time.It's simple, fast, challenging and annoyingly addictive.
How many alien badbutts can you take out before you become stardust?
(Come on. Your friend only scored 7. You're at least a 12.)
FEATURES
- Save the world with just one button.
- Fail instantly. Retry even instantly-er.
- Upgrade your lasers and hyperdrive into oblivion.
- 8-bit pixel art & beautiful border illustration by Paul Duffield.
- Crunchy sounds and music.
- Palette swap to please your eyeballs.
- Silly random name generator.
HOW TO PLAY
- Press any button to SHOOT.
- Press any button to SWITCH direction.
- (yes, they are both tied to the same any button...)
- OS: Ubuntu 12.04 or later / SteamOS
- Processor: 1.6 GHzMemory: 1 GB RAM
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: A reasonably modern graphics card
- Storage: 148 MB available spaceAdditional Notes: Supports most input devices
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