




Update to v0.2.9
[ 2021-01-09 00:00:02 CET ] [ Original post ]
Responding to User Feedback, I have added some UI goodness to the game and I have continued to implement new powerups. I think you're gonna like this update!
- Some folks wanted a way to better visualize the motion of the ship, as it seemed disorienting to them to have the ship not appear to move when they used their thrusters. In response to this need, I have added a light green grid to the game, which indicates the motion of the player against a fixed coordinate system. Some people will like this, others will hate it, which is why you can go into the Options menu and turn it on or off as you choose.
- The size of the scanner view in the game can also now be tweaked from the options menu.
- I have added a new powerup called DOUBLE SHOTS. It's just what it says: it gives your ship two shots where you previously only had one. Unlike its cousin TRIPLE SHOTS, this one will not be time-limited, and if you stack 4 of these on a single ship, then all your subsequent ships will have this powerup.
- Finally, I'm very excited about another new powerup, called TIME WARP. When you pick this one up, you can change the rate at which time passes based on your speed relative to the point at which you picked up the powerup. You can't stop time altogether, though, and if you speed up fast enough, you can make time move faster than it normally does! - I don't think a lot of you will want to do that. Be careful about collisions, they do have a habit of imparting some impulse to your ship...
[ 2021-01-09 00:00:02 CET ] [ Original post ]
Rockjack
Man Cave Entertainment
Developer
Man Cave Entertainment
Publisher
2020-11-19
Release
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🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🕹️ Partial Controller Support
🕹️ Partial Controller Support
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ROCKJACK is a new space shooter inspired by the classic ASTEROIDS from 1979, as well as other games in the genre, all given a modern refresh. Fast, fluid, immersive gameplay is our primary goal in creating ROCKJACK!
You're a gig worker in the distant future, scrounging a living as best you can on the interstellar frontier. Short on funds, you've decided to become a ROCKJACK - and signed a contract with the GOX CORPORATION to venture out into the asteroid fields of deep space to mine for valuable resources! Your job will be to harvest those rocks and not get killed in the process. Ancient seeker mines and alien marauders haunt the asteroids and will try to stop you! And if the asteroids don't crush you, or the aliens vaporize you, the interest payments might bury you anyway...
You're a gig worker in the distant future, scrounging a living as best you can on the interstellar frontier. Short on funds, you've decided to become a ROCKJACK - and signed a contract with the GOX CORPORATION to venture out into the asteroid fields of deep space to mine for valuable resources! Your job will be to harvest those rocks and not get killed in the process. Ancient seeker mines and alien marauders haunt the asteroids and will try to stop you! And if the asteroids don't crush you, or the aliens vaporize you, the interest payments might bury you anyway...
- Classic Arcade Action updated with modern graphics!
- Six different types of asteroids to harvest!
- Three different types of enemies to get in your way! (More on the way!)
- Eighteen different types of powerups to enhance your asteroid-hunting experience! (More on the way!)
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- OS: Any
- Processor: 2 GHzMemory: 2 GB RAM
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 560Sound Card: Any
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