https://thegacko.itch.io/gloopadoop1 How to PlayThe First (there may be more!) Gloopadoop Invasion is a retro arcade style shoot-em-up. You need to shoot the Gloopadoops and survive at least 10 waves and defeat the mastermind boss at the end.
NOTE: you can use a gamepad or controller also. Please do! If you get hit by an enemy or a bullet you will lose health. You have 5 health pips - don't lose them all! If all enemies are destroyed or have left the screen the next wave will start. There are 10 waves and then . . . well you will see. There is an Easy Mode if you are finding it difficult - keep trying the normal mode to improve your payback. Pickups, Missiles and SurprisesYou will occasionally get pickups floating down to you - This is Metal - It will heal one health pip - Metal Up! - and also immediately generate a Missile for you to fire. Your powerful prototype Earthship X36 can regenerate missiles roughly every 10 seconds - but you can only carry 5 missiles at a time as indicated at the bottom right - Fire a missile to do massive area effect damage! One wave you encounter may be a TIME VORTEX level - spinning you into the warp and slowing time. You will need to dodge slower bullets and move slower - Slower might seem easier but .. we will see .. we will see .. How to get PaybackYou need to deal as much payback (score) as possible to the invading Gloopadoops - this is how you can do that:
Your maximum payback will save - try to beat it again and again! Meet the GloopadoopsThere are many different kinds of Gloopadoops with different attacks and movements. Some are listed below with some hints.
CreditsThis game, art, sounds and weird music was put together by TheGacko (me) - my first game - Credit also goes to my daughter Cosima for naming the aliens! All code was hugely helped by the work of Krystian Majewski on Cherry Bomb as part of the Lazy Devs Shmup Tutorial on YouTube. Check it out below - seriously Krystian is a great teacher and anyone can learn to create a fun game such as this with a bit of effort. |