Spaceships (Reverse Asteroid)

(spaceships.treybastian.com)

173 points | by zdw 4 days ago

14 comments

  • zargon 1 hour ago
    Fun for about 5 minutes but screeches to a halt when ships start to teleport. Only takes a few minutes to be able to get to wave 12 and then there's no progress after that.
  • dgently7 4 hours ago
    unlike regular asteroids where you can keep track of your ship bc you only have to follow one object around the screen and you control it it seems like the hardest part of this game is finding the ships. esp. when they star to be multiple shapes. it would lightly break the vibe but making the ships a different color would help a lot.
    • blueaquilae 1 hour ago
      Second that. Colors is a requirement. Yet I loved the concept.
  • p2detar 16 minutes ago
    Neat game! I managed to get to level 11 but got beat up.

    There can be a set of really cool things one can do with Asteroids. Some years ago I made a game which is a mix of Asteroids+Bomberman+Pacman.

    https://kenamick.itch.io/spaceghost-cga

  • tommica 29 minutes ago
    Oh this is a fun game! Just keep moving the asteroids non-stop, that way you can catch them when they spawn
  • dimond 29 minutes ago
    Great Game! I think we'd all have an easier time with color added, which is why this game is challenging in a good way. Side-note: I beat 9th place globally! Let's go.
  • fercircularbuf 4 hours ago
    Nice. This makes me want to play a number of games as the bad guy.
    • appplication 3 hours ago
      Space invaders but you’re the invaders would be fun. And I have to assume it’s already been done.

      On a different note, Rampage was a great game where you’re the bad guy. I had a blast playing this as a kid.

      • invader 10 minutes ago
        Yes, like Destroy All Humans, Alien Hominid... Not arcades, though.
    • thih9 1 hour ago
      You likely know this but in case not: Dungeon Keeper series.
    • pmontra 1 hour ago
      The Wizard of Yendor.
      • fho 59 minutes ago
        Rogue Like Celebration is _now_. Great video coverage on YouTube
    • dgently7 4 hours ago
      agree there are probably a bunch that would be fun. packman, play as a ghost and need to multi task to get all the ghosts in a spot to trap pacman

      donkey kong, play as donkey and try to time barrel throws to hit mario

      galaga, play as the fleet, control left right of the whole fleet and have the 3-4 different "attacks" you could send out.

      • razorbeamz 15 minutes ago
        Nintendo and Namco made a multiplayer Pac-Man for GameCube where three players play as ghosts on Game Boy Advances and can see the whole map, while one player plays as Pac-Man with a limited view.
    • itomato 4 hours ago
      Mr. Don’t? “Centimpede”
  • Morromist 4 hours ago
    Its a fun game! The only thing I would add is the ability to see the players cry and lose their quarters after you smash their ship.
  • Founderarcstone 2 hours ago
    Really awesome this makes me want to play old school games
  • jasonjmcghee 4 hours ago
    Fun twist on the game!

    I didn't play for too long, but I just clicked between the ship and asteroids and near-instantly destroyed it, quickly passing the waves I played.

    Is there difficulty ramp later on?

    • baruz 4 hours ago
      The number of ships increases, and then the speed, and then the accuracy with which they fire. The gravity generator seems slower to recharge, and the asteroids are slower to generate, or that may be subjective.
      • baruz 1 hour ago
        Different ships that can survive and bounce on slower or glancing hits, shields, more maneuverable saucer ships. Wave fifteen the ships reload and fire really rapidly, decimated a crowded field in seconds.
      • baruz 4 hours ago
        Around wave ten, I think the ships can teleport.
    • Brian_K_White 4 hours ago
      yes
  • astero1dz 3 hours ago
    Here's another great interpretation of "reverse Asteroids" from the JS13K comp in 2015: https://js13kgames.com/games/behind-asteroids-the-dark-side (Hi greweb!)
  • linsomniac 4 hours ago
    I did a "Asteroid as an FPS" a couple months ago, play it here: https://linsomniac.github.io/roidbelt/
    • keyle 3 hours ago
      The silly part is that you end up just looking at the radar and playing regular Asteroid anyway
    • BobbyTables2 4 hours ago
      That’s really cool! Neat cross of the old tank game with the wireframe graphics and asteroids!
      • vibrio 4 hours ago
        Batttlezone was the tank game.
        • senectus1 3 hours ago
          man, I loved that game.
    • natnatenathan 4 hours ago
      it's beautiful, well done!
  • jmspring 4 hours ago
    Nicely done. Took a minute to figure out.
  • andsoitis 4 hours ago
    Feature request: support LRUD.
  • senectus1 3 hours ago
    oh i really like this idea. very cool