06-03-2009, 09:40 PM
Great to hear you're looking forward to it. I'm looking forward to finally releasing it (once ready) -- it's been in development for about 2 years now!
You're right about there being some much better shooters on the Windows side than for the Mac, and I'm hoping Insectoid will remedy that. However, as polished as games like Star Defender are, I'm hoping Insectoid will still be even better in some ways. To me, Star Defender still has some gameplay problems that I don't care for: you lose your powerup weapons with each hit, meaning that if you end up getting hit several times on the higher levels, all your remaining lives are essentially worthless -- you might as well suicide repeatedly, because it's too hard to survive without a good weapon on those levels. Additionally, the gameplay just seems rather
I'm thinking I can safely say that Insectoid will be, hands-down, the BEST space shooter on the Mac. Period. And a pretty darn good competitor in the Windows crowd too. But maybe I'm biased. ;-)
If you are really looking forward to this game, feel free to contact me at vern AT actionsoft DOT com and request to be a beta tester. But I'm looking for people who actually like space shooters. Many Midnight Mansion fans will likely be uninterested, and that's fine.
You're right about there being some much better shooters on the Windows side than for the Mac, and I'm hoping Insectoid will remedy that. However, as polished as games like Star Defender are, I'm hoping Insectoid will still be even better in some ways. To me, Star Defender still has some gameplay problems that I don't care for: you lose your powerup weapons with each hit, meaning that if you end up getting hit several times on the higher levels, all your remaining lives are essentially worthless -- you might as well suicide repeatedly, because it's too hard to survive without a good weapon on those levels. Additionally, the gameplay just seems rather
slow-pacedto me compared to Insectoid's.
I'm thinking I can safely say that Insectoid will be, hands-down, the BEST space shooter on the Mac. Period. And a pretty darn good competitor in the Windows crowd too. But maybe I'm biased. ;-)
If you are really looking forward to this game, feel free to contact me at vern AT actionsoft DOT com and request to be a beta tester. But I'm looking for people who actually like space shooters. Many Midnight Mansion fans will likely be uninterested, and that's fine.