lol how do you fire your weapons or bombs ? xD

LOL nvm... XD

I would say ergonomically speaking having something like the space bar to fire would be better, but thats a minor thing, overall nice job ^,,^

You know what would be really cool?

If you added Sinistar to this.

As it is though, pretty awesome.

Not a bad idea for a next project. It'd need a furry twist to it, certainly.

HEEEEEELP! Gyroscope plz!!!

Eh? You spinning out of control?

Yeah, something like that
Anyway it's still good game for improving the movement reflexes too.

awesome stuff lyso /thumbs up

*laughs* Wow, now this takes me back in years.

I only gave it a quick once-over right now, but the game play seemed very smooth and the handling of the ship and weapons very easy to use. Again, I didn't play all that long so I can't say how the handling will be if the screen starts to get really busy, but I don't have any complaints.

It can support up to 50 asteroids at once without any significant slowdown. At least in the Flash authoring program. You may get more speed if it slows down by dropping the "quality" to fair on your flash player.

One more thing, do the letters look blocky and straight? They should (embedded font).

I thought the lettering looked fine. The font was clear for both the words and numbers.
As for the speed, it was all working perfectly so far at the high quality. I'm sure I won't survive long enough to see 50 asteroids on the screen at one time, so I'm not sure I'll ever have to worry about seeing what happens after that. ;)

Whoah, the difficulty ramps up pretty quickly! Only at level 2 and already I have to contend with hostile UFOs? Ouch.

Wait till the Seekers pop up! Scream then!

I got as far as level 5! Eventually got hounded to death by those little mini UFOs. My finger hurts from pounding the Z key, heh.

wow great work on this lyso, cant wait to see the next game you make ^_^ keep up with the awesome work

I might have believed you if you said this was your 5th game ever made! For a first game, this is incredibly well made! Apart from the asteroids not colliding with each other, its pretty much perfect. Nice job

Well I've made plenty of games, with Blitz3D language, so I have quite a bit of experience. Strictly a hobby.
It was quite a jump, however, to Flash's ActionScript.

ooo this is nicely done

ahhhhh astroids is one of my favorites!

...woah that bomb is more like a suicide bomb isn't it?

Should I scale down the Super Bomb then?

nah then it won't be Nintendo hard ;)

in fact you need to add some suprise at the end, like a huge ufo that shoots in all dirrections or uses 3 of those bombs... or maybe after you get to the last level you have to start over then fight a BIGGER boss at the end before getting a blue screen with a bad english, something like "You is Congratulation"

Or how about WINNER IS YOU

well yeah but I was trying to be origional hehe

IMO, the game itself is better than the original Asteroids. My only major beef with it is the explosion radius of the super bomb takes up 75% of the screen. I would say to limit the amount of bullets able to be fired, but since everything takes multiple hits to destroy, it balances out. Overall, good work.

It was too frustrating with limited bullets (I tried it). Think I should scale down the Super Bomb explosion, then?

Wow awesome, I wish I could do something like this with Flash too... but I just started to learn a few stupid things... I have no idea with action scripts and such...

It's worth it. I don't know if you have a lot of experience with programming.
I had to undo some old habits :)

I can help you out if you want. I saw your post on doing the character info thing with Flash.

Thanks, but I think I know enough for doing this because there are just buttons lol but if I have a question I'll ask you ^-^ thanks again

Can't wait to see how it turns out!

YES!!!this takes me back to the days when i was filling diapers LUL

eheheh,very nice work Lyso :D

WOw fuggin old school man! Nice job, honestly its less vexing than the original Asteroids, now ya gotta add the pointless space alphabet blocks from Asteroids 2. And more ships >:3

Really tho, excellent :3

Thanks!!

Nah, I figured it's busy enough as is :)
Make it far enough and you'll have two saucers to contend with.

This is a FANTASTIC flash game man, it's a wonderful homage to Asteroids with some new challenges, excellent stuff.

Glad ya liked it!

I'll have to reserve judgment until later. It is different. You have shields and super bombs, and you don't have Hyperspace. The large saucer chases you and fires at you instead of just cruising by, firing in random directions like in classic Asteroids. This takes some getting used to.

Yep. Just thought I'd spice it up with the saucer

*giggles* Found a little bug- If you suacide on your last life, You can play on the menu screen ^_^

I really like it :D - Nice work, Must of taken a hell of a long time to put together! Job well done.

About 3 weeks. Lots of learning, so I'll get faster next time.

Really? How? I tried it, and couldn't get it to work like you said. When you said suicide, I assumed it was using the Super Bomb, right?

I'd keep it in ;)

Yeh, Figured out how exactlly i done it.


The bomb that killed me also tiped my score over enough to gain an exra life.

Im assuming the game detected my lifes were at 0 - So it threw up the fail message, went to the title screen, Then It respawend my ship after realising i had another shot.

First time I done it both my ships an other asteroids were on the screen, - This time it was just my ship - :).

Want screens?

Oh, shit... :(
Gonna have to fix that. THANKS!!!! *HUG*

Fixed!!!

Aw come on! Try it!!

Dig :)

HIgh-quality game right here, Lysozyme! :O

Just like it was in DOS, more or less.

- W -
* Heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh *

Diggin' it.

I LOVE the self-destruct button. I have instant respect for any game that allows you to self destruct.

Eh? Not key "K" I hope. I thought I disabled that :)

Well, I was trying to figure out the controls and found the shield button and held it too long. Well, it was a more impressive death compared to the previous four lives I had wasted by plastering myself on the side of the rocks.

Oh, that :)

>_>

*plays game*

>_>;;;

*plays again*

<_< ...Dammit... too good to stop playing it. ;_;

*keeps playing*

*mutters* friggin' space ships... ;3

Aaah, Asteroids its a classic!

Sadly I know nothing much about flash, so I fear I can give no advice. I mean I'm pretty easily wowed by it.

Thanks!

Very fun I love it brought back old memorys

How funny, very nice :3

It looks nice. Hate the alien ship if it kills you as it just hangs there and kills you over and over again.

That game over screen is what really got me XD This is a well made game.

Wow screw the asteroids they dont even touch me Im more afraid of my own weapons lol

Well done! Thanks for reminding me how horrid I am at this game *chuckles* Fun, though!

Maybe I could add something to the next game to allow changing keys. However, you'd have to do it every time the game starts :(

Hey, I think I found a glitch!

I killed myself with a smartbomb, and I believe I got enough points for an extra life or something like that - in any case I respawned even though "FAIL" appeared on screen, and I continued to play even with the menu showing!

Beet you too it ;)

Pff. Well I figured out how to do it before you did, if you want to play that game :P

Yep.  crome beatcha to it. I'm going to fix it :)

Fixed!!

Quite good Lyso..I have no help to offer you though

Fun

Simple, clean, and quick. Fun mindless entertainment. :)

Very Awesome.

Though the shield needs a charge bar of some indicator I say.

Nah. Best to keep you guessing *G*

"Full power to the--What?! Shield recharge time?...Buckle up."

awesome game ^_^ I loved Astroids when it was on the Atari ^_^ in fact I think I still have the game. I have the old 2600 system ^_^ hehehe great work

I used to play the full version of this for hours and hours back when you first wrote it. Trying to make the best use of the superbombs was always a blast, and I liked this way better than the original or any spin off since. Phenomenal work on this game!

You mean the Blitz Basic original?

Sorry, I was a bit vague there. To clarify, I enjoyed the Blitz Basic one you wrote more than the original Asteroids, or any of the tons of spin offs since. It was crazy amounts of fun.

Ah. Ok. Thanks!!!! *G*

LOL at the huge ass UFO

i guess you hate missing the tiny ones in the original eh?

cool game

I detested the tiny ufos in the original.

56500, is that any good?
Also, IMO asteroids should only take one buller and bullets should be able to pass over the edge of the screen like the ship does.

Heheh. Don't you wish

WOW, freaking awesome. i love it.

needs an online score keeper so we can compete!

Some games have that, I noticed.

I know you posted this awhile back but I'm THAT much behind on my submissions. -.- And now I'm late in getting to bed because I've been playing this darn game last half-hour. :D Lotta fun though! Great job with it.

Thanks *G*

I like it. You made some pretty nice changes to the original while still keeping it simple.

I really dig the smoothness of this retro game. Reminds me of the arcade.
I loved this game at 1st, but it makes R-Type seem easy.
The big saucer I encountered early on (can't get very far because of them) is way too accurate considering it lingers so close to the player. Can't reliably dodge it's numerous shots AND shoot at it, considering how many hits it takes to kill.
Also, the flying comet or whatever it is moves too fast. Can't realistically avoid it with the existing interface unless you happen to be aiming the right direction when it shows up.

With these existing problems, I think reply value is somewhat hindered.

That's my "Honest critique" thus far.
BTW, this would be pretty cool as a smartphone game, above issues resolved, that is

The saucers were meant to be tough, but in hindsight I should have shaved off the amount of hitpoints they have.
One of the tricks with the guided missiles is to get out of the way moments before they reach you as they cannot turn as fast as you. Get them to begin circling you while you do the same, and you can eventually shoot them down.