Escape from Space
A downloadable game for Windows and Linux
A top down shooter where you escape alien infestation that is slowly consuming all of the ship, you included if you don't move quickly. Shoot crawlers and avoid touching the toxic alien bio mass that grows everywhere.
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Install instructions
For Windows, the zip contains fteglqw executable, running it will run the game. In the directory game/source you will find fteqccgui executable alongside the game source code, you can use that executable to recompile the game code if you want to mod it.
For Linux, there are fteqw-gl32 and fteqw-gl64 executables that you can use to run the game.
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The essence of the game: A shooter where you are trying to run away at full speed from the biomass, which is gradually filling the entire map and is trying to kill you, also zerg-like enemies (crawlers) are bothering you. We make our way to C4, blow up the barricades/broken door, run to the elevator and the time begins to tick during which we need to survive from the attacks of monsters and the shrinking arena (due to biomass), eventually the elevator opens and we need to escape. Unfortunately, the game is too short (only 2 levels), character control is a little sticky and sometimes he does not respond to pressing the walk buttons, enemies sometimes just block the passages, which is why you have to restart, because in order to complete the level with at least minimal health— You need to complete it perfectly and without any mastakes. Despite the problems, I sometimes play through this game for a little challenge, it’s a pity that there most likely won’t be a continuation
the parasite or those big things coming out taking space away is giving to much damage 10 per second the aliens running at you need almost 30 bullets and even when you killed it there is a high chance of them even giving you before they vanish (because its dying) some damage and before i even reached the next door after the first c4 the parasite things already reached the hall to the next door sometimes its already in the room and the aliens at the door are to much off them
The game has some good points and some bad ones.
On the positive side the gameplay all works quite well and I like the graphics and the music. The colored lighting was a good way to sorta disguise the lack of variety in the backgrounds.
But as for bad things. Having the timer start when you reach the exit room is a bit misleading because if you didn't rush the rest of the level the biomass will take over the room too early making you unable to maneuver to dodge the enemies before the door opens. This actually lead me to not beating stage 1 in two tries, while Stage 2 felt quite beatable on my first try due to the biomass arriving later in the fight because I'd done it all in the right order.
The sounds other than the music all sound very placeholder but I get that it was done on a time limit =P