All-Time Highest Rated Games Tagged 'Windows, indie, shooter' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg en-us Echoes is sort of a blend between Asteroids and Geometry Wars. Like in the classic Asteroids you control a space ship floating around somewhere in space, trying to stay alive while asteroids are flung around. But unlike Asteroids, Echoes has some extras.

Instead of just small and large asteroids, there are four asteroid sizes (ranging from mini to enourmous) comets, meteor storms, asteroid belts, planets (with moons), black holes and the sun. There are also both energy and weapon power-ups.


Echoes is created by Binary Zoo, creators of mono, Duo and DUOtris.

]]> 05 Mar 2007 06:00:05 Chalk is an arcade style scrolling shooter with a different kind of control scheme. Instead of shooting, you only have a piece of chalk with which you can draw. The way you defeat the enemies is different depending on the type. Some require all of the green dots to be connected, and others need to have their bullets connected back to them. There are bosses at the end of each level that will take a bit more thinking to destroy. The game is controlled entirely with the mouse, but the keyboard can be used as well.

]]> 30 May 2007 06:39:39 www.hyperbol.com
TS: Hyperbol is a game viewed Top-Down over a flat playing-field as you take control of a Ship that you customize in order to destroy your opponents. Game Types include Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, King of the Hill, Spawn Capture, Attack/Defend Objectives, and more to be added later with a Map editor.
Your ship functions more like a Battleship, as it is stationary most of the time, a Turret that you can move occasionally across the map into strategically key positions, or simply to dodge incoming fire. The farther you move, the long you have to wait to move again. Or, you can customize your ship to recharge it's fuel rapidly if you wish to use a more active flighty Ship.
There are 6 Weapon modules that will produce the weapons you use. Your factory can hold up to 6 Mods total, so if you want more of 1 type, you have to forgo access to another. Having more then 1 will make production of that type faster, and allow you to hold more in your max stock. Each Mod will produce several different projectiles, for example the basic 'Ballistics' mod will give you access to Energy Bolts, Missiles, and Shrapnel Bombs. Also, once you have build a total of 6 Mods, you have the option to Upgrade 1 of them into a lv. 2 Super version. All the weapons made by this super Mod are either upgraded, or totally new versions of the weapon. As the above example, the Bolts do extra damage, the Missiles become MIRV Packs, and the Shrapnel Bombs become Shrapnel Wedges, which fires all it's shards in a cone instead of in all directions.

]]> 08 Jun 2007 09:11:09 Warning Forever is a special shoot 'em up. Instead of flying around, dealing with hoards of enemies, and the occasional boss, it's just you, and the boss. And every time you beat the boss, it comes back, meaner than the time before.

]]> 04 Dec 2006 11:33:56 Torus Trooper lets you control a speeding ship sailing through barrage.

]]> 12 Dec 2006 05:11:36 This is a DEMO/Prototype!
It is very much unfinished. There is only one level and after you beat the boss it will go back to the title screen.

Axion is a 4 colour (greyscale) shoot'em up made for the Retro Remakes 4-colour TI calculator style competition.

Story

Thousands of years ago the Atlantians built a huge inter-dimensional portal with the intent of trapping a huge foe inside. The portal worked perfectly, but at the last minute the huge beast was able to pull their entire city in with it. Knowing the they were unable to save the city and that the beast would eventually be able to break free without anyone able to watch over it, they sent out their last hope, Axion.

Axion was a specially designed craft known as a "Dimension diver" which made it the only man-made creation that was able to seemlesly escape the pull of the triangular portal.

Thousands of years later after absorbing much of its surroundings including people, ships and planes, the beast was able to take control of its own prision, although it was still not quite powerful enough to escape entirely. Using all the energy it had absorbed over the many years, the beast took control of the portal and projected it into outer space using mankind's own orbiting satillites. The portal was now 50 times its original size, big enough to engulf the entire planet...and this was the plan. If the beast could absorb the entire planet, then it would have enough energy to break free from its Atlantian prision.

After detecting the huge power surge, Axion emerged out of the ocean and blasted off into outer space to stop the beast before it was too late.

]]> 13 Feb 2007 08:16:24

]]> 15 Sep 2007 05:23:45 Soldat is a unique side-view multiplayer action game. It takes the best from games like Liero, Worms, Quake and Counter-Strike and gives you fast action gameplay with tons of blood and flesh. Soldiers fight against each other on 2D battle arenas using a deadly military arsenal. This is what multiplayer was invented for.

Most important features:

It's free to play

Game environment based on real physics rules

Over 18 weapons available: - guns like MP5, Ak-74, M79, M249 Minimi, Barret M82A1, XM214 Minigun

Multiplayer network game over the Internet or LAN

Intelligent bots

7 game modes:

- Deathmatch

- Pointmatch

- Teammatch

- Rambomatch

- Capture the Flag

- Infiltration

- Hold the Flag

51 different maps

Editors: Soldat Map Maker and Interface Maker

Lobby server and dedicated server for Windows and Linux

* Large community creating mods, maps and tools

]]> 02 Dec 2006 05:17:22 Hurrican is a freeware jump and shoot game created by Poke53280 that is based on the Turrican game series. Blast your way through nine action-packed levels filled with different enemies and powerups.

]]> 24 Jun 2007 04:37:39 A shooter for a TI calculator look a like competition. 4 shades of grey allowed, 160x100 pixels size.

It's a simple shooter with 3 weapon systems, power ups, unlimited lives and save spots. Four levels complete with end bosses.

]]> 10 Feb 2007 09:12:17 In the year 2320, war raged across the vast continent of Antarctica. Soldiers donning mechanized suits of nano armor now push across the frozen landscape to regain control of the most advanced scientific facility known to man. White Rock Research Facility(WWRF) is how the civilians recognize it but, to the soldiers it is the most heavily fortified location on Earth.

]]> 03 Mar 2007 03:43:49 TombClimber is a 2D Platform-Labyrinth Jump and Run Game. You have to find your way through labyrinths, fight monsters, avoid traps and colleact treasures. Discover completely unexplored, subterranean tombs of the old forgotten Pharaohs!

]]> 23 Apr 2007 02:44:18 Commando Xenidis is a Top-Down Action Spacegame for one up to 4 players featuring different worlds, lots of spaceships and monsters, lots of extra-weapons etc. with missions in space and on the planets, After all planets of the system 'Xenidis' were terraformed in 2525 a.d. contact to our interstellar settlers was lost. A last transmission let us suspect something horrible had happened. To find out what was going on there, a special force unit with the code name Commando Xenidis was ordered to find out anything about the lost settlers and to prevent any possible danger from earth. In this game you are flying a high-tech battle-ship through orbit of each planet to beam on the surface where you will destroy all enemies with your special-trooper.

]]> 23 Apr 2007 03:14:11

]]> 29 Jul 2007 02:49:39 rRootage is an abstract scrolling shooter game, centered around fighting a continually reappearing boss.

]]> 11 Dec 2006 06:03:40 R-Tronic is Trevor "Smila" Storey's homage to the Eugene Jarvis classic "Robotron".

R-Tronic, originally designed for the Retro Remakes 2003 Competition takes the basic premise of Robotron and expands it into an up to date, gorgeous looking all action shooter.

]]> 04 Feb 2007 10:57:12 Gunroar is an 360-degree gunboat shooter.

]]> 11 Dec 2006 06:12:14 Metal Slug Special Mission, takes shooter enthusiasts to all new heights. With unparalleled game play and special features. This game is in chinese so you have to click the middle button on the start screen. On the instructions screen, click the button in the bottom right hand corner. This is one of the best flash games ever made. The gameplay is unreal!

]]> 22 Jun 2007 12:41:51 Everyday Shooter is like a music album except instead of it being a collection of songs, it's a collection of shooters.


Everyday Shooter is created by Jonathan Mak of Queasy Games, who also created gate 88.

]]> 10 Jan 2007 08:30:50 Please try it and then let me know what you think :)

Toy Robo is an Action-Adventure Shooter that requires quick hands and engaging strategy. You play as Toy Robo, a robot action figure on the side of good. Your goal is to rid the world of evil toys which appear only at night. You will do this in Arena style combat using your Blaster and Energy sword. To help you along your way, you can equip several types of batteries, each with different combat effects and
bonuses.

This game was developed as an entry to the gamedev.net 4e4 contest which required that it encorporate at least 2 of the following four elements (elements of which ALL games are apparently made of): pirates, ninjas, robots and zombies.

I opted for robots and zombies because robots are easy to model and zombies are easy to animate ^_^

The contest had a 6 month time limit, so I wanted to make sure I didn't bite off more then I could chew. In the end I came in 2nd out of at least 20 - the 1st place finisher was developed by 5 people! so even though I didn't win I felt like the game did very well and the process was rewarding.

Belowe are a few screen shots and the game download.

]]> 23 Jan 2007 10:40:46 GLATTE

In Glatte you play a ship that must destroy as many dirty alien scum as possible. You have a photon torpedo launcher as well as a heat ray to help you destroy the dirty alien scum. Dirty alien scum are bad. Destroy them.

Glatte is a simple Galaga clone I made for a high school project two years ago. (2005) It's a small download, so just enjoy it on your lunch break for a few minutes.

]]> 20 May 2007 01:30:17 Arcade, oldschool multiplayer and bloodshed.That's what the game Bloodmasters is about. Play with friends on your LAN or online and experience this oldschool top-down shooter. The game supports Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture The Flag and Scavenger game modes. The game is completely freeware and without ads, spyware or other unwanted garbage.

]]> 05 Apr 2007 05:09:31 Riders on the Storm is an experimental shmup for the Autofire 2007 Shooter Competition at Shmup-Dev.

It started off as a title, named after the classic song by The Doors. Inspirations also include Plasma Pong, and Real-Time Fluid Dynamics for Games.

]]> 26 Feb 2007 02:19:59 NaaC is a fast single-screen shooter in which you can kill thousand of smelling aliens. Play as a space marine, kidnapped from the Earth, packed with only a jetpack and a pistol, and defeat a horde of monster!

"What Bloody Monkey has given us is a frantic, no-holds-barred, gore filled, blood soaked tour-de-force of non-stop thrilling kill-everything-you-see action. In short, its fun. Lots and lots of fun." (Jay is Games)

]]> 19 Mar 2007 05:48:47 Beyond the Red Line is a stand-alone total conversion for the award-winning Freespace 2 released by Volition and Interplay for the PC. It is based on the popular new tv-show Battlestar Galactica. No, not the one from the 70s.
The game is made by the fans, for the fans.

]]> 08 Jun 2007 02:05:54 Empyreal Nocturne is a 3D aerial action game in which you combat enormous flying monsters by commanding a legion of birds.

Each flying monster, called Hydra, is a series of nodes connected together. You must defeat each weak point node to destroy the entire monster.

The design of the game is influenced by "Shadow of the Colossus". You battle enormous creatures that initially appear to be insurmountable. It is also partially inspired by "Rez" in the sense that they are both non-traditional, abstract shooter games.

]]> 11 May 2007 03:13:53 Operation: Inner Space is one of those very special games. It's unfortunate that such a fine piece of code has been abandoned.

The main idea behind Inner Space is to travel through your computer in a space ship collecting Icons. Icons in game are taken straight from the files on your disk and are spent as the game's currency. Icons are used to buy upgrades for your ship, new weapons, and also to pay off the in-game police if you get arrested.

The game world itself is actually a space environment. The space is usually filled with rocks, and other hazards such as blocks that shoot fire, spinning fans, turrets, and others.

Virii are present in the game. Virii shoot lightning bolts which can infect icons floating in space. If an infected icon is picked up by your ship you will lose control briefly. A virus is also a tough hazard to destroy, but CPU ships, friendly or not, will often help you, and thank for you destroying one.

The AI in the game is well-done, each CPU ship in the game has its own personality and is assigned to a team. Your relations with the various teams in game and theres with eachother, will depend upon your actions. Each team has its own motive for being in Inner Space. The Enforcers are the police in the game and will attempt to arrest you or anyone that breaks the laws. If you resist arrest, the Enforcers will attempt to destroy your ship. In contrast, the Pirates are always out to destroy your ship so they can loot your goods, as well as cause trouble with the Enforcers.

The various in game laws can be broken, and without consenquence if an Enforcer is not present. Laws include things such as, looting a ship, attacking a fleeing ship, wreckless boosting, stealing a prize from a race winner, attacking an enforcer, and so on.

The game features various modes beyond the typical fly-and-collect-icons gameplay. You can engage in a duel with a rival in the arena, and race your ship against others in various tracks.

The goal of the game is not to collect all your icons, as with today's machines and the amount of data upon them it's not really feasable. Instead, you need to collect the four noble weapons from the Inner Demon and eventually enter the Demon's Gate using the noble weapons to defeat...

The games weapons are varied, besides your ships standard guns, you can make use of fireballs, snowballs, batterys, heat-seeker missles, handcuffs, donuts, protective pellets, dumb-fire missles, and many more. The noble weapons have the most powerful abilities, which are collected from random battles with the Inner Demon.

If you play the game at different times of the day, the enviroment will change. For example, the computer that greets you at the start of the game will display different messages, and if played during lunch, gas cans are replaced with food items.

The Amulance can be called in game, it's used to buy weapons, repair and refuel your ship, and play a practice battle against the Inner Demon. It can also save you from near death if you hail it when your ship is burning.

The game also features a ship editor in which you can customize a ship, and even import a graphic to make an original one. Inner Space includes a screensaver also. There are two-different shareware versions of the game, one gives you 30 days to play and then locks you out. Another, gives you 30 days to play and after the time period lets you only play as a specific ship from the Avengers. An in-game keystroke lets you assume control of a team member's ship however, so you can use this to get a better craft, even one you made in the editor.

Operation: Inner Space is a unique experience.

]]> 29 Mar 2007 10:16:47 Currently in development, Heresy War is a combat space simulator that focuses on delivering a completely immersive experience for both casual and hardcore gamers alike. The player plays a role of a space fighter pilot that gets thrown in the middle of a raging civil war. While trying to put an end to the civil war, a third ,mysterious force gets involved in the conflict and threatens to destroy everything that the humanity stands for.

]]> 23 Jan 2007 12:53:58 The evil warlock Brad has created a magical mutating machine and is turning the peaceful creatures of the bush into agents of evil, as Rhys the apprentice wizard you must put an end to his evil plan and restore them to their original state.

Are you having trouble finding a game that still has those old quick reflex game mechanics you use to enjoy in the arcade, something that is tough enough to challenge you yet tame enough for your children?

Dispell captures the great game play of the old arcade shooters and adds its own non-violent twist, our goal was to remove the mindless violence but keep the action. The resulting "Change, Catch, Collect" game play mechanic sets Dispell apart from all other shooters.

Set in a fantasy world with a unique cast of witches, warlocks and mutated marsupials, Dispell puts an Australian twist on an old genre.

Remember the glory days of PC gaming, everyone huddled around the keyboard together helping and hindering each others progress, Dispell’s unique "hot seat co-operative mode" has been designed from the ground up to allow players of all skill levels to play through the game together by dynamically setting the difficulty level as you swap in and out of the "hot seat".

]]> 05 Mar 2007 10:20:08

]]> 28 Jul 2007 10:42:28 This is one of the games I am working on with Chaosepoch (Whose Profile can be found here: http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/user/snowfox), this one being a less serious one that we probably won't put into commercial use.

I am always brimming with ideas for games, but lack the ability to programme them, so on one of my many brain farts I created some levels, a scenario and characters, all for this side scrolling shooter game.
Chaosepoch actually took a liking to the idea (he likes coding games) and agreed to code the game for me.

So far all we have is one example level (i.e. a level that won't be used in the game once it's coded properly) and the basic game play structure (i.e. side scrolling, and shooting).

There are only two of the 29 enemies present in this demo clip and none of the power-ups, special moves, or anything like that.
This is merely just a little taster of what I am working on, and nothing here is set in stone.
The only thing that is definite is that the main character is a flying platypus that shoots eggs from it's bill.
Yep.

You play as a Platypus who has been sucked into a bizarre under water world of monsters, clowns and toilets who all want to kill you.
There are plenty of weird bosses too, such classics as one boss being a giant robot giraffe who hurls newts at you, and another being a giant floating mans head which resembles a tea pot his skull opens up to reveal a soggy tea bag which you have to hit to do him damage.

A lot of work needs to be done, this is FAR from finished...

The artwork, level design, character design and concept is Copyright Unnatural Lump
The behind the scenes coding/programming is Copyright Chaosepoch

Jack In The Bog Productions
All Rights Reserved.

]]> 11 Mar 2007 09:35:31 Alien Shooter 2 - is a large-scale sequel to the first part of Alien Shooter. This is the unique alloy of arcade action and RPG elements which combines well-established world of classical games and unmatched dynamics of the first part.
The player will find well-built plot line with several ways to pass, many additional quests, ability to choose and upgrade the character.
The most impressive technical innovations are:
- dynamic shadows and lighting;
- about 10 000 monsters on each map, showing up to 100 monsters simultaneously on one playing screen;
- natural phenomena (fog, rain, water);
- NPC characters;
You will also find:
- more than 50 types of weapons - now you can not just kill but also burn, freeze and even diminish the enemies;
- more than 20 types of useful gadgets - from flash lights, radars and medkits to battle drones;
- 3 game modes: Campaign, Survive and Network game;
And, to crown it all, dynamic music and sound effects.

The English version of the game is called Alien Shooter: Vengeance.

]]> 17 Apr 2007 01:47:01 Rules are very simple, destroy the aliens !!!. During our carnage, we will have 12 types of weapons, missiles and many upgrades. Next levels are unlocking new alien ships to destroy. Remember to destroy the cargo ship as it always have new type of weapon on board which we can pick. Please check the "defender-quick guide.doc" file after the game is installed for more information.

]]> 24 Apr 2007 07:55:37 ScudBuster is a full 3d in your face first person missile game. We took the old Missile Command and mixed it with some elements of BattleShip and created a wild missile shooter that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
You set up your battlefield with 6 units consisting of 3 Surface to Surface missile launchers, 1 Surface to Air missile launcher, a radar system and a command bunker. When both sides are ready you fire missiles at each other until all 3 SSM's are dead or you lose the command bunker.

]]> 01 May 2007 09:19:26 Shellcore Beta

Shellcore is a simple tank game made in Torque Game Builder. You control the tank with "w", "a", "s" and "d" and fire shells with the left mouse button. The right mouse button fires the machine gun which is good for destroying RPGs before they hit your tank.

The point of the game is to get the highscore. Challenge your friends and enemies to beat your score. If they are unable, point and laugh at them.

I made Shellcore in order to get acquainted with the new Torque Game Builder. It is currently in beta stages.

Just have a little fun with the game . . . I also appreciate suggestions.


---The Esteemed Creator of Shellcore



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System Requirements

Minimum

500 MHz processor
256 MB RAM
Windows 98
OpenGL or DirectX compatible accelerated 3D video card

Recommended

1.0 GHz processor
512 MB RAM
Windows XP
nVidia or ATI accelerated 3D video card
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]]> 08 Feb 2007 03:43:44 No Gravity invites you to a fantastic and futuristic universe made of five intergalactic worlds. An arcade type game with great playability, where it is easy to plunge into space battles against spacefighters, space stations and more!

Fifty-five hard hitting missions plus ten training exercises will help you to enter this real time textured 3D environment. Missions set not only in deep space, but also inside enemy structures will have you patrolling high risk sectors, on reconnaissance in enemy space, escorting friendly ships or defending your space stations and even sneaking in to sabotage enemy weapons.

]]> 11 Feb 2007 10:37:32 Last Alarm is a visually stunning 2d vertically scrolling shooter that challenges the player in his Arrow prototype fighter to escape the ARGUS complex, a computer AI that has assumed control of the solar system. The player will travel through the galaxy fighting off the ARGUS systems' agents to reach station IO and survive to free humanity another day.

]]> 28 Feb 2007 08:17:57 Here's the shooter I've been working on for the last couple of weeks, my first attempt at a game following the so-called rules of rapid prototyping. I think it worked out fairly well.

Arrow keys to move, 'Z' to shoot, but if you *do nothing*, your missile lockons start to add up. Wait as long as you can before moving or shooting, at which point your missiles fire.

]]> 02 Mar 2007 10:33:04 You are a modern day soldier, battling to save your planet from the invasion of futuristic soldiers from another distant world that had been discovered by a probe that had been sent out to seek out new worlds just like ours, but now we are paying the price. Most of your fellow troops are long gone, presumed dead from the ravages of battle with only small pockets of areas are free from destruction or deserted, can you save what is remaining of the planet from total destruction? Only time will tell ...

]]> 08 May 2007 07:57:46 Had to make a remake of an arcade game to test my C++ skills
Ended up with this game .

Note that this is a school exercise . Not a full game . (however it's a game)

1-2 players
5 weapons
optional jetpack
1 Teamdeatchmatch level
1 Bonus map

Contains graphics from the original Xain'd Sleena(Taito) and WonderBoy(SEGA)
(And some sounds from other games)

Enjoy!

Some of the keyboard buttons are mapped to debugging features , press them again to turn off what you turned on :)

]]> 25 May 2007 07:35:30 Space Shooter in the vein of the old school top down classics. Collect upgrades, blast enemies with and out-maneuver laser blasts and enemy attacks with 2-D style twitch-based, adrenaline fueled gameplay.

]]> 19 Jun 2007 06:58:57 Donuts in Danger is a frantic action shooter with cool upgradeable weapons, tons of enemies and 45 manic levels. Help the Martians to save their precious donuts from the Cube-Clan scum. Blow them to pieces and collect the credit crystals and then spend them in the shop to upgrade your gun. Fast, frantic and more weapons than you could poke a Martian stick at!

]]> 23 Jun 2007 04:40:10 This is a pre-cursor to Retro Blaster. Jeff just finished it off a few days ago. The game is more like traditional Asteroids, but with progressive weapons. This game loads much quicker than Retro Blaster, and it supports 100's of on-screen objects (mostly shots) with little or no slow-down. Be sure to ramp your guns up to 3 + rapid fire, hold-down [Z] and blast everything back to pixels!

]]> 07 Jul 2007 05:11:59 TUMIKI Fighters is a sticky 2D shooter. Stick more defeated enemies to your plane and become much stronger!

]]> 12 Dec 2006 05:29:42 PARSEC47 is a retromodern hi-speed shoot 'em up where you get to defeat retro enemies modenly.

]]> 11 Dec 2006 06:32:37 In Ray-Hound you control a space ship in a circular arena where you have to survive for as long as possible and eliminate all turrets that keep shooting on you. Unfortunately you don't have a gun yourself, so instead you capture the shots the turrets fire at you and use their own shots againts the turrets

Ray-Hound is created by Hikoza Ohkubo, creator of Warning Forever.

]]> 08 Feb 2007 01:37:01 The Physics Centipede Invasion, where you fight to keep yourself from being pushed off the small arena and into the botomless void below it.

]]> 12 Dec 2006 05:45:53 Spheres of Chaos is a space shooter created by Iain McLeod, the basic gameplay being similar to the game Asteroids. The game uses very bright, psychedelic colours and patterns, with many enemies on screen at once. The audio is similar to that of Robotron: 2084 and Defender. The game was originally written for RISC OS on the Acorn Archimedes. Ports exist for Linux, Windows and PS2 Linux.

The player controls a small grey spaceship and levels are completed by eradicating all enemies from the screen. The difficulty and amount of enemies increase along with the level number. Enemies will typically split up into smaller versions when hit. Black holes also appear during gameplay and either attract or repel the spaceship. Many black holes at once can mean that space becomes unnavigatable.

Some enemies will provide power-ups when defeated. The colour of the power-up when found will affect the ability of the power-up.

There are various options which can be modified to change features such as the amount of enemies and power-ups as well as in-game visuals. The game can be played in single player or in multi-player with up to 8 players.

]]> 07 Mar 2007 05:54:22 Alphasix is a 1 vs. 1 overhead shooter. It was made in Game Maker by RinkuHero and Orchard-L, and released on August 20th, 2006.

The game is a hybrid of several genres, it's best described as a mix of Street Fighter II, Shoot the Bullet, Spy vs. Spy, and Smash TV.

]]> 17 Dec 2006 09:09:43 Noiz2sa is an abstract shoot 'em up game.

You encounter waves of enemies and periodically a boss fight. You score by collecting the green squares left behind by defeated enemies.

]]> 11 Dec 2006 06:45:42