HyperLight Classic

Acceleration and deceleration work fine, it's the lack of any reference as to how fast your going that's the killer. The background is immobile and the planet appears to be just decoration. The thick red lines are the edge of the play area which you bounce off (at a 90 degree return angle). The only way to find the enemy is to try and catch them on the minimap and then stay close to them. Not really playable as-is.

Defiantly still an Alpha, but not a bad start. A few recommendations on the physics: (1) rotation feels static, you can make it feel smoother by giving it an acceleration vs friction equation. You'll want the friction co-efficent to be high so as not to make it feel too loose, but that way your angle isn't stuck at "X"deg increments. (2) As already mentioned, background movement is a must. Even it it's not "realistic" in space, it gives the user a since of speed and direction. (3)Add some sort of engine exhaust. Like bg movement, this give the user a feel for how he's moving. (4)Limit weapon range or effectiveness at range. Right now you can fire blindly at an opponent half way across the map and kill it with one lucky hit. (5) This isn't so much physics as a game-play note, but once you get the engine down, you'll want to add some variety to the enemies, your weapons, drops, etc.

Great game! This game has potential to become something great, though it could use a bit of work. Keep up the good work though!

Virtually no acceleration and deceleration. Needs to be made into a game