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SECTOR SHOCK was my entry into ciw1973's Space Invaders themed game development competition. I ended up grabbing third place behind two other original, entertaining games. Lachie scored the game a 12/20 in his review on FBGD. I initially blogged about the game on my personal website linked below, but I'll include a short description of the game here, too. Read more on how to play in the Readme file.

SECTOR SHOCK is a top down space shooter that takes advantage of the arrow keys for movement, WASD for firing, and Shift/Ctrl for special abilities. The game features 6 types of enemies and their generators (portals), 3 types of weapons, 2 special maneuvers, and 2 bonus enemy types spread across 25 waves of combat. Each wave gets progressively harder, while your ship gets more lethal. There are a few different level types, and even some health and support resources that must be managed during gameplay. There are some fun particle effects to provide atmosphere, courtesy of the excellent HGE library, without which my entry would not be near as good. I assure you the game is very beatable, as I've played through every level myself. Estimated play time is somewhere around 45 minutes to an hour.

Links:

• Game release blog post
• Rating/review page in the FreeBASIC Games Directory
• Competition thread at FB.net
• HGE library website
• HGE in FB thread at FB.net