QANAT

QANAT - 0.5

Paul Paterson (paulpaterson)

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Description

A shoot-em-up inspired by the classic Galaxians game. Repel waves of invaders using your gun turret. Manage the temperature of the turret to avoid overheating.

Use LEFT, RIGHT and SPACE keys to move the turret. ESC quits the game.

v0.5 removes the limited ammo, which wasn't having any effect and completely alters the turret overheating mechanic. Now the gun behaves eratically when overheated. I'm interested in feedback on these changes.

Updated gameplay video - shows the new frantic gameplay in v0.4!

Changes

What's New in 0.5

Removed restriction on ammo
Changed the impact of overheating. Now the gun fires slower bullets which sometimes fragment
Added sound and visual cue when extra life is gained
Added animation when the player ship is destroyed
Fixed bug where sounds might not play (too few pygame channels used) Tweaked alien motion

What's New in 0.4

Aliens now crash to earth after being shot. Crashing aliens will destroy your ship.
Updated ship icon. Ship changes appearance when the gun is too hot.
Can run the game in full screen mode (run with "python qanat.py -F").
Fixed bug when starting the game. Bombs dropped during the intro could sometimes kill you.

Links

Home Page: http://perpetualpyramid.com/drupal/?q=qanat_game
Source: http://perpetualpyramid.com/drupal/qanat_game

Screenshot

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Releases

QANAT - 0.5 - Feb 17, 2012
QANAT - 0.4 - Feb 13, 2012
QANAT - 0.3 - Dec 17, 2011
QANAT - 0.2 - Nov 11, 2011
QANAT - 0.1 - Nov 10, 2011

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February 13, 2012 1:24am - Paul Paterson - nickname: (paulpaterson)
Thanks for the comments and feedback. The fullscreen mode is now implemented in version 0.4. Run the game with "python qanat.py -F" to see it. Version 0.4 also implements aliens crashing to earth after you shoot them. I'm holding off other game mechanic changes to see how this one works out. It changes the game quite a bit - I like it but am interested to see how other's feel about it! Paul
January 29, 2012 2:31am - Xandar Kablandar - nickname: (eternalcheesecake)
Really like this.
December 25, 2011 4:16pm - Maxime - nickname: (spacemax) - 5/5
The red aliens are a good idea. Nice effect when a extra life is taken with transparency. Some features that you can add in futures releases : - A full windowed mode - The handler of time for each level - Automatic shooting with another key like ctrl Very fun to play.
November 10, 2011 11:33pm - Paul Paterson - nickname: (paulpaterson)
@Maxime - glad that you like it. The enemies have a few simple rules that determine their motion and one of those is to avoid your bullets. This turns out to make them behave in quite interesting ways, particularly when they are in groups!
November 10, 2011 11:29pm - Paul Paterson - nickname: (paulpaterson)
@Zachariah - thanks very much for making the deb. I have been meaning to learn how to do this!
November 10, 2011 5:18pm - Maxime - nickname: (spacemax) - 5/5
Very nice game. The ennemies are unpredictable, difficult to kill ! The grahisms are beautiful.
November 10, 2011 4:09pm - Zachariah Callaway - nickname: (xzcallaway)
A .deb package of Qanat is available for download at http://dotdeb.com/arcade-12.php