CtrlX Bullet Hell
A downloadable game for Windows and macOS
About CtrlX
CtrlX is a bullet hell game where you literally become your enemy. Upon killing an enemy you teleport to their position and gain their abilities. Survive as long as possible and rack up combos by chaining together kills.
This game was made for the Game Makers Toolkit Game Jam (2017). The theme for the jam was "dual purpose design".
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Install instructions
Right click on the folder and click 'extract all...', follow the prompts on screen. Open The 'CtrlX' application file inside. You may be given a message saying the game is from an unknown publisher. On Windows press 'more info' and run anyway. On Mac right click the file and press 'Open'.
Development log
- CtrlX update 1.1Jul 24, 2017
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Overall, a really fun game! The difficulty and need to focus on your position as well as the aiming your shots makes it really fun! I love how difficult the yellow unit's weapon makes the game. Great job on the AI!
Thanks for playing. I really appreciate your feedback :)
I have two main problems with this game. firstly this game is extremely slow, the character barely moves and it can be frustrating. Secondly, Whenever you kill someone it teleports you to their dead body, I hate this mechanic because if who are fighting two or more enemies at a time, You can teleport and get killed unfairly. I hope you can fix these issues.
Thanks for the feedback :) I think the teleporting is largely what makes the game unique but you are right that it can be frustrating to then be killed by a nearby enemy. I think if I update this game I'll make enemies indicate when they are about to fire and reset their cooldown when you teleport nearby to give the player time to react.
This is a really fun game~ Surprisingly difficult, too! The enemies REALLY know where to aim.... I like how you're basically forced to kill enemies to keep the heat of you and get points, even though transforming to them is less than ideal... Yellow is so underpowered... Great design, great aesthetics, well done!
Thanks for the feedback, really appreciated. I would love to make some tweaks to this game once the jam finishes :) p.s. yellow's really good for building combo if you get up close ;p