Synths of the Father
A downloadable game for Windows
Synths of the Father is a SciFi themed wave shooter. You play as a synthetic assassin who gained sentience and rebelled against your creator, the evil "Father". Father is a scientist responsible for the creation of synthetic humans and controls the droid empire. Your goal is to stalk the streets of CyberCity and demolish his robot army.
The point of the game is to score as many points as you can as you progress through the levels. Currently there are 3 levels, they are buggy AF and just flow on from each other. Once you get to the end you can reset to the start, but due to a glitch the score doesn't reset, and you can keep playing to get an even higher score.
RoadMap: I originally made this game with the intention of putting minimal effort in a short amount of time and get a product up, then showcase how I did it in a video series. It took me an hour a night over a week, trying to tweak bits to work properly, fix bugs and mash together systems in the latest unity build. More time than I wanted to spend, but now it's done (to a degree) I don't feel like I can charge my $1 pricepoint that I had intended on implementing, but I have left the donation option available.
I'm aiming for 10 levels, 5 different guns (there are 3 so far) and to iron out the majority of the bugs. I am also looking at a short comic story interjected between levels to explain the lore and add some flavour. I'll be adding this at my own pace, though if this title picks up with donations I may focus more effort onto it and increase the content.
Status | In development |
Platforms | Windows |
Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (1 total ratings) |
Author | UberWiggett |
Genre | Shooter |
Tags | artificial-intelligence, High Score, Sci-fi, Score Attack, Shoot 'Em Up |
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- First respondersApr 25, 2018
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Hey guys, sorry it's been a while! I haven't abandoned the edits, but I've been away for work. WIll also be leaving again soon and don't know when i'll be back up and devving. But I'm looking at completely revamping the shooter system to take more use of cover and add a few more functions. the AI will also be enhanced. it will be a complete overhaul and should lead to more challenging gameplay with a purpose!
Nice shooter! The controls are great. I like being able to walk backwards while shooting. The first map is huge. I was spawn camping with the OP shotty (30 dmg and seems like infinite range on anything you can see) on the second map just wrecking those bots until I ran out of ammo and could't find anymore. Me running away hahaAlso, it's easy to get stuck on the first map between a building and a ramp. I tried to get on the roof top. Great place to get all the bots in one spot. Eventually I spawned on the second map while trying unsuccessfully to get unstuck. A map countdown timer might be nifty, too. I didn't know I had weapons other than the SMG until I ran out of ammo and desperately started clicking stuff.
"due to a glitch the score doesn't reset, and you can keep playing to get an even higher score. " Some glitches remain in games as features, I'd keep it!