Untitled: Ghost Unit

[QWERTYUIOP569]

Untitled: Ghost Unit

Hi everybody! I recently made this raycasting game and I would love for people to help me make the tilemap or improve the graphics. Please say how you would contribute if you would like to help me. I’m new to collabs, so if you know how it works, please explain it to me.

Thanks!

[ItzWolfeel]

I don’t think it’s really possible to “Improve graphics” But it’s a cool game! I tried making a ray casting game once and failed miserably. So great job!

[coppercode]

really cool I’m not good at art or tilemaps but ask Luke he may be able to help you but great game

[QWERTYUIOP569]

I’m not very good at making graphics, but I made the title screen in about 2 minutes, and it is basically just me scribbling all over it.

Also, do you mean Luke by @Luke ? If so, good idea, though I’m fairly new to Forum.

[QWERTYUIOP569]

Please vote here if you want to help:

• Tilemap
• Art (Sprites)
• Art (Tilemaps)
• Sound

(Priority is ordered from top to bottom)

Thank you so much if you would like to help!

- QWERTYUIOP569

[TheEarth]

don’t ping @ luke is a ping and it notifies the user

[Luke]

i don’t mind pings, just don’t ping me to make the art for you.

i am more than happy to give feedback and teach as shown by my very very very long ramblings

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[QWERTYUIOP569]

Thanks @coppercode for your support. I’m currently working on another game, so the project posted at the top is still the latest version so you can freely add more levels.

[coppercode]

ok i will then send it to you

[coppercode]

sorry its might take a while because I entered in a game jam sorry

[QWERTYUIOP569]

Ok thanks

[randomuser]

Gameplay: Great!! I like the level systems and the points. I do wish I had some way to dodge or prevent from being hit by the enemies, my current strategy is just to run through them as fast as I can
Art: Your graphics are AWESOME!! The colors work well and I love the way you recolored the ghost to make different variants, I can see a lot of potential for making each variant have some unique power related to their color. The color fading between the levels is nice polish!
Story: I can tell there’s a mystery under here with that title screen… would love to hear more about it in later updates!
Other: Welcome to the forum!! This is great so far!

[QWERTYUIOP569]

Thank you so much! I’m not working on this game much, so feel free to code more into it!