I've made an update to my first serious project, a twin-stick shooter, bullet-hell, score-attack game where you shoot at a ball and smash it in to as many shapes as you can.

From Asteroids-style controls to twin-stick shooter

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Reasons for the change:

• I found that the asteroids controls were too clunky and slow.
• The game feels much more dynamic with the freedom of movement and aiming that twin-stick provides.
• Also now gives me room to add new elements to the enemies.

Cleaner looking main menu

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Game balance

Due to twin-stick controls buffing the player's ability to dodge and shoot. I've subsequently buffed certain aspects of the enemies:

• Some have increased projectile speed
• Some spawn more often
• Some have faster rate of fire

What's next

Will soon start working on the next 10 waves/enemies, some ideas I have as of now:

• Space worms, 3 circles tied to each other that will wiggle through the screen.
• Laser cannon, charges up a laser, player must move out of the warning zone to avoid getting blasted.
• Protector fleet, one central shape protect by surrounding shapes, that flies around the screen.

If any of this interested you, please check out the demo here on itch or on steam and let me know your feedback!

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3353750/Bounce_n_Blast_Demo