[Release] Resonate 0.45

**HardHat** · May 4th, 2008, 14:50

Here is an update to the new rail shooter that I'm working on for psp-hacks.com Homebrew Idol Competition.

Resonate is a fast paced undersea rail shooter. Your goal is to evolve into
a thresher shark and become king of the ocean. On normal difficulty the
player starts as a Sea Urchin (level 2). Hit the blue striped
targets to collect evolution up. Collect eight and move up a level to Sea
Horse (level 3). Miss a target that collides with you and move down to
Zooplankton (level 1). If you're hit too many times, the adventure ends
and you need to try again.

Features

- five hero forms: Zooplankton, Sea Urchin, Seahorse, Stingray, Thresher Shark
- high score tracking for each game
- enemies in various attack formations
- three kinds of power ups
- level editor for Windows, Linux or MacOS based on fltk and OpenGL

Credits

Game Design: hardhat, PSPdemon
Programming: hardhat
Art: PSPdemon, Meyitzo, Genz
Icon Music: DimensionT
Music: by Aleksi 'Heatbeat' Eeben, aka Antti Mikkonnen. (CC-Attribution-Non-comm
ercial-No Derivatives). http://www.mono211.com/modsoulbrother/
Sounds: meanrabbit.com
Testing: zion, Dutt, Wally, #psp-programming
Levels: Hardhat, Meyitzo, Yukon Ruby, Dutt, PSPJunkie, Zion
Title screen is cc-by-sa licensed (http://www.creativecommons.com)
and includes a reef photo by Mila Zinkova
Inspired by Rez

Change Log:
version 0.45
- added high score upload/internet ranking
- added new XMB background picture
- added new XMB song from DimensionT
- fixed some crash bugs in the level editor
- terrain doesn't run out at the end of the level
- new segment transition effect
- filled in some user levels with enemies
- updated credits to list some missed people
- windows level editor included in distro
- level editor includes preview of enemies on screen

Download it at: resonate045.zip

See your internet rank at: http://www.teamsushi.org/games/resonate/hiscores.php

**Amiga** · May 4th, 2008, 18:58

Gr8!!!!

**PSmonkey** · May 4th, 2008, 19:42

Congrats, looks like this is shaping up quite nicely (I remember when PSPdemon talked to me about the idea a few times).

**HardHat** · May 4th, 2008, 21:48

Thanks PSMonkey. A few people have uploaded their high scores already. So it seems to be going well. I just need to work on the additional levels more I guess.

The level editor has somehow turned into something that I a bit bigger than I expected. I may yet generalize it even more for future games. Still a few features to put in it to have everything cleared off of my todo list.