Gamenokihon - Salim's Game Atelier

Description - It’s simple: a never ending space shooter that always get harder. You can slow down time when your "Time Control" gauge is full. But that can only help you for a little while…

Platform - PC
Developer - Me
Genre - 2D Space Shooter
Release Date - Sometime in 2007
Requirements - W95+/DirectX

This game is not the first one I made with the Game Maker engine, but one of the few I am particularly proud of. With this game I wanted to expose only the core gameplay of a space shooter and remove everything else. I learned that when a player reach a deep state of focus because of the gameplay, the esthetic part of a game does not matter anymore. It also showed me that even small and simple game design mechanics can translate into exciting gameplay.