Codename: Croake

Hi everyone, this is my first post here. I'm not sure if this is the right section in the forum to post this thread but I did have a good look around. If its the wrong one I'd appreciate it if a mod would move the thread or let me know. Sorry if I stepped on anyone's toes.

Basically I've been posting in various forums to collect feedback on a game (in this case its design) my classmates and me made for a university project.

About the team - The team consisted of 6 people, our task was to create a product for our final university project. The product was a brand called Codename:Croake and consisted of a vehicular shooter and a racing game. The vehicular shooter was done in Virtools while the racing game was in XNA. I was the designer and scripter on the Shooter.

About the (shooter) game- I scripted the game in six months and intitaly it was meant to be a vehicular rpg. Unfortunately due to time constraints I kept having to cut back the design to accommodate the dwindling scripting time, turning the game into an action game. The vehicle upgrading and combat stats are all in and implemented though.

Below is the link to the design doc and the game itself if anyone wants to try it out, there are also in game images. I would appreciate any feedback on the design and stats.

Codename:Croake Codename:Croake design document

Here are quick instructions (until I get a proper user guide together)-

Create a new profile or load an existing one if you have already played the game.

Select a chassis on the right.

Click on the engines tab and select an engine. At the moment all the engines are unlocked so you can start with the fastest one if you wish (at the bottom of the list).

Click on the weapons tab.

Click on a weapon in the panel on the right to attach it to the mouse.

Drop the weapon on the Ship's hardpoints (marked by a "ghost" gun) or alternatively drop it on the coins on the bottom left to sell back.

More weapons will become available as you progress through the game.

You can rotate the ship by clicking anywhere on the background (clouds) and dragging.

Press the play button to play.

Use the scroll keys to shoot where up arrow fires forward guns, right is for right guns ... etc

Use W,A,S,D to move,

The controls are in the help section of the menu as well.

Hope that helps