Game Type DX
Mommy's Best Games · 2015 · Action, Indie, Shoot 'Em Up, Shooter, Local Co-Op
PC
Mostly Positive79% · 29
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About Game Type DX
Help Hoodie Girl fight the evil MediaBall's inane advertisements and get a new high score!
A game in two parts: First, brave your way through a confusing maze of menus, then take to the air as the indefatigable "Hoodie Girl" and blast sentient advertisements into cold, hard cash!
FEATURES:
*Plus slight embellishments
==== WAIT, WHAT IS THIS? ====
Okay, so the actual shoot-em up plays like this:
It's an infinitely looping, high score game.
This is not a regular shooter, the level structure is not like R-Type or Ikaruga or Dodonpachi or most shmups. There is only *one level*, but it keeps changing with each loop.
The crazy part is, every time you beat the level, the *speed of the game* increases. It gets quite challenging by loop 5, and incredibly difficulty by loop 8.
To help out, there's a powerup called 'Time Pulse', in limited quantity. It slows down time temporarily, and if you shoot the enemy bullets during this time, you zap them into cash. And for every so-many bullets you destroy like this, you get a new Time Pulse! It's good to get you out of a jam, and man does it get tough later on.
Once you understand the flow of the loops, you'll know when the best time to spend your Time Pulse, and you'll start to figure out how to chain them, earn more, to get further.
-PARKOUR!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2976260/ChainStaff/
A game in two parts: First, brave your way through a confusing maze of menus, then take to the air as the indefatigable "Hoodie Girl" and blast sentient advertisements into cold, hard cash!
FEATURES:
- Loop-tastic speed insanity! Every time you beat a level, the game speed increases!
- Time Pulse gameplay -- Slow down time and turn enemy bullets into score drops!
- 2-Player local co-op
- Weekly Leaderboard! Show up often + Show Off your play skills!
- Brand new Steam Achievements!
- PARKOUR!!!
- Based on a true story*!
*Plus slight embellishments
==== WAIT, WHAT IS THIS? ====
Okay, so the actual shoot-em up plays like this:
It's an infinitely looping, high score game.
This is not a regular shooter, the level structure is not like R-Type or Ikaruga or Dodonpachi or most shmups. There is only *one level*, but it keeps changing with each loop.
The crazy part is, every time you beat the level, the *speed of the game* increases. It gets quite challenging by loop 5, and incredibly difficulty by loop 8.
To help out, there's a powerup called 'Time Pulse', in limited quantity. It slows down time temporarily, and if you shoot the enemy bullets during this time, you zap them into cash. And for every so-many bullets you destroy like this, you get a new Time Pulse! It's good to get you out of a jam, and man does it get tough later on.
Once you understand the flow of the loops, you'll know when the best time to spend your Time Pulse, and you'll start to figure out how to chain them, earn more, to get further.
-PARKOUR!
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What Steam players say
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A homage to the old Xbox Live Indie Games Service that doubles as a fine SHMUP as well. Paaaaaaaaaarkooooooooooooooooooooooooooooour!11 found this helpful
Game Type is a badly made 2D retro pixel arcade bullet hell/shoot 'em up with glaringly ugly screens, poor visibility, and janky controls. There's a weird Xbox 360 meta going on, but it looks bad and inauthentic and detracts from what is already a bad game married with a bad concept. The only other differentiator is you're supposed to keep repeating levels, this is typically because the developer is lazy and couldn't be bothered putting in a lot of effort making a lot of content, so repetition is better (for the developer, not for gamers). From a technical perspective, the game doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard. A choice was made to use obsolete, decades old retro pixel "art" as a substitute for contemporary PC graphics. It's unclear if this is due to lack of budget or talent, regardless, the overall visual quality of the game is extremely low as a result. There's no option to change the resolution and no useful graphics tweaks. There's no way to ensure this is running at the native resolution of your display. There's no guarantee this game will look right on any PC as a result of this hamfisted design decision. The controls ca…5 found this helpful
I am 32 years old. My ex-wife and I have a daughter together, and we adopted our son together. Both are now 4 years old. When we were going through our separation, I felt lost and unhappy. I was self-destructive. One day, I was so angry with everything spiraling out of control that I punched a concrete wall in a moment of overwhelming emotion. This resulted in breaking my fifth metacarpal in my right hand—the hand I worked with, played games with, and used to carry my children to bed—the hand I desperately needed to ensure I could continue providing. Upon learning the severity of the self-inflicted damage, I became almost suicidal. Keep in mind that just a few months before this, I was the happiest man, with no history of depression or anxiety. I had never experienced anger outbursts, nor was I the type to break down and cry, but I was in a tough situation that truly prevented me from seeing the light on the other side. With nothing better to do, I looked for a game I could play WITH ONE HAND while recovering. Somehow, I stumbled upon this game and read some of the comments. I decided it was worth a try... I must admit I didn't beat the game, nor did I play as much as some of y…1 found this helpful
Very fun game. Will try to reach loop 20!
If you never had an Xbox 360 the initial premise and UI may sound weird (and kinda funny), but there's a bullet hell shooter hiding inside, like a mashup of Darius and Cave games with lots of football players, card, donuts, crabs, fish, and of course cats. It's an oldie but a goodie and at 5 bucks or less it's a great value. Just exploring the "MediaBall" and trying to find the game-or not-has enough humor to make you laugh (and a few achievements too). You may never want to hear "PARLOUR!" again after playing but it's definitely worth a try. If only because of cats.
great little shmup. lacking in content. but it's good.
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