PyWeek - Don't mess with the PyN00b - feedback

Wow, this game worked surprisingly well. Usually when you control two characters, there's the awkwardness of having to multitask, but playing this game it often felt like the two were one. I like how you have to defend the blind spots of the other ship and how sometimes you're focusing on one ship until you realize you made a lucky shot with the other ship. Graphics are simple but cool. My only complaint is that there could have been autofire. Excellent work.

I found this game very enjoyable. It takes that old school arcade style and adds a new dimension to it.

Bit of a tenuous link to the theme. I like the idea of the game, though, it really screws with my head.

Really fun little space-invaders style game. The double ships make for some interesting choices.

Modern classic.

Good game, double control and game play was enjoyable. But there is no relationship to the theme.

restart game after gameover? also it was not clear from which directory it should bestarted

good fun game to play. The mechanic of two shooters though simple is very interesting.

Very nicely done game.

Awesome job! Only lacks some smashy 8-bit tune as background music. Maybe you could use just
one key to shoot with both ships? I've been hammering on both buttons simultaneously, anyway.
Thumbs up!

Nice game but not related to the theme... so I vote for disqualify.

My firing fingers got tired very quickly, so I couldn't play for long.

Did not follow the theme of the challenge, but I like this game ;-)

Awesome game! Great idea, great execution. Kudos to you!

Not bad at all, if a bit repetitive. The control scheme is pretty annoying. Not the arrow keys but the fact that you have to keep pressing Z and X. Why not let us hold them down? Having nine waves and nine lives is not a very innovative way to use the theme.

Nicely polished. Innovative but didn't incorporate the theme strongly enough for my liking.

if you locate both your two starship in the down/right angle and you continuously shoot, you
are almost invincible.

meh

liked the game.

I get the feeling I've played this game before.

Nicely done. Could have used some background music, but it's a game I'll be playing again soon.

Real good game like Space invaders. Great GFX.

Just add background music.

Not a bad game for first PyWeek! :)

I found it extremely challenging having to track the two axes, and constantly switch between them. I might have had a lot more fun if it started out slower; or had a nub setting so I could get used to it without getting dead so quick. Those guys sneaking up the sides! It's so obvious how to deal with them, but by the time I noticed them and reacted... well, my ship couldn't made the trek in time.

With a few more innovations and difficulty selections this could be an engaging upgrade on the classic formula.

Hope these comments help. :)

Soon you will need a 3D enabled keyboard to play... Oh, wait!

Brilliant, not my sort of game really but I enjoyed it anyway. Died on wave 5, will play again.

Hope to see you next time!

maybe this game lacks on innovation, but the production and fun is so beyond 'Exceptional', so
carefully made, i felt i should choose 'Exceptional' on innovation - it seems good games here
is a strong innovation attitude, which i applause strongly, and i think the other competitors
of this contest should follow this example. Davec shown us pyweek.org newbies can hugely
surprise us, and i also hope PyCon can bring here more talented game developers like him.

I like the idea of managing both horizontal and vertical ships. I wish they would auto-fire though. It was a pain mashing both x and z over and over again, especially on my dvorak layout. You pulled off the retro 8-bit style nicely.

Needs more gameplay ideas! Powerups, bosses, or something to change it up.