Vertigo - a hardcore arcade game

[amireh]

Hi guys! I'm not sure if my project is worthy of posting here, but it's the first game I ever release and I'm very excited about it

Vertigo is an arcade game that is completely free, open-source and cross-platform. I built it using Ogre3D and BulletPhysics.

For Linux, I tested on the following distros: Ubuntu 10.04, 10.10 and Debian Lenny.

The gameplay in a nutshell
You are a probe which is set with 2 shields to protect from fire and ice drones, but only 1 shield is active at a time. You will engage zones, each of which might have a different game mode and different objectives, and you'll be briefed once you're in. You have to flip shields in time to protect yourself, and you can possibly move left and right to avoid some obstacles. It's a pure reflex game, a brain teaser

Gameplay trailer
The trailer shows all 4 game modes and 3 of the camera modes: http://youtu.be/6x6BfZNGabc?hd=1

Screenies
You can see different states of the game in a couple of the zones below.








Links
Try it out! You can find everything at www.vertigo-game.com.

I hope you find it fun, and I'd love to hear any kind of feedback!

[amireh]

Hi,

Vertigo source is now available on GitHub @ https://github.com/amireh/Vertigo

Feel free to join in with any code review, comments, or flames.! You can find me on IRC @ irc.freenode.org#vertigo - I'm known as kandie

Cheers,
amireh

[oldos2er]

Thanks! I haven't tried it yet, but it looks like fun.

[ubuntu27]

Thank you amireh! I will keep an aye on this game.

[amireh]

Hi guys,

I'd like to announce that a blog for Vertigo's updates and news has been launched. You can find it at: http://blog.vertigo-game.com stay tuned for updates! It provides RSS feeds as well.

Cheers,
amireh

[Giraffemonster]

Good to hear about the blog.

How many people are working on this project? Is it just you?

[thenickrulz]

This looks awesome!

[amireh]

Good to hear about the blog.

How many people are working on this project? Is it just you?

Yes it's just me, a friend helped me with the music though. ^^ None of the assets are my work though, besides of the game's logo. It's powered by free/open-source resources all the way.

It's meant to be a small game that you'd play in a break. I have some enhancements in mind but right now I'm focused on making the game packagable for Debian / Arch repositories.

This looks awesome!

Thank you!

[Syotos]

I think this will be the first game I will put my hands on right when Ubuntu is done installing !

[rizzeh]

.... I'm focused on making the game packagable for Debian / Arch repositories....

thanks you, can't wait for *.deb