“Shooter In The Abstract”
It’s time to release the first version of the Sekrit Project, also known as ‘Shooter In The Abstract’. This is a simple little shooter arena game where you basically just try to stay alive.
You have a few options for how to play. You can:
It’s free and yours to enjoy forever!
Tags: Game, ShooterInTheAbstract
July 5th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
I got 16,700-something before I had to quit. I really dig the aesthetic, so it wasn’t easy to come up with replacement sprites (rather, I think it doesn’t need them).
The ship is your highest contrast object, with the powerups slight less so, and that’s perfect - I’d suggest dropping the score to the lowest layer in the playfield so that it doesn’t overlay the objects, but rather underscores them. Other than that, all you need is a logo, sir!
July 5th, 2007 at 1:35 pm
Sweet, thanks man! Yeah, the graphics are pretty serviceable for what they are.
July 21st, 2007 at 7:19 am
I think this game would be perfect for the xbox live arcade
August 1st, 2007 at 8:35 am
[...] I’ve decided that ‘Shooter in the Abstract‘ needs an update. I’ve been away from it long enough now that I am no longer sick of [...]
September 5th, 2007 at 6:01 pm
A linux version would be nice!
September 5th, 2007 at 6:24 pm
Hahaha, well, yeah, it would.
Sadly, Unity3D doesn’t support Linux as a deployment platform yet, sorry!
September 22nd, 2007 at 7:46 am
[...] play ‘Shooter in the Abstract‘ once in a while and I still enjoy it. I got on a roll this morning though and busted out a [...]
September 23rd, 2007 at 5:53 pm
[...] took a browse through my server stats for the last few months and in the 2 1/2 months that ‘Shooter in the Abstract‘ has been available it’s been downloaded 7,906 times. That’s pretty darn good for [...]
December 27th, 2007 at 9:11 am
[...] amazed at how much traffic ‘Shooter in the Abstract‘ still gets. The downloadable versions (Mac and Windows combined) are still serving up over [...]
January 19th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
I don’t get it, is there any point to the game other than moving your mouse around trying to avoid the little boxes with your little triangle? And is it supposed to look like the screenshots above, because I’ve tried both the downloaded version (on a mac) and the play online version (with firefox) and it has a white background (not gray) and the image is really flickery, like looking at a really old fluorescent light at a truck stop. It’s difficult to see where the boxes are exactly. I got a score of 5845 my first time. Is it supposed to be more difficult that this?
January 19th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
5,845 would indicate you didn’t get very far.
It gets a lot harder over time - your ship gets more powerful and there are more enemy types.
It’s not for everyone and, yes, it’s basically just a simple shooter game. But hey, it’s fun! For most people, anyway.
February 4th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
[...] it was originally published but my wife stumbled over it tonight and I thought I’d share. Shooter in the Abstract is apparently one of the 10 Classic Free Games for Mac. [...]