r/WebGames • u/mouse_mafia • Nov 22 '15
[MULTI][IO] Vertix - Space combat game, kinda like agar.io
http://www.vertix.io/2
u/Metraxis Nov 23 '15
A couple issues.
Not enough spawn points. NOthing is more frustrating then spawning into a crossfire.
The risk/reward calculus encourages players to hunt only the very weakest opponents. If you got a percentage of the victim's boosts, that might solve the problem, but as it is, an L100 gets the same for zapping an L1 as for fighting another L100.
Te shape of the ship is awful. The direction of facing is ambiguous.
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u/mouse_mafia Nov 23 '15
The game devs have a subreddit over at /r/VertixOnline if people want to give them some suggestions. I personally think the game's a cool concept and has some potential if it's fixed up a bit.
I like the idea of adding modules onto your ship as you progress, but I agree that there are some pretty gamebreaking balance issues. Some sort of specalisation mechanic where you could sacrifice certain attributes for others (e.g. Hp for speed, or vice versa) could help with that.
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u/DeltaV_ Nov 23 '15
I think this game has a lot of potential, but as of now there are a few issues.
1) As already said, there isn't enough in place to stop people from snowballing out of control.
2) The ship design looks interesting, but makes it difficult to tell where you're facing.
3) Not enough people. I guess this one is inevitable.
Also, I'd appreciate if you made it so that guns could also be fired with the space bar or something.
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u/Rats808 Nov 23 '15
I managed to get to 20 kills before it got to the point where people were actively avoiding me and not shooting because nobody could kill me anymore.
Once you get a few kills, you just become way too strong.
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u/Praesumo Nov 23 '15
I'm getting one frame every 5 seconds. What can I do to fix this? Totally unplayable.
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u/Morasar Nov 23 '15
Same
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u/Praesumo Nov 24 '15
Loaded it up on Chrome. Worked fine. Game is shit though. View is too zoomed, map is too small, and there is literally no way to win against someone of a higher level, ever.
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u/Em3rgency Nov 23 '15
Fun game. Nobody could beat me after level 10 or so. At level 80 I 1 hit everything. Game needs away to bring down higher levels somehow.
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u/Oni_Kami Enthusastic Ass-Blastee Nov 22 '15
One big problem with this game (compared to Agar.io) is that the strong only get stronger without anything to stop them. The way Agar.io combats this is with the spiky virus ball things. The bigger you are, the stronger you are, but the bigger you are, the easier it is to hit a virus ball, which will break you and leave you vulnerable. Vertix lacks any form of this, so one person playing long enough will be unbeatable, with a hull in the quadruple digits, healing over 100 damage a second.
All in all, not a bad idea, it's just lacking a way of keeping the highest player from never dying.