Frantic Aliens

Frantic Aliens is a 2d platformer shooting local multiplayer game. 
It's recommended to play with friends and using controllers if possible!
There are also bots in the game just in case, and it can be played with keyboard and mouse.

Inputs

Controller:
Left Stick to move and duck.
Left Button and Right Button (shoulder buttons) to switch weapons.
Right Stick to aim.
Right Trigger to shoot.

Mouse and keyboard: 
A and D to move, S to duck. 
Q and E to switch weapons.
Mouse to aim.
LMB to shoot.

Game modes

• Free for all: every alien for themselves.
• Team deathmatch: players fight in teams.
• Capture the flag: steal the enemy flag and take it to your base! (bots don't do this though, so it's a human-exclusive mod)

Weapons

• Basic Gun: you spawn with this. It's not great. Color: white.
• Minigun: high fire rate, low damage per bullet (but it has a lot of bullets). Color: yellow.
• Sniper: low fire rate, high damage. Laser sight for better camping. Color: red.
• Shotgun: high bullet spread, decent fire  rate considering the high damage when target is close. Color: orange.
• Bazooka: shoots and explosive missile than can change body shape pretty fast. Color: magenta.
• Grenades: their damage is the same as the bazooka missiles, but they explode on a timer only. Time it right! Color: green.

Power-ups

• Health boost: it heals aliens.
• Slow motion: it slows down time.
• Shadow: aliens become non-physical beings and bullets can't hit them.
• Lollipop: it makes aliens grow, increasing health and damage.

Backstory

I started this game on 2014 and abandoned it some time after. Very recently (while working on a different game) I got a nice music bundle and I thought I could resurrect this project.

Not the backstory you were waiting for? Ok so basically these aliens can absorb  human weapons when they touch them. They have fun breaking each other apart and putting themselves back together. Just like glass does in their alien arenas, for some reason.

Hope you enjoy it!