UON Game Demos
LASER WING
A demo originally created for an arcade cabinet now available on your home computer!
Take command of the Icarus Blue and navigate the treacherous planet of Nomadia. Maneuverer and take down all varieties of intergalactic bastards with your unrelenting laser charge!
Keyboard controls: W,A,S,D to move, SPACE to shoot, Q for big shot, LEFT SHIFT to dash, ENTER to start.
Credits – Goblin Games Team: David Nicholls, Lewis Sanderson, Rob Kavanagh – a UON staff game
Shattered Sun
Shattered Sun was originally made for the UON game jam game created in one week for an arcade cabinet! The game was selected for the first stage of Transfuzer, a government scheme for fostering independent game talent partnered with the University of Northampton and was exhibited in Dundee. Now Team Binaric have reimagined the game with an upcoming release on Steam:
Shattered sun is a chaotic bullet hell created for the University Of Northampton’s winter game jam 2024 with the requirement of using the Rexy wheels controller, a camera rig inspired gaming controller.
Gameplay
Action packed twin stick bullet hell, where the player has to fend off increasingly stronger waves of evil mechanical enemies. Enemies drop powerful power-ups that the player can use for limited time to increase there fire power.
Narrative
The game is set in a post apocalyptic earth, where machines have taken over. Pilot your trusty jet to survive the now irradiated earth.
The Team
Benjamin William Friday – VFX, UI (Main Menu), UX, Gameplay Design
Reuben James Miller – Programming
Thomas Stuart Reid – VFX, UI (Leaderboard, Tutorial), Gameplay Design
Mingus Vasseng – VFX, UI (HUD), UX, Gameplay Design, SFX
Elinor Abrahart – Art (Character, Enemy, Environment)
Judit Toth – Background Music, SFX
Binaric Studio