Category: DIGM531

April 6th, 2018

Research Games of Similar Genre to Coral Invasion

What genre is it?

Wiki Page for Shooter Genre
Shooter Game – Subgenre: Shoot ’em Up

“Shoot ’em ups are a specific subgenre of shooters wherein the player may move up and down and left and right around the screen, typically firing straight forward.”

Top Down Shooter: “(sometimes referred to as twin-stick shooters) where the levels are controlled from an overhead viewpoint”

Game may also benefit from being categorized as strategy, or potentially puzzle. These two genres help drive the idea that the game may not be pushing the limits of speed, and will be played in a slower and more tactical way than a general shoot em up. This can be useful for rounding out another view on the way the core gameplay can be implemented.

Example Games of this Genre

Armed to the Gears Link to steam page
This game has the player move throughout the level/world, shooting many enemies in a top-down fashion. The player is a very strong robot (could use idea that player is very durable/invincible to focus on other parts of gameplay). Has turrets the player can place down to aid them (has light outline of range to show what the turrets can reach at all times). There are many different types of enemies and weapons for the player.

Blacksea Odyssey Link to steam page
Fast paced game that is still focused on the player surviving more than how they use their projectiles. There is some interesting use in the placement of projectiles as shooting boss enemies in certain locations allows you to dismember them (getting into strategic placement of the player’s weapons).

Tactical Link to steam page
Medium/slow paced top down shooting and puzzle/strategy game. The player must kill enemies by shooting them from behind while remaining undetected. Killing an enemy alerts the other enemies and will affect their movement patterns. Player succeeds by killing all of the enemies in the fastest time.