RROOTAGE GAME ANDROID

Normal mode is the standard shooter, and PSY mode has you grazing bullets with your green shield to fill a meter (and then unleash a super attack). On lo-res, it's not quite so cool, but still enough to make you grin the first few times.īut the real wealth of the game comes in the form of the four very different gameplay modes. And when it did occur, it was usually when one of the bosses disintegrated into a spinning mass of particle effects, and the slow-down gave it an almost cinematic quality. The bullets split apart and spiral madly across the screen, rarely ever causing anything that resembles lag (Though you should note that I have a pretty beefy rig). To start it off, the graphics are more than competent. Tons of attack patterns to evade, constantly evolving game situations, and neat effects will draw you in for at least a little while, but rRootage has much more to offer than a simple romp through Galaga-land. Playing it for a while, the only thing that kept me going was the endless boss variety. Combined with the four distinct play styles the game has a lot of content that will last any shmup fan for a long time.Looking at the screen shots of rRootage, I have to admit that, while there was a lot happening on the screen, it really didn't look like much. There are 40 levels in Rrootage, and each one is broken into five sub-levels. This is the players only hope during some of the more manic bullet waves and the usage of the shield is most important. The shield will absorb all enemy fire in it's radius and after usage it needs to recharge.

GW mode's special feature is a bullet absorbing shield that needs to recharge, but it can be used infinitely.

As shots are absorbed they are automatically fired back at the boss. As red/black they can absorb red/black fire and as blue/white they absorb blue/white fire. instead of bombs like in normal mode, the player can switch between two polarities. The closer they are to enemy fire the more points they get.

Psy mode is a mode that encourages players to go near enemy fire.

Firing slows the ship's movement speed slightly. You start with three 'bombs' that will erase all enemy bullets within a certain radius.

Normal mode is the basic textbook shmup.

There are no powerups or different weapons other than the starting weapon, Rrootage has a minimalist approach to gameplay. So it's more like a game against a super turret, rather than standard enemies. It also focuses on single boss-like enemies, rather than send swarms of enemies and intricate weaving salvo's of small fighters, each level has only one large enemy and the level ends when it is destroyed. Rrootage is a 'one-hit-one-kill' shmup and every mode gives the player three lives and they can gain more by getting high scores. Like other bullet-hell shooters, the ship is only destroyed if the core is hit, as that is the vulnerable hitbox, bullets can pass through the wire-frame cylinder with no damage done. The ship in Rrootage is some weird broken up cylinder with a pink core in the center. Since each mode is different and have their own unique gameplay tweaks, the game is essentially four games in one. Rrootage's unique quad gameplay style approach and medium sized selectable levels lend itself to perfect 'I-got-15-minutes-to-kill' sessions.

RROOTAGE GAME ANDROID

As it is open source, it has been compiled for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone.

RRootage is an open-source, freeware bullet-hell game designed by Kenta Cho and released by ABA Games.

Rrootage game