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In this top-down shmup, you control Hensen Hopper, a vigilante grasshopper from the lower west side of The Garden who has taken it upon himself to take back his home from the control of the nefarious Yellow Jackets! Armed with his trusty honey-gun, you will help Hensen fight back against the Yellow Jackets' with the aim of putting an end to their reign of terror and saving The Garden from villainous insects!


This game fully supports the following input modes:

  • Keyboard/Mouse

  • Xbox controller

The controls will be explained by in-game hints but are also listed below.


| Action: | Keyboard: | Controller: |

| Movement | Arrow Keys | Left Joystick |

| Fire | Space | Right Trigger |

| Pause | Esc | B |


This game features two music tracks by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com/) and numerous sound effects from Zapsplat (https://www.zapsplat.com/).

#arcade #shooter #comedy #action #retro #other



all-ages
Cartoon Violence
Comical Shenanigans

There really isn't a whole lot else I need to do to prep Hensen for the beta build out! Honestly, I'm just making this post to think through what I still need to get done with this project in order to push the first beta before the end of the year.

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I have two things to show off!!! Firstly, the hints system is now (in enough of a sense for the beta build-out at least) functional, and, secondly, I tweaked the honey-bullet sounds a bit to try to make attacking the enemies more satisfying.

I'm thinking of having the HP system in Hensen Hopper be Hensen's morale rather than health. I think that'd make more sense with the healing item being what it is; Hensen gets stung, he looses morale, but eating his favorite food restores it.

Is a fully-interactive tutorial necessary for the beta build-out or are the in-game hints enough for this stage in the games development? I plan to implement a fully interactive tutorial eventually but that may not be very important for now...

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I added an animation and sound effect when the player collects the heal-up drop. In the lore, this flower is going to be Hensen's favorite food which is why the sound effect is a crunch like he's bitten into something.