heXon ⬣ Astral Arcade

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Although it's not a new project (going back to 2015) it may be new to some here. Of all LucKey Productions it certainly is most refined, though still without settings menu; after the first run there's a config file that can be modified.

heXon is a twin-stick-shooter set inside a hexagonal arena with wrapping edges and a physics element. Collect hearts and apples for health and weapon power-ups. If you don't have a gamepad, WASD (AZERTY-friendly) and the numpad can be used instead. To save your score, eject – by pressing Esc or both gamepad shoulders – before running out of health so your pilot is alive enough to be "uploaded".
The chaosphere can assist by instantly turning nearby pickups into power-ups or enemies into proximity mines, but will spawn enemies when nothing is caught in the blast.
The game can be played with four players locally. Bots can be added and removed by walking into the plus and minus next to the lobby exit.

Are you capable of defeating the Baphomech?

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@Peter I thought you said heXon compiled and ran, but couldn't find resources?
That should be easy to fix. The resources must either be in a Resources folder existing alongside the binary, or in the applications preferences directory — often ~/.local/share/luckey/hexon/.

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After Dry, heXon is now available through the AUR!

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Been working on adding a settings menu to heXon lately. The branch has just been merged and the result deployed to itch.

The menu is opened by pressing Escape or both shoulders on the controller, either in the lobby or while the game is paused. Until now these settings could only be modified using a raw text editor.

glitchapp

Modanung Beautiful!! I love the tempered glass like look of the background and the metal like edges, very futuristic indeed.

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glitchapp Glad you like it! I intend for more detail to be added later, mostly focusing on layout and functionality first.

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Eight years ago I came up with the idea for ship add-ons that provide one's craft with extra abilities, and specified them further three years later. Two of them, the Submerger and Repeller are now functional. The first allows the player to briefly dive beneath the grid surface, where you'll be safe from enemies and their projectiles. The second will push away nearby Razors, Seekers and other players.

For now all ships are equipped with these add-ons from the start, but I also intend to implement purchasing them (with points) in the lobby, between flights. By then they should be visible on the ships as modules. Icons indicating their recharge progress are also not yet implemented.

The other two add-ons in the works are Depth Charges and a Ram.

sndein

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The visual feedback on the diving could definitely need some work. First time I watched that clip I didn't even realize yo dove down. Maybe make the ship a bit darker while submerged. I think a distortion effect on the grid that looks like waves from the spot you dove down at would look nice as well.

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sndein I certainly agree the height fog could be intensified: The ship darkens from it, but very little. And mass of objects already affects the grid, which I guess could be use to add ripples, I wouldn't call that distortion though.
A bit of (blurry) refraction might also significantly add to the visual feedback... and I was thinking to maybe add some bubbles to the Submerger module.
Being in control of the ship also greatly helps the noticing.

EDIT: Modified the hull material's shader for exaggerated height fog.

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Added bubbles to the diving ship, as well as a module and icon for each ability, all four of which have now been implemented.

EDIT: Deployed to itch.