Hypercosmic Litewave

(Original project date: January 2023)

Simple shmup game made in a custom C++ engine, developed for 2nd year university project.

Controls:

	Keyboard	Gamepad (Xbox layout)
Move ship	Arrow Keys/WASD	Left Joystick/Dpad
Fire	Z/I/Spacebar	A/Y
Slash	X/U/LShift	B/X

Move ship to avoid bullets. Hold down fire button for automatic rapid shooting against enemies.

Press slash button to activate Litewave Saber attack. Saber strike can damage nearby enemies and deflect shadow bullets. Hold down button to charge up Light Hyperslash. Deflected shadow bullets become light bullets that deal high damage to enemies and yield extra score.

Two player mode is available, control scheme setup for each player can be configured within the options menu. (Note: only one player may use a keyboard-controlled ship. Only compatible additional controllers are Xbox 360).

Game contains controller rumble and stereo audio.

Music used: Toree Genesis - Can't Take It Anymore (Chemical City)

(Note: this game is NOT complete because it was for an assignment. It just goes on until it runs out of waves.)