A downloadable game for Windows

Thanks for visiting my game.

Orbital Pilot is a 3D space shooter, where you battle enemy spaceships in orbit around different celestial bodies. Fast-paced action sees you dodging missiles and lasers, blowing up mines, and avoiding collisions with ship seeking drones while trying to use the orbital physics weaponry at your disposal to defend yourself.

The game is in the very early stages of development, so it would be great if you could download a Work In Progress demo, and let me know what you think. Enjoy the first level and the campaign, and the first three endless stages. Try to beat the first of 10 unique bosses, or try out different ships and rack up as high a score as you can in the endless mode.

CONTROLS: Mouse Keyboard / Controller

Move: WASD / LEFT Thumb Stick

Turn: Mouse / RIGHT Thumb Stick

Fire: LEFT Mouse Button / RIGHT Trigger

Shield: RIGHT Mouse Button / LEFT Trigger

Pause: P, Esc / Start

All feedback is very welcome, so please leave a comment, or let me know what you think on twitter: @OrbitalPilot

More information

Status	Prototype
Platforms	Windows
Author	Mark.Da
Genre	Shooter, Action, Adventure
Made with	Unreal Engine
Tags	3D, Fast-Paced, Sci-fi, Shoot 'Em Up, Space, Top-Down, Top down shooter, Unreal Engine
Average session	A few minutes
Languages	English
Inputs	Keyboard, Mouse, Xbox controller, Playstation controller
Links	Twitter

Download

OrbitalPilot_Demo 1 GB

Version 1 Dec 12, 2021

Development log

Update 0.4 - New Movement Mechanics and Enemy Balancing
Nov 20, 2021

Comments

traponsix2 years ago

hello I've tried your game first of all i would like to say that i enjoyed it very much, the feedback is great and the game is relaxing. there are some little things that should be fixed, for the rest I leave the future updates to you, I'm curious to see what they will be. 
-I don't know if it's my problem but from the settings it did not allow me to adjust the volume of the game, resulting too high, also it should be possible to adjust effects and music separately;
-the energy should be more visible, in the lower left corner you notice little and it is not easy to keep it under control and also life, I would like to have a feedback (such as oscillation of the screen or other) in order to realize I have taken damage;
-I would like to have at least in the endless mode a faster version of the game, maybe slowly as you progress with the points the spaceships could speed up;
-one last thing that would be nice to have would be a leaderboard of the best scores.
(game version date 12/13/21)

SkylorBeck2 years ago

Played five minutes. First impressions:

Energy drains at a constant rate while firing, which feels weird but isn't really noticeable. I think it should drain a set amount per shot fired.

The penalty for running out of energy is just a tad too long, IMO.

Unwarranted suggestions:

Energy meters floating on the UI near your ship would be useful, instead of having to look in the corner.

Would be cool if different types of weapons had gravity. A physical bullet based gun could wrap around the planet a bit, for example.

Mark.Da2 years ago

Thanks for playing!

Currently, the energy should be draining per shot - not sure what's happening there, I'll have to look into it.

Yep, UI is definitely something I should investigate further, I'm trying to think of ways to explore it diegetically with colours or things on the ship.

Did you play the endless mode at all? That has different ships, some of which have bullets that track around the planet - like missiles. Let me know if that is what you were thinking of :).

Thanks again!

SkylorBeck2 years ago

Maybe I was firing too fast for me to notice, or maybe the smoothing on the UI made it look like it was constant. It's a super minor nitpick anyway.

You could have an energy shield around the ship that changes from blue to red as you take damage, and fizzles when you're dangerously close to death. Food for thought.

I did not! But I did after that comment because I had to see it. That is what I was thinking of! And it looks and feels just like I was hoping it would. Admittedly, I didn't even beat the first level before posting that comment.

PerfectHumanInterface2 years ago

Hi, I gave it a shot (this is from some days ago).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBtHaKbp2eE&list=PLQOFZ7Uvt6Ww77bp8b09svtBfF4XZcv19&index=56

The video size was large; it took a long time to upload and literal days for Youtube to finish processing! It seems your game's graphics aren't nice on video encoders. 😅

I hope you find it useful!

Mark.Da2 years ago(+1)

You are my hero! Thank you for the video it's amazing, so much quality feedback.

I'm about half way through and am going to start implementing and testing some of the movement changes you suggested - I'll let you know how I get on. Thanks for the help.

JohnMLS2 years ago

Got it running, but thrust was so slow I had to exit. And by slow I mean I held forward for 20 seconds and it would only travel maybe 1/8th of a ship length.

Mark.Da2 years ago

Thank you for trying the demo. That sounds like a bug to me - do you mind me asking what version of the demo you were using. That was an issue in 1.0 and 1.1 but was hopefully fixed in 1.2. If it isn't I'll have a look and see if I can work out what is going on.

JohnMLS2 years ago (2 edits)

Yeah it's 1.2. I downloaded it yesterday from here.

UPDATE!

I have no explanation, as I tried to get this to work a few times. ANYHOW... I just tried again to verify the version number and its working. I think we can mark this down as user error.

ehawk2 years ago

Surprisingly difficult, but I did manage to beat the first campaign boss. More UI around Energy management would have been helpful. Since the main strategy of the game is shooting until you are at around a quarter energy, then dodging / shielding until it fully refills, it would have been great to not have to keep looking in the lower left at a grey bar to manage it. Something more front and center with colors, and maybe even an indicator as to how much longer it will be before it starts to fill.

Also, selecting "Restart" after winning the campaign just shows a blank screen, and the game needed to be closed manually.

(These comments refer to demo version released around 8/15/2021)

Mark.Da2 years ago

Thank you so much for playing, and for the amazing feedback. Congratulations on beating the boss!

Love all the UI suggestions - I'll have a think how I could implement those.

Sounds like you found a bug - I'll have to fix that, cheers