Broken Garden: 'Shoot All Angels'
July 17, 2009 6:00 AM | Eric Caoili
In Broken Garden, you can play as Adam or five fallen figures from the Christian Bible (Cain, Judas, Satan, etc.), taking down angels and archangel stage bosses. The goal? "Fight through the armies of heaven to return to the Garden of Eden".
Each of the characters in this Flash-based shoot'em up have different shot properties and secondary special weapons (charged by not firing), but you can also gather EXP from defeated enemies and purchase upgrades such as extra lives, more rapid firing rates, more powerful shots, and others. It's really fun! Plus, you get a relevant scripture segment at the start of each stage.
This is game four in cartoonist and former Gamelab producer K. Thor Jensen's personal challenge to develop twelve titles this year. You can play the past three -- Acrophilia, Tidal, and Climate -- on his site. And if you donate five bucks to the project/challenge, you'll receive access to a planned special thirteenth game.
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4 Comments
Fun game, but seems a little unbalanced. Cain, for example, is nearly useless against bosses that regenerate their shields or spawn enemies. The homing shots kill the enemies/break the shield, land maybe one or two hits on the boss, the enemies/shield comes back, ad nauseam. His secondary weapon is way too short to counteract this.
Also, the end boss is way harder than anything else. I got there pretty comfortably with Satan and promptly got my ass handed to me. It would be interesting if that was the point, but seeing as it gives you the normal game over screen I don't think it is.
concrete_d | July 17, 2009 2:47 PM
while i very much envy and appreciate anybody who has the gumption to actually finish things, i have to say that in my mind, slow-paced shmups are really missing the point.
Raoul Duke | July 17, 2009 3:05 PM
Hey Eric, nice writeup! Just wanted to mention that the guy who wrote the music and sound effects for that game is a fellow Song Fighter. Check it out at www.songfight.org :)
Ujn Hunter | July 18, 2009 12:44 PM
Concrete_D - Each of the avatars has different play styles - with Cain, using his secondary properly is key. Treat him like a melee fighter, dashing in to cut loose the bomb (it follows his position) and then retreating to charge. Powering up the charge speed helps him a lot. And yes, the last boss is too hard. I apologize - but he is beatable.
K. Thor Jensen | July 19, 2009 1:19 PM