With the game out I’ve gotten some feedback from people. A few expected bugs, but the two biggest concerns I’ve received are the controls can be confusing and the gameplay explanations are lacking.

Both valid concerns. I will work on a short tutorial that will teach all the controls to make it easier then just reading a page of text. Hopefully that will help with controls confusion. As for the gameplay, the ships are made to feel like they have weight. They don’t control like cars or airplanes they control like they are on an ice rink. I can change the forces a little to make them more responsive, but the Newtonian controls are a central game mechanic. I will strive to improve them but I can’t completely change them.

I have also had a couple people voice confusion about the story mode codes. At the end of each level you get a code for the next level. You can play the entire story mode without using the codes, the codes just let you open whatever level you want. I based this off a few arcade games and old console games I played as a kid that did not have a save feature. Instead you used codes to skip to whatever level you wanted to play. I understand how this might be confusing. I may add the code list to the side if it proves to be more annoying than charming.

Anyway Feedback is always welcome. Flank Speed was and still is a side project for me, but I care about making it fun regardless.

The first build of Flank Speed has been released! Multiplayer is still being worked on but should be ready soon. I spent the last few days testing and testing and testing to catch bugs but there will certainly still be some. If you find bugs feel free to post about them and describe what you were doing when it happened. Same with any game breaking things you encounter. Gameplay improvement suggestions are also welcome. I will be working to improve the enemy AI a bit as I’m still not 100% happy with it.

I hope it’s playable, this is technically my first real game as the last one I made was a joke with no gameplay. But I will keep improving it and adding to it the best I can. If it’s lack luster now I will try my best to tackle flaws and issues to make it better!