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''<big>'''Gunroar'''</big>''
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{{GameInfobox
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|bordercolor = #772277
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|title = Gunroar
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|background = #f8f8f8
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|image = Gunroar Screenshot.jpg
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|width = 324px;
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|imagecaption = Title screen
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|imagescalepx = 180px
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|developer = [[Kenta Cho]]
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|releasedate = Unknown
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|previousgame = [[Titanion]]
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|nextgame = [[Noiz2sa]]
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}}
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== General Information ==
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Gunroar is a 360-degree gunboat shooter by [[Kenta Cho]] available in Japanese and English. The game combines elements from vertical shooting danmaku/bullet hell games, with that of radially designed twin-stick shooters. It is presented in a distinct retro art style, with all the boats and bullets in the game represented as colored wire-frame 3D models, and an infinitely scrolling background of various blues and greens to represent the water and landmasses of the environment.
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In Gunroar, the player takes control of a small gunboat, and must survive as long as possible against an onslaught of enemy ships. Over time, the difficulty will continue to increase as the player destroys more ships. The game ends once the player runs out of extra boats and is defeated.
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The game is free to play and, as mentioned earlier, accessible in both English and Japanese. It was developed by Kenta Cho (a.k.a "Saba"), an independent developer, and was uploaded to their site at [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/]. The site functions an archive of the games they have developed over time. They have developed many short and simple free to play games over the years, all in a similar pixelated, retro style.
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__TOC__
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== Gameplay Information ==
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=== Controls ===
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The game supports several different control types. They are listed below.
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<code>WIP</code>
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{| class="wikitable"
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! colspan = 2 | Normal Mode
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|-
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! Move
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| Arrow / Num / [WASD] / [IJKL] / Stick
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|-
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! Fire guns / Hold direction
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| [Z][L-Ctrl][R-Ctrl][.] / Trigger 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12
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|-
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! Fire lance
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| [X][L-Alt][R-Alt][L-Shift][R-Shift][/][Return] / Trigger 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11
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|-
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|}
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Hold a key to open automatic fire and hold the direction of a boat. Tap a key to take a turn while firing.
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Lance is a single-shot weapon. You have to tap a key to fire a next lance. You can't fire a next lance while a first lance is in a screen.
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{| class="wikitable"
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! colspan = 2 | Twin Stick Mode
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|-
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! Move
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| [WASD] / Stick1
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|-
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! Fire guns
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|  [IJKL] / Stick2
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|-
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|}
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You can control the concentration of guns by the analog stick.
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{| class="wikitable"
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! colspan = 2 | Double Play Mode
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|-
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! Move boat1
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| [WASD] / Stick1
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|-
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! Move boat2
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| [IJKL] / Stick2
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|-
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|}
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{| class="wikitable"
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! colspan = 2 | Mouse Mode
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|-
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! Move
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| Arrow / Num / [WASD] / [IJKL] / Stick
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|-
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! Control sight
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| Mouse
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|-
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! Fire guns (narrow)
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| Mouse left button
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|-
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! Fire guns (wide)
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| Mouse right button
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|-
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|}
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=== Scoring ===
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<code>WIP</code>
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Score is gained by defeating enemy ships and surviving longer. Destroying larger enemies will cancel any bullets they have fired that are on screen, and award additional points. Some bullets can also be destroyed, specifically the spinning grey diamonds hat are fired.
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=== Strategy ===
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<code>WIP</code><br>
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"Steer a boat and sink enemy fleet." ~Kenta Cho
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==== General Strategy ====
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For survival play:<br>
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Focus on staying near the bottom of the screen and avoiding bullets. The screen will constantly advance so you will always eventually reach more enemies to defeat. Moving slowly causes boss ships to appear on screen slower too, as they move up and vertically away from the player at about the same pace as the screen scroll. Finding gaps and opportunities to scroll the screen faster and destroy parts of the boss ship before retreating to safety is a decent strategy to taking them out slowly and focusing on dodging.
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For high score play:<br>
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Destroying ships and scrolling the screen as fast as possible is a good strategy for scoring, as it allows you to spawn more enemies and increase the rank multiplier quickly. This can allow you to achieve large bullet cancels as the difficulty increases rapidly, and defeat more ships which means overall higher scoring.
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=== Rank ===
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Rank multiplier (displayed in the upper right) is a bonus multiplier that increases with a difficulty of a game. You can increase a rank multiplier faster by going forward faster.
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(Specifically moving near the top of the screen will scroll the screen faster, however as enemies appear at the top of the screen, this also a risky strategy.)
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Rank also increases as the player destroys enemies.
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== Gallery ==
 
[[File:Gunroar Screenshot.jpg|thumb|right]]
 
[[File:Gunroar Screenshot.jpg|thumb|right]]
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Gunroar is a 360-degree gunboat shooter by [[Kenta Cho]] available in Japanese and English.
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== Development Information ==
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From the official download page:
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* Gunroar is the free software for Windows(OpenGL required).
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* Gunroar is written in the D Programming Language(ver. 0.149).
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* Simple DirectMedia Layer is used for media handling.
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* SDL_mixer and Ogg Vorbis CODEC are used to play BGMs/SEs.
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* D Header files at D - porting are for use with OpenGL, SDL and SDL_mixer.
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* Mersenne Twister is used for creating a random number.
  
 
==Compatibility==
 
==Compatibility==
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==Links==
 
==Links==
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[http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/gr_e.html Official English Page]
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[http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/gr_e.html Official English Download Page]
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[http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/gr.html Official Japanese Download Page]
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Kenta Cho's (Developer's) Game Archive:
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http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/
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Developer's Twitter:
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https://twitter.com/abagames
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Developer's GitHub:
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https://github.com/abagames
  
 
[[Category:Independent/Doujin shooting games]]
 
[[Category:Independent/Doujin shooting games]]
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[[Category:Free to Play shooting games]]

Latest revision as of 01:19, 20 April 2023

Gunroar

Gunroar
Gunroar Screenshot.jpg

Title screen

Developer: Kenta Cho
Release date: Unknown
Previous game: Titanion
Next game: Noiz2sa

General Information

Gunroar is a 360-degree gunboat shooter by Kenta Cho available in Japanese and English. The game combines elements from vertical shooting danmaku/bullet hell games, with that of radially designed twin-stick shooters. It is presented in a distinct retro art style, with all the boats and bullets in the game represented as colored wire-frame 3D models, and an infinitely scrolling background of various blues and greens to represent the water and landmasses of the environment.

In Gunroar, the player takes control of a small gunboat, and must survive as long as possible against an onslaught of enemy ships. Over time, the difficulty will continue to increase as the player destroys more ships. The game ends once the player runs out of extra boats and is defeated.

The game is free to play and, as mentioned earlier, accessible in both English and Japanese. It was developed by Kenta Cho (a.k.a "Saba"), an independent developer, and was uploaded to their site at [1]. The site functions an archive of the games they have developed over time. They have developed many short and simple free to play games over the years, all in a similar pixelated, retro style.

Gameplay Information

Controls

The game supports several different control types. They are listed below.

WIP

Normal Mode
Move Arrow / Num / [WASD] / [IJKL] / Stick
Fire guns / Hold direction [Z][L-Ctrl][R-Ctrl][.] / Trigger 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12
Fire lance [X][L-Alt][R-Alt][L-Shift][R-Shift][/][Return] / Trigger 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11

Hold a key to open automatic fire and hold the direction of a boat. Tap a key to take a turn while firing. Lance is a single-shot weapon. You have to tap a key to fire a next lance. You can't fire a next lance while a first lance is in a screen.

Twin Stick Mode
Move [WASD] / Stick1
Fire guns [IJKL] / Stick2

You can control the concentration of guns by the analog stick.

Double Play Mode
Move boat1 [WASD] / Stick1
Move boat2 [IJKL] / Stick2
Mouse Mode
Move Arrow / Num / [WASD] / [IJKL] / Stick
Control sight Mouse
Fire guns (narrow) Mouse left button
Fire guns (wide) Mouse right button

Scoring

WIP

Score is gained by defeating enemy ships and surviving longer. Destroying larger enemies will cancel any bullets they have fired that are on screen, and award additional points. Some bullets can also be destroyed, specifically the spinning grey diamonds hat are fired.

Strategy

WIP
"Steer a boat and sink enemy fleet." ~Kenta Cho

General Strategy

For survival play:
Focus on staying near the bottom of the screen and avoiding bullets. The screen will constantly advance so you will always eventually reach more enemies to defeat. Moving slowly causes boss ships to appear on screen slower too, as they move up and vertically away from the player at about the same pace as the screen scroll. Finding gaps and opportunities to scroll the screen faster and destroy parts of the boss ship before retreating to safety is a decent strategy to taking them out slowly and focusing on dodging.


For high score play:
Destroying ships and scrolling the screen as fast as possible is a good strategy for scoring, as it allows you to spawn more enemies and increase the rank multiplier quickly. This can allow you to achieve large bullet cancels as the difficulty increases rapidly, and defeat more ships which means overall higher scoring.


Rank

Rank multiplier (displayed in the upper right) is a bonus multiplier that increases with a difficulty of a game. You can increase a rank multiplier faster by going forward faster.

(Specifically moving near the top of the screen will scroll the screen faster, however as enemies appear at the top of the screen, this also a risky strategy.)

Rank also increases as the player destroys enemies.

Gallery

Gunroar Screenshot.jpg

Development Information

From the official download page:

  • Gunroar is the free software for Windows(OpenGL required).
  • Gunroar is written in the D Programming Language(ver. 0.149).
  • Simple DirectMedia Layer is used for media handling.
  • SDL_mixer and Ogg Vorbis CODEC are used to play BGMs/SEs.
  • D Header files at D - porting are for use with OpenGL, SDL and SDL_mixer.
  • Mersenne Twister is used for creating a random number.

Compatibility

Game works in Windows 11 - Forkinthenet (talk) 15:45, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

Links

Official English Download Page

Official Japanese Download Page

Kenta Cho's (Developer's) Game Archive: http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/

Developer's Twitter: https://twitter.com/abagames

Developer's GitHub: https://github.com/abagames

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