Major Changes and revamped gameplay since last week.
Engine and gameplay was recoded from scratch.

Experimental build:
http://lmao.rotfl.at/upload/Strobe/Anomaly_prototype8.zip

Previous version:
http://lmao.rotfl.at/upload/Strobe/NewAnomalyPrototype3.zip
System Reqs: 128MB RAM, 128MB VGA RAM.

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Shoot anomaly with LMB to gather crystals,
avoid red bullets, these take damage.
Press RMB to use a shield on the playfield, this absorbs all bullets.
Gather green bullets to have a chance of regenerating energy.

Press Space to enter the shop to spend crystals.

Special Items
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B.CONVERTER converts all bullets on screen to green bullets,
used currently with "W" key if you have bought it.
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Works on Windows 7 x64, AMD A10 with integrated gfx.
It looked and sounded like the timing was on!

Also I died :c

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Vib Ribbon meats Touhou meats uncle Strobe.

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Tested on Another computer, a core i7 with Windows 7 and its desynced. not sure why this happens yet, since i use normal timers, not synced to refreshrate.

Hey did anyone ever beat that website puzzle thing with the candle?

(Also I tried this Anomaly thing. It worked fine, seemed in sync. Could probably use a damage indicator so know when I'm getting hit, since the hitbox is so small it was confusing to me how to play because nothing seemed to be damaging me for a long while.)

I Think atleast 1 or 2 people beat the webpuzzle thingie! but i havent continued on it yet ;)

There is a damage indicator, you will lose those ships at the bottom.
the damage sound will be louder in next build though, there is actually faint clonk sound now.

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New damn update!
http://lmao.rotfl.at/upload/Strobe/NewAnomalyPrototype3.zip

read original top post for more information of what was going on.

http://puu.sh/iZl68/94f70ed97b.png
it stays like this forever, eventually the song'll loop and the enemy will begin to redo the usual movements but without shooting.....did i beat the gaem? =0
edit: i guess i did this to the outdated version

hehee, there is no map data after that Point in that testlevel, so yes, technically you "beat the game" ;) , i should have made the spikes touch instead so testers had no choice but to die!

"edit: i guess i did this to the outdated version "
technically there is not much content yet added in the new experimental version either, i suggest you wait until the next real alpha ;)

toying around with some new engine features here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcY_1PxUKTw

also in planning is the ability to make walls to fly through
like a caveflier at high speeds. kind of like the spikes, but more dynamic.

i acidentally glitched the game, when i reached that part on which you use the bullet converter on "New Anomaly Prototype 3" vid (roughly 2:00) i acidentally clicked outside the game window, im not sure exactly what i did or what caused that but the anomaly wasnt shooting bullets anymore
since i had purchased a bullet converter before anyways but ended up not using it, i used it in the part afterwards (instead of using the shield as i'd normally do) and ended up getting a pretty high combo and energy amount http://puu.sh/iZqLF/dbbd47fea5.jpg
plus there was more stuff afterwards i dont remember seeing BEFORE the update, i think i'll play it some more to figure it out

about the new feature, wow! looks insane, but fun (and pretty! (and difficult))

Hahah ahahahaa, i just did some tests, yes, you can skip bullet triggers due to how i time the mapdata. that is remarkable, all you have to do is have the window massively unfocused while a bullet pattern is triggered, then the game will skip it completely.

Lets see how i fix that one, its actually a bit tricky.