Prepare to be resonated with Hardhat’s Resonate v0.57.

Resonate is a distinctive fast-paced rail-shooter putting you undersea initially as a Zooplankton. Your goal: evolve from your heterotrophic state into a mean ass Thresher Shark and own the ocean.

I should mention Resonate v0.55 was submitted for Homebrew Idol. This article covers both that release and the post-competition release.

version 0.57:

• fixed boss damage visualization

version 0.55:

• new compo title screen with water drop special effect
• new main level which is easier for Meyitzo but still interesting
• now fight against the tall ship of doom to free the sea (boss fight)
• moved old main level to version0_45
• Intel Mac level editor now available
• added model preview in the level editor
• increased the number of supported enemies to 512
• increased the memory used by the CFW build to 20MB for bigger sounds, etc.

Download: Resonate 0.57

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Developer and Homebrew Idol contestant, Hardhat, has released an Internet ranking-enabled version of Resonate.

New readers should know Resonate is a fast-paced undersea rail shooter with one primary objective: become King of the Ocean. And now prove you’re king shit by sharing your high score online. Further enhancements have also made their way into version 0.45 — check ‘em below…

Resonate 0.45 changes:

• added high score upload/Internet ranking
• added new XMB background picture
• added new XMB song from DimensionT
• fixed some crash bugs in the level editor
• filled in some user levels with enemies
• updated credits to list some missed people
• made terrain more continuous
• new level transition effect
• windows level editor included in distro
• level editor includes preview of enemies on screen

Download: Resonate 0.45

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From developer HardHat is something new for Homebrew Idol… Resonate — a fast paced undersea rail shooter. While on your oceanic journey to become king thresher shark, you must destroy enemy fish, collect power-ups, and of course stay alive. Not only that — go online to share custom levels and compete for the #1 ranked spot.

Resonate features:

• five hero forms: Zooplankton, Sea Urchin, Seahorse, Stingray, Thresher Shark
• high score tracking for each game
• enemies in various attack formations
• three kinds of power ups
• level editor for Windows, Linux or MacOS based on fltk and OpenGL

Keep in mind; this is an early, non-final version of the game. A polished version is on the way.

Download: Resonate 0.35 (level editor included — see “red09a.zip”)

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