Greetings everyone! I'll be submitting this to 64 Digits soon as well, but figured it'd make a good blog post too, after a month of inactivity. [:D]

After months of development, I have finally finished Aces High Over Verlor Island!

For the uninitiated, AHOVI is a 3D top-down arcade shooter where you pilot a biplane, and compete against other people online, or against yourself (and the clock) in the 3 single player modes. You are capable of performing a few special maneuvers, and various power-ups occasionally appear in order to help you stay alive.

Screenshots

Each of the 3 single player modes has an online high score board set up so that you can compete against others, and of course, you can also compete directly with people in brawls of up to 8 people at once! For each single player mode, and the multiplayer mode, you can earn Reflect credits, which are basically just a way of showing others your skill level, and how much you've played.

Controls

Using menus:

LEFT MOUSE - Click to activate a button

UP & DOWN ARROWS - Navigate menu options

ENTER - Activate a button

ESC - Close the current menu / exit the game

Playing the game:

LEFT & RIGHT ARROWS - Turn your aircraft left or right

LEFT & RIGHT ARROWS (double tap) - Do a barrel roll

UP ARROW (hold) - Speed skill

DOWN ARROW (hold) - Slow Skill

DOWN ARROW (double tap) - Perform a vertical loop

SPACE BAR - Fire machine gun

ESC - Exit the game

Multiplayer only:

ENTER - Begin chat type mode / send message

SHIFT (hold) - View scoreboard

HOST CHAT COMMANDS:

/players - view a numbered player list

/kick # - replace # with the desired player number from the player list to kick a player

Miscellaneous:

F4 - Toggle windowed / full screen mode

Download

Click here to download (5.56 Mb)

Like a few of my previous games, (Evolites and Linked), in order to submit your high scores, earn credits, and play online, you'll need a Reflect Account. You can find out more about how the system works, and sign up at the Reflect Games website. It's free, fast, and painless!

A special note about playing online

If you want to host games online, you might have to set up your router to use port forwarding. you can find out more about that here. Just make sure TCP port 27782 is open, and you should be good to go.