HotHead

$2.99

Release Date:: Oct 5, 2018
Developer:: Sean Baker
Publisher:: Sean Baker
Platforms:: Windows

Indie Action Steam Achievements Family Sharing Single-player Partial Controller Support

About This Game

HotHead is a retro-style platforming shooter game.

Game Modes

Choose between two game modes: "Arcade Mode and "Stage Mode." In "Arcade Mode" you will have to progress through all of the stages with a limited number of lives. "Stage Mode" allows you to play the game at your own pace. Each stage has three letters: "H," "O," and "T." Collecting all three will gets you a "HOT Bonus." In "Arcade Mode" the "Hot Bonus" will grant you an extra life. In "Stage Mode" it will add your current power-ups to your inventory.

Different Ways to Play

HotHead can be played with either a keyboard and mouse setup or with a game controller. With the game controller, there are two control options: Single joystick or dual joystick gameplay.

Power-Ups

There are two types of power-ups in HotHead. One modifies your attack, while the other grants you a bonus effect. There are four power-ups of each type. You can only hold one of each type at a time. In "Stage Mode" you can collect power-ups by completing stages and getting the "Hot Bonus." These power-ups will go in your inventory where you can select which power-ups you want to use before selecting a stage.

High Scores & Speed Runs

Each stage has a goal score and time to beat. If you obtain the goals for each world you will be rewarded with a bonus for "Stage Mode."

Screenshots

User Reviews

Mixed

2 user reviews

50%

Positive

User #047868 english

28 min at review

Not Recommended

It's alright. It's functional. It's not quite worth the price. The problem is that it's not especially fun. It has all the elements of what normally makes a platforming game fun; it has enemies you can destroy, it has a decently varied set of platforms, and it's got powerups. It's got a few problems. First, the game starts off in an insultingly small resolution that would seem small even compared to old Windows 95 era monitors that were a maximum of about 800 x 600 pixels most of the time. The game starts in a resolution that I think is something like 300 x 400 or something of that nature. That's incredibly, painfully small. Is this supposed to be a mobile game? Second, the main character looks [i]absolutely terrible.[/i] Hothead himself looks so much less polished than the rest of the game, where the poor guy looks like a blurry makeshift version of what he really should be. The rest of the background and the enemies look surprisingly crisp, even if a lot of them look exactly the ...