Unlocking Cold Fusion has been Marcus’ life-long goal. However, after the accident left his colleague Molly in a coma, that goal seemed unachievable.

Mind Jolt is a tribute to my favorite Game Maker game of all time, Ted Lauterbach (rotten_tater)’s Mind Shock. If you haven’t played it by now, I strongly suggest you do it, it’s amazing: http://www.rottentater.com/games.html

Mind Jolt a Bullet Hell arena shmup with 20 Waves, but it’s intended to be accessible. Even if you’re no good at Bullet Hell games, this shouldn’t frustrate you too much. It’s more about the patterns than the twitch-dodging.

The music is generously provided by Ted Lauterbach, who made new tracks specifically for this project :D

Mind Jolt supports Game Jolt Online High Scores. If you have a Game Jolt account, you can upload your fastest completion times to the Worldwide Leaderboard.

This isn’t a 100% replication of Mind Shock. I don’t think you’re truly paying homage if you’re covering all the same ground as the original. It’s really intended to highlight how I felt when I first played Mind Shock, and what I love about it, even if there are some noticeable differences :3

You MUST unzip the archive onto your computer before you play, or else you’ll get scary errors D: Also, I’m not sure how well this will run on older computers. I recommend closing other applications if you’re getting lag.

REVIEWS:

Ted Lauterbach

http://tedlauterbach.blogspot.com/2010/07/mind-jolt.html

IndieGames

http://www.indiegames.com/blog/2010/07/freeware_game_pick_mind_jolt_t.html