Ludography
Warning Forever cover

2003 · Shooter

Warning Forever

Warning Forever is a top-down shooter that pits you against a never-ending onslaught of procedurally-generated bosses which evolve to counter your strategies.

Released
24 July 2003
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Shooter
Developers
—
Publishers
independent video game development
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Themes
Science fictionSurvival
Country
Japan

About

Warning Forever is a freeware fixed shooter for Microsoft Windows written by Japanese developer Hikoza T Ohkubo and released under the name of his software house, Hikware.

Keywords

  • evolution
  • shoot 'em up
  • procedural generation
  • spaceship
  • vector graphics
  • boss fight
  • shoot the core
  • fan translation - english

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

The game is broken into stages; each stage is a single boss battle, resulting in a constant stream of bosses. To progress to the next stage, the boss must be completely destroyed within the time limit. The game starts with a default time limit of 180 seconds, with 30 seconds rewarded for every boss defeated and 20 seconds lost for each time the player is destroyed.

The player flies a small green ship. There are no power-ups - the player's only weapon is a very rapid-fire revolving cannon which is fired by holding down the shoot button (Z key by default). By default, it fires straight ahead with a small spread. Alternatively, after the switch button (D key by default) is pressed, a green arc is displayed originating from the ship and widening as distance increases.

Reception

Download.com awarded the game a 5-star editor's rating and described the game as a classic in the making, "Warning Forever will entice nearly every gamer who enjoys a space shootout". The staff of Computer Gaming World, writing for gaming blog 1up.com said "This game is among the most addictive platform shooters in the business".

Eurogamer's Jim Rossignol named Warning Forever among a top 20 list of Summer of PC Freeware games in 2006. Other reviews are from IGN and Rock, Paper, Shotgun. This game is part of the permanent collection of the travelling exhibition Game On 2.0, shown for instance in the Ontario Science Centre 2013, as example in the category Indie games.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Windows24 July 2003Worldwide

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Licensing

Description adapted from its source, CC BY-SA 4.0.