April 26th-29th 2013 :: Theme: Minimalism
Ludum Dare 26 — April 26-29th, 2013
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Backend/Story: After a space exploration mission ended, you must take the ship back to Earth.
Controls:
Arrows to move
P to pause
Esc to quit
On Android you can control the ship either using the on-screen buttons or by swiping with your fingers (the former is recommended to control the vertical axis)
Recommended version is Windows, altrough HTML5 resembles it a lot, it may lag :(
Downloads and Links
Ratings
![]() | Coolness | 50% |
#64 | Graphics | 4.09 |
#382 | Overall | 3.34 |
#443 | Mood | 3.03 |
#625 | Fun | 2.91 |
#694 | Theme | 3.40 |
#1015 | Humor | 1.55 |
#1269 | Innovation | 1.96 |
Comments
Neat game, played it on android. A little hard to control (felt that the vertical movement was a little wild) but a cool, simple game.
Simple but nice game. Played the HTML5 version because I don't own an Android phone but the game was a bit choppy (Chrome + descent gamer computer). The control inertia felt a bit weird on PC, I guess it works better on touchscreen.
Ah, takes me back to those long school lunchtimes playing ragdoll avalanche.
Good use of minimalist graphics. They are genuinely minimalist meaning that they look great through simplicity, rather than just being basic. I'm impressed by how entertaining you made the game. I ran the web version and it ran just fine; no lag at all. And the black hole is kind of evil!
Man that was a HUGE asteroid! Nice clean art, but the spaceship feels a bit woobly
Game looks very nice, could do with a little less drifting though I think.
Awesome graphics! The gameplay was super basic though, just avoiding things, no powerups. I kind of liked the wobbly movement of the rocket.
Nice game and great art! The kind of game that fits better on mobile devices.
fun! one of the most playable games I've checked so far, really like this one; you should make a full game out of it!
Love it. Very beautiful and simple mechanics. Wonderful time playing.
Nice stuff. I like the graphics, and the little details such as the shooting stars.
Well done, very polished graphics. I was doing fairly well until the black holes.
Really nice. I like the minimal usage of graphics. I can cheat by placing the ship on left/right side of the screen ;) The dark hole is good trick. +1 for continue play after lose.
How do you make the ship's movement, composition of Actions or manual update?
Whoa thanks guys, super glad you liked it!! :D
Drabiter: I included the .gmz source in the likes above, you need GameMaker studio to open it :)
The aesthetics are superb, moves of the ship are really smooth and really nicely done. However, I wish your little universe was a little bit more diverse, but... yeah, well minimalism is the theme after all :)
I like the movement smoothness, but sensitivity is a bit on higher side.. may be reduce that?.. ... also reminds me of a game I wanted to make in 2010, but only made a poster and abandoned... so kinda clicked on the heart :D
Also, I thought that big circle with whirling in it was a blackhole... I didn't get sucked in though. :D
Awesome job with keeping graphics minimal yet good looking.
Done rating. :D
I dig the graphics, very stylish. I expected the black hole to draw me in, though, same as above.
I like the game. The simple graphics style fits the theme very well. Some sound effects and music would have been nice.
I was a little frustrated by the wobbly controls. I sort of lost interest in playing on after a while. But I think you established a nice sense of mood through the graphics.
Great look and smooth physics! I freaked out when I encountered a black hole! That was a great touch.
Beautiful game. Simple but good graphics. It worked perfectly on Chrome :)
Really nice looking art. The controls seemed a bit too slippery for me though.
Pretty neat. I kind of liked the loose controls.
It lacks some depth though so this could be great with some post-compo love.
Never mind the loose control complaints, the game thrives on them being loose, in my opinion.
I had so many different opinions about that, besides whats here... the thing is, making them less-loose would make the game slightly easier and less fun, since you will master the controls a lot faster, most of the fun is to try to master the ship movements and avoid asteroids for as long as possible, having you, the player master it so quickly will make you play it less and get bored too soon :)
Nice graphics. Although the game was fun for the first seconds, since there's no progression it got boring after dying 1 or 2 times.
Very cool! Feels really polished, I felt that while the floatyness was nice, the controls needed tweaking to make them slightly more responsive though.
shame there was no audio -- everything else was awesome -- great theme -- awesome game
Looks slick, only gameplay is rather limited. The controls make it more challenging, only they feel a bit inconsistent. In particular the vertical controls are so inconsistent I do not like to move vertically. The graphics are nice, only the rock features are hardly visible. Giving them more contrast may make them look more interesting.
The gigantic planet was a nice twist when it almost wiped me out hehe.
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Wow, i like this game and simple graphics!
Good job!