Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD19 → Life on other planets

Life on other planets

By rolpege

Percentile
CategoryRankScoreCountLD19Ever
Innovation933.002859.139.2
Fun902.892862.731.5
Theme363.752885.469.1
Graphics313.682886.664.9
Audio1731.421216.92.7
Humor1362.001733.610.1
Overall683.212871.241.1
Community1602.252430.938.3
Coolness150210.00.7

Ratings received

OverallFunGraphicsInnovationThemeAudioCommunityHumor
33313
43445
33433122
3343512
22453133
333341
333243
3232332
33434122
444341
5555553
43444111
3333222
324142
3233213
33324322
21234
33433333
33434122
3342331
3334423
3343422
44455132
43444
32535121
4443422
323232
33423121

Comments

aclockworklemon 2010-12-20 05:43

The link is broken :(

rolpege 2010-12-20 07:33

FIXED! Sorry for the inconvenience

moops 2010-12-20 14:49

I love the background.

whitetigle 2010-12-21 21:44

I liked the efficient gfx, i liked the smooth paralax scrolling and the concept of the game and the fact that it runs smoothly on my linux netbook ! When I died, I just wanted to play another game ! It's a simple but working concept, I just want to discover other planets :)

fififox 2010-12-21 22:13

Pretty good game. Minor annoyance: the ennemies are hard to kill, but not like in a hardcore game; the problem is that they hardly ever get hit by the oddly moving ray... Nice graphics, sadly no sound...

ranklar 2010-12-22 04:55

I was directly aimed at the enemy, and yet they miraculously survived by bombardment... so it cut my game play short. I liked the graphics very much, but needed some more for fun factor, and enemy not being able to die was just odd.

joekinley 2010-12-22 12:39

It is a fun little game. Though for me as a bad player I get caught by the hostile aliens too fast. Like they appear and I immediately die.

I totally love the background graphics. The multi-dimensional paralax-scrolling is awesome and adds to the perceived depth of the galaxy. Also the beam ray looks awesome. The behaviour is fine too. I had some fun following my own beam into eternity.

Good theme recognition and graphics. Overall fine little game. Some more features would have been awesome, like more accomplishments or stuff.

hamumu 2010-12-22 17:04

I like the DNA laser. I'm not sure I like the gameplay so much... maybe it needed a radar to show nearby planets or something? You just kind of wander around (with the laser held down if you want) and the planets pop up and get categorized. It had a sort of wandering pointlessness to it as a result. Maybe just random wandering badguys would've helped too, making exploration a little scarier.

starspell 2010-12-22 18:13

I liked your game a lot. It's missing a goal or win condition and obviously audio. The enemies are really hard to kill and too fast considering the speed you move when you are firing. Apart from these things it's a perfectly solid game. Your control system is pretty awesome too.

localcoder 2010-12-27 23:14

This is very cool but I didn't enjoy the gameplay - the enemies were fast and unforgiving, and finding friendly aliens didn't feel as rewarding or exciting as it might have.

Visually, it's great. I like the variety in the planets, and tapping spacebar to make interesting shapes with the beam...

endurion 2010-12-31 07:37

Hmm. It's not easy to like that game. The concept of discovering life is neat. The enemies appearing are nasty. Due to your shot form they make it alive through your bombardement too easily. And I would've loved to see a long term goal somewhere.
There need to be a few more elements to make it more interesting.