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Major Tom Rocket Driver

By psysal

Percentile
CategoryRankScoreCountLD21Ever
Theme303.8894.577.4
Audio533.4488.565.3
Humor543.0087.258.8
Innovation853.5082.772.0
Overall883.3882.254.3
Fun1313.0674.342.2
Graphics1653.1366.236.3
Community3771.8829.723.8
Coolness31110.00.0

Comments

hybridmind 2011-08-23 19:33

Really loved this game so much. The style is very striking and the gameplay I found quite addictive. I just HAD to beat it even if those last levels were quite hard. Europa was very tough but after about 10 tries or more I finally escaped. Really like the writing that takes places between the levels and the piano riffing on the Bowie song set such a good atmosphere. This is one of my favorites from this LD.

leksapeksa 2011-08-23 20:23

Yeah. Music, writing, graphics. Just like HybridMind said, they set such a good atmosphere. I bet even the President of All Humans would like this game.

hangedman 2011-08-24 19:48

Neat little style, and a fun game, if a bit frustrating: one mistake usually cost you the level. Nevertheless, I liked the physics and the controls and graphics were good. Some visual feedback on when you can fire again after discharging an engine would be nice.

strd6 2011-08-26 15:36

I like the atmosphere of the game quite a bit.

rudy 2011-08-29 17:49

Very nice idea and done in the right way. But the utter randomness at the later levels is very frustrating. I'll need a new keyboard after this LD. With a little polish, this could be a pretty awesome game.

tulrath 2011-09-02 04:14

I really played this game a lot - very fun. Great music (I know that was Bowie, but you played it well), fun visuals, I liked the style too. Trying to steer against the wind when you had no way of knowing how it was affecting the ship was frustrating. I actually found that the most successful technique was just tapping the steering randomly and only occasionally making obvious corrections :D

Overall, though, this was a really enjoyable game.

susanthecat 2011-09-03 01:21

I really felt that the controls really had no effect on the rocket. I got very frustrated.

angrygeometry 2011-09-07 06:34

very interesting mechanic, but i found it pretty difficult, especially the later missions. took several goes each time and i got pretty frustrated. overall though, a very nice game. cute writing.