true-valhalla 2012-04-23 13:54
Pretty good! A little laggy in Firefox (latest v) but definitely playable...nice effects, good physics, and enough lasers to keep it exciting :)
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD23 → Laser Coin Planets
By mortehu
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolness | 3 | 62 | ||
| Overall | 211 | 3.36 | ||
| Fun | 265 | 3.11 | ||
| Theme | 277 | 3.31 | ||
| Graphics | 319 | 3.11 | ||
| Innovation | 376 | 3.06 | ||
| Audio | 548 | 2.19 | ||
| Mood | 601 | 2.41 | ||
| Humor | 778 | 1.42 |
Pretty good! A little laggy in Firefox (latest v) but definitely playable...nice effects, good physics, and enough lasers to keep it exciting :)
Nice little game. Like the planet hopping.
Very slick game. Great controls and fun to play.
Very fun, I must admit. Simple concept, well executed!
Yeah, LASERS! I have a soft spot in my heart for any game that has a good, solid, old fashioned laser in it.
The rest of the game was good too. ;) I especially like the teleportation effect. Nice work!
Nice, played it to the end.
No lag in FF on Ubuntu (that I noticed).
Fits well with the theme.
Nice game.
Nice game, quite addicting
It looks nice, but you need to prevent keypress events from bubbling up to the browser so you don't trigger typeahead find. In FF with typeahead find enabled, pressing letters opens the find box instead of controlling the game, so it's unplayable.
Fortunately, the fix is easy. jQuery example on pastebin:
http://pastebin.com/tvzQqWxv
@mildmojo: Thanks. I've created a version with the proposed fix.
I've also rearranged some WebGL code in the hope of improving the frame rate on some computers. Note that my computer from 2006 runs this game at 60 fps flat in Chromium.
The game was quite fun. good execution on the core elements. With some polish/music, would be a sure winner.
I had a great time playing this, smooth, fun and well-balanced. With some polished graphics and audio this would be a great little game. Add some additional enemies, weapons and layouts and it would be a awesome game.
Nice little concept.
But art realy ..
Nice planet mechanics. Didn't like the darkening screen too much. Everytime it went darker it made me think it will fade into a game over screen or something.
@gnx: The darkening means you are taking hits (losing health). It does indeed fade into a game over screen if you take too many hits.
Pretty cool game. I finished it and enjoyed it, but it was a bit easy.
That's really good! Nice graphics, nice sound effects, simple but effective gameplay concept... I wish there were more levels so I could keep on playing!
Pretty nice. It doesn't look like the typeahead find fix is in the bugfix version, but I played through the original in Chrome. It plays well. The mouse aim is pretty tough on a trackpad. =)
I noticed that you were resetting the gravity source on each teleport; bullets would follow you from one planet to the next. Having worked on a planet-hopping game before, I completely understand the decision. Still, you might have bullets keep orbiting their original planet until they crash.
I got a little lost after a while; a minimap or an arrow pointing to more coins would be helpful in clearing the level.
Your code looks a lot cleaner than mine, too. =)
@mildmojo: I accidentally deleted the fix when I struggled with some CloudFlare caching issue.
The bullets are actually gravitating towards the player, not a planet. Hard to notice, I know. :) Also, their velocities are clamped, so that they are more likely to converge and not end up in an infinite orbit. Consider them heat-seeking missiles, if you like.
Fun little game. A proper HUD with health, etc. would be nice. Enjoyed playing it.
It was nice. Played for a while and didn't see an end. Could use some music. The laser effect is neat.
Very good game, the reason: I wanted to finish it!
I feel like the name doesn't describe the game well (kidding)
Great entry, lots of fun to play.
Really nice graphical effects! At first I thought the luminosity telegraphing your health was questionable but as I learned how easy it was to keep up (just grabbing coins) I appreciated it as a neat concept. The sound effects felt appropriate and quite spacey in how they were a bit dampened and drowned out.
I managed to beat it! I really like the tech on display here and think you did a great job.
Incredible! Silky smooth 60 fps, great controls, nice speedy action. I really like the "jump pads" concept. Keep up the fantastic work! I loved it.
Very good entry! I liked that the enemies didn't kill me and force me to start over, maybe it would be just as fun as an explorational game without enemies?
Nice game. Physics were pretty cool, and it worked well. Hard to shoot the bad guys with a trackpad and no mouse. Also wished you offered arrow keys and not just wasd. Good sound effects too.
Pretty good game! In fact, this is pretty much what I wanted to accomplish, save I ran out of time. :)