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Pilot's Last Stand

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Audio243.79
Coolness1100
Overall1173.60
Graphics1223.82
Mood1463.39
Fun1783.39
Humor3562.58
Theme3863.10
Innovation4882.94

Comments

lyje 2013-12-16 11:45

Love the graphics, sound and concept. Controls are a little tough to get a handle on, but overall really nice.

ossah 2013-12-16 11:50

Great production value! Loved the quality audio.
Ship damage was really effective and made staying on course difficult.
Great graphics also.

reecpj 2013-12-16 12:01

So intense!! Love spinning out of control :)

archaeometrician 2013-12-16 15:40

Wow nice game ! I kinda failed the mission, I made it to the station but yeah, I was not in possession of that big missile anymore ;)

Really cool game, the graphics are excellent, good sounds, great playability. Awesome job !

hypnohustla 2013-12-16 15:40

That felt so good! Trying to maintain control in a asteroid field while fighting others. A real suicide mission. And it had voice-acting! Sweet baby Jesus :)

alvarop 2013-12-16 15:44

Wow, I am amazed at the fact that you managed to do this in 48h. Really cool!

skarab 2013-12-16 16:19

Nice action game!

whiteknife 2013-12-16 17:27

Great sound and graphics, controls were a little difficult, but it was fun!

snail_man 2013-12-16 17:33

Wait- What's going on? I'm spinning- AAARGH!

Really nice game. The controls were a bit non-intuitive at first, but I became accustomed to them fairly quickly. It was very hard not to spin out a lot of the time :P.
Voice acting was spot on as well. Good job.

chris-mondok 2013-12-16 17:33

The way you do engine damage is cool, it's very disorienting.

mrtedders 2013-12-16 17:40

Wow this was actually really fun! Satisfying amount of time was spent trying to learn how to control. Engine failures and trying to get it back undercontrol was fun.

gazpachogames 2013-12-16 18:22

Awesome game. It's pretty hard control the ship but that make the game really fun!

raphy 2013-12-16 18:35

Nice concept, I love space themed games ! Controls are kindda hard though. Nice voiceover too !

(Oh and btw you commented on my game, WarpRunner, that the walls don't kill you, you should try the next levels, cause there are ennemies that do kill you, and it's pretty hard to beat at the end !)

dynad 2013-12-16 19:43

Really cool concept, controls are somehow not very easy to avoid those asteroids. The general guy speaking is very well done. Overall great work!

tobiasnl 2013-12-16 19:48

Bwhaha loved that voice acting man, so funny. And not that bad either!
The game itself was pretty good. Couldn't wait to pull that trigger - so I did - and once again the voice acting got me giggling. 5 on humor. Good entry man!

thatguy 2013-12-16 19:50

Took me a couple tries to beat it, but that was rather intense. Losing parts of your controls on collisions as well as the voice acting were both nice touches. Adding some yaw controls would be very much appreciated. Great job!

postmodestie 2013-12-16 19:52

Wing Commander rulez! Great execution and the voice action really topped the mood to 100%! The great thing with WC though is, that it does not have 'roll' controls ;)

x-or 2013-12-16 20:11

Awesome game, reminds me a bit of the Descent-series.
Nice idea to include voice instructions, fitting perfectly.
Too bad that there's no audio for hitting the mothership, I almost was sad not to hear Command's voice after completing the mission ^_^

peripheralgames 2013-12-16 21:31

Great game, you played my game which is suprisingly similar. Most of the fun of your game is mastering the controls, got sucked into it quite quickly! Nice job, and also great voice acting!

zxeno 2013-12-16 22:59

Absolutely fantastic! Really enjoyed this a lot. Was only sad that it isn't longer! Only so much you can do in 48hrs though. Excellent job!

rezoner 2013-12-16 23:36

The voice acting - so nice! The controls - so bad. The visuals - brilliant. If that had Frontier or Privateer mechanics - I would love it.

acronaut111 2013-12-17 07:10

Very effective with the voice acting (HUD); good call on bringing back the wing commander / Descent vibes. Like the graphics style and its 'minimal' explosions. Now all we need is oculus rift support and it's slammin!

cwkx 2013-12-17 09:35

Fantastic voice overs, and the gameplay was great too -Excellent work!

latfoued 2013-12-17 10:13

It was pretty challenging to hit the mothership, very fun game.

alismuffin 2013-12-17 12:30

This is amazing!
"Who authorized that!?"
Made me feel like I was really in there and being a noob.

ras-lyon 2013-12-17 13:07

I don't know why they ever gave me the missle! I fly like I'm coming out of a comma. There is so much right going on in this game, so the down sides are that much more stark. I wish I could see more of the environment and not just the inside of the ship. I also found the control frustrating. I guess I'm a inverted guy. Still, really impressive!

lotusgame 2013-12-17 13:33

Controls are rather difficult but the game is well finished et very moody. A very good 48h entry :)

wdebowicz 2013-12-17 15:00

I really like it! Great audio. I lost control so much that to the last second I didn't thought I will manage to shoot the target!

phi6 2013-12-17 15:11

There appears to be 50% of people who hate my controls, and 50% who love spinning out of control. I guess without this it would just be another shooting game, I really wanted to make it really hard to target the mothership/station at the end. Based on the feedback though, I'm not sure if I totally succeeded there!

tinymoonstudios 2013-12-17 15:50

Very nicely done an interesting take on the one shot concept. Well polished and well done!

manou 2013-12-17 16:05

Man, this is wonderful, 5 stars.

shigor 2013-12-17 16:22

I see you're still playing with the lowpoly :D (noticed some of the stuff you posted on the facebook IndeGameDev).
As a lover of good old space sims I approve.

alcorrius 2013-12-17 16:50

Hard and fast! I lose but I like it!)
Nice graphics style.

yaguar 2013-12-17 17:46

Awesome, loved the voices adding that extra level of polish.
Low poly was nice and all the little extra's going on added some nice depth.

coblynau 2013-12-17 18:08

Reminded me of Starfox, well done. :)

binary_girl 2013-12-17 19:43

really well done for 48hours :)

ultravisitor 2013-12-17 19:50

I really like the simple color pallette and the low poly graphics. I truly felt ashamed when I shot the missile too early.

jaj 2013-12-17 20:32

Awesome voice acting. I'm really bad at this game. But somehow I still managed to hit the mothership on my second try.

omaha 2013-12-17 21:31

Great voice acting! The controls were frustrating, I quickly felt fairly claustrophobic in the ship - but then again that got across a certain aesthetic very effectively.. The missle launching/unauthorized launch concept was a little unclear...

unusualcadence 2013-12-17 21:55

Low poly space game? Going straight for the <3 with this one! I think the cockpit took up a little bit too much of the screen but I had fun! First run I just let the missile off and got berated for it, which made me laugh! The voiceacting is an appreciated touch :D

ob6160 2013-12-17 23:33

I really like it, the controls are a little off but you definitely start to panic when you get hit by an astroid :3

I love the narration as well :)

endesga 2013-12-18 00:11

Controls a tad fiddly, but cool nonetheless! Very nice game! I like the graphics choice!

ganbaregames 2013-12-18 01:08

It was a bit hard to get my head around the controls, but once I got used to it I liked this game very much.

diptoman 2013-12-18 11:06

Voice acting! :3
The ship was kinda hard to control though, but overall, fun game!

aviktorov 2013-12-18 12:55

Wow! Very moody game, I like its vibe. Speech is very cool too. And the spinning. :)

gungnir 2013-12-18 16:20

Very nice presentation. Real VO - and good lines/drama. I'm sure I could have more success with the controls over time, but it really felt as if I was fighting them. Definitely takes me back to WC, Tie Fighter, etc.

primaerfunktion 2013-12-18 17:33

The cockpit takes a lot of room from the screen sadly and the controls don't really work that well. But: SPACEGAMEZ!!!

ghandhi 2013-12-18 17:52

Controls were a bit difficult but the game was good.

funselektor 2013-12-19 08:24

Nice, it was a blast to the past, reminded me of Descent.

The damage of the ship was implemented well, it would have been great if we could destroy asteroids, or at least push them away by shooting.

danielsnd 2013-12-19 20:04

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh7DCpeWczU
My first impressions on the game :)

supremefist 2013-12-19 21:32

Amazing! That was quite an experience :)

evilseanbot 2013-12-20 07:00

Great job! Reminded me of the rogue squadron games. I will never hit that space station!

venks 2013-12-20 08:21

Really solid stuff. I'm a huge fan of shooters.

kohijin 2013-12-20 09:50

Yay, made it on my 2nd try ;) (compo version)

Great setting, but the controls were a bit infuriating... reminded me on playing all those space combat sims with the arrowkeyes when you were really supposed to use a joystick

windwalkerranger 2013-12-20 10:20

Wow I'm so proud I did it in my first try, even after hitting asteroids twice and loosing a good portion of my control! But I felt the power and took the shot!

It definately carries the theme. My only complaint is the size of the screen, I wish it was larger. It was difficult to distinct the asteroids from eachother. I could reduce my desktop resolution I guess :)

Good little game, and don't worry, gameplay is good. It just needs a couple more levels and difficulty settings I think :)

rojo 2013-12-20 11:51

Pretty well done! Good job getting some decent voice work in there.

frederickk 2013-12-20 21:17

Loved some of the audio, but I was expecting something more menacing for the shots.
The voice are very well made and really was a nice touch.
The controls, I miss being with mouse, but maybe you wanted to be with keyboard, so may be just my taste.
Great job!

freel4tte 2013-12-20 23:54

Loveley! Absolutely loveley! Controls are easy to use and gameplay is really fun. I really like how you sway when you hit stuff. Sound is perfect. This nostalgia!

lacutis 2013-12-21 21:11

Cool game, was really hard to control once you started to spin though. Nice game for 48 hours!

javifugitivo 2013-12-21 21:51

Great simulator! I like the voices!

van-noctar 2013-12-21 23:05

Woo very difficult! I like this game :D