Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD42 → Crispy's Planetary Survival
By batsphemy, and
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 2.87 | 10 | ||
| Fun | 2.68 | 10 | ||
| Innovation | 3.06 | 10 | ||
| Theme | 3.56 | 10 | ||
| Graphics | 2.31 | 10 | ||
| Audio | 2.50 | 10 | ||
| Humor | 1.50 | 8 | ||
| Mood | 2.42 | 9 |
**Pros** - Simple to pick up & play - Has a main menu, character variety, high scores, help screen
**Cons** - No point in playing the larger character other than for increased difficulty - Possible to get outside of the screen and lose track of character
Pretty simple game with decent polish and no serious bugs. Good work!
The game is interesting, but there are scaling problems.
Simple mechanics and easy to play, its a fun challenge having to keep up with dodging and scoring the points at the same time. Had a bug with one of the 'characters' what looked like eating a bunch of asteroids then disappearing, my score sky rocketed but i had nothing to do. I like the simple art style of the asteroids, but i think the background could be a bit more interesting. Nicely done!
Character can go off screen :(
Pretty fun on first attempt
Tryed the game 3 times, highest score 106.57
As others have said, the mechanics are very simple, which makes it easy to pick up and play. That combined with the relaxing background music make it quite enjoyable.
As another commenter mentioned, it's possible to leave the screen completely which makes the game rather hard to play. (Though I did manage to rack up a score of ~72 by just hitting the first two collectibles I saw, then just holding left indefinitely!) I'm not really sure what you could do to help that; one way might be to restrict spawning of powerups when you're past a certain distance from the edge. (Easier said than done, I'm sure)
The only other thing I'd mention is, it took me a very long time to figure out how to get the shield (pill item) - I assumed from the help screen that the pill would move me further out like the balls did, and just never picked one up. I almost missed the detail in the description about it.
Thanks for a fun entry!
lol I like your approach on the theme, pretty creative. "EXPLOOOOSION"