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Ultimate Question - 42

By Hodas, Dorzhgotov, Andrey Ugolnik and usanio

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall2093.7567
Fun2463.6167
Innovation2463.5765
Theme5883.5066
Graphics3283.8367
Humor5862.6054
Mood3633.3764

Comments

kaihill 2018-08-14 08:00

Great art design and fun gameplay. Really enjoyed this game

araklaj 2018-08-14 08:04

Well polished and plays nicely. Nice take on the theme too, quite literal, love it. Only wish is a "restart" button (unless i missed it) for faster failure instead of waiting for ship to reach the edge, when you see you missed.

ismael-rodriguez 2018-08-14 08:05

Cool idea. I like the way it looks, the effect when moving to new planet is neat. I thought shooting across the black hole would kill me at first.

Really good jam game!

kyllax 2018-08-14 09:31

Very polished. The graphics are great, the music is great, the idea is great. The game feels nice and plays nice. Great job!

glitchman 2018-08-14 15:08

:white_circle: Good idea! I really like the polished graphics. Also, I would say the difficulty is a bit hard. Good luck!

usanio 2018-08-14 16:32

@glitchman thank you for the comment. We`re working on difficulty in the game. As soon as possible it will be played much better.

mark-chepicov 2018-08-14 18:04

great, just want to receive more points for quick planers, even if they are big :)

kr4ft3r 2018-08-14 20:47

Idea, graphics, sound, gameplay, very good job on all those! Those moments when you think you fired a blank but end up on distant planet by luck are fun. Seems the scoreboard is fake though, as it always says YOU and I can't out my name in no matter how many points I get, or is it just the web version. You guys make a great team.

usanio 2018-08-14 21:39

@mark-chepicov your wish is accepted)

planetgames 2018-08-15 00:43

simple, yet very addictive. audio feels very tactile and responsive, excellent jam game!

liven 2018-08-15 01:50

Funny and good looking. GG.

I propose another way to travel into space on my compo...

2018-08-15 02:11

Really cool and interesting concept! I think the only critique I'd give is that the bottom and top cut off the game. Not sure if that's a design choice or not.

Still, super fun and very well-polished.

apples-mmmmmmmm 2018-08-15 02:30

Fun game! Definitely difficult (at least for me haha) Love the graphics! The ambient noise seems to occasionally cut out, and then will restart once you've retried again. (Maybe there is just blank noise in the audio and it happened to sync up with me restarting) I like the tension between trying to aim your destination and not spending so much time that you get swallowed up by the universe.

jerripo 2018-08-15 02:31

So simple and addicting! The graphics are so clean, and the sun is beautiful. The full browser game makes it feel really immersive and adds to the mood. Great work here!

roidz 2018-08-15 02:33

above comment said exact what i wanted to say ! GREAT JOB !

daniel-mak 2018-08-15 02:41

Great work! I am also wondering if the scoreboard is fake (lol)

carlos-giraldo 2018-08-15 03:02

Very polished and fun game. My only complaint is that on fullscreen 16:9, the top of the screen is very risky since there is less space, I tend to wait to shoot horizontally, which I don't think should factor into a players decision.

mao 2018-08-15 04:19

Pretty neat! Some music during the game would be nice, or at least menu music that doesn't contrast quite so much with the main game.

angela-k 2018-08-15 04:24

5 Stars across the board!

Why you ask?

HIGH SCORE BABY!

HighScore.GIF

erebus 2018-08-15 04:29

Nice job, very polished. I feel like I want more mechanics, but wanting more isn't necessarily bad!

calixjumio 2018-08-15 04:29

Very polished! I like it :D, tried it a few times I wonder if something is introduced later on?, anyways good job!

gizmolo 2018-08-15 04:44

That game was simply crisp! Loved the highscore tune, great work!

heidi 2018-08-15 05:25

Your game was very polished! The music fit the mood of the game very well, implying a sense of intrigue and "where are we going to next?" without feeling doomsday-esque. Overall, your game was intuitive and I definitely enjoyed playing!

dmtroy 2018-08-15 05:38

Not a bad game, simple but very well polished.

void-productions 2018-08-15 06:30

Pretty simple pretty neat pretty fun.

andrei9 2018-08-15 06:46

great game !!! :v:

jsmcag 2018-08-15 09:08

Awesome entry! Love the monochrome graphics, with only the subtle red of the black hole (though, personally, I think the yellow guide line clashes with the overall aesthetic), and the audio used (music + sfx) was pretty much handled perfectly and really help sell the mood.

derek-volker 2018-08-15 10:38

Very detailed yet with a simple mechanic, making it easy to understand and play.

I particulary like the song played in the highscores table.

quorusa 2018-08-16 00:38

I like this game ! It's very fun and original ! The concept with planet, the mechanic are awesome ! But I don't understand why this is a sound of coin when we get a planet. :)

madamin-z 2018-08-16 03:45

Good idea!

fivenamefivesocks 2018-08-17 09:32

Adictive gameplay, a really nice game, good work !

timbelion 2018-08-17 12:23

Very good idea, really nice gameplay and graphics, good job!

minibobbo 2018-08-18 04:00

Mood, music and sound effects were spot on. I also loved the binary color graphics and the simple gameplay. Some people must be much better at it than I am because I don't even think I made it into double digits for the score even though I tried a number of times.

It did take a couple tries to get used to the velocity of the ship, but there isn't really any getting away from that. I was a little confused at first because of your note that "black holes consume everything" but then my ship was immediately positioned to fire directly into a black hole. I lost the first round thinking I was supposed to rotate around the planet somehow. Not a problem, and you figure it out the first time you launch, but thought I'd mention it.

Very polished and nice!

kirb 2018-08-18 05:28

Fantastic clarity of design and execution! Loved it!

icxon 2018-08-19 05:19

Easy to learn, hard to master. I hate this game :smile: and I love it. Minor issue -- the music got disabled if you restart really fast.

The best hit so far, +81!

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biebras 2018-08-19 11:10

Really eat game. The graphics are awesome, and the audio, you could make it phone game. I would download it definitely. Anyways I have a question, can you tell me how you dit whit dots orbit?

zinski 2018-08-19 13:42

I loved the simple but effective gameplay! I think that with additional powers the player could have advantages to better target or have more chances as in the game "Peggle". However I also loved the minimalist style and the musical atmosphere! Great job!

andrey-ugolnik 2018-08-21 23:43

@biebras thanks a lot.

If I understand your question, it very easy - the circle math (sine + cosine).

mistersdevelopment 2018-08-23 19:04

Really enjoyed the game and the high score screen!

gil4 2018-08-31 13:06

Really polished, could easily be released on mobile as is even. I enjoyed it, especially the way you can balance the difficulty yourself by making riskier moves and flying off into the abyss. :D Well done in all the categories!