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Unnamed Space Game
By justin-c
View on ldjam.com
| Category | Rank | Score | Count |
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| Overall | 568 | 3.38 | 42 | |
| Fun | 338 | 3.52 | 42 | |
| Innovation | 807 | 2.93 | 41 | |
| Theme | 886 | 3.15 | 41 | |
| Graphics | 775 | 3.02 | 42 | |
| Humor | 784 | 2.12 | 35 | |
| Mood | 808 | 2.82 | 39 | |
Comments
sayumeki
2020-04-20 03:51
Good stuff! The floatiness in space of the ship felt right, and I was able to have some good dogfights. What I particularly liked was the way you introduced mechanics slowly with an in-game tutorial of sorts.
I had trouble finding the exit personally - I think it's supposed to be hard to find so I understand if you don't want to put an arrow or something pointing towards the exit, but maybe at least having a minimap so I can tell where in the circle I am would be useful.
Additionally, maybe the player and enemy shots could be different colors? They were kind of hard to tell apart.
The UI and aesthetic of the game were simple but I think still showed some polish. Grats!
evolving
2020-04-20 03:57
Pretty interesting,But too hard for me...
Nice work, I got through the tutorial but died in the second stage afterwards. Felt a little underpowered in terms of the players weapons, and sometimes the player moves off screen entirely; but solid effort overall.
ndrw
2020-04-20 04:05
Nice job! I got to the 3rd stage. It was pretty challenging then but overall fun. Movement mechanics took me some time to get used to.
has a good feel
It was pretty difficult, but I enjoyed playing. The controls/movement fit the spaceship nicely.
Fun game with floaty space movement. The difficulty curve was slightly steep but okay for me.
aljosact
2020-04-20 15:09
A bit hard, but a fun game. Good job
A decent game but in my opinion enemy shields are too strong.
itskdog
2020-04-20 15:18
Pretty challenging. Space movement was pretty good.
odeyalko
2020-04-20 18:23
good game, i like space games
Fun stuff. The difficulty ramps up quick (which I liked). Definitely a repeat play.
Space games rock!
nekoruma
2020-04-21 01:42
nice job!!
I liked this. Taking over big ships is a pretty innovative take, and it really gives the universe a sense of scale. I think the shooting was a little tedious. I would have preferred bigger bullets or less HP on every thing (my ship included). But overall there was a lot to like here. Great atmosphere!
It threw me that the controls were screen-relative instead of ship relative, but once I got the hang of it it wasn't much trouble for me!
I got up pretty far into the game, the capture mechanic is pretty nice. Good work!
ldd
2020-04-21 04:08
Like other said, pretty interesting entry, but pretty hard. The progression curve really goes out of this world pretty quickly
Overall though, good mechanics and solid game.
justin-c
2020-04-21 04:22
@ldd Yeah, sorry about that. I spent WAY too much time playtesting the game and started to feel like the difficulty after several levels didn't ramp up enough to keep it challenging, so I made a last-minute change to how the difficulty scaled. My changes were a bit heavy-handed and I accidentally made the early game much harder than I intended.
ldd
2020-04-21 05:07
@justin-c no worries! But really, balancing is hard. I didn't even have time to balance mine :P
Pretty challenging game! The difficulty goes up quite a lot from the tutorial. Very interesting mechanics with capturing ships though. Great job!
Pretty addictive! Great idea with capturing ships! I think it would be more fun if it was possible to capture different enemy parts (weapons, engines etc). Very nice game!
hkspadez
2020-04-21 17:55
great movement feel. the difficulty scaling could've been more progressive but overall really well done.
The combat was really well executed, though sometimes it felt a bit too easy. The absence of music and sfx was a shame but I understand there is no sound in space :P Great entry anyways!
macdoom
2020-04-22 04:09
Cool game bro! Good fights, its fun to keep the balance betweeen orbiting an enemy and keep the shots in line. Excellent work. The capturing ships mechanic has great potential!
justin-c
2020-04-22 04:14
@macdoom Thanks! Yeah, that capturing ships mechanic was the idea that kept me motivated throughout this project. It was a rough 48 hours, for sure. If I wasn't in love with the idea of the game I never would have gotten as far with it as I did, that's for sure.
trexxak
2020-04-22 04:25
Made it to the space shuttle thingie. Really loved abusing the gravitational pull to predict movement of enemies :D
I did not realize up until now when reading your description that you can actually steal ships, which of course makes all the difference in regards to it's rating, so I'll take a second look at your game later.
All in all though, impressive task you accomplished for the Compo. Thank you for your game!
/edit (04/26/2020): Played it again a few days ago and made it to the last level with the knowledge of pirating ships in mind. As predicted, it was thousandfold as enjoyable. Thank you again!
Cool game! Just want to mention that I really like the Gamemaker engine. The movement felt really good, if anything a tad too heavy, but it was all so smooth and enjoyable. Fun to play but some more player feedback (screenshake on hits taken, more of a feel) would have been nice (obviously there was a restricted time frame). Overall, good job! The game had a good feel and kept me entertained, you should be very happy with it!
Edit: I just wanted to mention how I admired the physical, visual spacing of the ship, UI and objects on the screen, it was really good! It felt open and empty with just enough stuff on it, just like space! (ie, you spaced it perfectly!) I think this a superb quality of the game that I haven't seen on other games.
Man, that's really hard to steal the first ship. The movement mechanic are really nice, it certainly gives the space vibe. Other than that, only the lack of sound (ok, there's no sound in space) makes me feel something was missing. Really good job on this game, congrats!
Hello! Your game was played during my stream!
If you happened to miss me playing the game, you can go to this spreadsheet to find what timestamp I played your game https://tinyurl.com/yau8hjzn
And then look in my latest videos and find your game being play (after the current stream ends) https://www.twitch.tv/ursagames/videos
justin-c
2020-04-23 09:01
@ursagames Hey, thanks so much for playing my game, and for as long as you did! I watched the whole playthrough and threw you a follow on Twitch. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
mhykah
2020-04-24 00:48
I only managed to get to the level after the tutorial, but what I played was interesting! I liked the unique capture and explode mechanic and wished that it was easier or made a bigger impact because I thought that it was really clever. In some of the tutorial levels I had to keep moving until I found the enemy ship, it felt slow because there wasn't any indication of where they were and the space (heh) was really big. The regular shooting and combat felt quite slow because I ended up just circling around the enemies and waiting until they died, it takes a while because their shield and hull seem to be really high. At the end of each level I also found myself just waiting for the shield to regenerate before going to the next, so a lot of the game was just waiting until the short-lived and more cooler capture and explode parts. Was a bit confused about why the enemies looked the same as me. I hope to see this project continue post-jam because I think you've got something with that capture and explode mechanic! Good job!
2020-04-25 13:08
Challenging game. I included it in my Ludum Dare 46 compilation video series, if you want to take a look. :) https://youtu.be/jKms-qsuTgw