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Unstable Rocket

By asdeph and Yih Song

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall11433.2121
Fun11323.0521
Innovation11422.9221
Theme984.2821
Graphics5793.7821
Humor10802.3718
Mood13512.5820

Comments

o8pc 2021-10-04 18:23

I will say that the controls are a bit confusing. Other than that this is a good experience and I liked the art assets. Keep making games!

happ 2021-10-04 18:23

Nice idea :) A bit hard to control the tail but after some training it does the trick.

cottonfloweryellow 2021-10-06 00:31

I never quite got the hang of it, but it's a fine game.

spaceguinea-productions 2021-10-06 02:51

the gameplay is fun and the graphics and sound are really nice. As other's said the controls were a bit confusing and took me a second to understand at first.

Great Job!

j-broccoli 2021-10-07 08:27

It's not a bad idea, but the controls felt reversed to me, otherwise I might have some good fun with this!

cinderblock 2021-10-07 14:26

This is a cute little game that I think could work pretty well on mobile. It has flappy bird levels of difficulty but with much better graphics! Using gyro-controls or left/right tapping.

I think the enemy shots are probably overkill as they fill the screen and the player already has enough to worry about. Keep in mind, you're much better at this game than anyone else playing it! We find it very very difficult!

The powerups are a nice idea, and even the forcefield is a nice touch. Overall, this is an idea that could be expanded on, and could work very well as a frustrating-casual game on mobile!

Edit: Like other's have said, the controls feel backwards to me as well.

frankiewhispers 2021-10-07 14:34

Nice Job. I understand why the controls are reversed but I did find myself just watching the bottom of the ship to try and keep it balanced which I feel like it took away from the watching the entire game.

jpgfg 2021-10-11 03:13

Pretty cute game that could (I agree) be brought to a mobile release because it's noncommittal and fun!

gryhyphen 2021-10-14 01:20

I really liked the concept! I think it was a bit too difficult to deal with enemies that shoot from behind the rocket, in those situations the forcefield is the only option you have, and if it's on cooldown you can't deal with the next enemy. Otherwise, I think that would be a pretty cool game to see continue past the jam :D

The art was also really nice!

ache-games 2021-10-19 14:45

Very creative!!. The theme was well implemented.

basset-romain 2021-10-20 09:23

Nice little game. A little bit hard tho.

funkyfighter 2021-10-20 10:10

The controls are hard at first, but it gets better after some time... couldn't keep my rocket alive for more than 10 sec anyway :P I really like the art and music, though you could turn the crushing sound down a little, as I kept loosing a lot at the beginning, the repeating loud sound was a bit too much. Nice entry, a little balancing and you could make a cool mobile/browser game!