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SpaceSparse

By zimonitrome, Craftly and Spewn

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall5653.5723
Fun2593.8123
Innovation9352.8523
Theme6433.5223
Graphics3893.9023
Audio1433.9222
Humor5372.9523
Mood5733.5223

Comments

joshua-reumann 2023-10-02 21:32

Needed a few tries to figure it out and sometimes didn't make it to the next fuel cannister in time. But really good music :D

zwikkelbaard 2023-10-02 21:37

Very sad most runs just feel impossible and i cant even reach the first gasoline :( but when i do reach the first one its quite fun actually playing the game

savidiy 2023-10-02 21:42

Funny and very beautiful explosions!

majomirez 2023-10-02 22:08

This is one of those hard to master games :o. Good application of the theme, very limited resources and very limited space to maneuver, good job!

jejkobb 2023-10-03 06:28

Loved this game! Balancing between collecting and saving fuel and trying to prioritize the worm holes was really fun and it setup some very epic moments! Really good use of particle effects too, the powerups and the fire coming out of the spaceship was really satisfying. Only feedback I would give is to make the powerups push away the space debris when close enough, kind of like how the space debris bounce on eachother, so you never end up with impossible to get fuel. Also I had a hard time seeing some of the small satellites since it was black on black. But overall this is an amazing game and I could play it for hours trying to master it! Well done!

herman6006 2023-10-03 14:43

Managed to get 1k score im happy with that lol. Fun game and it feels good when you perfectly time your last fuel to get a new tank. Good job on this!

sleepy-game-artist 2023-10-03 14:54

I'm addicted and I think If I continue playing I will break my space bar.... Good Job!

ddolgov 2023-10-03 15:07

Pretty hypercasual game, you can stick in it for a long time, perfect for mobiles!

Fuel spawn works good(mostly), When I have 1-2 charges left, there is always a canister nearby(mostly :smile:). Sound and music really cool.

The only thing I would like to note: When you fly into the portal_(warp? booster? purple thing?)_, the ship begins to slowly descend. If the portal is very close to the bottom of the screen, you may not have time to react and ship crash on the floor. I think it would be better if the ship gained altitude instead of descending.

Really good job, guys!

(soyjak asteroid, lul)

kitira 2023-10-03 16:28

Fun game with really extremely limited space! Really like the art and music! The wormholes are a great idea and it feels really satisfying when you reach one of them! Unfortunately, I've only ever managed a maximum of 1 wormhole, so I never got farer than ~650m. :sweat_smile:

It took me a few tries to get used to the control, but then it was fun. The only thing I would have liked was for the top and button colliders to be a little further away, so that a "short" fly out over/below the viewing area would be forgiven.

Overall, a nice interpretation of the theme! :)

kenevil1 2023-10-03 18:42

Really like the artwork, very addicting gameplay loop, and nice use of upgrades!

papaver 2023-10-05 06:12

Very fund and addictive game with catchy music!

Cool that you implemented a scoreboard! At first I thought, how do people get such high scores :open_mouth: Until I discovered the warp, haha. It was nice to notice that gradually I got better at the game.

It was a little bit annoying to steer the rocket, since 'feathering' the fuel was not really an economic option but it was also funny. I would have liked it if the game would remember the name that I put in, so I wouldn't have to fill it in every time I broke my own record.

Creative take on the theme and cool visual effects!

evil23 2023-10-05 13:24

Nice music and artwork! The game was very difficult in the beginning. I think you should start with a bit more fuel. Sometimes, when I missed the first gas canister, I didn't get a second one in time. Also making every burn cost the same made it even more difficult because I tried to make the most distance with a single engine burn. Overall very polished game!

wheelsx 2023-10-05 14:08

The fuel mechanic is really holding this game back. There's already a lot happening, but when you factor in the quick fuel burn, the difficulty is just too high to really get into it.