Alien Artifact

Full of twitch and strategery, quite fun!
Took me I think 5 deaths before I found a route that worked.

The graphics feel correct. The bunny scares me. I like outsmarting bubbles.

Simple and fun, but no sound and no community posts.

Indeed I'm missing sound. It is a fun game...I just wish the artifacts gave you powerups. When I saw them it made me think of metroid.

Pretty good given the time that you spent on it. Has replay factor given that I keep getting only 4 artifacts. Who knew that bubbles could be such bullies?

I liked it but it was hard and I would like someway to defend myself like a laser that pushes away the spheres or perhaps the ability to heal.

I'll agree with the posts that say it needs sound, but other than that I've got to say this is pretty sweet. Really. Liked the artifacts, like the controls, liked the enemies, and the graphics reminded me of very early Metroid games, which is always a plus!

Oh. I sooo wish this one had a wonderful soundtrack to ice the cake. It's very lovely. Minimal but full of style. My favorite part is how you put in a larger enemy variation - it's such a simple thing but it did make for a startling impact when I first ran into one, and it makes the enemy world seem like it has some interesting dynamics to it rather than just being generic identical grunts everywhere. You should have made this before the compo, then I would have become inspired to make a proper platformer!! :)

Sooooound! I kept thinking "one more go, maybe I'll get it."

The best possible sign.

Definitely needs sound. Maybe more levels. But that's really it - this is remarkably complete and well done.

Fun, reasonably solid game, could maybe be a little more to it.

Nice, cute! Could be taken further post contest, but a solid base.

Nice little game!

Oh man, I busted up laughing the first time I saw the dead astronaut sprite.

The bubbles of death are frightening.

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The bubbles are really cool enemies. They roam around just nice and the whole game play is really nicely tuned. Thumbs up.

This was a lot of fun! Who knew bubbles would make such interesting enemies?

I had an exciting time escaping from the cavern after running out of hearts right at the bottom.

Pretty punishing. Solid game. Needs more health lying around, or a regen - dying a couple of times put me off.

Pretty polished. Did feel like it needed musics, but my game didn't have music, so I can't really say that. I like the little engine trail effect. Circles weren't very friendly. I went up to the first one I could trying to be friends, and it hurt me! Perhaps if they were balls of fire or something it would be more obvious that they're out to get me.

Yeah, needs sound! This was also the first LD entry this time which I managed to play through.

Good and precise controls. Good start for a game.

I won, but it looks like the guy exploded when he flew off into space. :)
Simple but solid game.

Nifty, quite fun.

It'd be awesome if all those artifacts grant you some weird powers. And then I exploded ;)

Pretty fun. Took a couple of attempts to win.

Reminds me a little bit of Swarm Racer, and a little bit of DrPetter's swarm game from the same LD48. That's a good thing.

Pretty fun. A bit tricky, I'd love one more heart.