Ludum Dare #22compo

Flod Embarks

by amodo

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.06

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.51

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.76

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.50

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.43

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.82

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.24

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.37

Community★★★★★★★★★★2.48

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★56%

I had almost given up because I had some tough weeks prior to the weekend, little time, and even fewer ideas. Then, Sunday noon, I finally started with half an idea. But I'm happy about what came out in the end. I put about 14 hours into it. Enjoy!

Tools:

Flash Builder 4.5, Flixel, Flixel Powertools, TileStudio, Autotracker by Greasemonkey (modified a little), Audacity, SFXR

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You are Fraxtol Flod-Pirno S'nint, a lonely robot looking for friends.

cursor keys: move

+/-: volume

Comments16

Gaeel19 Dec 2011, 12:48

Fun little idea. I wish it were possible to explore the planets a little more, but a great idea, and cute characters too.

Cell19 Dec 2011, 14:24

Really great game :D

dr_soda20 Dec 2011, 07:32

Is something amiss here? I follow the link for "web" and get a perpetual "Flod" page that is stuck forever

amodoauthor20 Dec 2011, 11:00

dr_soda, strange! It should play via the flash player. Didn't hear that before!

Jeck20 Dec 2011, 14:50

Great soundtrack.

ChainedLupine20 Dec 2011, 20:35

I found a friend! YAY! But capping the velocity on the ship might be a good idea. :)

bitbof21 Dec 2011, 01:58

I liked the animations as simple as they were

neilogd21 Dec 2011, 11:17

Good idea, very cute graphics, music is well done too. Would love to see you take the idea further!

Rudy21 Dec 2011, 11:43

Interesting concept, cute graphics. Planet indicators should show the distance somehow or it's too easy to overshoot. Also spamming T let's you teleport regardless at high speed. I like the small attraction planets have, Not a lot of content in space or on planets though. Nice soundtrack.

marudziik21 Dec 2011, 13:27

Nice idea, great music, simple graphics work well. I agree with @ChainedLupine on capping ship's velocity, but some more gameplay would also be interesting.

Sparrow21 Dec 2011, 14:44

The game fits the theme but I missed depth in the game.
The ship maneuverability was a bit unresponsive at high speeds.

dr_soda22 Dec 2011, 05:41

The game finally loaded. Yay!

So I have to ask you, have you heard of the game "Aether?" The flight through space reminded me of that game, as well as exploring planets, though the planets in Aether weren't discrete screens.

TheOMP23 Dec 2011, 01:57

Great idea! I wish I could explore the planets a little bit more though. Also, capping the velocity of the ship would be a good idea as well as increasing the power of the break when turning so that way players won't go flying by planets ,but the over all concept is great!

RobProductions23 Dec 2011, 16:34

Good game! The music and sound design was good, and the sprites had a nice feel to them. I especially liked the main character's walking animations!

The ship is a little hard to control, but otherwise I liked the user interface and mood. Nice job!

matthias_zarzecki24 Dec 2011, 10:51

This is great. I love the sound and the effective non-interface. Nice work!

tcstyle25 Dec 2011, 20:43

Whoa, newtonian spacecraft physics. I don't know what's the goal of this game. Looks nice.