Ludum Dare #22compo

Space Rescue Mission

by olav_st

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.46

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.38

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.33

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.38

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.31

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.09

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.22

Mood★★★★★★★★★★1.70

Community★★★★★★★★★★2.55

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★45%

My first LD game, a game about space, but not about being alone in space. Its about rescuing astronauts that were left alone on distant planets.

Controls:
WASD or Arrow keys - Control ship
Mouse - controll turret
Mouse Button - Shoot
Space - Land (when possible)

Note: The 64-bit linux version is not tested, if it dosen't work, you can try the 32-bit one. It should work even if you're system is 64-bit

Comments8

Ghostik19 Dec 2011, 18:58

I rescued 3 astronauts! :D Good game but orientation in space is a bit hard because you dont know how fast you are going until you hit Pluto :D. Maybye if the stars in background were not static you can always see how fast you are going.

Great idea with landing :D

pighead1019 Dec 2011, 22:12

Looks like it would have been a good game, but instakill planet bugs and crazy physics make it incredibly frustrating to play. Making some form of seeing how fast you were going would be good - nonstatic stars?

olav_stauthor20 Dec 2011, 12:50

I have uploaded a new version with some bug fixes, I think the insta-death bug is fixed now. I also fixed the enemy spawning code. The source link has also been updated.

SLiV22 Dec 2011, 12:48

I wasn't able to enjoy this game. I felt completely out of control; when you hit a planet, your ship shot into the other direction without any loss of momentum, making it feel more like pinball.

summaky27 Dec 2011, 19:24

You are missing the libjpeg.so.62 library in the 64-bit GNU/Linux package.

olav_stauthor27 Dec 2011, 20:28

Fixed, added the library to the 32-bit version too

caranha3 Jan 2012, 03:10

Very nice! It was hard, but still felt fun while playing it. I like that you managed to put a mini-game inside your LD entry.

I would probably scrap the aliens part, they aren't really a factor in the game - the hardest part is navigating the planets.

Or you could tweak your world generator to avoid creating those maze of planets - it is a bit strange to see many huge planets hugging each other like that. :-)

Great game anyway!