3rd Planet

by xillix
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.09
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.04
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.95
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.39
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.00
Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.00
Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.22
Mood★★★★★★★★★★1.87
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★50%
3rd Planet is pong with a twist. Use your shield to protect your planet!

3rd Planet is an XNA (version 4) title. Run the setup.exe file in the zip to play.

Comments22

kutuup198924 Apr 2012, 00:55
Cool idea but there didn't seem to be a penalty for allowing things to hit your planet. The way the physics worked was awesome though!
brus46
brus4624 Apr 2012, 22:53
Sorry, couldn't test on linux. Can you provide a video for mac/linux users?
brus46
brus4625 Apr 2012, 18:55
Even if I had to change computer to play this i must admit that's a nice re-interpretation of pong! :D
davidwparker28 Apr 2012, 15:42
I'm sorry, I can't play your game because I don't have Windows (OSX).
JoeCool1728 Apr 2012, 16:03
It's a very cool concept, but it seems like the planets that you added around the earth actually hinders gameplay, as the aliens get stuck orbiting them.
Dax
Dax28 Apr 2012, 16:18
The idea is good but you should have added the ability to move or something because when the ball is locked never touching a planet, it's really boring.
Plus please next time don't make the game install on the computer.
R3ason
R3ason28 Apr 2012, 18:44
Cool concept! Music would be nice. Also, it seems that the gravitational pull from earth could be a bit stronger? Otherwise the ball just flies around for a long while as you just sit and wait. Other than that, I really like the new take on Pong! Thanks!
someone
someone28 Apr 2012, 18:50
XNA is good, but I have Linux.
scoopsy
scoopsy28 Apr 2012, 19:36
Can't play, Mac user. Looks neat though!
Jeremias
Jeremias28 Apr 2012, 19:53
Nice physics. More visual and/or audio as well as a health bar, so the player gets involved. The shield protection is a bit buggy, I think.

For publishing XNA games, just copy the exe file and the content directory. Both are in your Debug-directory. Then players must not install you game, makes it easier :)
MrEvilGuy
MrEvilGuy28 Apr 2012, 20:50
I like how it's a different experience/difficulty depending on how the planets are arranged around the 3rd planet. Some kind of scoring mechanism would be nice. It's a great concept and you could probably make a pretty fun game out of it with more development. Good job!
Vilborg28 Apr 2012, 22:08
Even though I have XNA, I was forced to install XNA components. Can you also provide the exe/Content folder found in the project files (in Debug or x86 or bin or somewhere) next time?

Also, I could not run the game due to the graphics profile used. You can fix this by going into the project properties and changing the graphics profile from HiDef to Reach.
xillixauthor28 Apr 2012, 23:07
Thanks for all the feedback guys. I have added a no installer option and I changed the graphics profile.
Kvisle
Kvisle29 Apr 2012, 00:22
Tried to run with Mono 2.8 on Linux, didn't work.
SusanTheCat
SusanTheCat29 Apr 2012, 00:22
Was unable to play the no installer version. It just wouldn't start. Windows 7.
nornagon29 Apr 2012, 08:42
Cool idea, needed more to be interesting/fun though.
dagothig1 May 2012, 03:18
a nice concept, but it got tiring fairly fast since you can often end up waiting a lot of time for something to actually come your way.
Vilborg1 May 2012, 06:23
No install and Reach graphics profile worked very well! Thanks.

The game seems like it could use a bit more UI, like your health. I was not sure how to kill the enemies, since they seemed to go through my shield but died anyway. I'm not sure where the ball came in.
Datamosh
Datamosh3 May 2012, 06:19
Oooh! Fun game. Reminded me of other entry, with the same Pong premise, but with a musical twist. Yours has more "replay" value :) Good job!
robcozzens
robcozzens11 May 2012, 04:37
I would try it if you had a Web or OSX version.
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