Astro Break

Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.19
Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.18
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.28
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.95
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.31
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.11
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.61
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.40
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★50%
An arcade shooting game wherein asteroids are dodged and, eventually, blown to smithereens for fun, profit, points, and delicious space fruit.

The game is Flash, written in AS3 with Flashpunk. Audio generated with bfxr and Autotracker.

If you like the game, follow me on twitter (@movexig)!

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Comments77

sirGustav
sirGustav23 Apr 2012, 15:07
Sometimes rocks get caught up in each other and small rocks are seems to weight as much as the larger ones. Other than that, a great game!
De10ter
De10ter23 Apr 2012, 16:53
Oh man, that was really good! A twist on classic Asteroids.
I loved the graphics and the weapons, felt really polished, though heat never seemed to be an important factor for me.
robbiehunt
robbiehunt23 Apr 2012, 17:32
Good game, man!

If anything it could benefit from music, but over all it's got great sprite work, the sounds are awesome, and the gameplay is very fun. good job!
vitor.navarro
vitor.navarro23 Apr 2012, 17:46
This one took me back right to contra III days on my loved snes. Man this is awesome stuff you have here. A music is all you need to put this in a top ten hit list. Congrats.
Lidfrid
Lidfrid23 Apr 2012, 18:08
Good Game! I lie it very much!
Suese
Suese23 Apr 2012, 18:15
If only it had some nice fast-paced music! This would be the best entry ever. Very well polished, high level of detail in the graphics. Two-thousand thumbs up on that one.
Suese
Suese23 Apr 2012, 18:16
If only it had some nice fast-paced music! This would be the best arcade entry, even better than Lilac! Very well polished, high level of detail in the graphics. Two-thousand thumbs up on that one.
madpew
madpew23 Apr 2012, 18:20
awesome game. sfx is a litte bit annoying and the music could be better. please continue this game post compo
Suese
Suese23 Apr 2012, 18:43
I didn't realize there was music! I didn't realize I had to push. Really well done! Wish I had this in an arcade-box!!
ghRibacki24 Apr 2012, 01:19
Wow! I loved the graphics, audio and mood! So simple yet innovative, the mix of genres is genius. Good work! =)
Darkfrost24 Apr 2012, 05:11
Really awesome! Everything fitted together really well, crisp, beautiful pixel art, fun, simple gameplay!

Awesome work!
Cake&Code24 Apr 2012, 19:14
Absolutely great! It was all really fun and harkens back to classic arcade games. Great work! :D
PoV
PoV24 Apr 2012, 19:15
Love it!
Dyst24 Apr 2012, 19:16
This is really, really nice. Really well done. The graphics in particular are great, but the shooting feels lovely, the movement speed is just right and the sound works quite well.
Wampus
Wampus24 Apr 2012, 19:19
Excellent mix of classic ideas. Was a lot of fun to play and the polish was a real stand-out factor.
Danik
Danik24 Apr 2012, 20:22
That's really awesome, incredibly well made and polished. The game kills you unfairly sometimes though, wish you could jump or shoot sideways or something. Also, the overheating was mostly annoying. Otherwise the gameplay was good.
Very strong entry.
PabloAM
PabloAM25 Apr 2012, 16:40
Good game! The game is beautiful, fun and with good mechanics and phisics.

GJ!!
ratboy271325 Apr 2012, 17:03
Reminds of an old game, Pea Shootin' Pete. I loved that game, and this does the concept really well. Thoroughly enjoyed myself.
marudziik
marudziik25 Apr 2012, 21:15
Wow. This is one of the most complete entries I've seen, in terms of graphics consistency, overall quality and gameplay. I've just spent like a half hour playing this. :D
NAMKCOR
NAMKCOR25 Apr 2012, 22:02
This was one of the better entries I've played. The graphics are very well done, the gameplay is well refined, and the visual/audio feedback is great.

The theme interpretation was one of the seemingly more generic ones, but it's executed very well.
heuermh26 Apr 2012, 05:14
Well done. The physics seemed off sometimes but was fun nonetheless.
Orni
Orni26 Apr 2012, 12:02
such a classic game experience - I loved it
you invested a great deal of polishing the game up - it shows

well done :D
summaky
summaky26 Apr 2012, 12:11
The only things I can complain about this game is the lag between the actions and the sound effects--which could be an issue only in my system--and the lack of music (although you said you made some…)

Other than that, I can honestly say that I am jealous of your artistic ability and the polishing that you've put into this game.

Very well done indeed.
jerombd26 Apr 2012, 12:14
Very classic but very solid entry. The graphics are flawless!
jim3wg
jim3wg26 Apr 2012, 12:20
Well done and fun to play
rvmook
rvmook26 Apr 2012, 15:10
Nice game, good balance with the shooting/overheating.
lanoiadimuu
lanoiadimuu26 Apr 2012, 16:31
Great game! It somehow felt like a twist in Pang series. :)
caribou26 Apr 2012, 17:47
Really fun & polished game <3
chinchang
chinchang26 Apr 2012, 18:35
winning one for me....this was really an osom entry. reminds me of contra. Simply addictive gameplay i can play for hours! well done!
bitslap_26 Apr 2012, 21:11
I like the graphics and gameplay alot. Kind of Super Pang esque.
Kvisle
Kvisle26 Apr 2012, 21:42
This was excellent.
Gabriel
Gabriel26 Apr 2012, 23:50
Great! Asteroids with radial gravity, that's a nice twist and approach to the theme! Each level starts a little too difficult and finishes easy, maybe part of the wave's asteroids could start appearing during the wave instead of in the beginning? Nothing else to add, this game really feels complete and well polished in its scope. Congratulations!
chambers
chambers27 Apr 2012, 14:30
I wish I could vote 6 for overall and fun.

It's the exact kind of game I always wanted to make: simple but refined, and all gameplay mechanics fit very well together.
onehandclap
onehandclap28 Apr 2012, 17:27
This is so good it almost hurts. =D
leafo
leafo28 Apr 2012, 19:10
This was a lot of fun. I also enjoyed the graphics as lot. Sound effects were great too, sad there wasn't any music.
Jigxor29 Apr 2012, 05:04
This is amazing! An extremely polished entry with beautiful graphics and very fun gameplay. I remember playing this during development, and it's really good to see features like powerups - they make it more awesome. One of the best entries! My only suggestion would be maybe allowing a jump, as sometimes there's almost nothing you can do when two asteroids are coming your way.

Amazing job! :)
AD-Edge
AD-Edge29 Apr 2012, 11:55
Nailed it! Spent a good amount of time playing this one. Its a challange, and its fun. Reminds me, for obvious reasons, of Asteroids. Feels like a 'modern' version which would have come out in the 80-90's on the SNES or something :)
The only thing I would have added is the ability to shoot sideways at times, that would have been handy.
deepnight
deepnight29 Apr 2012, 20:09
Absolutely amazing! Excellent execution, great art, and very solid gameplay :) Many games tried to do the "single little planet with ennemies flying around", but you manage to turn this into a very playable and intuitive game.

Great job!
bompo
bompo29 Apr 2012, 21:25
Reminded me of the old pong game! Well done!
Julian Spillane30 Apr 2012, 14:53
Wow, this game was very well done. The art is gorgeous, the concept simple, and I love the arcade-y action of it all. Add on to that a strong level of polish and this is one of the best LD entries I've rated so far. Congrats!
orangepascal
orangepascal30 Apr 2012, 19:01
I loved it! think it could do without the overheating of the gun, but it does work once you get used to it
MaximSchoemaker
MaximSchoemaker30 Apr 2012, 21:55
Nice arcade-y feel to this game. :3
The amount of pollish is impressive, feels very complete ^^
Mesene1 May 2012, 00:46
I like the way you used classic icons for rewards and upgrades :)
Thotep
Thotep1 May 2012, 11:46
Good, entertaining and surprisingly polished game; congrats!
Nora Shishi
Nora Shishi1 May 2012, 22:28
The artwork, the idea, effect design are awesome!
mooosh
mooosh1 May 2012, 22:30
super fun! I liked all of the different weapons and how they changed the gameplay. and holy crumb these graphics.
amodo2 May 2012, 14:20
The level of polish and finish is incredible. Can not say more than I really really like this. Somehow reminds me of amiga times.
azurenimbus
azurenimbus3 May 2012, 03:19
Awesome game! No complaints/suggestions! Just wanna play it more later!
nornagon4 May 2012, 07:17
Gorgeous, and heaps of fun. Nice!
Rémi4 May 2012, 11:49
OH MAN! I can totally see this game in arcades! Addicting and very polished! Just add a "Konami-style" music and it would be PER-FECT!
nuprahtor4 May 2012, 13:35
That was realy fun and addictive.
Pierrec7 May 2012, 09:45
Really addictive, one of the most addictive I've played. It's great to play it with a single hand with the arrow keys (I say that because I've seen a lot of games with bad controls, these ones are great)Let me restart the game with the down arrow key instead of R and that would be perfect, I could play while smoking my cigarette
Gareth Jenkins7 May 2012, 13:00
First of my 5-star fun ratings, and superb use of theme. Loads of fun, very well polished as well :)
derosa7 May 2012, 13:56
Great game! Saw it on indiegames.com and searched it just to rate it :)
Dr.Pingu
Dr.Pingu7 May 2012, 14:06
A really good game.
Graphics are great, with music it will be even better :)
free_napalm7 May 2012, 15:40
Great graphics and the audio is alright, too.
Nice to see a challenging game.
Evil Sandwich Studios7 May 2012, 18:40
Uau, a really cool game. I played for too long, it really got me hooked. Nice job!
KevinWorkman
KevinWorkman8 May 2012, 02:46
This was really fun. You've got an awesome game here that would be really easy to add more powerups and different kinds of enemies to, which is awesome work for 48 hours. Great job.
Jezzamon
Jezzamon8 May 2012, 05:55
I played this game during your development. Very fun! I'm happy to see it turn out how it did. :D
cadin
cadin8 May 2012, 14:28
Love this. Really great work. I have no criticisms except that I thought it was a little too easy.
ehtd
ehtd9 May 2012, 02:42
Very good! Waiting for a mobile release!
JaJ
JaJ9 May 2012, 12:01
Great! Everything an arcade game needs to be, simple, fun and polished. A catchy tune would have made this even better.
asfdfdfd9 May 2012, 18:30
It is super-mega-cool.
astral9 May 2012, 19:48
Great game! Autocannon rulez!
Chaoseed11 May 2012, 23:26
Very nice, very polished! I particularly like shooting powerups to change them. :D

There were a couple of problems, though. The first one is that the gun doesn't seem to push back asteroids at all. So you get into situations where you have the autocannon, you see the asteroid barreling down on you, you get under it and blast away...and you lose a life. Pretty frustrating. The second problem is, really, only three lives? It's impossible to play for more than a couple minutes with that setup.
thegreystudios
thegreystudios12 May 2012, 14:38
Alot of fun here with this game! great! :)
chambers
chambers12 May 2012, 16:22
Dude, this is still one of my favorite games. I just came back to say I'd probably make the overheat feature less harsh (perhaps doubling the bar's capacity?) and besides that I wouldn't change a thing.
Jacic12 May 2012, 23:00
Very arcade-y. I love it!
johnfn
johnfn13 May 2012, 07:25
Nice game - super, super fun. Just kill that overheat meter and give me something to do (other than die) when I get boxed in by meteors and I'd pretty much never stop playing this game.
Sodaware
Sodaware14 May 2012, 00:29
Wow! This plays great and looks even better. Reminds me a little of Pang crossed with Asteroids, but the rotating playfield is a nice twist. Really solid entry - small, but perfectly polished.
Daisuke90914 May 2012, 01:45
Going through the winners and eating big fat slices of humble pie. I say, you may have just fed me the biggest one yet!
SonnyBone
SonnyBone14 May 2012, 18:11
This just kept getting better and better. At first I thought it needed a jump button, but now I'm convinced that it doesn't. Rad progression, rad art, and the music is NOT awful! Loved this. Lots of fun!

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