Ludum Dare #23compo

Tiny Planet

by cherrynukacola

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.94

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.66

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.72

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.55

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.48

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.06

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.44

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.05

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★100%

Set off as many stars as possible before day the night is over!

Use the mouse to rotate the planet and collide with stars.

Made with Unity. Unity webplayer required to play. Makes copious use of iTween and the Detonator framework. Bfxr for sound and Aviary for music.

Phew! Looking forward to playing everyone else's game!

BONUS POINTS: Guess the Joni Mitchell song I was listening to when I came up with the concept for this... ^_^

EDIT: Post-comp version with MOAR SPLOSIONS: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1971219/Tiny%20World/tinyworldv101/WebPlayer/WebPlayer.html - Enjoy!

EDITv2: Post comp link version above now has keyboard controls - use either the arrows or wasd to control the tiny planet. Cheers!

EDITv3: A post-comp version that reduces explosions, to make it easier to see what you're doing. Wusses. ^_^

Comments36

Andrew23 Apr 2012, 09:22

It needs more explosions I think.

CherryNukaColaauthor23 Apr 2012, 10:32

Your wish is my command: MWAAHAHAHAHAHA!

drZool23 Apr 2012, 11:01

Looks cool

aaronsnoswell23 Apr 2012, 11:23

My eyes! They are burning! Sooo many asplosions! Love the cell-shader look you went for. The music seems to really fit, also.

Great job!

Lidfrid23 Apr 2012, 11:29

AHahah that expliosons! From nowhere!
With no reason.

AWESOME!!!

jami23 Apr 2012, 16:45

Sunglasses needed! :P Awesome explosions ;)

bburbank24 Apr 2012, 03:24

EXPLODING

R3ason24 Apr 2012, 05:09

Fun. Controls probably would have been easier with keys (instead of mouse), but it works. Hard to see through all the 'splosions! Thanks for making this!

Orni24 Apr 2012, 05:09

very nice graphic style - although my eyes are hurting now

Zamando24 Apr 2012, 09:53

Original concept! But, hard to navigate when seeing only explotions!

tacograveyard24 Apr 2012, 15:01

Lots of fun. I agree that having an option for keyboard controls would be nice.

gavin556425 Apr 2012, 03:54

Over excessive explosions, ha could have had a little less but it actually added to the fun and experience. Good fun.

mjb25 Apr 2012, 03:56

I really liked the whimsical music combined with the explosions. Fun game.

omaha25 Apr 2012, 03:58

i'm not sure what i just did but it was awesome.

Chinchilla26 Apr 2012, 10:09

Boom!

rynti26 Apr 2012, 13:06

The amount of explosions is TOO DAMN HIGH! Nah, just kidding - loved it^^

Meedoc26 Apr 2012, 13:18

Clever control! I like what you did, it's a great game even if I'm blind now...

AdventureIslands26 Apr 2012, 14:15

Cool and simple game, great if you like many explosions.

flaxenflash26 Apr 2012, 16:18

Very nice, really looks terrific

evilseanbot27 Apr 2012, 02:12

This had a really strong mood AND massive explosions. That's something for everybody.

I really wanted to do more in such an interesting atmosphere. Also, sometimes the explosions made it hard to see what was going on, it'd be cool if the character's silhouette could be seen through explosions.

otaviogood27 Apr 2012, 04:39

The asplowshuns look pretty sweet but they do get in the way of gameplay.

Jezzamon27 Apr 2012, 12:33

This game is really pretty with the explosions, but... I wish I could see what was happening. Most of the challenge of this game is trying to look past the explosions to see the planet. Which is a little silly... it's almost like it's covering up the lack of much gameplay.

That being said, I really do like the explosions and stuff although it'd be good if they were behind the planet or something?

notepid4 May 2012, 22:37

@CherryNukeCola: Particleeffects are indeed on the large scale. interesting concept, nevertheless I would want more incentive for the player to complete the objectives.

Pitoum8 May 2012, 08:31

Nice graphics ! Even I lost my right eye :)

Pitoum8 May 2012, 10:04

Even if.
And I just lost the second one with the PostCompo version :D

ericdpitts9 May 2012, 00:35

When the first explosions happened, I had no idea what was going on and I was scared. :P I absolutely loved your game. The music was so fitting, and wandering around the little planet collecting stars and making explosions (once I knew what was going on) is really relaxing. Wonderful job!

Datw9 May 2012, 02:14

Great Art and Audio, but i didn't like the premise of the game.

rvmook9 May 2012, 18:14

Really enjoyed playing it. You already put all of the things I wanted to add in the post compo versions, so thanks for creating those!

tcstyle9 May 2012, 20:15

Whoa! I think those explosions will give me bad dreams tonight. Neat effects and good idea for the game mechanics.

KevinWorkman10 May 2012, 01:29

Oooh, pretty! As others said, the explosions were a bit much, but I gathered that's what you were going for, so I dig it.

machinas10 May 2012, 06:32

got 49 on my first try. charming. lots of bloom. interesting mechanic of preventing the player from seeing. nice peaceful audio sets a good mood.

Rabbits...10 May 2012, 14:16

Explosions so cool...I want to use something like that...How did you do it?

CherryNukaColaauthor11 May 2012, 07:22

Rabbits, I used the detonator framework: http://unity3d.com/support/resources/unity-extensions/explosion-framework , which is a little bit outdated now with Unity's new particle system, but I haven't fully gotten my head around shruiken yet. ^_^

Beerman11 May 2012, 14:43

So I take it you like explosions? :)

JonathanG13 May 2012, 07:58

A fun game, but it's difficult to see what's going on with all the explosions. Other than that the graphics are nice. There doesn't seem to be much challenge, so I don't think I'd replay it that much

dr_soda13 May 2012, 20:12

I have no idea what just happened but it sure was pretty.

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