Operate a devious little flying saucer and abduct goats. Get a goat to the top of the screen underneath your ship to score points. Controls are a bit tricky - just remember that the ship will always try to fly to where you last clicked/touched.
Based on LibGDX with Box2D physics and more than a few simple PID controllers - the ship only has one "thrust" vector, and it tries to keep balance like a drunken helicopter pilot. Funny enough, I spent much time tuning the saucer controllers so it wouldn't spiral out of control the instant it bumped into anything.
Tested on an Acer A100 (Tegra 2), should work on similar Android devices. The JAR should work on all desktop platforms so long as the machine has OpenGL 2.0 and a decent VM.
I am continuing development of this game, any updates will be posted here or on my homepage at www.korphane.com.
Tested on a Asus Transformer TF101 (Tegra2). Also plays nice. I agree gyro would be the perfect addition I think :) Also the gameplay could be improved by more variance. Nevertheless a nice use of physics! Well done.
I like the sound effects, especially the giggle when you abduct a goat. Fits the secondary theme better than the first. I'm sad that I couldn't test it on an android, the mouse controls on a desktop don't seem to work nearly as well.
I agree with a previous comment -- not much gameplay.
However, there's a germ of something good in here. With a little bit of adjustment (maybe some damping) that saucer could be just tricky enough to pilot. Throw in some sort of threat to dodge, and a risk-reward mechanism to convince the player to fly around while trailing a lot of goats (and only then off the screen). Definitely worthwhile.
Haha, I actually kind of like the drunken ship effect. It seems oddly appropriate for an alien ship that spends its time abducting goats in the middle of nowhere ... :)
Great graphics, good sound. I just wish there was more physical interaction, so I could get a better feel for how the controls work. Enemies to avoid, other things to abduct, anything--the game did feel somewhat bare as it is. Funny when the goats go flying across the screen, though, haha.
it would be nice to have some kind of visual representation of the force your ship is exerting on the goats. also, it would be cool if they exploded if they hit the ground with a lot of force
I preferred this on my PC than on my Android phone - on my Galaxy S3 controlling the UFO seemed much more difficult. Fun game, and great sound effects and humor!
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However, there's a germ of something good in here. With a little bit of adjustment (maybe some damping) that saucer could be just tricky enough to pilot.
Throw in some sort of threat to dodge, and a risk-reward mechanism to convince the player to fly around while trailing a lot of goats (and only then off the screen). Definitely worthwhile.
Other than that, I love the drunken UFO and the general game is nice!