Goal of the game is to gain as much score as possible by navigating the level as fast as possible in order to reach required target locations (green platforms) in a tense 10 seconds time limit.
Made in 3 days by Vaclav "thevaber" Patejdl (code and graphics) and Lukas Patejdl (sound effects). Made using Unity engine, BFXR, Spacescape (skybox), GIMP, Audacity. Some assets sampled and modified from freesounds.com, cgtextures.com, dafonts.com ("Venus Rising" font).
Development was very tough towards the end, but we luckily made it. Any feedback is welcome! :-)
TIP: Try to exploit the Blue boost pads on your way towards the Green pad as much as possible; you don't need to land on the pads to activate their effect, just fly through the glow above them. Jetpack can help you to maintain a good altitude in order to maximize the boosts.
Very difficult game, either that or I'm really unlucky and the green platform was in the furthest place possible from me every time. Never once landed on green... maybe make a smaller playfield? Or at least give the green platform a maximum distance it can appear from the player? Cool idea though, and it looks very nice!
I found it very hard to control, but I like the idea, are the green pads placed at random or they get some math to become "achievable"? :) Stunning visual!
Thank you all for the comments :-) It is a little bit difficult, but not impossible - one trick is not to fly too high and try to fly near as much blue boost platforms as possible. The green platform is usually located rather far away from player for challenge, but it is still random, so sometimes you can get quite lucky. I uploaded a gameplay video (one of the links on top).. I only recorded in 480p by mistake, so the video quality is not that great :-/
I love the graphics, and despite being pretty basic the gameplay is really fun and challenging, excellent work! Only problem is that the web version lagged out my 660 Ti, the desktop version worked fine though.
The game become trivial when you realize you can just go to the middle and skip every second green platform eliminating all luck and difficult decisions.
Stunning visuals and fitting music (the round-related sound effects got a bit annoying after a while though).
The gameplay is nice, but sometimes it feels like the green platforms spawn so far away that it's impossible to get to them.
I also feel like it could have been a better game if the theme hadn't been applied to it, or maybe if some further sense of progression had been added.
Excellent work! Loved the atmosphere and the visuals, which are right up my alley anyway, but really well executed! The gameplay was a tad too challenging, especially since it was relatively difficult to see holes when you have so little time to reach the platform. It felt like a game of luck most of the time. But great work nonetheless!
Very cool; reminded me of jumping flash on PS1 from back in the day + tribes. Got stuck in between hexes a few times, and would like to see more sound work. Nice job!
I saw the thumbnail and immediately thought: "wow, this looks nice" - after reading the description and checking out the screenshot I thought: "ok, I'm gonna play this now - but let's check out the video to see what it's like". 3 seconds in the video I thought: "crap, I've wasted three seconds in which I didn't play this game, what am I doing here?" and immediately started it.
great concept and game - love the minor aesthetic touches (moving platforms and those yellow snake thingies). the gameplay is solid as well. nicely done :)
It looks gorgeous! The shaders on the pillars and the tron/glowy feel is superbly well done. From your video it seems maybe you got too good at it while playtesting! I find it impossible, and as a result repeated attempts are frustrating and kinda unrewarding, which is a shame. I managed hi scores of 0, 1000, and 0. So, congrats on the extreme quality of the gfx, sound, and controls, it's just a shame the gameplay is so tough.
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Stunning visual!
I had a good time playing. I think I can to better at my house later tonight. I will be coming back for more!
The idea and implementation was nice.
The gameplay is nice, but sometimes it feels like the green platforms spawn so far away that it's impossible to get to them.
I also feel like it could have been a better game if the theme hadn't been applied to it, or maybe if some further sense of progression had been added.
The gameplay was a tad too challenging, especially since it was relatively difficult to see holes when you have so little time to reach the platform. It felt like a game of luck most of the time. But great work nonetheless!
great concept and game - love the minor aesthetic touches (moving platforms and those yellow snake thingies). the gameplay is solid as well. nicely done :)