Ludum Dare #27compo
Spacecrap
You are the captain of an intergalactic spaceship that has drifted off course by 10 arcseconds. You need to steer it back, but more often than not you're out of fuel or parts of the ship are broken.
But there is hope! Your ship is equipped with an unbreakable grapple for collecting stuff on your way at intergalactic speeds.
If you get stuck, just hit the retry button to roll a new starting situation. Finishing can sometimes be completely impossible.
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Made in HTML5/Javascript; works in modern web browsers. Works best in Chrome/Chromium, but Firefox goes too (expect a bit of choppiness at first).
Tools used: Vim, Git, Chrome, Firefox, ZynAddSubFX, Seq24; Libraries used: H1eDPI.js, Zepto.js
But there is hope! Your ship is equipped with an unbreakable grapple for collecting stuff on your way at intergalactic speeds.
If you get stuck, just hit the retry button to roll a new starting situation. Finishing can sometimes be completely impossible.
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Made in HTML5/Javascript; works in modern web browsers. Works best in Chrome/Chromium, but Firefox goes too (expect a bit of choppiness at first).
Tools used: Vim, Git, Chrome, Firefox, ZynAddSubFX, Seq24; Libraries used: H1eDPI.js, Zepto.js
Comments21

L0gicaL1nsanity26 Aug 2013, 00:37
I liked it! I got raided by pirates like every time lol. As Volt said, a more detailed guide would be cool.
Drachlen26 Aug 2013, 07:30
It took me a minute to figure out what to do, but as soon as I was repairing stuff and controlling the thrusters, I started having a lot of fun with it. I think there is a really good idea here, with some refinement and a slight upgrade to the UI, I think you have a really killer game. Cool idea.

robashton26 Aug 2013, 11:42
I loved this - reminded me of an old submarine simulator I used to play on the Amstrad :)
mutuware26 Aug 2013, 18:19
Holy UI Batman!

sanojian26 Aug 2013, 18:49
I really wanted to understand how to play this but I just didn't get it. I love the feeling of it, though.
dekart26 Aug 2013, 19:02
I really like it! Is it ok that pirates steal all my parts and cargo whenever I go close to the target? Played twice and both times the same damn pirate!
Andrew Shouldice26 Aug 2013, 22:46
I had a hard time figuring out what was going on, but I love the look, and the music is spot on.
tripleVisionGames27 Aug 2013, 20:31
Felt a bit impenetrable at first but when I started to get it I really liked it. Good work!

BadgerPriest30 Aug 2013, 03:59
Well, the UI looks amazing, but I have no idea what I'm doing. A tutorial or video playthrough would be incredibly helpful for this game. Still, this game looks so great that I have to rate it highly even if I don't quite get what's going on.

gre31 Aug 2013, 16:58
Awesome atmosphere and game!
The '10 seconds' theme wasn't obvious.
Even if the game is quite slow (not 10 seconds! ;) ), the mood is really powerful to make the player stay :)
The '10 seconds' theme wasn't obvious.
Even if the game is quite slow (not 10 seconds! ;) ), the mood is really powerful to make the player stay :)

kibertoad5 Sep 2013, 10:27
awesome mood. great job with the graphics and music, very sexy oldschool vibe.

LTyrosine8 Sep 2013, 15:41
This game is amazing... One of my favorites in LD 27 so far. The music reminds somehow of Star Control 2 musics and the atmosphere created is incredible for simple graphics.
The strategic deepness of this game is very nice, somewhat rare in most of LD entries.
Really amazing job! Hope you continue its development.
The strategic deepness of this game is very nice, somewhat rare in most of LD entries.
Really amazing job! Hope you continue its development.

manuq10 Sep 2013, 11:31
Oh I like repairing the ship! The UI is completly awesome, great selection of colors. The music is great too. Cool entry!
loxo13 Sep 2013, 14:42
Really great game, I enjoyed playing it very much! But I don't like the hand drawn headings, apart from that the graphics are ok.

motty15 Sep 2013, 03:28
Great stuff.

Anachron16 Sep 2013, 06:51
A good challenge and rad near-CGA styling!

Capro16 Sep 2013, 09:03
Quite complicated but very interesting. Good work!
nicotr01416 Sep 2013, 09:58
Awesome little game. I really like the weird ui and the fact that you have to figure it out in order to win
echa16 Sep 2013, 19:40
Great
rincewind_cz16 Sep 2013, 21:55
If it has GUI like in Star Trek, it would be super-awsome I think :-)








I really love the radar thingy, with the mouse over on different objects. Really cool.
And awesome music!
i do wish you hadn't made the interface all ms paint style. Could have been really pretty with a pixel font and some nice rounded/shaded pixel boxes.
Good work!