NOTE: The FIXED link has fixed the bug in Windows where landing wouldn't cause the level to advance. Also you might notice the music is louder at the bottom since for some reason taking the collision box off the endzone (which was the original landing hack for Windows) makes the music louder--go figure. I added the collision box around the sound object at the end to try and fix the windows bug at the last minute which kind of muted the music.
Anyway--I'm not sure if this is breaking the rules so I've kept both up, the Web link and the new fixed web link--which technically isn't adding any content I don't think. You can check the HG repository.
Unity3D. cfxr for sound. Spritegen for tiles/sprites. autotracker.py for music. HOTwen, 2DToolkit for Unity plugins.
Press up, down, left, and right arrows to thrust. Pick up capsules for extra "Energy Time", safely land on the bottom to go to the next stage.
You can only land safely when the HUD says you are at a safe velocity (upper right)
Stages are all randomly generated....how many can you clear?
Speaking of which--turns out on Windows landing doesn't trigger the next level screen...only on OSX. I've tried a few hacks to no avail--I have no idea why this is. Seems like a Unity bug.
Yeah if you don't go to the next level, let me know what OS/Browser you are using. As far as I know, it works on all OSX browsers, but this bug always happens on Windows. (Which is weird since it's Unity!!)
Awesome game :D. I love just going all out and dropping straight down without putting any upwards thrust into it, but I always seem to splat on the bottom when I can't slow down in time.
I really like the blocks and the ship sprites, and the sound effect for picking up fuel. The thruster sound was a bit too harsh for me. I found myself thrusting in the opposite directions sometimes because I expected the keys to correspond to the thruster. Would have been nice if the thruster graphics matched the rest of the sprites.
I wasn't able to get the next level to load; using Chrome, running Windows XP.
Decent enough Lunar Lander :) The levels were longer than I expected, and there wasn't much challenge involved.
One thing that would have made it more challenging would have been a time limit on how quick you could get to the bottom, and you'd need to dodge random platforms and not splat against the bottom. That's kind of fun to do right now, actually :)
Wow, Unity tech support is fast--they found the bug. I guess the collision normals are inconsistent between Windows and OSX. I'll probably put up a link to a fixed version once I figure out a different way to detect landings.
Yeah if you are able to get to the next levels, basically they sort of raise in difficulty by putting more obstacles in the center of the path, and less time boost capsules. I had plans for moving enemies and other obstacles as well.
Yeah I might fix the bug today, I know what it is now. I'll probably put up a 2nd link with the fixed version, so that purists can consider the submitted one, but others might want to use the bug-fixed version.
Very cool concept, though the handling was a bit tough to master... I didn't know if I could land on platforms? Or just on the ground at the bottom? Didn't seem to progress to new level either way...
Good game and good luck!
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refreshcreations27 Aug 2013, 20:58
Got to the bottom with 6 seconds of spare fuel, but didn't get a next level / ending screen. Aside from that, it's a pretty fun lander game you've got there! Some 8bit graphics in the game suited the mood fairly well. Just wish there was an ending / extra levels, congrats on getting music and sfx in the game too!
OK--so I have put a link to the FIXED version for Windows (well it works on Windows and OSX).
It turns out, the normals you get back from collisions not only are inaccurate, but inconsistent between platforms. So instead I'm using the position of the collision points to detect landing.
I took the collision volume off of the endzone object which also makes the in-game music louder. There's a sound source at the end that gets louder as you get closer. When I added the last minute hack (a box collider) around it, for some reason it made the music super quiet.
So I'm not sure if this is breaking the rules or not, hence I've kept both versions up. The WEB version is the original and FIXED WEB has the landing fix. Thanks!
Fun game! Always loved lander style games since the old Atari arcade game. You can add a lot of polish to this and work on it and toss it up on the app store. Nice 48hr effort.
Great to see someone else make graphics with my sprite generator. Your game looks good and plays well, though it could use a little more challenge. It appears almost everything is procedurally generated, I like that.
I really like this. Did you ever play work time fun? there was a job on that game called Pollinator that pretty much had the same concept but not as developed as what you have here.
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Thanks for the comments! If I fix that Windows bug I'll probably just put up a separate link since I'm not sure it's allowed.
Pretty good game though.
I wasn't able to get the next level to load; using Chrome, running Windows XP.
One thing that would have made it more challenging would have been a time limit on how quick you could get to the bottom, and you'd need to dodge random platforms and not splat against the bottom. That's kind of fun to do right now, actually :)
Good game and good luck!
It turns out, the normals you get back from collisions not only are inaccurate, but inconsistent between platforms. So instead I'm using the position of the collision points to detect landing.
I took the collision volume off of the endzone object which also makes the in-game music louder. There's a sound source at the end that gets louder as you get closer. When I added the last minute hack (a box collider) around it, for some reason it made the music super quiet.
So I'm not sure if this is breaking the rules or not, hence I've kept both versions up. The WEB version is the original and FIXED WEB has the landing fix. Thanks!
Might as well list some improvements here:
* Ability to specify size of the sprites/tiles
* Ability to specify hue range of tiles (like, I want a bunch of green-ish ones)
* Ability to specify naming convention. Like ForestTile-X.png and then X ends up being the tile number or something.
Nice entry!
Spacey physics and solid mechanics. Very nice!