Ten Seconds of Thrust!

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.36
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.40
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.40
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.69
Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.35
Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.48
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.06
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★66%
For Ludum Dare 27
Theme: 10 Seconds

Game Idea
you are on a space mining mission and discover there is a coronal mass ejection
(Solar Flare) headed your way...

your ship only has 10 seconds of main thruster fuel and the flare will be here in 60 seconds!

fly the ship to safety inside the cave...
the deeper the better (if you plan on having kids)...
otherwise say hello to grizzly irradiated death!

Controls: Thrust - left/right/up/down.

Good Luck!

P.S.
unfortunately only had about 8hrs time make my first game so no ship/crew death... death from collision, or timer/fuel running out. but still playable.
(you'll need to refresh to restart level)

hope to add later after the Ludem Dare 24hr solo comp challenge.

todo...
add timer out, scene reset, fuel out, ground/cave collision damage, passenger pickup.. , sound, music, etc..

also have better rocket graphics.. (Done)

IDE: Stencyl
Graphics: Inkscape

Comments28

wulfdesign
wulfdesignauthor26 Aug 2013, 05:17
think the fuel gauge just must have been stuck...! ;)
wulfdesign
wulfdesignauthor26 Aug 2013, 05:18
hmmm... Stencyl site (and Arcade) seems to be down.. trying to get it to host from my dropbox account as well...
wulfdesign
wulfdesignauthor26 Aug 2013, 05:22
ok, must have been just an site update... working now.
jay griffin26 Aug 2013, 06:21
Cool, I always enjoy these thrust-style games.
greysphere26 Aug 2013, 06:22
Heh, the soft failure was actually pretty nice for my first time. Then replayed and did it 'legit'!
kantieno
kantieno26 Aug 2013, 14:37
Though you ran out of time and didn't get to add a lot of the stuff, I liked the concept and some of the bugs were entertaining!
Sergey Mohov26 Aug 2013, 22:54
Oh man, I'm bad at this. Nice idea though :-)
MegaMasterX
MegaMasterX26 Aug 2013, 22:57
Given the timeframe, not bad!
ahm99
ahm9926 Aug 2013, 23:00
If I were you, I would quit game development and start working on a jet engine that works without fuel XD. Nice concept though. Next time you'll do better :)
kristof26 Aug 2013, 23:01
Although a lot of the game is still missing, one can definitely see where this is going. Nice graphical stile. I especially like that you can see the thrusters burning ;)
elementz12327 Aug 2013, 01:10
Nice game mechanic going on. I can see this becoming a great game!
Unept
Unept27 Aug 2013, 03:14
Fun. I got nervous when I realized I had 20 seconds left and I wasn't even close. Well don!
Photon27 Aug 2013, 04:05
Well, its a nice start. Good idea... just a bit of a skeleton, obviously. Not to mention the humorous bugs. The solar flare will be here in -15 seconds? Well, keep at it!
Satyre
Satyre27 Aug 2013, 07:28
Nice concept. When fully polished, would definitely become a neat game.
I missed some damage or an instant kill, when the rocket hits the ground and not in landing position.
mychairhasalooin27 Aug 2013, 08:16
Sad face, made it into the deepest part of the cave first try, with fuel and time to spare, alas no win condition.
Great game, first spaceship I've controlled that handles like a glacier.
Tipyx
Tipyx27 Aug 2013, 13:19
Negative fuel, ah ah ah ^^
flarb
flarb27 Aug 2013, 18:36
Same title as mine, great minds think alike! :)
tombsar27 Aug 2013, 21:06
Well done on achieving what you did; I look forward to seeing if you make it into a more complete game. I liked the art style, and the rocket physics.
Kramin42
Kramin4228 Aug 2013, 07:03
I managed to do it legit, I think the difficulty should be about right when the timers run out and crashing is implemented. Funny that you chose the same name for your game as I did for mine!
zillix
zillix29 Aug 2013, 07:15
nicely done! I'd love to see it with more features. I was amused that I could navigate the whole thing using my reverse thrusters, which used no fuel!
Jacob1233 Sep 2013, 11:46
Would've been a nice game if both timers didn't go into the negative. We can always pretend though!
Connors
Connors4 Sep 2013, 06:16
The pages seem to be down at the moment. I might try again later. ;)
mamoniem4 Sep 2013, 10:02
Little hard to control. But i though i will get exploded when i hit the walls !
vikingpotato4 Sep 2013, 21:13
The game looked and played well.. Some more interesting levels would be nice
manuq
manuq11 Sep 2013, 22:16
In only 8 hours?! Nice!
Crowbeak
Crowbeak12 Sep 2013, 11:41
Not bad for a first time. Not bad at all. Keep it up.
LpSamuelm15 Sep 2013, 17:04
The time is going negative, my thrust is going negative, I can fly through some walls and nothing is happening. I think a few bugs might need fixing.

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