Ludum Dare #28compo

Vega Core

by ptsnoop

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.36

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.32

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.25

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.04

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.20

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.95

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.84

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★47%

Use the arrow keys to move your spaceship. Press space to shoot.

In the centre of the screen is a supernova bomb, which will detonate if you touch any of the hexagonal detectors or leave the screen. You only get one plasma torpedo to destroy the bomb with. Good luck.

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This game (apart from the music and sound effects) was written in six hours, on a netbook, on the train to and from a friend's Christmas party. It's been a fairly busy weekend...

Comments19

drentsoft16 Dec 2013, 04:08

I really quite liked this :)

ParaPup16 Dec 2013, 05:53

This was very fun to play and has some nice gameplay to it.

leafo16 Dec 2013, 07:21

cool game, the difficulty of same level seems to vary a lot with the variation in speed

hirsch16 Dec 2013, 16:11

I like those type of games: Not many features, but really polished with a nice ambient sound and little details. Although it is really hard, it is still fun to play. Good job :)

josefnpat17 Dec 2013, 07:51

Very nice game. I see how you fit "You only have one" into the game, but it might be a bit punishing. Nice job!

sfiq1217 Dec 2013, 13:46

This game is brutal. I like it, maybe I should work on a difficult game in the next LD.
Loving it so far
Made it to level 4, that level was pretty impossible given the bomb's projectile speed

mortl832417 Dec 2013, 16:13

Awesome game. Very difficult to control, but in a good way. Easy to do, difficult to master.

Gravedrinker17 Dec 2013, 16:21

Pretty tricky to control, a longer aiming bar would have been a bit better maybe. The graphics and audio is nice and when you actually manage to clear a stage it feels great.

kristoffer zetterberg17 Dec 2013, 21:06

thanks for checking out my game, but i'm sad to say that your game doesn't work on my computer. but i like your artstyle, that much i can say!

AlanZucconi18 Dec 2013, 16:58

Nice mechanics! :)

PTSnoopauthor18 Dec 2013, 18:58

kristoffer: Ah, I see what you mean. I've made the same mistake as last LD and released a 64-bit Windows version...

I've now replaced the Windows link with a 32-bit build, so it should hopefully work on all Windows machines now.

Adam Tea18 Dec 2013, 19:24

At first I was immediately like "Super hexagon!!". Nice little game, though.

Nelien18 Dec 2013, 19:55

Looks very nice! Though gameplay is a bit dull after a while.

glovecat18 Dec 2013, 20:25

Very very very original, I like it. This game for mobile devices will be superb!

kristoffer zetterberg18 Dec 2013, 21:51

yay, it works! very challenging, polished, and innovative design. good job, and very impressive considering the time limit.

Chaoseiro18 Dec 2013, 22:58

Nice and challenging game! I took me a while to figure out the projectile velocity depended on the ship's :P

Cash19 Dec 2013, 20:51

Fantastic game,I arrived at level 6

BeardoGames20 Dec 2013, 20:24

Of all the games I've played so far in this LD, this is the one that I think I was most excited to try, and it definitely did not disappoint me! I'm completely humbled that you were able to pull off such a nice looking and playing game in the style of Star Castle in so short a period of time. Excellent, excellent work!

Cake&Code30 Dec 2013, 02:12

Very enjoyable if a bit difficult, felt like it would get wildly more easy or difficult randomly.