You Only Get One Button

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.54
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.46
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.29
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.75
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.52
Mood★★★★★★★★★★1.82
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★48%
Dear [TODO: Insert name of vict - err - brave pilot here],

You have been selected for our space program. You will bravely pilot a vessel to the stars, and science programs on board will get us the necessary funding.

Unfortunately, due to budget cuts etcetera, we have been forced into a compromise: You only get one button.

We also got a note from 'The Programmer' - whoever that is - so we thought it important to include this too:

Unfortunately, I only had 1 day of about 8 hours, and I overestimated a tad what I could do in that time. Again. So the result is a fairly reasonable sort-of flight simulator... aaand... that's about it. There is a basic scoring system, so please post your scores anyway :)

Time permitting, I'll do a post-compo version with all features:
- Menus which will highlight options automatically, where you need to use The Button to select them
- Upgrades, paid by earlier mentioned 'score' (Which I'll probably rename 'Money' then)
- Better flight, with more lift, more drag, and better textures.

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Comments14

OnlySlightly16 Dec 2013, 06:04
It was really fun to experiment with each of the variables and see how it affected the flight.
MRvanderPants16 Dec 2013, 08:40
I like how well the physics work in this game.
Citiral16 Dec 2013, 09:21
It was okay, fun to see how far you can get!
kyyrma16 Dec 2013, 13:59
The best I got was about 200+. Would have been better if there was some prompt to the player once the rocket lands, a simple "Try again!" would have better pulled it together as a full game.

Had fun with it still!
joppiesaus16 Dec 2013, 16:19
Nice quick game! That's all I have to say!
Hypnohustla
Hypnohustla16 Dec 2013, 18:26
Nice little game. Had fun playing it. :) Needs sounds tho!
occash16 Dec 2013, 18:32
Physics is very good, but i don't see the theme of the competition, but overall it's good!
Gemberkoekje
Gemberkoekjeauthor16 Dec 2013, 18:59
@occash I wanted to pull the one button idea through to the menus and everything, so then it'd made more sense (and be funny and annoying!) You'll see when I get time for the post-compo version!
lparker18 Dec 2013, 10:15
Quite enjoyed the game, tinkering with the bits to see how far I would get was fun as well.
Raphy
Raphy19 Dec 2013, 14:14
Nice experiment, too bad there isn't any clear goal though. Got 980 score :)
Gemberkoekje
Gemberkoekjeauthor20 Dec 2013, 14:19
Thanks for the nice compliments all, I'll try to find the time to flesh this out a bit more, make it look better, and chuck it on Android store or something!
local minimum
local minimum26 Dec 2013, 16:04
It would have been awesome if you were able to reach space, maybe you are, but it didn't seem like it.

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