neon subsurface

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.12
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.73
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.84
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.19
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.75
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.21
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.15
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★49%
This game was made in about 4 hours, so don't expect it to be to polished.
You cotroll the blue neon ship. But the engine is partially broken, so you can only fly up or down, but not straight forward. Your only hope is to toggle the direction in the right moment. But to keep the engine running, you need to stay beneath THE SURFACE. That's the red/green line in the middle. If you are above, you will loose fuel and below, you'll gain it.
Another danger are big blocks that are in your way and the speed-up panels. But luckily, there are also green panels that speed you down.

TL;DR:
Controls: SPACE = toggle direction
IMPORTANT: If the binaries don't work, that's because some libraries are missing, In that case, try the installer. Or, if you've got MonoGame instaled, compile it yourself.
In that case, if you've got some knowledge of Xamarin, you should be able to get it running on any OS. Windows Phone and Windows RT will be added in the next days, if you've got binaries for another platform, please drop a comment with a link.

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Comments22

monsterkillu
monsterkillu28 Apr 2014, 09:26
Cool mechanics .. But found it a bit difficult..
Doccrazy28 Apr 2014, 11:21
Quite hard, but fun
Lrnk
Lrnk28 Apr 2014, 11:25
Really like the graphical style. Shame there's no sound (unless it just wasn't working on mine?)
gikdew
gikdew28 Apr 2014, 11:29
Ive just clicked your entry because of the thumbnail, the visuals look awesome, really nice and well balanced!
hexagore
hexagore28 Apr 2014, 11:34
Pretty good for just 4 hours :) The graphics are very effective. VERY difficult!
tchem
tchem28 Apr 2014, 11:41
really cool, i love it,, simple and hard.
Jonathan Whiting
Jonathan Whiting28 Apr 2014, 11:42
Cute idea. Pretty incomprehensible without careful poring through description. Collision detection feels over enthusiastic.
JALgamesauthor28 Apr 2014, 11:56
Anybody liking the graphics style: draw the image in any color over a transparent background, and then in GIMP: Filter->alpha to logo->neon.
JulianMH28 Apr 2014, 13:08
Nice art style. And quite impressive for 4 hours of work.
By the way, I added the MonoGame version of my game you requested.
NikinCZ28 Apr 2014, 14:46
Not anything extra, but not anything bad!
PaperBlurt
PaperBlurt28 Apr 2014, 15:48
These graphics are like super, freaky, cool and weird!

Love it (no really, I mean it!)
elpaulo28 Apr 2014, 15:50
Simple and cool
Hyoga-3D
Hyoga-3D28 Apr 2014, 15:56
i like the neon style. Great job!
Agreon
Agreon28 Apr 2014, 15:57
Nice Idea :)
Jeffalisk
Jeffalisk30 Apr 2014, 12:23
Sorry, I liked the look of the screenshot but afraid I can't play it without a Mac downloadable.
MSaul
MSaul30 Apr 2014, 12:27
Cool ambiance, i love that neon effect. But really hard to play. Good work for 4 hours.
PS : zip bomb :(
rojo
rojo2 May 2014, 00:13
Nice job on the graphics.
eastes
eastes2 May 2014, 09:40
You like Tron. I know you do.
bucketh3ad
bucketh3ad15 May 2014, 00:15
The neon aesthetic looks great. My main complaint it that it broke immersion to have the score appear as a pop up alert rather than inside the game.
wilbefast19 May 2014, 21:56
Nice little one-button game, you should totally put this on mobile :D Some sound would be nice though. It took me a while to figure out that I had to stay below the line too (I don't read indications, soz lol). Good job :)

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