Hermes

by binroot
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.79
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.54
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.69
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.14
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.89
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.57
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.26
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.70
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★50%
You are Hermes, the curious middle-man in the space age. Collect as many minerals from the other planet as possible, and post your high score!

Be sure to turn up the volume - I spent far too long on the soundtrack :P

Tools used:
- Emacs (text editor)
- Phaser.io (JavaScript game engine)
- bfxr (sound generator)
- Audacity (sound editor)
- Gimp (image editor)

Comments20

Cheshyr
Cheshyr25 Aug 2014, 04:12
Controls are a bit awkward, but the soundtrack and sound effects are nice. Interesting premise.
pcmccull25 Aug 2014, 04:14
I could hear the music but the screen just stayed blank. In the console there was an error "Cannot set property 'font' of undefined" in the fixText function.
StencylTuo
StencylTuo25 Aug 2014, 04:14
All I can hear is the music. The screen is black. No ratings since it was unplayable.
FinnMacd25 Aug 2014, 04:15
great graphics + audio
Jupitron
Jupitron25 Aug 2014, 04:27
Soundtrack is amazing, gameplay needs to be polished.
Marcellus25 Aug 2014, 04:48
Nice little game, can become really challenging.
The controls respond well and the music helps the ambiance.
BinRoot
BinRootauthor25 Aug 2014, 04:49
Fixed the blank screen bug! Try it out now! :)
haveric25 Aug 2014, 04:52
This is an interesting game, but wow did it ramp up difficulty fast. I felt like it wasn't giving me enough minerals to reasonably use the shield more than once per trip, although I may have held on to the few I had for too long as I died.

The audio combined with the storytelling each trip made for a great combination and the graphics matched the quality. Very well done.
@TeddyNashor25 Aug 2014, 05:08
Worked for me! The blasting part (space) was definitely fun and satisfying. GJ!
Lyszie25 Aug 2014, 05:14
Sound track is really cool, I also really liked the astronaut!
I couldn't really figure out how to play, was going from one side to the other a bit clueless xD
Lars Faust
Lars Faust25 Aug 2014, 09:47
Couldnt really figure out the gameplay. After some time i was just boosting from one side to the other collecting minerals, with literally hundreds and hundreds of aliens floating around doing nothing.

The general premise is nice, but the gameplay needs some fleshing out.
ponywolf
ponywolf25 Aug 2014, 22:19
Had trouble figuring out what to do... Some of the ingame text was off screen where I couldn't read it. Nice try though....
micahcowan
micahcowan26 Aug 2014, 09:14
Fun game. It does ramp up quickly, though, to the point where it seems near impossible. Especially since the shields seem to cut out sometimes even when I have minerals left?
CaptainNakou
CaptainNakou27 Aug 2014, 12:05
Simple at the start, very cool at the end!
Kiwiboi27 Aug 2014, 12:09
This was cool! Fitting for the theme, entertaining gameplay and cute graphics. Nice entry!:)
vividhelix
vividhelix31 Aug 2014, 19:32
Simple little game, good take on the theme. Music was great, very ominous!
xrm0
xrm01 Sep 2014, 10:37
Didn't know what to do!
Also, keys are being "bubbled up" to the browser, so when you use up/down, the entire browser screen scrolls vertically.
lakael
lakael6 Sep 2014, 01:20
Nice music, interesting concept. Of course I, like a fool, go straight to the alien thinking we could be friends.
hbocao
hbocao8 Sep 2014, 00:32
Good job, man! My score kinda got crazy. Every time I delivered, it changed up and down. Gets hard pretty fast, doesn't it?

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