Interstellar

by jsmars
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.67
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.80
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.48
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.00
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.88
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.52
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.24
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.36
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★52%
Thanks for trying my LD30 compo entry!
Didn't have much time this LD but I hope you like it!

Has online highscores, be sure to be top 10!
Your computer name is used for online highscore name.

You may need to install XNA redist to get it working (if the game crashes at startup), the installer is in the rar!

Use arrow keys and shift to play, enjoy!
F10 - fullscreen
M - toggle music

Post any thoughts or bugs in comments, thanks! :)

Comments23

invi25 Aug 2014, 08:54
Lovely! Reminded me of the good old NES days.
ViliX25 Aug 2014, 08:54
Nice art style :)
It feels a bit hard.
Sequenceko25 Aug 2014, 08:55
Nice graphics, game is hard though and fun. Nice use of the literal meaning of the theme haha.
Foofur25 Aug 2014, 08:56
The game didn't work... I tried to run the exe but windows says it stopped working all the time :(
Healthire
Healthire25 Aug 2014, 09:01
Surprisingly fun for such a simple mechanic. I like the graphics and music a lot. Difficulty can be a bit spiky because of randomness.
jsmars
jsmarsauthor25 Aug 2014, 10:52
Sorry Foofur, forgot to mention you may need to install XNA redist, it's in the rar file.
dunin
dunin25 Aug 2014, 14:34
fun but too short for making a lot of retry (the point where the situation is almost impossible come too fast).
High score add really to the fun...
Nice mood, the music make the absurd of the situation totally normal...
sneeuwpopsneeuw
sneeuwpopsneeuw25 Aug 2014, 15:49
it would be nice if you change the name play 1.0 into something like windows or downloud.
SpringPowered25 Aug 2014, 15:54
It is quite fun, though as someone else said, the difficulty is a bit wonky because of the randomness.
What I really don't appreciate though is that it uploads my computer's name to the internet... And it does so without telling me.
jsmars
jsmarsauthor25 Aug 2014, 16:18
Sorry SpringPowered, I can change it afterwards if you like, just tell me to/from what. Your computer name is shown at the title screen which is used for online highscores, didn't have time to make it changeable.
Pheonise
Pheonise25 Aug 2014, 16:28
This was an excellent game! The controls were simple to get a hold of, the graphics were very consistent (and the colissions looked great), and the sounds matched great.

Loved it!

Made it onto the leaderboards, too ;)
Jupitron
Jupitron25 Aug 2014, 22:01
Tried to play it but didnt work. Is there a workaround?
Hoopsnake Games26 Aug 2014, 13:51
Awesome game and fairly difficult to boot. Excellent that you managed to incorporate stats & leaderboards in as well.
sputnik
sputnik26 Aug 2014, 15:20
Love the leaderboard. Always a ++
Xaychru04
Xaychru0426 Aug 2014, 20:25
Nice game, the gameplay felt a bit random but I enjoyed making it on to the leaderboard. :)
Snoother26 Aug 2014, 21:56
Nice graphics and music, which set up well the feel of the game. And the gameplay is very addictive (especially thanks to the scoreboard); and I particularly like how the gameplay ties in with the theme. But the difficulty does seem a bit inconsistent. Sometimes you'll hit an essentially impassable cluster in 5 seconds, other times you'll glide through with ease for at least 20 seconds.
jsmars
jsmarsauthor27 Aug 2014, 10:31
Yeah the randomess does add some inconsistency, but for this I think it's ok. It's a bit like Spelunky with the randomess I guess, sometimes you get a good run and sometimes not, it adds a bit to the excitement :)
Lokarunith
Lokarunith27 Aug 2014, 16:08
really cool game, music and mechanics are over the top, managed to do 33.93 seconds
ChuiGum
ChuiGum29 Aug 2014, 04:25
Awesome awesome innovation! Very fun!
DaGamesta
DaGamesta29 Aug 2014, 05:23
Haha, first off all, ty for taking connected worlds seriously like our team did. XD Our games are rather similar. I loved the concept, graphics, and music. A bit hard, but it seems like it's meant to be that way. A+ from me. :)
Ted Brown
Ted Brown1 Sep 2014, 19:25
GOTY

I half-hoped that the stretchy bit would slingshot asteroid back at themselves, but that's a bit much to hope for for 48 hours, I think!

So much awesomeness in a little package. Well done!
jpverkamp
jpverkamp2 Sep 2014, 04:55
Definitely connected worlds! For how simple it was, I spent entirely too long playing it. Didn't *quite* make it into the high scores, but I came close. I could see this idea going somewhere, especially if you got all this working in 48 hours...
PaperBlurt
PaperBlurt7 Sep 2014, 19:34
Woah.
These graphics was really nice.
Good job.

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