Polaris Imperius Pollux Epsilon

by lokijki
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.81
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.78
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.72
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.66
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.12
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.66
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.67
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★55%
Arrow keys to move, Z to shoot.

Collect pipes by killing enemies, connect pipes to other planets to drain them of resources in order to power your planets massive scoreboard.

screenshot
Genres: action

Comments19

varun25 Aug 2014, 03:18
Interesting concept - I enjoyed the little touches in the gun mechanics, like the swinging and delays.
diamondgfx25 Aug 2014, 03:19
Fun, one of the first games I went back to play a few times!
khahem
khahem25 Aug 2014, 03:19
Quite challenging but fun and beautiful.

I really liked the fact that the enemies are the pipes :)
DrMelon25 Aug 2014, 16:10
Great job with this entry! Clever that you have to be careful which ones you pick up, in order to build the right way!
Belvar25 Aug 2014, 16:12
Cool gameplay with smooth controls. Challenging in a good way.The music and sound effects are good and the graphics look nice.
pjimmy
pjimmy25 Aug 2014, 18:22
very nice, one of the best I've played so far
stephenhaney
stephenhaney25 Aug 2014, 18:23
Really terrific . . . I said out loud, "ooh, this is cool" within a few seconds of playing. Love the smooth controls and polish you were able to add in 48 hours. Great mechanic with using the enemy corpses as a resource to build. This is my first 5 star overall rating. Thanks for the great game!
local minimum
local minimum25 Aug 2014, 18:26
I really enjoyed the visuals and the controls were nice, but I never got anywhere near connecting my planet to one of the others. Quite a few enemies need killing to do that. So I would suggest having a little easier start, maybe some hearts one can kill for life-refill?
lokijkiauthor25 Aug 2014, 19:24
@local minimum - Yeah, meant to have a way to refill life in there somewhere but never got to it. Will definitely be in a post-compo version.
IAmSpencer27 Aug 2014, 00:45
After playing this, I immediately jumped to graphics and gave it 5 stars, it had an amazingly nice style, and the feel of the game was very nice. You did an excellent job, well done! :)
ice cold muffin27 Aug 2014, 23:44
Very nice game! I love the style. Pure eye candy.
snowconesolid
snowconesolid27 Aug 2014, 23:50
Really fun game! Really addicting. I kept playing it. Also really nicely polished. Sound effects are good, gameplay is solid and art style is unique. Game mechanics work really well and like I just said, it feels really polished. Good concept and take on the connected worlds theme. And just like someone else commented, I also really enjoyed the little touches you added in such as the slight jag when you shoot and hit an enemy. I think so far this might be one of my favorite game submissions I played and tried out. Would like to see you take this further in the future. Great work! :)
Nuclear Napalm29 Aug 2014, 13:22
Love the art-style! Shooting gameplay pretty enjoyable also. Good job!
RobotFriend
RobotFriend29 Aug 2014, 13:24
Great graphics and sound. Sprite animation would go a long way. Game starts out a little too slow imho.
SiMouth29 Aug 2014, 13:24
Impressive polishing, and very challenging, it's a great game
cmayhem9 Sep 2014, 09:42
Very interesting idea and good execution. Well done!
brokenbeach9 Sep 2014, 10:08
Really fun. Feel-good shooting and excellent sounds. It got really hard, really quickly though. I'd be fine against 1 or 2 enemies. Then suddenly like 4-5 would swarm me and I'd lose all my health almost instantly. Maybe some audio cues to let me know that enemies are spawning from else where.

Otherwise, a really really good submission. Actually fun. Which is something a lot of GameJam entries miss.
Artamus15 Sep 2014, 19:45
Nice game, congrats!

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