The Mean Astronaut

by mcpgnz
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.60
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.70
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.73
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.52
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.61
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.05
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.10
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.36
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★48%
Maybe he's mean, but only The Mean Astronaut can save the World(s)! Help him to accomplish his goal or die trying!

This game! What is it all about:

Your main goal is to keep alive as many planets as you can.
With space bar you connect to planets. Those connected grow, others slowly die out.
When the planets grows to 100% it spawns another one.
You can jump between planets by placing your character pointing to one and pressing W.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:
In configuration file config.txt you can change few options:
width/height of a window, difficulty settings.

ISSUES:
#1: The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b.)
a) in DLL folder there are .dll files for x86/x64 machines, try to copy->replace them to the game folder.

b) if that doesn't work, try installing:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40784
c)if you uncounted this problem and suggested solution worked, let me know ;)
d) if it not worked, join IRC channel or leave some kind of contact info to help me to help you! :)

Comments14

sharpcoder
sharpcoder25 Aug 2014, 03:22
Fun concept! This has a certainly unique game mechanic, so that was pretty cool. Good job!
MCPGNZ
MCPGNZauthor25 Aug 2014, 03:28
varun: reuploaded with dll i suspect was missing, give it another try ;)
theholychicken25 Aug 2014, 03:36
Ultra satisfying spraying with four planets at once!
Later on I get completely overwhelmed and only manage to hold on to one planet.
Very cool!
MCPGNZ
MCPGNZauthor25 Aug 2014, 03:40
If the game progresses to quickly (all your base are belong to enemies) You can change DIFFICULTY_GAIN in config.txt to smaller value for smoother change. Cheers :)
MrSylar59
MrSylar5925 Aug 2014, 05:56
I have the same problem as varun to run the game, same error.
kyru25 Aug 2014, 05:59
Very fun game but I won't lie, I had no idea what I was doing for most of it.
Jupitron
Jupitron25 Aug 2014, 10:01
Pretty solid action game! Really loved it!
FrankieSmileShow26 Aug 2014, 05:11
Im still not entirely sure how you get to gain new astronauts to shoot with!

This was fun though, once it started to pick up. Maybe id add some sort of dotted line showing where your astronaut is about to jump once you disconnect from a planet, maybe highlighting the current target? The game looks really cool when you're shooting.
ZeppelinCaptain27 Aug 2014, 21:24
Cool game, from the instructions I thought it would be very similar to mine :)
KingBolonzo31 Aug 2014, 22:50
Its awesome like the style u created def progressed difficulty with time nice work
vividhelix
vividhelix1 Sep 2014, 00:10
Nice game, couldn't switch worlds but did manage to spawn a new world. Loved the upbeat music!
Scipio Xaos
Scipio Xaos1 Sep 2014, 01:38
Wow... just.. wow.. BEST GAME I'VE PLAYED YET! Woooh! SOOOOOOOO MUCH FUN. :P

I did find an interesting little glitch where I could get more than one mean astronaut and connected planet at a time. I tried to get a whole bunch of them going... but then the HORDE showed up and there was just so many I was forced to spin in circles and constantly fire to drive them off...

(And the little astronaut popping his head up at the controls screen was gold. I only which I could give this 6 stars. XD )

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