Jetpack Bhutan

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.09
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.71
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.41
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.00
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.09
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.26
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.14
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.84
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★55%
Taking pixel art to its logical conclusion.

Jetpack around a fantastic Bhutan mountain landscape picking up the golden Buddha's and avoiding the various enemies.

Oh, and you are only 1 pixel tall, and so are the bad guys. Enjoy!

Arrow keys to move around. Left CTRL to attack. Only 8 seconds of jetpack fuel at a time, recharges when not flying. Player has a blue glow to help spotting.

Play at a low resolution for an easier game.

Credits:
James Coote - Lead Coder
Martin Pitt - Physics & AI
Alec Milne - Art & procedural generation
Holley Gray - Music & sound effects

screenshot

Comments24

asobitech
asobitech9 Dec 2014, 09:12
insane, playing as a pixel on a retina display of a macbook pro.
rzuf
rzuf9 Dec 2014, 09:39
Wow. It's so huge and tiny at the same time :D
PlonkyDonkey9 Dec 2014, 10:08
I seemed to get spawed into the platform, love it though.. Great work :)
Hammers
Hammers9 Dec 2014, 10:38
Yep some great "pixel art" :P I like the idea. I think it would be nice if you could see how much jetpack fuel you have left via a bar on screen or something. That way you know when you're going to be landing again. Also it's pretty hard to see the enemies, but I guess that's kinda hard to avoid when they're all 1 pixel tall!
lisac9 Dec 2014, 10:40
Excellent take on the theme.
Emkani9 Dec 2014, 11:50
Nice idea but found it hard to control and get what was going on, the concept is great.
EquipeJAM9 Dec 2014, 11:51
taking pixel art to a whole new level!
Forge9 Dec 2014, 11:51
Nice art and great concept.
I found the controls to be very difficult to work with and if im completly honest I didnt know what was going on 90% of the time (but that could just be lack of sleep :))
On the whole good entry and I can see its potential.
jellyislovely
jellyislovely9 Dec 2014, 12:55
Great fun and brilliantly difficult. Really liked the swarms of enemies that surprise you. A couple of indicators to health / jetpack status would be handy.
Luke Molnar
Luke Molnar9 Dec 2014, 13:21
The game was finding the player... i seriously couldn't find. I saw a little dot at one point but other then that i lost it. flickered away.
Kovalsky9 Dec 2014, 13:24
I did not see the character as a result of one and a half minutes , it is difficult to understand what is going on among pixels
alecmilneauthor9 Dec 2014, 13:40
The player has a blue glow around them. Try jumping to spot yourself easier.
thatwhichis
thatwhichis9 Dec 2014, 18:05
Dropped to 1024x768; it DOES make the game much easier!
alecmilneauthor9 Dec 2014, 18:38
I think we have made one of the few games that gets harder on a better pc.
Krz9 Dec 2014, 18:40
Took me a while to find the player or where to go. Could have used some instruction. The maze looks well constructed and designed and I especially like the background scenery.
Nitrodeus9 Dec 2014, 18:46
Wow literally "Entire Game on One Screen" :p I really like the concept. I had trouble finding the player at the beginning though
alwaysinbeta10 Dec 2014, 14:38
I applaud the idea but the characters being so tiny made it kind of difficult. I don't think the photographic background helps, something more flat would make it easier to see the characters.
Team Flashlight11 Dec 2014, 03:29
It took me a while to find where I am when begin the game (even with the blue aura)... The moving sound could be a little bit too loud. Overall a nice game, and --- so pixel :D
nuqu12 Dec 2014, 18:16
Its cool, but tough to play, did you make the background music yourselve? Its okay, but you do better!
Pfilzweg
Pfilzweg12 Dec 2014, 18:16
I like the idea, but the controls suck dude.
alecmilneauthor13 Dec 2014, 14:20
@nuqu - Holley Gray made us all the music and sounds for the game during Ludum Dare.
Kopeph Developers28 Dec 2014, 07:07
The collision detection is broken and the movement controls are frustratingly bad. There doesn't appear to be any particular goal to this game. But the art is good.
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