I'm an asteroid miner. There's good pay in collecting those powerful, volatile desideratium crystals. Problem is, I got a bit overzealous with my mining laser, nicked a big ol' crystal, and the blast took out most of my systems. Mining laser, long-range scanners, hyperdrive, cargo scoop, air conditioning... Anyway, all I've got left are the thrusters and shield generator. I found an old run-down hypergate that might be able to get me back home, but it's low on power. And it seems someone else has found it too, and wants the rare alloys it's built from...
Instructions: Break apart asteroids by pushing them into each other with your ship's exhaust, push the green crystals into the gate to restore its energy, defeat the UFO by hitting it with crystals or its own missiles.
GAMEPAD HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Controls: control stick/mouse/arrows = move button 1/mouse 1/left ctrl = charge boost button 2/mouse 2/left alt = cut engine
(The name is from a typo I kept consistently making for the entire time I was working on the game. I eventually just gave up.)
The ship controls really nicely with the mouse, and it combines with the atmospheric music for a really pleasant experience. I also love the polygonal look of the asteroids. Well done!
Nice variation on Asteroids. The controls were fluid and after a bit of practise I could move things around quite reliably. The sounds and particles really made it feel polished.
That being said... I love the graphics, star field, very nice particle systems! The ship is very pleasing to control, actually it was so fun I spent most of my time fooling and boosting around.
Having a small ship is a nice touch, it gives a nice feeling of "deep space" when playing in full screen.
Having "soft borders" instead of invisible walls made sense (can't get too far of the warp gate) and improved immersion.
Very fun game to play. The core mechanic works surprisingly well and though the game is difficult, you feel like you can really improve. Nice graphics and sound.
The stars in the background is just amazing to look at. The graphics are simple and awesome! Gameplay feels smooth and relaxing. Bit hard to hid the crystals to the portal. Other than that, it's a great game! Good job!
Neat game, really awesome graphics, but I wasnt really sure what to do... I included it in part 10 of my Ludum Dare 32 compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/3cEj0moqZLI
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I didn't get if there's a goal or not though :)
A little bit of mercy would be nice. D:
That being said... I love the graphics, star field, very nice particle systems! The ship is very pleasing to control, actually it was so fun I spent most of my time fooling and boosting around.
Having a small ship is a nice touch, it gives a nice feeling of "deep space" when playing in full screen.
Having "soft borders" instead of invisible walls made sense (can't get too far of the warp gate) and improved immersion.
Nice back story too!