Ludum Dare #34compo

Rockets Hate the Moon

by nodens

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.25

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.55

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.10

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.80

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.15

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.11

Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.05

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.59

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★40%

A short, semi-challenging game that tells the sweet story of a rocket that hates the moon so much that it wants to punch the moon with its face. The moon isn't really into the whole idea, though, and throws cheese wheels to defend itself.

Controls

A or ←: Move Left

D or →: Move Right

A+D or ← + →: Laser

Comments16

pluberski14 Dec 2015, 19:52

Hahahaha, yep. :P

Squid15 Dec 2015, 08:04

10/10 can confirm, hate moon.

Phil Strahl15 Dec 2015, 20:03

Ha, fun little game. But shooting by hitting both buttons was awkward and really messed up my trajectory. Game could've also gone for a bit longer, because the music was nice :)

PanKamil15 Dec 2015, 20:07

This face design is a masterpiece.

Move12716 Dec 2015, 03:07

I would have liked it to be longer.

Bloodyaugust16 Dec 2015, 03:09

Fun concept, but it needed to last much longer. This could be successful with more content and length.

Saranyaan16 Dec 2015, 03:25

Haha this game is funny with all the faces and stuff x) It would have been awesome if it was longer!

deadpixelsociety16 Dec 2015, 04:01

Get rekt moon. 11/10.

pvwradtke16 Dec 2015, 04:23

I think that the moon hates rockets as well :).

adaFish16 Dec 2015, 07:04

Haaa that was fun. The faces are great. I would also have liked more content, though; what else do rockets hate?

thebrickanator17 Dec 2015, 06:42

I mean... you succeeded in making the point that rockets hate the moon so this game's a true success :D I just would have liked it be longer.

OnlySlightly17 Dec 2015, 18:45

Loved it! You have a great handle of game feel. You were able to communicate speed and the chaos very well with the rushing stars and the particles jutting out from the rocket. Moving left and right with the rocket leaning into it just right felt great. And the emoticons were really cute. Great job! 5's all around

eric77719 Dec 2015, 21:15

I love the concept! Very clever theme, I was immediately sucked into the idea that the poor moon gets no respect. I thought the two-button controls were clever because of the third laser control when holding both buttons. In addition to honoring the 2 button constraints, it had a balancing effect of "you can only shoot when you don't move".

I felt sorry for the moon when I was done. I'm sure he didn't deserve it, but I did have fun!

Xanjos19 Dec 2015, 22:40

Pretty short but fun entry. Also bonus humour points for the moon is made out of cheese reference :)

Levi D. Smith22 Dec 2015, 00:11

I never liked the moon anyway. Always thinks he's so special up there in the sky looking down on us!

anv3 Jan 2016, 19:24

What that poor Moon has ever done to those rockets? IMO moon should be further, currently single playthrough is too short.