Explore the depths of space as a magical creature who needs to consume tons of space junk to complete his goals of universal overload. Help groth reach his goal before he implodes from the pressure of his parents. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Controls: Left Mouse: Accelerate Right Mouse: Rotate
Pro tip* Watch out for larger objects, they might pull you into orbit.
Thanks for playing! We learned a lot and are really excited for the next LD. This is our first try with this team and we are happy to have a submission! We aimed to include both themes, Two Button Controls and Growth.
Programming: Matt, Matt and John
Art/Sound: Thomas and Matt
Background music by TheMysticBard.
* WebGL at the top is a little too big, so use the link below to open a new page if its annoying.
Playing my favorite genre - "assimilation". Unfortunately, many elements are missing - normal zoom, management, development, opportunities to incur "losses." We just "eat" and nothing can stop us, "finally." Unfinished Osmos / Solar2.
What if the controls were both thrusters and using both drove you forward but using one turned you around. Very much so like Solar 2 or maybe even katamari damacy. The music was great. I really liked the character design. it seemed like it was an organic ship that had evolved to travel through space. Some things to add would be an indicator for how far away the things are that the arrows point to. I travelled very far chasing one and never caught up to it.
The concept is classic but well done. The only problem for me is the controls. I understand that you wanted to use both themes, but rotating only with right click make the game pretty hard.
Or you could have make the character always moving forward and rotation left and right with the left and right mouse buttons.
Nice, simple game with all the components in place. Does get a bit monotonous 'though.
Also, regarding controls - I actually had a similar concept which I scrapped due to the potential for frustration with only one direction of rotation. And it seems that it indeed a problem.
Perhaps e.g. a double-click to switch direction would help?
The game is a bit simple but a good starting point for something "bigger". Probably, you should use a constant speed and use the two buttons to rotate the ship left and right... The music is good!
I love the mood and concept of this game. I think the viewport based on speed would be nice. For example, zooming out as you're moving faster. Also, one run, there was a set of 4 green arrows that I accelerated toward the entire game, full thrust, and never got to them. Not sure if it was a glitch or they just spawned REALLY far away. Either way, this game had a great mood and I loved the concept.
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The music was great. I really liked the character design. it seemed like it was an organic ship that had evolved to travel through space.
Some things to add would be an indicator for how far away the things are that the arrows point to. I travelled very far chasing one and never caught up to it.
The concept is classic but well done. The only problem for me is the controls. I understand that you wanted to use both themes, but rotating only with right click make the game pretty hard.
Or you could have make the character always moving forward and rotation left and right with the left and right mouse buttons.
Anyway, good job. :D
Also, regarding controls - I actually had a similar concept which I scrapped due to the potential for frustration with only one direction of rotation. And it seems that it indeed a problem.
Perhaps e.g. a double-click to switch direction would help?
I like the ideas, but I think it's awkward that players only allowed to rotate in one direction.
Probably, you should use a constant speed and use the two buttons to rotate the ship left and right...
The music is good!