Space Junk

This was more fun than I though. And it looks great. And the music was awesome. Impressive!

Made it to 63.09
Ran a little heavy on my lappy - was a little glitchy
Great work with the game. I think its hard to believe this was accidental with the two onlooking astronauts ready to punch you with the wall if you get close to them! Bastards did this on purpose!

After a while nothing new comes, and you know you are going to die inevitably in the end. I tend to like games with a story or a purpose- the purpose of this is to die... just to survive as long as possible. I think I would enjoy this a little more if there was a goal to work towards- maybe the astronauts are trying to figure out how to get you out and if you last X amount of time they stop the belt and save you. Thats just me though!

Overall the art looked great. It created a good mood and the game jam theme is apparent. I like what you did here! Good on ya

Thanks! Yes, it's a bit evil that there is no way for him to survive - life is cruel sometimes. Very valid points to make it more interesting though. Thanks to both of you for taking the time to play and comment.

looks amazing, good humor, kinda laggy but I'm pretty sure is my pc. music didn't work with the game imo. nice entry!

Really fun! I ran out of air a lot.

Very well done! The level of polish on the music and the graphics is very impressive. I was frustrated with the acceleration on the z-axis movement, since it's the hardest axis to perceive change in, having it done gradually makes it feel terribly unresponsive, especially when the main death condition (for me at least) was hitting either wall.

You did a fantastic job on the texture work for the conveyor belt, that is just the best little piece of polish to make the whole thing come together.

Such an amazing game!

Fantastic job on the music, it's really well done. Also your post moretem of a busy family life and still finding time to jam is incredible. Amazing dedication to the craft haha :D

Yeah, fun! I LOVED that jumping depleted your air resource - I've never seen such an interesting twist on such a common game mechanic and it fits so well with the space theme. I would have loved a few more cues to help figure out spatial relationships - when the astronaut and his shadow are behind some boxes, I sometimes got lost spatially.

Really great looking and sounding game! I could easily see this as a great mobile game with a little polish! I think the one thing to improve would be the speed at which the astronaut moves side to side. I missed a lot of air because he would not reach it in time. And on that note, I'd also suggest making air more easily obtainable as the lack of air was the only reason i died in all my play throughs. Great game! Just a little more polish!

Wow, what a great game to make in only 20h, very impressive. Keep up, incredible work

One of the best games I have seen in this LD so far! Nice graphics

Very polished looking game! When I realized you can jump I thought It would make it too easy, then I realized jumping uses air. Nice touch there. I got a kick out of what happens when you run into walls. Good game!

Super great graphics and fantastic music. Well done.

I lasted 46.54 seconds. :D The game has a bit of a learning curve (I started hating the pistons at the top and bottom but grew to appreciate them), and simple mechanics that become apparent pretty quickly. The first few times I did not realize the glowing orbs were oxygen, though.

The music is good and sets the mood well, but I think I'd prefer it without percussion for a game set in space (personal preference). The sound effects are sufficient but there is room for improvement there.

I like the graphics - simple, cute and effective. Nice bouncy walking animation. I feel there was a missed opportunity to "brand" the crates with some science-fiction references though. ;)

Just a matter of opinion, the air supply should be at a set rate and not random chance. The first time I played, I did not even know there was air until after I had suffocated and saw a blue thing. Really cute graphics - I know most were just stock shapes/textures, but it worked with the feel of the game.

Excellent game! One of the funniest I've played today, this has potential to become a great challenging game, well done!

Good graphics, Great music! Solid game.

Really good graphics. I especially like the way the astronaut died. It was fun finding all the different ways to die. The game itself seems pretty relaxed. Pretty good for a web game. I did find the restart took too long though (be nice to just be able to click through it).

Thanks for all the comments and feedback, I really appreciate it. Some really good suggestions that I will take into account and update the game.

Animations are really cute especially when the character is running fast. I like the concept. Fun game!

The art style is awesome, liked the music but some of that darn air was extremely difficult to catch! Good entry! - Joey

Awesome game !

Excellent entry - graphics are really amazing (I see from your time lapse that you even made the font) and the game looks great. The main character animation and look is very smooth and great looking. Music and sounds are fun and appropriate. Humor in the death messages. Some balance issues (not major) - some plays I could not get any oxygen in the time allotted, so it would just run out after 16 seconds. I think one play there just never was one (or maybe it was behind a box) - others, I just couldn't get it. It was also a surprise that every edge killed me, although I got used to that. So, set pretty hard - a little bit of a gentler learning curve might have helped, but no big deal. I'd like to talk to the workspace engineering team for the ship, and especially those two guys behind the glass who are no help at all. Very impressive work - nice job.

Very nice! This looks great! Probably the best graphics I've seen yet. And I love how jumping and moving makes air run out faster. Good work! :)

those pistons are a-holes. the game is fun and very well put together! congratulations!

Unbelievable you put this together with all the other weekend activities with your family.
And in the end everything fits together perfectly.
You even considered the little things which contribute to the atmosphere, like that the music gets more drive when the game starts. Model also looks amazing.

Fun little game and the run animation is so damn cute I could stare at it for hours :D

Only suggestion would be to have more upbeat music

Pretty good entry. I survive 60.36s.
It's a complete entry, fun with good graphics and audio and fit right on the theme.
The death by piston is just too frustrating :(

Very nice music and audio!

Nice! Graphics and sound are really good.

Really nice entry! The graphics looked great and the premise is hilarious. I feel like the controls could have used a little more work - I didn't get the tightness that I would have wanted, especially when trying to move backwards (left). Bug report: at one point I jumped and got stuck in the air. When another box came under me I got unstuck

Also, why are there astronauts in the background just staring at him instead of trying to help?! XD

Thanks for the continued feedback everyone, I really appreciate it! I am working on a polished version for android + iOS release - I will see this as a game to attempt my first mobile release and how to publish etc. All your feedback is very valuable.

In my post-LD version (not published yet) I have tightened up the controls (no lag) and changed to combine lightmaps with the realtime shadow to improve performance. I will be adding a lot of content to the game to make it more interesting to play for longer periods of time.

And, about those guys behind the glass - I was meaning to animate them but didn't have time. They can't help because they are on the other side of the glass, at least that's my theory. I suppose they could have called for help come to think of it :) At least they are not operating the pistons, those are automatic junk anti-stuck mechanisms.

Great job! Impressive how you managed to produce a small yet fun entry while still going about your normal life as well.

The game design was simple but effective, I think the air meter was great in tying everything together, although I think you may want to make it slightly more obvious to players that moving forward and jumping deplete your air rather than having them figure it out for themselves (?).

Your modeling and animation actually look pretty sweet, so good job on that, as well as on the music, though the sfx could use a little more work in comparison.

In terms of things you could improve, there is a little bit of buggy behavior sometimes, particularly while jumping onto/over a box (you can sometimes get stuck floating in the air), among other things. I also wish there was some way to avoid having to wait for the conveyor belt to completely clear before restarting. I think being able to restart fairly quickly is key in these sorts of games and the waiting period can disrupt people from really getting into a flow state.

Last thing, your post-mortem and videos were very much appreciated!

good job. it is difficult though. a little tough to judge depth when collecting new air.

Amazing work, the gameplay is fun despite the simple idea and the gfx and audio are just off the charts great. Blender can be pretty confusing when it comes to skeletal animation, so it's impressive you managed to get a character with a walk cycle working. The soundtrack is catchy. You didn't need to go as far as to make your own font :D

Nice little game.
Got some issues with air - it is too random and sometimes i couldn't even get one at the start.
Sometimes I was stuck in jump animation, which is fine - I could fly forever )
Art, animations are awesome =)

This is pretty fun. It is tense enough to keep you interested, and challenging enough to keep you retrying. Sometimes you can't see the air pickups so you run out of air without realizing you missed them. I think I made it 36.42 seconds, but had to get lucky to do so. I'm not very good at this game.

Pretty fun little game. I quite enjoyed it. :D

I did have some lag, which caused me to miss air, or be pushed all the way to the back of the treadmill suddenly.

I would suggest having a few more air bubbles appear right before death so there's a chance for you to make up and keep going. I had a long stretch where none appeared and ended up dying.

Great job for <24 hours :D

Fun game. Nice graphics too. Hard to believe it's a compo entry.

This is really charming, great graphics and music.
I like how jumping drains your air, too.

The perspective makes it a little hard to catch the air pockets sometimes, but it didn't feel as much of an issue as it could've been.
Instantly dying by touching the walls feels unreasonably tough though, not sure how necessary that is.

Nice work!

Thanks all again - yes, the pistons are a bit too evil, but there is an explanation to why they act like that in the bug video (see link above) :) In the post-LD version they will wind (drain air) you but not instakill. My personal best is 117 seconds, but it's much easier on the Win version compared to WebGL (less lag.) Cheers everyone once again!

Nice game, not so easy, good idea to add the emptying oxygen bar.

I discovered your game for youtube, I started to see time lapses to see what people do, I just played their game, I really liked it. Very successful, great entry.

PS: Poor astronaut, I do not understand why his comrades do not help him by turning off the garbage system, I think it can be a good way to reach the goal. XD