Running Cosmonaut Simulator

by hungare
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.58
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.35
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★1.72
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.65
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.54
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.69
Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.86
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.42
This is my compo entry for LD42! I didn't have that much time this jam because of work, but hey, I made something!

You are a cosmonaut who is trying to "Run Out Of Space". Avoid the planets to try to reach the end of the universe (It's an endless game).

W and S for Up and Down Movement!

Birdman Font Used: https://www.dafont.com/birdman.font

Made With:
Unity
C#
Photoshop
Ableton Live 9
Audacity

Comments17

Endurion
Endurion16 Aug 2018, 15:44
Fun little game. Nothing too innovative but a complete game.
The score display seems to be out of the screen in smaller resolutions.

Maybe make it speed up after a while?
hungare
hungareauthor16 Aug 2018, 15:59
@endurion Thank you! Yeah I didn't do a whole lot of testing with the resolutions, and I should have made some sort of progressive difficulty.
CristiHKJ
CristiHKJ16 Aug 2018, 16:04
Great game! It kinda gets ruined because of the fact that there are no effects like particles or screen shake when the play dies or moves up and down! You could also give the player some animations! But other than that, great job! :D
erikiene
erikiene16 Aug 2018, 16:25
A hypnotic experience! Not sure if it's all the dots whizzing by or the chill soundtrack (slightly out of beat?), but it was very relaxing. Also, your interpretation of the theme was my first thought when it was announced! Thanks for the experience.

EDIT: forgot to add - unity makes it extremely easy to build to webgl. I'd suggest doing that if you want more people to play the game since it's much much easier to open a browser window than to download things.
ChicoMCastro
ChicoMCastro16 Aug 2018, 22:07
It's a cute game at all!
I think it could be a great mobile game if you put some animations and polish some more.

Congratulations and keep the good work!
hungare
hungareauthor17 Aug 2018, 17:58
@cristihjk Thanks! Yeah your right, I could have added a bit more juice to it.
@erikiene Thank you! I should probably get around to doing a WebGL build too.
@chicomcastro Much appreciated! I've never published for mobile before, but I'll definitely think about it.
Petra17 Aug 2018, 21:05
I wanted to play, but my computer is 32-bit. It's not a negative, but I can't play many of the games here because most builds are for 64-bit.
Divinenephron17 Aug 2018, 22:07
The parallax on the background and the boosting effects are nice touches. If you want to add improvements next time I'd suggest making the game more difficult - there just aren't many objects on screen to dodge. I'd also suggest adding some objects which move in different ways (e.g. a sine wave) to increase the variety.
hungare
hungareauthor25 Aug 2018, 19:38
@Petra sorry about that. @divinenephron Thank you! I agree I should have added some more elements to the gameplay to make it more challenging.
Cheesey Bob
Cheesey Bob25 Aug 2018, 20:57
Nice chill game! The music was really good, and the parallax background was a really neat touch to the graphics. I think not having such long gaps between obstacles would have made the game more engaging at the start.
RNGSilvercraft
RNGSilvercraft26 Aug 2018, 17:55
Take it literally, huh?
It's a nice and chill game after all.Maybe a little polish like animation or a little change of pace will make it better.
GreenBoxGames
GreenBoxGames26 Aug 2018, 18:29
Nice entry! The music really helps you get into the game, I also really liked the parallax stars in the background. But maybe some jet effects when you`re moving would be cool?
Abhis1Kadian
Abhis1Kadian27 Aug 2018, 04:07
@hungare The game was simple yet nice but can be improved a bit more by adding some more obstacles (that can be moving also) to make it more difficult and more interesting to play.Do try our game too and rate us if you love playing it,also leave your feedback in the comment box.
Shakedimus27 Aug 2018, 13:32
IT was simple but way too easy I don't know if it was a bug but there would be large swats where I wouldn't see any planets. I thin it's randomized but with the wrong parameters
Erkberg
Erkberg29 Aug 2018, 20:21
Quite the simple game, but it is nice for what it is. The controls work really well. It's a little bit on the easy side, sometimes I waited for quite some time until the next obstacle came my way, but this is just parameters needing some finetuning. Some more gameplay elements or a final goal would've been nice. Still, I enjoyed playing, good job!
ohmmus3 Sep 2018, 05:54
Great work! I enjoyed my multiple attempts to beat my previous score... I suppose my only feedback is to put the character a bit farther to the left so I can have more time to change direction in case a group of planets is completely blocking the upper or lower areas. Overall though, a good, solid entry!

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