The Sky is Falling

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.68
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.55
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.50
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.24
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★1.79
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.31
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.03
Mood★★★★★★★★★★1.88
This is my first Ludum Dare. I didn't get to spend much time on this, I hope you enjoy!

Controls:

WASD to move

Space to Jump

Click to shoot

Hold shift to sprint.

Goal:

Survive for as long as possible on the floating platform. Green balls will destroy platform blocks.

easy mode and Hard mode differ in that the ball spawning rate is different, and the the platform blocks behave differently.

screenshot

Comments8

diwo
diwo13 Aug 2018, 03:44
cool
aaranos
aaranos13 Aug 2018, 04:19
Not sure if the platform falls after so many hits or if I just got distracted with the balls that shoot out seeming to orbit the platform.
Nick Shooter
Nick Shooter17 Aug 2018, 00:04
Congrats on your first ludum dare!

The cubes behavior on the harder difficulty certainly made things more interesting, I like the way everything slowly drifted apart. My main criticism is that the spawn rate of the spheres pretty much requires that you look up at all times, making it difficult to keep an eye on the ground. Perhaps a game like this could benefit from an aerial camera rendering to a minimap so you can track your position. Cubes changing color as they get deeper could also communicate this information a bit better. Not bad for your first swing at it though, keep it up.
CristiHKJ
CristiHKJ17 Aug 2018, 19:04
Nice game! Really cool and interesting! :D
shimage217 Aug 2018, 23:37
I didn't get used to a unique curve of the ball in beginning, but it prevented becoming too simple. When the ground began to collapse, I got confused, but it was beautiful and good as a effect. Good works! My score was 421 in hard mode.
DatEightBit18 Aug 2018, 00:34
Really neat game!

I like that there is no rate of fire limit!
aug18 Aug 2018, 00:36
Fit the theme well! It was interesting that the bullets you shot would curve around on the side. Also, you can shoot the ground to jump, and since there's no rate of fire, you can fly infinitely and gain points. I liked the shadows!
LooksLikeSomething
LooksLikeSomething1 Sep 2018, 20:50
Interesting game, but I had a motion sickness while playing, I feel like the camera turns too fast...
I loved the effect of the ground collapsing!
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