The Void

by bozarre
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.41
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.71
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.96
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.52
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.00
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.37
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.33
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.62
Explore Space, touch the stars and land on planets to help the locals. You start with nothing but the desire to find the Void!
262f1.png.320x256.fit.jpgIt runs on the original Game Boy, and on a web emulator.
I made it using GB Studio, Photoshop, Tiled and OpenMPT.

INSTRUCTIONS:
- A (Z/Alt): Interact
- B (X/Ctrl): Leave with your spacecraft, you yan leave a planet and a solar system
- Select (Shift): Open the Navigation menu
- Start (Enter): Save the game
- /!\ Exit the current solar system to explore the deep space

screenshot

Comments13

Marcin J
Marcin J7 Oct 2019, 14:52
Very nice retro feel and exploration theme. It would feel better if there was sound on interaction etc. Overall very polished considering the time constraints. Beautiful pixel graphics.
Thiago Nascimento
Thiago Nascimento7 Oct 2019, 14:55
Took me a while to figure out how to start, but cool
Bozarreauthor7 Oct 2019, 16:03
@marcin-j Thanks. You're right about the sounds, but I realized too late (Also I used all the channels in the music :/)
@thiago-nascimento I guess you were stuck in the solar system ? I will update the game to make the borders of the solar system teleport you out to the Deep Space, instead of warping in the same system.
blobo
blobo7 Oct 2019, 17:27
Impressive work making a game boy ROM in 48 hours! Nice game too!
starvingindie
starvingindie7 Oct 2019, 17:33
Gameboy for the win! I like that you were able to incorporate space travel and landing on planets.
SSStormy
SSStormy7 Oct 2019, 19:18
Loved the colors & art!
Polyethyleneglykol
Polyethyleneglykol7 Oct 2019, 19:25
The presentation and art are so on point! I had gread fun on this :)
MaxyMax7 Oct 2019, 22:43
You just taught me there's a GAMEBOY engine?!

This turned out fantastic and I love all the cohesion! Well done!
Wevel
Wevel8 Oct 2019, 16:47
Great game, the music was amazing, and created a really cool mood as I explored. The graphics worked really well, and it felt like there was a lot to explore, although I did end up getting rather lost.
Lucien Catonnet
Lucien Catonnet8 Oct 2019, 20:40
Great mood, the music is simple and a bit repetitive but mesmerizing, the graphics are nice, I wish there were diagonal movement, and I don't know when to stop because it looks big and a bit empty to be honest, I guess maybe the game should hold your hand just a little bit more? Congratulations on shipping a GB game!
Ferdi8 Oct 2019, 21:23
This is sooo cool. Crazy entry here !! I love everything about it. Amazing job !!
velvetlobster
velvetlobster9 Oct 2019, 11:33
nice art and sound, though the music gets a bit repetitive after a while playing, it creates a kinda mistery vibe

also like that you don`t tell what the items are when you get them
samh
samh12 Oct 2019, 13:46
I had fun meeting with the muick mouicks and pook pooks and collecting things, then I found the void! Nice little entry, I also wish there was diagonal movement and sound effects on interactions. Also I had to draw a map for myself because I easily got lost, the map is… strange 😄 I am really impressed by that GB authoring tool that let you create such a game for a device from more than 30 years ago!

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