Of course the music is excellent. Definitely fits the mood of the game. And the idea behind the game is really simple and fun! Took me a hot second to get used to how to move and use the laser beam, etc but once I got that down the game was so enjoyable
Cool concept and the music was nice but I found it extremely hard to control the rotation with clicking the buttons at the same time. Also game got stuck after dying the first time.
Really cool idea! I loved the minimalistic aesthetic as well. I would have enjoyed the controls more with a keyboard option for the tractor/laser/freeze to avoid having to move the mouse away from rotating the Earth. There also could have been more angular drag on the Earth rotation since it feels really floaty and that makes lining up the whatever ray challenging (and not in a fun way).
Controls is what keeps this game from being really enjoyable - having constantly clumsily switch from drag to click and button makes me feel I'm fighting controls instead of actually playing and enjoying the game. Just adding keyboard shortcuts for the function would make it really good.
@gunnbju Thanks for playing! There were a few bugs that have since been fixed, including not being able to restart a level properly. The LD Original isn't as fully featured
Really interesting idea! I think the core concept works really well, I found myself super engaged while playing. The two biggest downsides for me would be the controls, that required me to switch away from dragging constantly in order to click, and the camera/rotation of the planet, that made me a bit sick because I was spinning very fast to clear everything. Great job!
Really cool game, it feels satisfying to suck up gas clouds and blast factories. Graphics and music are nice too. As others had said, it's kinda hard to control with just the mouse, I find myself having some difficulty aiming. It's a good concept nevertheless, and it feels awesome after beating level 3. :D
Strange controls. These were meant for a touchscreen right?
Nonetheless winning is kind of easy. At first I thought that missing the target with the laser, for instance, would actually hurt the planet, but that was not the case. Maybe adding something like this to punish spamming would be a good idea.
Very intuitive game. It took me very little time to figure it out--although I did not figure out why my beam would sometimes turn transparent and stop working.
I think my primary point of pain would be the controls. It was kind of awkward moving my mouse up to the toolbar and then back to the screen, and it was not super easy to target where I wanted by rotating the planet. I think the controls could be made more smooth, and keyboard controls for the different tools would be a good addition.
Overall, solid little game, has a good variety of interacting mechanics while still being very straightforward to learn.
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I think the core concept works really well, I found myself super engaged while playing.
The two biggest downsides for me would be the controls, that required me to switch away from dragging constantly in order to click, and the camera/rotation of the planet, that made me a bit sick because I was spinning very fast to clear everything.
Great job!
Nonetheless winning is kind of easy. At first I thought that missing the target with the laser, for instance, would actually hurt the planet, but that was not the case. Maybe adding something like this to punish spamming would be a good idea.
Other that that, I've got nothing. Solid work.
I think my primary point of pain would be the controls. It was kind of awkward moving my mouse up to the toolbar and then back to the screen, and it was not super easy to target where I wanted by rotating the planet. I think the controls could be made more smooth, and keyboard controls for the different tools would be a good addition.
Overall, solid little game, has a good variety of interacting mechanics while still being very straightforward to learn.