Space Crisis

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.68
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.55
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.74
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.60
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.55
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.74
Prevent a core breach by exploring the station to uncover the secrets within.
You only have 5 minutes before a new loop starts!

Controls: Arrow to move, R to restart, Space to jump\*, and Z or X to shoot\*

*Jump and shoot can only be used when unlocked

Code, Art, and Sound by Dan Whiffing. Music by Purple Planet

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Comments15

JCMonkey
JCMonkey5 Oct 2020, 00:00
i didnt really enjoy that second jump, felt a bit wierd. other then that the game was pretty neat, i really enjoyed the music.
LanaLux
LanaLux5 Oct 2020, 01:30
Love the concept! It was really fun to explore and find the hidden areas. :) Great work!
Nobleboy
Nobleboy5 Oct 2020, 21:48
Pretty fun metroidlike. The movement acceleration is a bit irritating.
BumDag
BumDag6 Oct 2020, 22:39
I enjoyed playing this one. Great work! Musics and sound efforts were good, the controls was easy.
binroot
binroot7 Oct 2020, 01:28
I think you nailed it with the jump mechanic. Felt just right and not frustrating. Also, good progression - introducing the controls gradually over time. Well done!
lamonfly
lamonfly7 Oct 2020, 19:31
This is really well made with the areas unlocking as time you gain more abilities/powers. It felt bad jumping blindly into the enemies as you couldn't see them before it was too late and I think the game crashed when I died. Overall really enjoyable, with more polish it would be really good.
Nakst8 Oct 2020, 18:19
Wish there was a map! Or maybe I just have no sense of direction :/
schraf9 Oct 2020, 17:05
Good game. Yeah, a map would have been nice, I did get a little lost after a while with all the secret passageways. All around it was well done for fitting in a compo.
cogcomp
cogcomp9 Oct 2020, 17:37
Got lost quite a lot. Quite an addictive game though. Well done!
adjo12 Oct 2020, 22:25
I liked having to explore to find the upgrades, got a little lost.

The death noise is so loud! It made me jump!
Fractal
Fractal20 Oct 2020, 21:01
Please respect the rules of the Ludum Dare. If you did not make the music yourself, you cannot compete in the Compo category.

Other than that, it is a very nice game, quite polished already and very addictive. I did not yet manage to finish it (only got to the charge gun upgrade) but I really enjoyed it!
LTyrosine
LTyrosine20 Oct 2020, 22:08
Nice game, the level design really shines here. I'm not a huge fan of this game style but your game manage to balance upgrades and maze very nicely. I didn't feel lost nor unchallenged.

Nice graphics, controls feels "correct", overall your game looks complete.

My only complain is the hard reset timer inserted into gameplay to fit theme. Maybe you could aboard theme in another way? But I'm aware that this is never easy.

Overall good job!
MoHDI
MoHDI21 Oct 2020, 00:31
Super nice work! I love the progression through the level and powerups.
dan-whiffingauthor28 Oct 2020, 13:49
@fractal Ah, I thought I could remove the audio component of rating to participate, didn't realize that wasn't the case. Thanks for letting me know. I'm glad you enjoyed the game!
Fractal
Fractal28 Oct 2020, 14:17
@dan-whiffing For the jam you can do that, take some free music from somewhere and remove the audio category, but not for the compo :)

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