ASTEROID SHOWER

by ev3r4
co-authored: @ynk31, @zeha
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.21
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.21
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.32
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.43
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.21
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.09
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.10
An arcade-like one-button game where you fall deeper and deeper whilst avoiding collisions with asteroids.

Credits:
* EV3R4 - Idea, Code, Graphics
* Ynk31 - Idea
* ZeHa - Code, Graphics, Sounds
Genres: action
Tools: LÖVE

Comments19

Stepan Ilin27 Apr 2021, 08:13
Very intecting concept. This game has a nice style
Iak
Iak27 Apr 2021, 08:15
I like the retro aesthetic. Simple and easy to understand gameplay, a bit hard to tell your distance from asteroids sometimes perhaps, but that was a common issue with many retro games.
yeppe27 Apr 2021, 08:27
Good execution, i like the aesthetic. Sometimes it feels like it is impossible to dodge an asteroid, but maybe im just not good at this game 8)
SamarthMP500227 Apr 2021, 08:32
Cool game, interesting art style. Keep up the good work!
crowvax27 Apr 2021, 08:32
Easy to learn to play, and nice retro game aesthetic. Great job.
MYline media
MYline media27 Apr 2021, 15:29
The game is simple, but addictive.
CubeX
CubeX27 Apr 2021, 18:12
Fun! Hard to learn, but pretty good
creepyface
creepyface27 Apr 2021, 19:05
amazing! very simple yet it looks and feels so good! do you have tips on how to not die in the first 20 seconds tho? lol
MacDoom
MacDoom28 Apr 2021, 02:47
Very original and simple game. Loved how the graphics and the audio complemented the overall aesthetics. At first didn't understand how changing orbits would save me from some asteroids but it can really be done. LOLed when a satellite went "pftpftpft" besides my ship. Excellent work!
Jaiden Gerig28 Apr 2021, 03:15
The presentation is absolutely stellar and really harkens back to that classic retro style(I especially like the different colors and the optional scan lines!). I found the perspective a bit challenging to wrap my brain around, though the game is still quite fun in spite of it, great job!
Bamallama
Bamallama29 Apr 2021, 02:38
Very neat game, definitely tough to grasp at first though.
AranCutter
AranCutter29 Apr 2021, 09:53
I love the retro graphics and audio. I had fun with it but I had a lot of trouble surviving. The perspective made it pretty hard to tell when something was actually going to collide. Death often seemed unavoidable to me. It's entirely possible I'm just very, very bad at it, though :smiley:
manuRGamedev29 Apr 2021, 13:41
Cool entry! Nice retro style and good use of such a simple mechanic.
The leaderboard dared me to play more and more...
Erkberg
Erkberg29 Apr 2021, 15:02
Really nice minimalistic game! I dig the art style and audio a lot, it's so little and yet it works so well.
It's also quite fun to play, albeit a bit frustrating too. I felt like there were situations where I couldn't possibly have dodged, but maybe that's just my low skill level. I also found myself keeping space pressed all the time and just let it go quickly to dodge, it just felt like I could get farther with this approach, so I'd suggest thinking about inverting the controls maybe.
MZA
MZA30 Apr 2021, 12:16
I like the retro pixelated look! Its hard to tell depth, which makes this game hard.
fractalsunrise
fractalsunrise1 May 2021, 02:53
I wanted the game to be fun but it was too hard for me as is. Visually it was great, and I loved the simplicity of it and the retro feel with the scanline effect.

I think it would help a lot if there were three shades of color - darker, normal, and lighter - to show when an asteroid is under me (I can go over it), at my level (I will collide with it and get hurt), or above me (I can go under it). Once I found out that I could go under some, I had trouble knowing when was ok or when I would just crash; I think having separate shades of color would help with that. Also, it would be nice if all the asteroids spawned far enough around the circle from me that I had time to notice them before they got me.

I picked blue, and my high score was 130. Great work!
Sublustris
Sublustris11 May 2021, 05:31
Визуальный стиль замечательный. Респект художнику. Отдельное спасибо за управление. Люблю простое управление в аркадах.
gamescodedogs
gamescodedogs11 May 2021, 05:35
I really loved the visuals, that’s an eye candy.
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