Don't Look Up

by lix3nn
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.75
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.75
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.55
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.25
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.95
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.79
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.45

GAMEPLAY


There is a comet that is constantly trying to hug our planet because it loves the World so much. Unfortunately that wouldn’t be good for us.

Keep the comet away with rockets. Reach the target year to move on to the next level. You can buy upgrades between levels. Hit the comet to earn money.

Each level the star gets faster, larger and rotates towards the World faster. Also you need to reach a farther year​.

CONTROLS


Aim -> Mouse

Fire -> Left Click
Genres: shooter
Tools: Unity

Comments17

BearDing84 Apr 2022, 21:36
Great and sharp graphics! Nice market system! Aiming is a bit hard to be honest. But good job overall!
alpqty
alpqty4 Apr 2022, 23:20
Fantastic. Nice unique and original gameplay.
Dactarium
Dactarium4 Apr 2022, 23:25
At the start aiming was annoying but upgrading it several times, game become enjoyable. It is worth to play. :earth_americas: :sparkling_heart:
Kszaku
Kszaku5 Apr 2022, 16:10
That was surprisingly challenging game. I kinda wish there was some kind of laser designation, because it was not easy to judge where the rocket is going to hit. Cool game anyway.
Lix3nn
Lix3nnauthor5 Apr 2022, 16:28
@bearding8 @alpqty @dactarium @kszaku Thanks for the feedback!
Laser designation is a good idea, I'll implement it. I'm considering improving/polishing and making a mobile port just to see how it works there.
arqitech
arqitech5 Apr 2022, 16:51
Fun game with nice graphics :smile:
The upgrades make everything more fun.
YaMaisiukDranko
YaMaisiukDranko5 Apr 2022, 17:36
Cool idea. You should little finalize graphics. Add more mechanics. 4/5
antonsem
antonsem5 Apr 2022, 20:44
Very nice graphics and the upgrade scene breaks up the pace. I'm not even sure what I can suggest :D may be adding more challange would be nice?
Cemre6 Apr 2022, 11:08
The turning speed can't catch up with the asteroid, it's annoying but that's what makes the game fun :D You want to fight and shoot that damn asteroid! I had a lot of fun playing this game, the first level was ultra annoying because of the slow turning speed (I don't mean that is a bad thing, it's a good game element) then it get much better and fun at next levels. The idea is cute, I like it, and space years is a nice idea too. I like modelling in the spaceship area. The upgrading screen was confusing to me, I couldn't understand it sometimes, but the presence of being able to upgrade your turning speed and rocket renew speed vs. was very good. And also the years was confusing, sometimes I go to a year I was not expecting. Overall I enjoyed it a lot! Congratulations:)
Tristian Tee
Tristian Tee6 Apr 2022, 11:21
Ha loved it. Best version of this take on the theme I have played so far.

The music was good as was the art but I have to ask. What shape is the sun? :P

I liked the way each new level was harder and harder until I made a mistake and it was all over.

Great entry!
Lix3nn
Lix3nnauthor6 Apr 2022, 11:51
@cemre The year in gameover/level-done screens are wrong but its correct on left-bottom, forgot to fix those before uploading :smile:
Seems like I should work on difficulty scaling and add better description to upgrades.
I tried adding 1 more star but that was impossible to play against.

@tristian-tee The sun is just a sphere with VertexDisplacement shader. Same shader is also on the comet. The shader is really simple, you can find it on github.

Thank you for feedback!
StupidHobbit6 Apr 2022, 18:17
Very enjoyable game, thank you. We actually had a similar idea, but decided to implement something else
Kemsou
Kemsou6 Apr 2022, 22:31
Nice little game, the physic is on point.
I was just a bit frustrated with the rotating speed at the beginning but it gets better really fast.

Good job :thumbsup:
MoonChain
MoonChain7 Apr 2022, 16:15
I really like the designs, also the ui is nice. The game is smooth and fun, but somewhat passive. like something is missing
SeniorWombat8 Apr 2022, 20:24
Ok, I see that great minds think alike xd. Very good idea for a game ;D.
I especially liked the rocket upgrade mechanic!
Also the visuals are very pleasing to the eye, and the music fits the whole thing.
Really good game - well done ;)
LDJam user 2807558 Apr 2022, 21:32
Good game! The upgrades ended up being more balanced that I thought they would be (thought I could skimp out a bit on pushback and reload speed, but you made the comet come in more frequently and not be pushed back as much). Would totally play this some more with even more upgrades.
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