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Planetary Asteroid Defense System

by ha1fbit
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.68
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.53
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.79
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.87
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.79
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.87
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.56
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.74
_"NASA's not the only one smashing multi-billion dollar satellites into asteroids to defend the earth."_

Play as the Planetary Asteroid Defense System (PADS for short) and protect the planet we call home. Knock asteroids off course by ramming your multi-billion dollar self into them. And then do it again and again because you're surprisingly sturdy. If you fail, know that the entire earth will be obliterated. No pressure.

A new asteroid approaches *every 10 seconds*, but the acceleration and mass of each is greater than the last. How long can you protect the earth?

Tags: #2d, #arcade, #asteroids, #casual, #retro, #sci-fi, #singleplayer, #space, #unity
Genres: action

Comments21

LDJam user 2993521 Oct 2022, 18:43
really great! I'd like it to go a bit faster, and maybe more asteroids from the beginning, but really really nice game!
vipbasil
vipbasil1 Oct 2022, 23:45
very nice game!
LDJam user 2670952 Oct 2022, 04:01
Pretty fun concept I thought it was pretty cool. Could be an old arcade game.
Reyansh
Reyansh2 Oct 2022, 09:26
Quite a good game, but maybe it could be a bit harder?
Overall still good game.
TermiGht
TermiGht3 Oct 2022, 08:55
You made a pretty good game! It was fun. To me it was a bit challenging with how slow the satellite is.
jcg3 Oct 2022, 13:21
Awesome! Very cool theme.

A small suggestion would be to allow the PADS to track your mouse automatically, without having to hold the mouse down. As a touchpad user (:upside_down:) it was a little more challenging.
chemicalcrux
chemicalcrux3 Oct 2022, 13:23
I got to 418 seconds. The challenge definitely ramps up! It might work better to start at a higher difficulty, though: before a certain point, it's easy to toss the asteroids away well before the next one spawns.

At the end, I tried to redirect them instead of just shoving them back out into space, but that didn't work too well. Maybe giving a bonus to the impact force for side-hits would help to encourage that!
RedDote6 Oct 2022, 17:47
its a good game controller was good but there is no challenge
LDJam user 288322
LDJam user 2883227 Oct 2022, 18:42
pretty cool concept! If it were me, I'd make the game get harder much faster since the first 3 minutes is really easy then the difficulty gets much harder.
PenguinMunch8 Oct 2022, 03:54
Very cool concept! I agree with a few others, I think making the difficulty ramp up sooner would be good. Although, I do feel pretty good that I made it to 500 seconds. Those asteroids got huge!
sillyman987
sillyman98719 Oct 2022, 23:19
My best was 219! Very fun!
mikouaji
mikouaji19 Oct 2022, 23:29
Really liked it :) At first I thought it will be monotonous but then the asteroids started to grow in size :D
Suchista
Suchista19 Oct 2022, 23:29
Very relaxing game with interesting mechanics, I like the mood.
BlueDingo
BlueDingo20 Oct 2022, 02:28
fun game, would love it if it was faster
Rincs
Rincs20 Oct 2022, 03:12
That was fun I got to 189 before I died, and didn't really want to continue mostly because my wrist was feeling the strain of holding down the mouse button for too long. I wish it had a toggle hold instead.
ManchmalScott
ManchmalScott20 Oct 2022, 03:33
Love how simple the control scheme is, had a good time playing!
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