Pulsar Cycle
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overall: 1.79
fun: 1.69
innovation: 1.92
theme: 2.50
graphics: 2.19
audio: 1.12
humor: 1.58
mood: 1.75
Humanity makes its colony around a pulsar star, which mercilessly bombards the planet with solar flares. Standing in them for too long kills everything. Normally, this is a problem, but when virus overtakes the colonists, flares can become unexpected allies.
Controls
To click through the intro messages, press Spacebar. To move, press AD, to jump, press W.
Compo Debriefing
Unfortunately, the 48 hour limit was very steep for me, I did not get to creating sound effects or music at all, and only designed simple tutorial level. But, I really enjoyed learning
raylib library, and I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys more grounded programming. But, this includes for example programming your collision engine or dealing with bad decisions about memory management. Some of the stories are told in the git messages ...
Links to source
Github Repository
