Ludum Dare #51compo
Pulsar Cycle
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 RepositoryTools: raylib
Comments12
fnelix3 Oct 2022, 11:36
Embedded game runs well! Nice entry
jk50003 Oct 2022, 11:39
It looks okay, but I have no idea what I am suppose to do.
LDJam user 3003603 Oct 2022, 11:39
Unfortunately the game is indeed a bit lacking, but it's completely understandable given the tools and the time ^^ Good job nonetheless, with a few more levels it could be very nice
cogcomp3 Oct 2022, 20:20
A bit confused about what I'm supposed to do? I walked to the pod thingy, avoiding the colonist and the game was over? Still, good work anyway! It's not easy learning a new library, during a 48h compo and actually produce anything.
LDJam user 3037163 Oct 2022, 23:13
nice game!
Serxiolas4 Oct 2022, 21:18
I guess this is a try of a young kid! Keep on! First of all, you have to polish the movement of the character.
King Zhou5 Oct 2022, 17:20
Solid foundation, cannot wait to see more on this!
Luka Roli11 Oct 2022, 18:39
Too bad you don't have anything else to do. At least what is there works :D runs well too
DzejPi15 Oct 2022, 09:32
Great idea for the story. I understood what to do right away, which means I finished the game very quickly. Perhaps you can work on this game afterwards and make something amazing out of it! I think the idea with pulsar is really great, so it would be a waste to not do anything with it! Also, greetings to fellow Czech. :)
JakobTheQuizGuy20 Oct 2022, 16:19
A bit too short for a meaningful interaction with the player I'd say, but I understand that learning a new library coupled with Ludum Dare might not make for a longer game :sweat_smile:
LDJam user 25983121 Oct 2022, 05:36
Interesting game. Great job with learning a new library! I agree with the other commenters, it's hard to rate a game like this where it was more of a learning experience. Hopefully next year we'll see more!
Put a 'press space' bar.
Kind of easy.