Asteroid Miner
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This is my first Ludum Dare and it has taught me A LOT already.
The most important of which was if you are stuck, get up and do something else for a few minutes. I lost a lot of time trying to work out bugs that instantly solved themselves when I stood up and went outside with my dog for a bit.
I have had to finish early owing to commitments suddenly arising over the weekend which has eaten up a fair amount of time and more happening in the last few hours of the morning coming up. Hence I am submitting almost 12 hours early.
Introducing my first LD game Asteroid Miner. In this game you play as a fully qualified Asteroid Miner for Lunar Expeditions. The company cunningly set up a teleport pad on the moon and sent you through just in time to mine for rare minerals in an asteroid storm sweeping through the solar system following the destruction of Mercury and Venus.
Your ship armed with the lastest in cannon-aided mining tools, is to be used to break down and destroy as many asteroids as possible and deliver the collected ores to the teleport pad on the Moon's surface.
Good luck!
HINT from the maker: For easier turning, tap (dont hold for long!) the relevant buttons and use your forward thrusters to change direction.
W and the Up arrow = Forwards
S and the Down arrow = Reverse
A and the Left arrow = Rotate ship left
D and the Right arrow = Rotate ship right
SPACE and Left click = Fire cannon
R = restart game
ESC = Quit
(2) Penalties for damage to the Lunar surface caused by asteroids
(3) Special bonus asteroids that are more dangerous but worth a lot
Next Ludum Dare I will be forming a team and offloading the sound and visuals on to people who actually know how to do these things. The asteroids are heavily edited rocks from my garden. The moon is from a photo I took from a friend's telescope and the skybox is a photo of the stars above my house. Just those alone ate up a lot of time that if I had known would take me this long... I would have skipped audio and visuals altogether and just focused on my game features.
Thank you for playing my game and leaving a review! If you leave a response a below I will certainly leave one for yourself.
The most important of which was if you are stuck, get up and do something else for a few minutes. I lost a lot of time trying to work out bugs that instantly solved themselves when I stood up and went outside with my dog for a bit.
I have had to finish early owing to commitments suddenly arising over the weekend which has eaten up a fair amount of time and more happening in the last few hours of the morning coming up. Hence I am submitting almost 12 hours early.
About the Game
Introducing my first LD game Asteroid Miner. In this game you play as a fully qualified Asteroid Miner for Lunar Expeditions. The company cunningly set up a teleport pad on the moon and sent you through just in time to mine for rare minerals in an asteroid storm sweeping through the solar system following the destruction of Mercury and Venus.
Your ship armed with the lastest in cannon-aided mining tools, is to be used to break down and destroy as many asteroids as possible and deliver the collected ores to the teleport pad on the Moon's surface.
Good luck!
The Controls
HINT from the maker: For easier turning, tap (dont hold for long!) the relevant buttons and use your forward thrusters to change direction.
W and the Up arrow = Forwards
S and the Down arrow = Reverse
A and the Left arrow = Rotate ship left
D and the Right arrow = Rotate ship right
SPACE and Left click = Fire cannon
R = restart game
ESC = Quit
What I Planned to Add if Time Permitted
(1) Upgrade shop to make your ship more effective(2) Penalties for damage to the Lunar surface caused by asteroids
(3) Special bonus asteroids that are more dangerous but worth a lot
What I am going to be doing for next time
Next Ludum Dare I will be forming a team and offloading the sound and visuals on to people who actually know how to do these things. The asteroids are heavily edited rocks from my garden. The moon is from a photo I took from a friend's telescope and the skybox is a photo of the stars above my house. Just those alone ate up a lot of time that if I had known would take me this long... I would have skipped audio and visuals altogether and just focused on my game features.
Thank you for playing my game and leaving a review! If you leave a response a below I will certainly leave one for yourself.