Moon Kiss

by jepjoh2

co-authored: @wuk, @ohwowtotally

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.42

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.66

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.71

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.92

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.32

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.72

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.76

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.35

Intro

Moon Kiss Ltd. aims to disrupt the space launch industry. Using our patented launch platform we can insert your payload safely into any orbit your mission might require at a cost orders of magnitudes lower than our competitors.

Controls

_Important:_ If the game starts lagging try resizing the window a bit.

This game is about launching satellites. Each satellite has a required altitude at which it has to be deployed.

Using an old kei truck, a few sticks of dynamite and a surplus jet engine it should be easy to get about 3 of these satellites to orbit - possibly.

Aim the truck, launch it with "Q" and control the rotation with A/D as such:

There are 3 main missions to complete in rising difficulty. After that missions become randomly generated.

What didn't get completed

- Music was made but didn't make it to be included. To get a nice background track fire this up in a separate window: https://j-software.dk/ld53/snd/Track1.mp3
- Better balancing of abilities
- Health and customization of truck

Tools

- Code (@jepjoh2): Pas2JS
- GFX (@ohwowtotally): Procreate
- Sound (@wuk): BeepBox, Audacity

_Important:_ If the game starts lagging try resizing the window a bit.

Tools: Audacity, BeepBox

Comments11

snesgaard2 May 2023, 04:59

SpaceX ain't got nothing on these guys!

Breadliner2 May 2023, 05:01

I really enjoyed your game! It was a little difficult at first, but I got the hang of it quick and it was a lot of fun. I like the idea of deploying satellites from the bed of a truck, I think it would be really cool if there was some aspect of controlling the satellites after dropping them off, making sure they stayed in orbit. Just an idea. I also loved the title screen art. Great job!

Hare Software3 May 2023, 13:01

I actually enjoyed this quite a bit but it would have been cool if I could have even more different abilities with more strange characteristics. I would love to play more if you decide to make a post jam version, so well done!

feyd-rautha7 May 2023, 05:06

Pretty fun, although I REALLY struggled to make the dynamite helpful.

ryusui7 May 2023, 17:25

The controls are finicky, and there really needs to be a download version; the game runs choppily in the browser. Despite never successfully launching a single satellite, though, I love the concept you've got going here. The whole idea of rigging up a *truck* to launch payloads into space is *hilarious* - I award points just for that.

And yes, I would sooner trust your fictional space delivery company to get us to Mars than Elon Musk. (At least *their* truck only explodes when it *hits* something!)

(Also, yes, I can read the actual title you've got going here - 果てしない空間, "Endless Space" ;) )

BrahGold10 May 2023, 03:10

I really liked the idea even if I had real trouble with performance problems. I could've used some hint that you need to jet right away, because after I figured that out I enjoyed my time with the game.

sezdev14 May 2023, 10:38

What a silly idea! I love it. I didn't read a description so was confused when the truck would only rotate... let me see.. Q for launch? Boom! instant fun.
The framerate drops a lot in the second level, couldn't continue playing... so I just played the first level again.

Rentem16 May 2023, 21:47

Nice Idea. I couldn't play very far, when ever i deployed the second satellite the screen froze. Then the mission failure screen showed up.

Sheepolution17 May 2023, 01:18

This is pretty fun! It's unfortunate that the game gets laggy as the game goes on. Because of that I wasn't able to finish level 3. But I like the concept, and it was fun to time the placement of the satellites.

Gardenovena18 May 2023, 02:04

Fun! I usually suck at games like these, but I was determined not to give up. I was pretty pleased with myself for being able to figure out the solutions.
Side note, I really really like the art on the start menu, very cute and cozy.

epb900018 May 2023, 02:52

Much technology, very lunar. I couldn't get the 3rd sat launched, too hard to control rotation, but that was quite amusing none-the-less.