Pushing The Envelope

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.98
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.77
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.59
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.07
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.93
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.60
Your mission is to deliver a letter to the N.ISS (Not ISS) flying over head at 100km.

Controls:

- a&d or mouse: for aiming.
- space/left clicking: for launching and firing boosters.
- p: to pause.​

Instructions:

- Launch the little man as up as you can!
- Acquire Science Points in order to upgrade your equipment and reach the goal!

Inspired by games such as Hedgehog Launch and Learn To Fly. As well as the time Uber Eats delivered food to astronauts on the ISS

Credits

- Graphics: LibreSprite and GIMP.
- Game Engine: Macroquad.
- Font: Kenney Rocket Square Font

- Sound: :upside_down:
- Fuel: Mostly Dr. Thunder and Gorton's Fish Sticks.

And a thank you to my homies who helped give some early feedback before submission.

Changelog:

- 2023-05-03: Improved accessibility on web by slightly increasing default resolution/font size. Unfortunately the game still doesn't play well with fullscreen.
- 2023-05-02: Bundled required js for running on web. Previously it was pulled in from a remote server. But in doing so, it added a potential point of failure should something go wrong on that end.
Tools: GIMP

Comments17

NuiN
NuiN2 May 2023, 21:21
It looks cool, very much like that rocket flash "into space", although I couldnt go fullscreen which made the UI basically unreadable
BmanStudio
BmanStudio2 May 2023, 21:22
I couldn't really understand how to use the thrusters, so I ended up falling down every time like a rock :) Also, the game won't go on full screen on WebGL, so please add this option as otherwise there's not a chance I can use the shop with this font size haha
Good luck!
Obe Dot
Obe Dot2 May 2023, 21:26
The screen size is interfering with gameplay, but otherwise its really good!
Quanta Studios
Quanta Studios2 May 2023, 21:31
innovative way of learning how to fly and the catapult is hilarious. I think it could really have done with some music or sound effects to set a mood and keep interest and definitely space out the text a little more in the shop too as it's a little hard to read. Great idea! :D
frnknstn
frnknstn2 May 2023, 21:32
The core game seems great, but it seems to run way too fast in the browser. I can't click fast enough to use my doublejump / booster fuel.
QuentinVerlhac2 May 2023, 21:35
Cool game but it's hard to read the UI
yellow attic
yellow attic2 May 2023, 21:37
Brings back old memories of childhood flash games. Nice implementation!
floralvikings
floralvikings2 May 2023, 21:37
I enjoyed it, though as others have mentioned the text is a trifle difficult to read
Kitira
Kitira3 May 2023, 11:17
Cute game. :) As already mentioned, it was also difficult for me to read the UI (but nevertheless still readable :)).
James Laird4 May 2023, 02:15
Upgrade loop is compelling--"just one more flight" syndrome.
bl4ck4 May 2023, 18:52
VERY fun game! Got me playing for hours, i feel like the balancing is a bit off though
YamaPink5 May 2023, 05:32
Very interesting! I really have fun playing it! :laughing:
Kapuetze5 May 2023, 12:05
Fun little game, didnt really understand the boosters unfortunately. It seemed to always direct me back to earth
radgegames9 May 2023, 10:45
I can see myself dropping many hours into a very polished version of this, I say keep working on it, great job!
geck0
geck09 May 2023, 11:06
Same feedback about UI, but was cool to play :)
shp
shp14 May 2023, 14:12
really nice game, the upgrades are pretty well thought out and numerous, I do wish the camera was zoomed in further with some background distant scenery to really sell the speed and altitude both when ascending and descending

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