S.P.A.C.E.

co-authored: @rentem, @wolfhead, @xparker
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.06
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.83
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.79
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.06
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.77
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.36
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.15
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.19

S.P.A.C.E. - Ships, Projectiles And Collisions Everywhere

About

With space being littered with junk, the space available, though it is vast, shrinks at an alarming rate.

Navigate your satellite to a safe orbit - or at least try to. Against you there is the space junk trying to hit you, the star trying to pull you in or the enemy trying to get rid of you.

How to play

Controls and some short description are built into the game.
Have a look into our vast array of options and game modes.

Controls

- Default controls are WASD and Space.
- Seconds player gets arrow keys & control.
- Touch input panels are available - for those on mobile (might be disabled by default in the future)

Winning conditions


There are none - but a variety of game-over ones... or is there?

Known issues

- WebGL - Play in fullscreen, there are some text scaling issues

Screenshots



Changelog

- LDJam - the version to be rated
Tags: #arcade
Tools: Unity

Comments21

InfinityE3 Oct 2023, 08:55
I had problems trying to get the controls. But still a good and fun game. Good audio, graphics could have been nicer. But great job with physics.
LDJam user 03 Oct 2023, 08:58
Nice job! Simple but clear game
mindhijacker
mindhijacker3 Oct 2023, 09:07
First victim here, after this game, I lost an additional hope
Chaineddreamer3 Oct 2023, 12:01
cool concept. the game is quite challenging. I like the dark mood of the game. keep it up.
Diralf
Diralf3 Oct 2023, 14:54
Yes, it's fun! You could set (or try to set) the correct orbit and leave it as a relaxing background. It's great that there are multiple modes and even a tutorial in the form of a handbook. It adds to the immersion of the game, as if you're sitting at a control panel and reading documentation about the satellite while it flies along its precise trajectory straight towards the sun.
Golovco Adelina3 Oct 2023, 15:43
adore the space theme so much. the vibes and mood are amazing!
Don Fouts
Don Fouts3 Oct 2023, 15:52
Interesting take on the theme. I had a hard time figuring out the controls but after a few tries I started to get the hang of it. The menu is a little hard to navigate through but overall I think this is a good entry, nice work.
floralvikings
floralvikings3 Oct 2023, 16:01
Took a bit of practice but after a few minutes I managed a stable orbit. The audio is great!
Diralf
Diralf3 Oct 2023, 17:02
By the way, another interesting challenge is to try to stay in one position on the screen for as long as possible 😄
Jayjader3 Oct 2023, 17:05
Quite a fun orbital mechanics simulator! I appreciated the diversity in "game mechanics" across the different game modes and how they each changed things up differently.

My favorite modes were probably the one with the most junk, and the "anti-gravity" one.

I suspect that if I had someone to sit down at the keyboard with me, the versus mode with junk would prove to me my favorite.

I also really enjoyed the music's contribution to the mood.
kenevil1
kenevil13 Oct 2023, 18:36
I really like the orbital mechanics being applied here, big sucker for anything related to space :D
pinkemma4 Oct 2023, 11:52
A lot of the space debris is really hard to see for me. The physics "puzzle" is fun though!
Mathkarma
Mathkarma5 Oct 2023, 07:59
This game is pretty fun, really like the physics, great job
Henk Fan6 Oct 2023, 19:23
Really cool concept but the controls are quite confusing for me. Overall, great job!
kanity
kanity6 Oct 2023, 21:30
My favourite parts are background music with ambience (loved it a lot, so relaxing!), how the sun is drawn (makes me want to crash against it ofc) and the humour in the credits&tips! I know how it feels with the friends who just don't give any feedback at all xD
The controls though definitely need work, it's hard to navigate and most of the time I just get launched off the screen :(
Arti Dev
Arti Dev7 Oct 2023, 14:48
I like the atmosphere of this game.
Ambient music dives you into loneliness, you are alone in a spaceship surrounded by enemies and your faith is inevitable.
nikor12 Oct 2023, 17:40
The sounds are quite nice and gives a nice space ambience. I managed to find a stable orbit away from the junk, so i count that as a personal victory! ;)
LDJam user 301711
LDJam user 30171115 Oct 2023, 01:08
After a bit of fiddling with the controls and figuring it out I really ended up enjoying this game. Really gives you the feeling of balancing the ship in a very precarious orbit.
Nescre
Nescre19 Oct 2023, 03:21
Pros:
* The fact that you accounted for other input modes besides PC was a nice touch; the way you've got the controls set up currently should allow for porting this to mobile pretty seamlessly.
* Physics seemed pretty solid, and it became pretty fun once I was able to get the hang of the controls.
* Visuals felt consistent, and helped lend to the theme of the game.

Cons:
* How to control the player was initially unclear; some better signaling (colour coding directions, placing similarly-coloured arrows around the character, for example) might help alleviate this. I also think K&M bindings would've benefitted the player, so that the game doesn't necessarily need a mouse.
* Player is able to drive off-screen quite easily, which winds up being very tough to fix.

Bugs:
* Player often spawns offscreen when beginning a round after dying.
* Clicking "again" to restart will sometimes turn your thruster on for a split second.

Overall quite fun - I'm not exactly the best at it, but trying to shoot stuff down without getting sucked into the sun was good fun.

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