Out of Spacetime
\*smooth youtube edutainment narrator voice\*
As you find yourself driving a rocket captured by the pull of a black hole, having to dodge debris to stay alive as long as possible, you ask yourself:
_“Is it possible to escape this black hole’s gravity?”_
_“Might I really reach safety by touching these small green looking things?”_
_“Will the higher score granted by these yellow ball looking things help me achieve anything substantial?”_
Sadly, no.
But you can still have fun while delaying the inevitable.
- Left/Right - A/D : move closer or farther away from the black hole
- Esc/P/Space : Pause
- F : toggle fullscreen
Time moves faster the closer you are to the black hole.
Getting hit lowers your energy, meaning you won't be able to go as far away from the black hole as before.
The green power-up allows you to go further to the right.
The yellow power-up just increases your score.
A patched version was uploaded after the deadline adding a single line of code to fix obstacles no longer spawning after around one minute of play.
A game by Team Skeejy for Ludum Dare 54!
As you find yourself driving a rocket captured by the pull of a black hole, having to dodge debris to stay alive as long as possible, you ask yourself:
_“Is it possible to escape this black hole’s gravity?”_
_“Might I really reach safety by touching these small green looking things?”_
_“Will the higher score granted by these yellow ball looking things help me achieve anything substantial?”_
Sadly, no.
But you can still have fun while delaying the inevitable.
Play in Browser on itch.io
Controls:
- Left/Right - A/D : move closer or farther away from the black hole
- Esc/P/Space : Pause
- F : toggle fullscreen
Time moves faster the closer you are to the black hole.
Getting hit lowers your energy, meaning you won't be able to go as far away from the black hole as before.
The green power-up allows you to go further to the right.
The yellow power-up just increases your score.
A patched version was uploaded after the deadline adding a single line of code to fix obstacles no longer spawning after around one minute of play.
A game by Team Skeejy for Ludum Dare 54!
Comments56
Very pretty and fun game. Good job!
- Graphics are fantastic!
- Audio is awesome, I loved the attention to details and how everything gets more intense the closer you are to the black hole! The music is killer, right up my alley.
- Gameplay is nice, but a bit too fast and gets repetitive fast... It's hard to reach pickups and avoid obstacles.
- Overall this is fantastic. The Audio & Visuals are the best part imo. Very impressive!
Great idea for core mechanic and time dilatation!
Great submission nonetheless.
Wouaw !
the visuals are very interesting, the way that the light curves around the black hole, did you write a shader to do that?
But a solid core concept, stimulating the senses!
It reminds me the graphic style of the Kurzgesagt youtube videos.
the one complaint I have is that the objects do seem to jitter quite a bit when moving left/right, which does make it a bit harder to play. this could be because i'm playing at 165hz
The time dilation mechanic was super neat and nets you extra brownie points from me.
If I had to use a single word, that would be it!
I like the graphics choices and this particular gameplay, which is very challenging, well done!
One thing is I wish I had tighter control when things start to move faster. It feels like I'm just kinda hoping to get lucky at that point in the game.
All said, looks and feels really good to play!
My only problem was with how fast everything was moving when you got clooooose to the hole. It got hard to look at that point (as the things were changing faster than my eyes could follow) and definitely impossible to control. There was nothing left but to just fly around hoping to get lucky :wink:
A unique theme interpretation, and a polished game. Congrats!
I like the controls and graphics, have a really good feel!
Well done! Take a candy! :candy: