Pioneers

by jefrww

co-authored: @newnumberwhodis, @beckernichtboris, @jmclavijo

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.65

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.60

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.60

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.80

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.65

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.40

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.56

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.60

The universe is vast and deep. There are countless daredevils trying to reach ever deeper parts of space.
Places where no one else has been before. But the journey is long and most of you quite poor - too poor for expensive fuel.

Make clever use of gravity to reach your goal.

Controls:
- [A] - turn left
- [D] - turn right
- [SPACE] - restart
- On mobile devices simply tap the screen to turn

Comments9

Placeholders7 Apr 2025, 09:48

fun little game! i liked the simple aesthetics and the overall movment was fun to controller. great job!

OnnGD7 Apr 2025, 10:50

wow, good

VertSight7 Apr 2025, 14:40

With this music, I'm ready to drift in space indefinitely... Cool game!

HDVR028 Apr 2025, 01:25

The mechanics of the planets reminded me of Aether made by Mcmillen. The game is quite difficult, but I like it!

Ansible8 Apr 2025, 14:27

Really fun! Enjoyed getting a big drift out and aiming for fuel on the HUD.

Kerdelos9 Apr 2025, 16:19

Oh boy, I feel like this was just a tiny bit away from keeping me hooked a long time. However the difficulty felt too punished and quickly frustrated me. But I think that with less punishing collisions and maybe larger area of attraction around rock, I could have enjoyed this a lot.

I love the simple but efficient art style, love the music, love the UI (it doesn't often get the loves it deserves during a jam) love the gravity mechanic. I just wish the game would be less punishing.

Overall great job !

LDJam user 24612810 Apr 2025, 02:51

Very stylish little game! Impressive work, almost too addictive. I feel if there was some upgrade system or sense of progress, I could've played hours.

paulhocker12 Apr 2025, 23:10

this had the one more try vibe going -- really liked the feel of the game and it was a nice throwback to some retro games -- thanks for making it

Texugo25 Apr 2025, 23:48

Great art and vibes! It's too hard for me, but even so I had fun and thought it was a really interesting and engaging gameplay mechanic. Good job!