Solus by InToGames

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made by InToGames for LD31 (COMPO)
Blast the alien orbiters as they emerge from the heart of the sun!

OpenAL required for the Windows version: http://www.openal.org/creative-installers/oalinst.zip

Ratings

Coolness 59% 3
Overall 3.36 386
Audio 3.27 225
Fun 3.27 379
Graphics 2.53 922
Humor 2.42 606
Innovation 3.44 333
Mood 2.85 641
Theme 3.69 436

Feedback

MatthewHolland
08. Dec 2014 · 19:50 UTC
Nice audio; fits well. Game is a nice idea but it could do with being a bit less predictable: Once I'd got used to going around the outer ring there wasn't much going on (until the one that finally hit me and I couldn't do anything about it).
I like that you can shoot yourself.
sanchitgulati
09. Dec 2014 · 15:00 UTC
I enjoyed it, this could be made into something nice :)
guldlock
09. Dec 2014 · 20:46 UTC
It's a nice idea and I like the audio. Keep it up!
whilefun
10. Dec 2014 · 03:59 UTC
Very nice entry. The music is cool, and the pace of the game is great. One thing I found annoying was that i could not replay the game right away. I had to wait 3-5 seconds to start again. Great entry!
BoxedMeatRevolution
11. Dec 2014 · 18:49 UTC
Really fun arcade-type gameplay and a complementary soundtrack! I wish you'd decided to keep a unified graphics style though. The old-school Atari-vector graphics look great, but pasting raster art spaceships on top of them ruins it :(
I still enjoyed it though: Simple and fun.
anael
13. Dec 2014 · 10:32 UTC
nice entry ! effective idea and fun control ! better art would make it shine, but it works.
pvtroswold
13. Dec 2014 · 17:53 UTC
I like the music and audio (everyone's game sounds like DrPetter these days, which is a good thing)! The gameplay was really unique. I like the various orbits!
Incredible Ape
13. Dec 2014 · 18:25 UTC
Nice execution on the theme; enjoyed the callback aesthetics. Would have been nice if the restart time were a little shorter.
LuthienCeleste
13. Dec 2014 · 18:37 UTC
Works with wine under Linux.
Reminds me of old times in arcades, very fitting audio.
Natura-Time
13. Dec 2014 · 18:39 UTC
Very nice, like it ^-^
cxsquared
13. Dec 2014 · 18:39 UTC
Really cool idea. It's pretty hard but really fun. Nice work.
DavidVisscher
13. Dec 2014 · 19:32 UTC
Quite good!
UrbanLogicGames
14. Dec 2014 · 19:13 UTC
Pretty unique game mechanic, I really enjoyed this one. Loved the retro audio!
rjhunter
16. Dec 2014 · 03:25 UTC
Solid work! The combination of very easy death and a long restart time was a bit frustrating, but it's fun for the time I can stay alive (which, to be honest, isn't that long).
rantt
16. Dec 2014 · 03:27 UTC
I liked the music and art style. I wish there wasn't a delay when restarting, but then again I died a lot...lol. Fun game, very challenging.
ponk
16. Dec 2014 · 21:27 UTC
Really cool game :) !
H4ssi
17. Dec 2014 · 23:25 UTC
sweet. like the game play, audio and sound fx are veryvery nice. it s funny how you can screw up by flying into the sun or outa space :D. what I found most frustrating was when they enemies spawned directly onto your position (prblby on the inner most ring) me was to slow to react :D but all in all very nice game
jachepe
20. Dec 2014 · 17:38 UTC
Good mechanic, I enjoyed playing it :)
ShadowStryker
20. Dec 2014 · 19:01 UTC
I got an error: OpenAL32.dll is missing, so I could not play this.
🎤 InToGames
20. Dec 2014 · 20:03 UTC
Hi! Thanks for all the comments -- glad people are enjoying the game!

>>I got an error: OpenAL32.dll is missing

It needs OpenAL. The link is in the description -- should get things running :D
01rafael
20. Dec 2014 · 21:14 UTC
Lovely! nice and addictive concept!
Norgg
20. Dec 2014 · 22:23 UTC
Nice! Enjoyed this, so hard though. Got up to ~400, the preset high score of 1000 seems a bit harsh.
fleegle2000
23. Dec 2014 · 01:20 UTC
I really like the concept. My only complaint is that it starts out too hard. I like a challenge but I need to be eased into it.
dylanwolf
24. Dec 2014 · 07:30 UTC
Nice retro audio and graphics style. Neat concept, and rather challenging.
maxmetallica
29. Dec 2014 · 22:10 UTC
nice woork