Roids by kburkhart84

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made by kburkhart84 for LD31 (JAM)
My entry is a modern-ish take on classic Asteroids, playable on a single screen. How long can you stay alive among increasing amounts of asteroids and aliens, all the while collecting as much gold as possible?

Controls and credits are displayed on the main screen.

I created the game using the Game Jam Trial of Unity, though in reality I didn't do anything that wouldn't have easily been done with the regular free version. Therefore, it shows the trial version text in the bottom right corner. I made most of the sounds in BXFR, except for the 2 "voice" sounds, which I found on freesound.org. The music was pulled from Incompetech.com(by Keven MacLeod, an awesome composer.) The graphics were all made by me within the 3 days, using Blender.

All in all, I'm proud of the project. This is the first time I had sat and forced myself to do something beyond a quick test or two with Unity, and though it has quirks, I'd say it works. Enjoy the product!!

Ratings

Coolness 51% 3
Overall(Jam) 2.90 759
Fun(Jam) 3.00 530
Graphics(Jam) 3.23 521
Humor(Jam) 2.05 753
Innovation(Jam) 2.40 862
Mood(Jam) 2.65 772
Theme(Jam) 3.31 706

Feedback

TheMonsterFromTheDeep
09. Dec 2014 路 00:42 UTC
I like this game - it's a lot of fun and the graphics and sounds are awesome. That said, mouse controls would make it even better.
daftcube
09. Dec 2014 路 00:44 UTC
Fun Entry, but I had some issues being blown up by asteroids outside the screen when I was flying across the screen.
floorman
09. Dec 2014 路 00:57 UTC
Chrome blocked the download. So I couldn't play it. =(
馃帳 kburkhart84
09. Dec 2014 路 00:58 UTC
Sorry about Chrome, it may have a problem with "unknown" files, or generally with Dropbox. You could try another browser if you wanted.

Also, thanks for the feedback so far.
D.B.O.NStudios
09. Dec 2014 路 01:05 UTC
A bit hard to control but other than that pretty good!
doos
09. Dec 2014 路 01:06 UTC
I found the keys a little too sensitive, so I would overrotate past a small asteroid.
Asaratha
09. Dec 2014 路 01:09 UTC
The game is really nice! Good work!
TriSquare
09. Dec 2014 路 01:27 UTC
The graphics and sounds are awesome. That said, mouse controls would make it even better.
nickbasswright
09. Dec 2014 路 01:40 UTC
Nice job, solid update of Asteroids. Controls were a bit too fast/sensitive, but overall good stuff.
zakchaos
09. Dec 2014 路 01:40 UTC
fun asteroids clone, liked the 3d boulders alot,
Crushenator
09. Dec 2014 路 02:00 UTC
Quite cool. I found the controls a bit sensitive.
harley77
09. Dec 2014 路 02:50 UTC
I really liked this one. The lighting effects were a nice touch. I also like the forgiving controls and the added drops of the asteroids were interesting.
Muush
09. Dec 2014 路 03:58 UTC
The rotation is too sensitive, other than that it worked well. I liked the 3D assets
datachomper
09. Dec 2014 路 04:00 UTC
Very nice. I thought the size of the craft made it really difficult to see and avoid things on the edge, but otherwise really solid little asteroid game.
Hellequin
09. Dec 2014 路 16:38 UTC
Fun and interesting game! Well done!
馃帳 kburkhart84
09. Dec 2014 路 17:09 UTC
Thanks everybody for the kind words!
EquipeJAM
10. Dec 2014 路 19:40 UTC
Good work!
Elemental Zeal Games Studios
10. Dec 2014 路 20:37 UTC
Pretty neat
AMS
11. Dec 2014 路 19:33 UTC
Good job, it played really smooth and i love to blast away asteroids in piezes
skulioskarsson
13. Dec 2014 路 13:08 UTC
Fun little game :) I like it
FloatingGhost
14. Dec 2014 路 15:35 UTC
Nice update of a classic game
ramyaanudeep
18. Dec 2014 路 16:24 UTC
heyy....wat an awsum job guys
johnbrynte
18. Dec 2014 路 19:43 UTC
I really like the additions to the controls! I suddenly wondered why I thought the space ship behaved like a car and then realized that I could go in reverse. Strange when you think about it that this is such a strange concept for space ships. A bit hard, but then I always find asteroids quite hard. Great work!