LudumData

Bounds of Space by Thought Reactor

[raw]
made by Thought Reactor for LD31 (COMPO)
Bounds of Space is an Asteroids clone on steroids. Pick one of three classes of space ships and battle endless waves of asteroids. Since the game is set in one screen, if you fly out of bounds - you're dead.

Plenty of power ups and upgrades for Health and Shields to keep the game going and going! Once you're certain you got the best score - submit to the online leaderboard and see how you stack up!

The game was built in Construct 2, with content built in Construct 2, Photoshop CC, and Reaper DAW. SFX provided by BFXR.net. The online leaderboard was built using C2's AJAX functionality with a backend written in Laravel 4/PHP5 and MySQL.

CONTROLS
WASD or ARROWS - move your ship
MOUSE - aim your ship
LEFT MOUSE - hold or click to fire your weapon
ESC - Pause

POWER UPS
Rapid Fire - increases the rate of fire by 20%
Double Shot - every shot fires double the projectiles
Burst Shot - fires 5 projectiles in a burst
Speed Boost - increases speed by 15%

Thanks for playing! Had a blast building this one.
Web http://bos.thought-reactor.net
Web (fullscreen) http://bos.thought-reactor.net/game/index.html
OSX http://bos.thought-reactor.net
Linux http://bos.thought-reactor.net
Source https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9gnh0ltYlhlcFJpdVIxN3llTTQ/view?usp=sharing
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=30109

Ratings

Coolness 59% 3
Overall 3.27 476
Audio 3.24 237
Fun 3.32 342
Graphics 3.14 518
Humor 2.05 830
Mood 3.00 472
Theme 3.38 830

Feedback

davient
08. Dec 2014 路 12:52 UTC
Second on High score sheet Yay! Like the development on Asteroids. Sound wasn't working on the Web Player.
Mopz
08. Dec 2014 路 12:53 UTC
Okay game, and made it to the 5th place on the leaderboard - I assume I will be pushed out real soon.
馃帳 Thought Reactor
08. Dec 2014 路 13:58 UTC
davient - Thanks for the comment. I've come to realize that the version live at the URL I provided is not the version depicted in the screenshots. It includes sounds! I'll update later on today - hopefully it doesn't impact the rules.
馃帳 Thought Reactor
08. Dec 2014 路 14:08 UTC
Okay, I had the source in Google Drive so I've reuploaded the game at work. If you've played before give your cache a clear and open and reload the URLs provided.
AndresGames
09. Dec 2014 路 00:05 UTC
Dang, I was pleasantly surprised at this game! simple but well made and great graphics. Have 4th place on leaderboard
ianh
09. Dec 2014 路 00:39 UTC
Love the lighting effects! Splitting the game into "levels" might give more of a feeling of progress. The gameplay is really smooth but the game starts to feel same-y after a bit.
foolmoron
09. Dec 2014 路 00:56 UTC
Really like the shadows on the asteroids
daftcube
09. Dec 2014 路 00:59 UTC
Simple but fun. I think it would be much more fun if you added some more content and mechanics to set it apart from the other asteroid-like games.
imaginarymonsters
09. Dec 2014 路 13:48 UTC
Pretty cool progression in this and the different ship classes are nice. The Sentinel missile firing has a really good feel to it, especially once I got 'x2' firing...great work!
randomdragoon
10. Dec 2014 路 01:46 UTC
I feel like health/shield restores spawn too often. I could make many mistakes and not get punished for them.
DiegoMustache
10. Dec 2014 路 18:59 UTC
I found the momentum a little difficult to manage and often sailed straight past power-ups, but I though the game was well put together. Good job.
KilledByAPixel
10. Dec 2014 路 19:03 UTC
I didn't get the "on steroids" part, it just felt like a pretty generic asteroids clone. I really think you need to screen wrapping to push the asteroids feel. I thought it was a solid game but I got bored after a few minutes and crashed my ship on purpose. Really nice having online leaderboards!
guldlock
10. Dec 2014 路 19:13 UTC
The shadows was really cool! Liked that you could choose from different ships. =)
dunin
10. Dec 2014 路 21:02 UTC
classic game but shadow effect give it a cool mood. A leaderboard is rare and cool in a ld entry.
Boracho
10. Dec 2014 路 23:38 UTC
great fun here. Can't beat the classics, but a little bit of innovation would've been nice. Great controls, great sound, great effort overall. nice work
Crushenator
10. Dec 2014 路 23:38 UTC
Cool mate. I felt like it was easy to control. Nothing annoyed me just cruisy gameplay.
Justin Mullin
10. Dec 2014 路 23:56 UTC
Fun little Asteroids clone - it was a little too easy, I think. It felt like my score was limited by my stamina, not necessarily by my skill. Still, I enjoyed the experience. =)
karol
11. Dec 2014 路 01:01 UTC
Highscore #1? I guess I'm really good at cheating.

I really liked your game and had quite a lot of fun playing it.
馃帳 Thought Reactor
11. Dec 2014 路 01:38 UTC
Glad you enjoyed the game. Highscore positions on the leaderboard are reserved for ethical players only, sorry.
mrexcessive
11. Dec 2014 路 12:02 UTC
Hi there. Nice smooth and slick asteroid clone. Generous powerups, shield nice touch. Great sounds. Good job!
TeamQuadratic
17. Dec 2014 路 05:30 UTC
Simple, but cool game. The different classes add some extra fun. I did notice that it starting lagging a bit on my machine when there were lots of asteroids, but that could just be me.
samfreeman05
27. Dec 2014 路 03:07 UTC
I like the old school style, it reminds me of a mix of r-type and asteroid
gallerdude
29. Dec 2014 路 17:29 UTC
Very interesting! Feel like it could be more difficult, maybe even a one hit dead system. Different classes add fun variety.