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Planet Smasher by BradSmallPlanet

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made by BradSmallPlanet for LD30 (JAM)
Made by a team of 2: Brad Bambara ( bradbambara.com ) & Michael Shin ( @mrmichaelshin )

Music was generously given to us for free by Tom Gardiner ( http://tombofry.co.uk )
Web https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/104724275/PlanetSmasher/gamething.html
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=39744

Ratings

Coolness 66% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.43 226
Audio(Jam) 3.23 306
Fun(Jam) 3.45 157
Graphics(Jam) 2.48 688
Humor(Jam) 2.80 231
Innovation(Jam) 3.58 121
Mood(Jam) 2.83 526
Theme(Jam) 2.85 514

Feedback

Seraphic Media
25. Aug 2014 · 19:24 UTC
Nice game really like the mechanics!
KittyMac
25. Aug 2014 · 19:26 UTC
Awesome, love the orbital physics!
RedEagle120
25. Aug 2014 · 19:52 UTC
Fun game! Love the feel of the physics!
Doubstract
25. Aug 2014 · 21:07 UTC
Amazing game feel
esayitch
25. Aug 2014 · 21:11 UTC
Game requires a lot of skill in aiming but still feels a bit random as hitting enemy bullets with your own requires mega-luck or mega-precision. I loved the concept, the orbital mechanics were relatively well-executed, only input in that regard is: slower speed for us noobs xD.

Nice art style, music was okay too. Liked it! Good luck peeps.
laremere
25. Aug 2014 · 22:23 UTC
I wish I could turn faster to aim better. I spent a bunch of time playing this for how simple the game play is. Would be a lot of fun as a local two player game (but thanks for having an AI, while judging LD games I don't want to go grab another player to test out random games.)
ehtd
25. Aug 2014 · 23:09 UTC
Great physics!
elcaraescombro
25. Aug 2014 · 23:35 UTC
So original game, and the physics are so good, very good game!!!
mechabit
25. Aug 2014 · 23:51 UTC
Fun game but I think mouse aiming would have been better.
andrewkennedy
26. Aug 2014 · 01:30 UTC
Nice touch of humor at the end screens, it's like playing with Glados :). Once I learned to shoot at where they're going to be rather than where they are at, it became a real challenge! Nice work!
rRootagea
27. Aug 2014 · 05:16 UTC
not bad, was a jolly jaunt
Cosrnos
27. Aug 2014 · 05:28 UTC
It was quite fun to play.
Simplexcity
27. Aug 2014 · 10:08 UTC
hah that was really cool. reminded me of playing that moon simulator game in encarta back in the days... but u battle so its more badass.. and it has smasher in the title.
ChrisGaudino
27. Aug 2014 · 14:31 UTC
Very cool. A couple of times the enemy planet's orbit was mostly off-screen, but other than that it was a lot of fun.
nosfer
28. Aug 2014 · 22:10 UTC
I don't know how to play this, but it was funny ;)
Tesrym
31. Aug 2014 · 22:46 UTC
Dat music man! <3
Nooner Bear
31. Aug 2014 · 22:47 UTC
Ah neat, An orbital shooter! Great work.
Scipio Xaos
31. Aug 2014 · 23:57 UTC
Would love to play this.. but I kinda can't because of Unity WebPlayer not working on Linux. Can I haz Linux build? :P
HotBoxGames
07. Sep 2014 · 23:12 UTC
Neat little game - love the orbit functionality.

Was it luck or skill? Probably luck.

Haha good job!
sputnik
11. Sep 2014 · 20:27 UTC
Nice action/gravitational shooter mecanic!
Docjekyll
14. Sep 2014 · 19:44 UTC
Solid game. LOVE the game mechanics. It definitely changes the feel once you realize you can hold down the fire button to increase the initial projectile velocity.

This would be a great multiplayer game, especially if you could find interesting ways to expand on the mechanic with powerups, debuffs, and such.