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Grave Gravity by Jaenis

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made by Jaenis for LD30 (COMPO)
You are part of Interplanetary Planetary Demolish LTD.
Your job is to destroy unnecessary rocks.
Try not to harm inhabited planets.

Gravity will affect your method of destruction, making collateral damage difficult to avoid.
Shoot your missiles through the connected gravity from worlds to achieve your goal.


EDIT:
Now ported to Web with help of Emscripten!
It is a bit slow to start, please be patient...


EDIT:
Chrome seems to sometimes think that my entry is malicious!
However, it is gravely misinformed and my zip is clean.
At least Virustotal agrees with me: http://tinyurl.com/mr8clwg

If Chrome is blocking you, please unblock the download by clicking "Show all downloads" on the bottom right corner and allow it.
Weird, why Chrome is doing this...
Windows https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21382601/GraveGravity.zip
Linux (64-bit) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21382601/GraveGravity-linux.zip
Web https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21382601/GraveGravity/gravegravity.html
Source https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21382601/GraveGravity-sources.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=36966

Ratings

Coolness 46% 1364
Overall 3.41 352
Audio 2.96 401
Fun 3.52 200
Graphics 3.26 435
Innovation 3.74 156
Mood 3.10 464
Theme 2.89 790

Feedback

varun
25. Aug 2014 · 06:40 UTC
Actually an interesting way to twist the typical Angry Bird's - like concept. The gravity visualization is also really cool! Would love to see this as a mobile game.
ZoneOne2
25. Aug 2014 · 06:42 UTC
The visualization of the gravity looks cool.
Roknsk
25. Aug 2014 · 07:10 UTC
That is some original idea.
Techblogogy
25. Aug 2014 · 08:56 UTC
If and when I figure out how to compile your game on Mac Os I will play it
alycarter
25. Aug 2014 · 13:46 UTC
i love the gravity visualization!
Mali
25. Aug 2014 · 14:00 UTC
I love this. The visualisation is awesome. Some funky mechanics like blackholes or orbits would make this even cooler! I'd love to see you extend this further. Do you have Twitter?
🎤 Jaenis
26. Aug 2014 · 17:25 UTC
Just made a Web port with emscripten.
@Mali, I updated my profile for Twitter information (Jaenis7)
Decept404
26. Aug 2014 · 18:03 UTC
Neat! Feels a bit trial and error/random but still interesting :)
FakeHair
26. Aug 2014 · 18:13 UTC
The grid representing the gravity in the back is really cool. Would have liked to see designed levels with this, as some randomly generated levels are impossible to clear 100%. Great work!
TowelKing
26. Aug 2014 · 19:02 UTC
had a fun time, and I really liked that the gravity of planets changed whenever they got hit, it made each shot interesting
Literal Games
26. Aug 2014 · 19:03 UTC
Fun, inventive game - well done!
Shivur
26. Aug 2014 · 19:05 UTC
I love gravitational distortion!
frogcheese
26. Aug 2014 · 19:06 UTC
I really liked this game! Aiming through all the messed up gravity was far from an easy task, but it was a fun challenge. Really nice take on the theme, good job!
porglezomp
26. Aug 2014 · 19:07 UTC
This is pretty fun, I am now history's greatest monster, destroying all life with my supernukes. I feel like the gravity visualization could be cleaned up so that it doesn't wrinkle quite as much, and it needs to be more obvious that you can charge up the shots, it took me 5 minutes to realize I could.

Keep up the good work!
xandy
26. Aug 2014 · 19:14 UTC
cool little puzzler and nice ambient music
🎤 Jaenis
26. Aug 2014 · 19:19 UTC
@porglezpomp: haha, becoming the history's greatest monster was the very reason why I added all those counters :D
And indeed, there is some pesky bug in the visualization that makes wrinkles there, some day I'll hit it with supernuke!
And thanks to all for the comments! :)
nonetheless
27. Aug 2014 · 07:13 UTC
Great idea and execution is nice. Sometimes it's hard to figure out how exactly missile will go but definitely a great, skill based game!
ConciseBit
27. Aug 2014 · 16:09 UTC
Really nice idea. Add a few more elements and the game can become very strategic. Imagine a multiplayer mode with bullets and defense fields!

btw it is unexpectedly funny looking those bullets running on ridiculous paths :)

Good job.
sekaru
28. Aug 2014 · 01:34 UTC
Pretty cool main mechanic that created a lot of weird situations (still fun though).
ponk
28. Aug 2014 · 13:42 UTC
Super nice visualization of gravity.
I like the rocket's movements
SketchyGalore
13. Sep 2014 · 23:55 UTC
I loved this one! A clever, simple mechanic well-executed. A+!
ElectricSeagull
14. Sep 2014 · 23:57 UTC
That was brilliant. Really simple original and addictive gameplay.