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The Moon Mystery by qntnm

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made by qntnm for LD29 (COMPO)
(This may not work for Internet Explorer, but has been tested on both recent versions of Chrome and Firefox and seem to work well!)

You work for NASA and start a mission to discover what the moon is really made of, but run into some issues on the way!

Your rocket (arrow keys) has a primary gun (X) and a "blaster" (Z), the blaster does a lot more damage the more it's charged, use it wisely!

It did have some more music, but Musagi crashed on two different pieces so I left the menu music in there alone. :(

This is my first "real" game I've made, and I'm super happy that I was able to make something to submit! If you dare to delve into my source, please keep in mind that I'm used to languages like Java and C# where some things are dealt with quite differently than Javascript! :)
Web http://qntnm.github.io/ld29/
Source (Github) http://github.com/qntnm/qntnm.github.io/tree/master/ld29
Source (zip) http://www.dropbox.com/s/d0hfxbxbn6ogoie/ld29.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=36112

Ratings

Coolness 42% 1651
Overall 2.84 891
Audio 2.41 734
Fun 3.08 505
Graphics 2.60 917
Humor 3.00 241
Innovation 3.13 505
Mood 2.50 973
Theme 2.92 835

Feedback

louiscarl
28. Apr 2014 · 04:05 UTC
Loved it! Really liked the intro!
gikdew
28. Apr 2014 · 06:56 UTC
Nice intro, the graphics look good!
Mihael Medan
28. Apr 2014 · 07:07 UTC
I really like it! Gameplay feels a little floaty, but thats ok - SPACEEEE.
shaneparsons
28. Apr 2014 · 07:07 UTC
Pretty good game, very hard too! Too me a while to pass but got there in the end!
snooze82
28. Apr 2014 · 09:44 UTC
It's like constantly fighting and endboss of R-Type - liked it
orangepascal
28. Apr 2014 · 09:51 UTC
the moon could have been a bit easier to destroy ;) takes a lot of time!
Daniel X. Moore
28. Apr 2014 · 23:24 UTC
I was doing ok until the moon killed me.
DarkMeatGames
28. Apr 2014 · 23:25 UTC
Could be a cool take on a 'boss fight' game. The moon had too much health for my liking, maybe there's a more interesting way to keep it difficult? Keep it up!
longshorts
28. Apr 2014 · 23:28 UTC
The intro was fantastic. I found it really difficult however to control the ship, I know but its space physics, but I would often find myself going off screen and unable to track my location. Still, I had a lot of fun!
Melondonut
28. Apr 2014 · 23:28 UTC
phew it is hard to beat!
saiato
28. Apr 2014 · 23:28 UTC
Fun! I like the idea. The controls were really difficult to get the hang of. Since you're always facing the center anyway, it might have felt better if you used left/right to rotate around the moon and up/down to move closer or farther away.
fullmontis
30. Apr 2014 · 11:07 UTC
Very fun but gets almost impossible because of the weird controls. I wish I could beat it but after three tries I get destroyed by the third stage. Still, it's a well done game and with some polish it can be very enjoyable!
AnglerteamGames
02. May 2014 · 19:44 UTC
I really like the idea of stretching out a boss battle into a game. I really wanted to see what the moon was made of! Alas, I couldn't make it past the ice moon.

I had a little difficulty with the controls, particularly bounding off the side of the screen. I found it a little hard to control my speed.
Portals
09. May 2014 · 21:01 UTC
Great game! It was really fun and complete game!
loxo
16. May 2014 · 18:23 UTC
Game with good concept and nice audio. It's fun to play, but a bit hard. Maybe you could improve the controls to make it easier.