Flight 1413 by awesomeusername

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made by awesomeusername for LD28 (COMPO)
You are a pilot for Awesome Airlines. You're in the middle of your first flight of today, Flight 1413. Everything is going well. You sit back and are about to take a sip of coffee when the plane lurches, causing you to spill all over yourself. You check the dials and find that you're running out of gas!

You can move your plane using the arrow keys or WASD. The space bar also moves your plane upward. You can move your plane side to side or down without any cost, but it takes up gas to move up.

Fortunately, there are tanks of fuel randomly floating in the sky, so you can refill. But be careful! YOU ONLY GET ONE tank of fuel at a time. If you try to collect fuel when you still have some fuel left in your tank, it will ignite and your plane will explode. Try to fly as far as you can!

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Alright, done with my first Ludum Dare! This has been a fun experience, and I learned quite a bit.

The game should work on any machine with Java installed, but I can only verify that it works on OS/X. My apologies to anyone who cannot run the game.

Ratings

Coolness 74% 3
Overall 2.75 710
Audio 1.44 759
Fun 3.05 365
Graphics 2.25 809
Humor 2.32 454
Innovation 2.67 648
Mood 2.30 798
Theme 3.41 215

Feedback

ob6160
15. Dec 2013 · 23:06 UTC
Great idea but I died first go lol
ocarina of lime
16. Dec 2013 · 12:40 UTC
16800m woop! Very addictive. The idea is simple and easy to understand even on the first play-through which is good. Spent a lot longer than I'd like to admit on this game xD but after a while its just too fast and the fuel is too close together to a point where there is a wall of fuel tanks and no gaps in it. Overall though its a really awesome game and with some extra time and some details and powerups it could be even better.
Coblynau
16. Dec 2013 · 17:35 UTC
Great idea; 897m on my first attempt, got a lot better after that. ;) Sound would have really helped.
Dynad
16. Dec 2013 · 19:34 UTC
Simple but fun ^^
badlydrawnrod
16. Dec 2013 · 19:35 UTC
I can confirm that it works on Windows too. Nice concept, and surprisingly tricky to play once you get going. Would have liked some sound.
lorniebear
16. Dec 2013 · 19:39 UTC
I like it. I think that the high score is a great idea
MrBlade
17. Dec 2013 · 00:14 UTC
Awesome game! I didn't know how to play at first, but after I read the instructions, I was good. Some sounds would have been nice. Graphics were okay. I really enjoyed playing this game, solid story. Haha. My record was like 26000m or so. Great work and original take on the theme! I think use of the down arrow should have been restricted by also sucking fuel while holding down. Keep it up!
ParaPup
17. Dec 2013 · 00:42 UTC
Straight simple fun :D I like it.
Move127
17. Dec 2013 · 18:39 UTC
Nice use of the theme, makes the game a lot more interesting.
scoobyben
17. Dec 2013 · 18:51 UTC
Interesting mechanic with the fuel collection - the fuel ended up being an obstacle more than a necessity, while featuring as both. Nice and addictive little game
rincewind_cz
17. Dec 2013 · 20:25 UTC
Nice simple game. I immediately remembered the famous Gimli Glider incident which I saw in Mayday TV series.. Did you get inspired by this? The flight number is almost the same :-)
bodsey
25. Dec 2013 · 22:01 UTC
The game runs but I die when I try to take fuel
Cake&Code
30. Dec 2013 · 01:37 UTC
Wow, that was actually really fun! First try I did not get it and burst into flames when touching a fuel can. The next few times I did a lot better. What a simple yet interesting mechanic, very well executed! Nice job :D
archaeometrician
30. Dec 2013 · 18:32 UTC
Cool game ! Kinda get challenging when there is a lot of fuel tanks everywhere ;) Great work !
PaperBlurt
05. Jan 2014 · 20:03 UTC
Good work. Hope to see you in the next LD..

Simple and (not but) fun!