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Rocket Rampage by Reicher

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made by Reicher for LD27 (COMPO)
Get as high altitude as possible by collecting fuel. You start with 10 seconds worth of fuel!
AWD to move and QE to rotate.

My first ludum dare game and almost my first game ever.
I had grand plans for this game! Like a background to orient yourself with...or the ability to crash. Or bug-fixing in general.

Update!
Now have a windows port as well!

Update!
Now people on better computers can play the game too! Finding fuel should be for everyone:)
Windows (rar) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21671019/Ludum%20Dare%20Compo%20%2327/RocketRampage(Fixed)_win.rar
Windows (zip) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21671019/Ludum%20Dare%20Compo%20%2327/RocketRampage(Fixed)_win.zip
Linux https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21671019/Ludum%20Dare%20Compo%20%2327/Rocket%20RampageLinux.tar.gz
alternative windows https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Public/Ludum%20Dare%20Compo%20%2327/RocketRampageWin.rar?w=AACkSr2jBta6EZBOtqvsjCLJFpMqjXz2tXlik5g_380Cnw
Source https://github.com/Reicher/Rocket-Rampage/releases/tag/v1.1
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-27/?action=preview&uid=24716

Ratings

Coolness 65% 3
Overall 2.59 966
Audio 2.58 542
Fun 2.44 929
Graphics 2.03 1047
Humor 1.89 773
Innovation 2.33 980
Mood 2.22 917
Theme 2.72 912

Feedback

TheJackiMonster
26. Aug 2013 路 14:29 UTC
Doesn't work for me.. (Ubuntu 13.04)
馃帳 Reicher
26. Aug 2013 路 14:52 UTC
I run ubuntu 13.04 too, dammit=/
ibilon
26. Aug 2013 路 14:52 UTC
Didn't work for me either: "Segmentation fault"
馃帳 Reicher
26. Aug 2013 路 14:57 UTC
I have just updated my dropbox with a new one. Hopefully now?
gikdew
26. Aug 2013 路 15:05 UTC
You need to port this game to other OS, I can't play it!
馃帳 Reicher
26. Aug 2013 路 15:07 UTC
Porting to windows will be done today or tomorrow.
But does is anyone with linux able to play it yet? :/
stephan_h
26. Aug 2013 路 15:09 UTC
Tried to run the game in my VirtualBox LinuxMint. Failed with following message:
./LudumDare27: error while loading shared libraries: libsfml-system.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
I do not know Linux very well. Can I install the sfml libraries with a simple console command like apt-get something?
馃帳 Reicher
26. Aug 2013 路 15:09 UTC
Is anyone with linux able to play it?
HeyChinaski
26. Aug 2013 路 15:09 UTC
error while loading shared libraries: libsfml-system.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
ibilon
26. Aug 2013 路 15:09 UTC
Still didn't work for me, tried to compile it but apparently you use SFML 1 ? In fedora I have the 2.0. Could come from that.
HeyChinaski
26. Aug 2013 路 15:09 UTC
(Ubuntu 13.04)
馃帳 Reicher
26. Aug 2013 路 15:11 UTC
Stephan_h: You shouldnt need to do anything other then executing the Ludumdare27.o file...
Will look into this! Im not very good at linux either Im afraid
ibilon
26. Aug 2013 路 15:13 UTC
"loading shared libraries: libsfml-system.so.2" => you need SFML installed, in fedora it's yum install SFML, I guess in debian/ubuntu apt-get install SFML should work.
馃帳 Reicher
26. Aug 2013 路 15:14 UTC
ibilon:
Sadly not, i use sfml 2.1 wich I compiled myself since apt-get only gets 1.6.
Dont really know what to do!:((
Latcarf
26. Aug 2013 路 15:18 UTC
Works out of the box here (ArchLinux).
But it seems like my computer is too slow to run this game, I have something like 2 fps, so as soon as I press W everything changes and I don't understand what's going on anymore.
ibilon
26. Aug 2013 路 15:20 UTC
I managed to compile it, its runs ok.
馃帳 Reicher
26. Aug 2013 路 15:23 UTC
YAY! Someone "played" my game:D
Will try to make it work without the need to compile sfml 2.1!
ibilon
26. Aug 2013 路 15:27 UTC
It compile/works with the 2.0 in the fedora repos.
kunzbe
26. Aug 2013 路 15:33 UTC
will there be a windows port?
馃帳 Reicher
26. Aug 2013 路 15:37 UTC
kunzbe: Yes! As soon as my girlfriend comes home and gives me her laptop's password:)
ChrisGaudino
26. Aug 2013 路 19:00 UTC
Runs ok on windows. How do you collect fuel? I ran out every time before I saw any way to collect more.
JALgames
26. Aug 2013 路 19:04 UTC
Can you please provide a .zip file. I can't open the .rar.
馃帳 Reicher
26. Aug 2013 路 19:16 UTC
ChrisGaudino: It is a bit random, the fuel is in not evenly distributed but i have always managed to find some fuel in 10 seconds.
stephan_h
26. Aug 2013 路 19:27 UTC
Used the Windows version now and that worked for me.
Liked the style and the music very much, but was not able to collect a single fuel item. But, interestingly enough, I got not frustrated. Perhaps because of the nice music and sympathic atmosphere?
In think this is a very good 'almost' first game ever.
馃帳 Reicher
27. Aug 2013 路 06:24 UTC
Later today there will be a fix so people are able to "finish" the game. People have been complaining that the fuel cannot be reached. It's possible on some computers though....
udo
27. Aug 2013 路 09:26 UTC
I totally envy the cleanliness of your code! Very good job! :)
otresnjak
27. Aug 2013 路 17:00 UTC
Cool idea, but I can't seem to reach any fuel. Would be nice if some would always spawn within visible distance of the starting point--to give the player some visual indication of what they're supposed to do.
TheCze
27. Aug 2013 路 19:32 UTC
A background texture would have really helped alot with navigation.
supersammy7000
27. Aug 2013 路 19:32 UTC
really awesome game. cant find anything i want to change
馃帳 Reicher
27. Aug 2013 路 19:36 UTC
TheCze: I agree, but it gives that space disoriented feeling right?:)
supersammy7000: Haha, I can think of a couple of improvments!

Have anyone managed to reach any fuel yet?
Jimanzium
27. Aug 2013 路 20:25 UTC
Interesting physics but it ran a bit too slow for me :/
DaGamesta
27. Aug 2013 路 21:51 UTC
This was fun enough to keep me interested in it even though the rocket did not display. That said, you could have had more variety in terms of obstacles and such.
Khopa
27. Aug 2013 路 22:16 UTC
Works fine on Windows 8 64bit.
157 705 parsec. I just kept going and gathered barrels by luck. I like the idea.
A scrolling background would really improve the game, to make the player feel the speed.
Speaking of speed, when travelling very fast, the ship may go outside of the screen.

It's a good game, and once again a good idea, good work :)
Joxno
27. Aug 2013 路 22:30 UTC
Quite a neat game, had a bit of fun with it,
Although something in the background would be nice, gives a sense of speed
theholychicken
28. Aug 2013 路 21:55 UTC
Really cool! The fuel cans give the sense of speed, and when there is no more it feels like you've left the world behind.
Latcarf
29. Aug 2013 路 21:52 UTC
My best score so far (by pressing W until I run out of fuel) is 148 parsec. Either my computer is not powerful enough, or you're doing something suboptimal in your code.
馃帳 Reicher
30. Aug 2013 路 05:11 UTC
Latcarf: yeah, don't really know why that is:/
namrog84
30. Aug 2013 路 10:30 UTC
120,000 score!
woo!

no gravity? I felt like I was going faster and faster and faster!! until the fuel was going by too fast I couldnt pick it up!
MinionStudios
30. Aug 2013 路 22:00 UTC
Interesting, but confusing.
awppy
31. Aug 2013 路 19:00 UTC
The decision to make it impossible to go backwards was a good one imo, otherwise it would have been too easy to pick up fuel at high speeds
wally2069
03. Sep 2013 路 21:49 UTC
Having the an animation showing ship die when it runs out of fuel even though it still has momentum was kind of annoying. Lost two games if the ship would have been allowed to finish coasting into a really close canister.
shard123
07. Sep 2013 路 17:09 UTC
Fun but it seemed kind of laggy on my computer for some reason.
commanderstitch
14. Sep 2013 路 15:13 UTC
muzic mmmmmmmmm. :) i like the negative score possiblihlties http://screencast.com/t/Pxleigj5