Poor Pluto by flownerous

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made by flownerous for LD23 (COMPO)
Whipped this up in 8 hours after giving up on my Plan A game last night. Pretty simple and lacks polish. Hope it's a bit of fun though.

Ratings

Coolness 51% 3
Overall 2.93 446
Audio 2.14 562
Fun 3.21 214
Graphics 2.21 760
Humor 2.85 169
Innovation 2.62 577
Mood 2.56 518
Theme 3.48 196

Feedback

SidetrackGames
23. Apr 2012 · 05:47 UTC
Hah, loved it :)
derosa
23. Apr 2012 · 21:04 UTC
Amazing we both came to the same concept! Your game makes mine look like a sequel! Poor Pluto's Revenge http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?uid=5049
evilseanbot
26. Apr 2012 · 06:31 UTC
Great job making a simple, enganging game.

The game seems to very suddenly get too difficult to continue at some point (After I could get about 1400pts). I'd suggest balancing the difficulty curve so there's more of a gradual doom.
dr_soda
28. Apr 2012 · 23:40 UTC
Poor Pluto! :(

Simple as it is there's not much to say about it other than the fact that for an 8 hour game it's pretty nice. I think you've got all the basics even if you don't have much polish (though the particle effect on the shield is nice).
Robert Swan
05. May 2012 · 13:34 UTC
Highest score 2462 - longest chain 46. I am not very good.

Game brought a big smile to my face - very straight forward and good fun. While I struggled massively with abrupt changes of attack I kept playing. I could see this either being tidied up a bit to be a cool minigame in a full release, or having many cool tweaks to make it really polished looking and give the gameplay some more legs.

Excellent for 8 hours. Big smiley face is nice.
trylle
05. May 2012 · 15:09 UTC
Surprisingly fun, good controls. Love the pop at the end (a balloon pop sound would have been cherry on top, though). :D
j0n
05. May 2012 · 16:35 UTC
I enjoyed it very much, well done for doing it in 8 hours!
Jedi
05. May 2012 · 21:57 UTC
Not at all bad for 8 hours!
Orni
09. May 2012 · 13:06 UTC
funny simple game

wonder what plutos brothers (for example eris) have to say about this though ;)
Rabbits...
09. May 2012 · 14:47 UTC
nice, I got a 1135 score...very nice particle effects, possibly the best so far.
Mago
09. May 2012 · 15:02 UTC
Very simple yet fun to play. I like Pluto face and game over explosion
CherryNukaCola
10. May 2012 · 03:51 UTC
Poor Pluto! ^_^
Endurion
10. May 2012 · 04:46 UTC
Managed 943 points. Not bad for 8 hours :)

A bit tough when the bombs start to come in from the opposite site, since the shield movement is hard to predict if you move fast.
machinas
10. May 2012 · 06:30 UTC
350, longest chain 25
cute game. reminds me a lot of bit.trip beat on a circle. some music and more score feedback would go a long way. also wasn having trouble getting from one side of the planet to the other accurately enough when the direction flip-flopped. fun though.
Drabiter
10. May 2012 · 06:30 UTC
Got 825. If only the pluto grows faster... :)
JonathanG
12. May 2012 · 15:40 UTC
Quite a simple game, but a bit of fun :)
firstrowgames
13. May 2012 · 03:59 UTC
fun game!