Hope by MadcoreTom

made by MadcoreTom for LD22 (COMPO)

After your space-cruise is cut short by an icy asteroid, you are stranded in an escape pod, alone in space.
Collect H.O.P.E while avoiding the gravitational pull of asteroids, so that you can fuel your pod and get back to earth!

Everything is contained in the 1 .jar file. just double click to play it (in most cases)

Windows	http://www.ld.madcoretom.com/22/
OS/X	http://www.ld.madcoretom.com/22/
Linux	http://www.ld.madcoretom.com/22/
Timelapse	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8MwrJkkEM4
Source	http://www.ld.madcoretom.com/22/
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-22/?action=preview&uid=8678

Ratings

Coolness	52%	3
Overall	2.85	273

Audio	2.27	326
Community	2.44	350
Fun	2.85	159
Graphics	2.77	295
Humor	1.75	360
Innovation	3.00	154
Mood	2.10	422
Theme	2.62	360

Feedback

revilossor

19. Dec 2011 · 16:00 UTC

Tried to rate this... the .jar doesn't work on my lappy tho.

poohshoes

20. Dec 2011 · 04:01 UTC

Nothing happens when I double click the .jar. Do you have to have some certain java stuffs installed?

kj654321

20. Dec 2011 · 17:03 UTC

I get this error:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.io.Reader.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.io.InputStreamReader.<init>(Unknown Source)
at com.madcoretom.alone.game.Level.loadLevels(Level.java:28)
at com.madcoretom.alone.Hope.<init>(Hope.java:65)
at com.madcoretom.alone.PlayJFrame.main(PlayJFrame.java:18)

🎤 MadcoreTom

21. Dec 2011 · 13:00 UTC

@revilossor I've updated the jar (I zipped it too), can you try again?
@poohshoes zipping the jar fixed it for me. Try downloading it again
@kj654321 This means it's having trouble reading files in the jar. What operating system are you using? Are you using a special command to run it?

Urfoex

22. Dec 2011 · 16:59 UTC

Nice nice.

bach

23. Dec 2011 · 10:12 UTC

Charming graphics. Usually the pointy end is the front, however in this case it was the back of the pod. Got me confused at first :)

kj654321

23. Dec 2011 · 16:31 UTC

I'm on OS X, but I re-downloaded and it works. Very solid game, surprisingly tricky. Could use one or two more pieces, such as maybe an anchor or brake which would slow you down.

galman

29. Dec 2011 · 18:23 UTC

The start and the gravity effects are pretty funny. At first I thought that the controls are lame but later on I realized that the ship is affected by the gravity of the asteroids! That is a brilliant idea!
I enjoyed your game very much! Well Done!

Kelly Thomas

06. Jan 2012 · 05:11 UTC

Its fun but the gravity makes the controls feel loose, kind of like bumper boats after a few drinks.

Raptor85

09. Jan 2012 · 05:55 UTC

javax.sound.sampled.LineUnavailableException: line with format PCM_SIGNED 44100.0 Hz, 16 bit, mono, 2 bytes/frame, little-endian not supported. Other than that it worked ok, but the ship felt like it was backwards.

MurrayL

09. Jan 2012 · 17:32 UTC

I really enjoyed the graphics and overall idea, but I didn't like the majorly over-sensitive controls for rotating the ship. I spent most of the game battling to point the ship in the right direction (which wasn't fun), rather than trying to figure out the best way to compensate for the gravitational effects (which was the fun).