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Mission to Mars by rjgtav

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made by rjgtav for LD22 (COMPO)
In this game you control Curiosity, the latest Rover from ASAN, and your mission is to go to Mars to explore it, in order to find evidence of life.
Unfortunately, during the landing, some of your tools got damaged and stopped functioning, so your first job is to rendezvous with Spirit (the first rover) in order to get its Radio Transmitter, so you're able to communicate with ASAN and receive further instructions.

Controls:

Movement: Arrow Keys
Use Drill: Z

Web http://dl.dropbox.com/u/45044488/Mission%20to%20Mars.html
Source http://dl.dropbox.com/u/45044488/Mission%20to%20Mars%20-%20Source.rar
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-22/?action=preview&uid=7615

Ratings

Coolness 20% 560
Overall 2.69 333
Audio 1.00 594
Community 1.80 604
Fun 2.19 422
Graphics 2.50 374
Humor 1.27 582
Innovation 2.31 393
Mood 2.31 350
Theme 3.06 216

Feedback

馃帳 rjgtav
19. Dec 2011 路 10:16 UTC
Aff... It looks like my website's hoster didn't like me and blocked my website... Oh well, uploaded to dropBox instead, sorry :-)
馃帳 rjgtav
19. Dec 2011 路 10:54 UTC
[Small Bug Fix]
Forgot to embed the Numbers in the font :-P
ladron
19. Dec 2011 路 21:11 UTC
The core gameplay worked well, although the collisions detection with the rocks was sometimes frustrating. Driving around got a bit tedious after a while - more variation in the environment would be nice. Good 48hr effort, though!
Veralos
21. Dec 2011 路 06:51 UTC
Really good. The graphics were decent, it was fun driving the rover around (though it got kind of repetitive after a while) and the objective indicator was a nice touch.
Sparrow
21. Dec 2011 路 14:12 UTC
I like your entry, although I didn't have any sound... (don't know if it's me or just you not adding them) And the rock collisions were weird, sometime I could drive over a few rocks and then suddenly get stuck in one when collision worked again. You might also want to add a way to advance the messages because they stay on screen far to long :P.
Loved the ending. :D
馃帳 rjgtav
21. Dec 2011 路 17:32 UTC
Thank you for the comments ^^, this was the first time i entered in Ludum Dare :-P

@Sparrow
Yes, unfortunately i didn't have time to put sounds in the game.
Regarding the collisions, yes they are a little weird because at the beginning the rover moved much slower but at the end i decided to increase its speed, otherwise the game would be super boring, and didn't change the collision system :-)
Yeah i could have made a "Next" button for the messages... But I haven't (can't remember why) :-P
kj654321
21. Dec 2011 路 22:24 UTC
Solid game, very complete. I think a little bit of polish on the graphics, maybe just some vignetting or noise / scanlines would have added some atmosphere.
馃帳 rjgtav
21. Dec 2011 路 22:32 UTC
@kj654321
Wow, I haven't thought about that, nice idea :-)
idanmiller
22. Dec 2011 路 10:37 UTC
Pretty nice, fun controlling the vehicle, however the game gets repetitive after a while. Although it was nice to find out the drill (even though sometimes it doesn't drill and that was very frustrating...). Good effort :)
Benjamin
06. Jan 2012 路 12:29 UTC
The game is repetitive but the control and scrolling are good. I would love rock particles when I drill those blocks :)
FredericRP
09. Jan 2012 路 23:08 UTC
It was fun at the beginning, then it get boring... then it get fun again, then.. I quit. Good game but you should add something so we know what we're after, what's the objective ?