Rat blasteroid by Massimog

made by Massimog for LD 39 (JAM)

Rat blasteroid is an action platformer about shooting rats in space while maintaining your shield and weapon energy. It has deep social commentary, trust us. Move with A and D, jump with space, melee with left mouse, shoot with right mouse. Break an enemy's shield (blue bars) to stun them, then left-click on them to dash to them, with a chance to restore your health. Melee restores your gun-drone's power. Your shields regenerate, but will eventually disappear permanently. Thanks for playing!

Credits:

Programming and sound FX: Massimo Gauthier @massimog

Art and animation: Eloi Grenier-Binette @egb

Tools used:

Programming: Game Maker

Art and animation: Pyxel Edit

Sound FX: ChipTone

Screenshot rB screenshot.PNG

Gameplay footage

Here's how to get past the tutorial. Right-click, right-click, left-click. rB tutorial.gif

One last thing, THE BLUE THINGS IN THE FIRST AREA ARE HELPFUL, DON'T AVOID THEM.

HTML5 (web)	https://itch.io/embed-upload/551110?color=333333
Other (web)	https://massimog.itch.io/rat-blasteroid
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/rat-blasteroid

Ratings

Overall	775^th	2.762⭐	23🧑‍⚖️
Fun	642^th	2.81⭐	23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	713^th	2.524⭐	23🧑‍⚖️
Theme	807^th	2.476⭐	23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	652^th	2.857⭐	23🧑‍⚖️
Audio	498^th	2.619⭐	23🧑‍⚖️
Humor	316^th	2.647⭐	19🧑‍⚖️
Given		23🗳️	4🗨️

Feedback

Flipsy

01. Aug 2017 · 00:23 UTC

I couldn't get past the first room which I was stuck in, so was just there shooting the same mouse over and over again. Definitely not the same as the screenshot. I tried to get anywhere else but couldn't work it out. Maybe something wrong with the build? Am I missing something?

Didactylos

01. Aug 2017 · 01:30 UTC

I also had trouble getting to the second level. Nice quirky characters, gameplay not particularly intuitive.

EGB

01. Aug 2017 · 05:27 UTC

@flipsy @didactylos Added a .gif showing how to get past. Sorry, it's a little unintuitive but we didn't have time to implement a better tutorial.

Carsen D.

01. Aug 2017 · 20:03 UTC

Once I figured out the teleporting melee mechanic, I quite liked it actually! It feels pretty cool to stun and then teleport for the kill.

FailedStarfish

01. Aug 2017 · 20:04 UTC

Took awhile to get past that first room, I got stuck in wall once. Once past that the game was really fun, nice mechanics with shooting the shield then using melee. Fun, fast paced game.

Whiteninja

01. Aug 2017 · 20:08 UTC

It doesn't have any bugs. The enemies are kinda easier than should be though, at least at first, dunno if it gets harder. The mechanic of shooting an enemy twice then dashing to them sounds over the top, I don't see why I don't just melee everyone. Over all though its a nice game, not buggy and well made.

Sir Daniev

01. Aug 2017 · 20:10 UTC

I was stuck in the first room until I saw the walkthrough gif T.T .
Nice game with nice pixel art. Could use a better tutorial too.

Rapter

01. Aug 2017 · 20:10 UTC

Good Game :D Funny idea and AWESOME realization !!! Congratulations 5/5 !!! GOOD LUCK ^..^

FlyingMeta

01. Aug 2017 · 20:13 UTC

Fun game once I got to the meat of it! Had trouble getting past the second room. The first blue capsule saying to jump had me mistake it for being harmful and I ended up avoiding the second capsule in every way until I saw the description that popped up by being nearby. Just a little UI issue, but the game is otherwise good! :)

Improx Games

01. Aug 2017 · 20:15 UTC

It took me forever to figure out the teleportation mechanic. Other than that the movement feels REALLY good and the sound effects are simple but effective. Good job.

bombjack

02. Aug 2017 · 12:49 UTC

nice game. I had fun playing it

simonhutchinson

06. Aug 2017 · 17:39 UTC

Nice entry! I like the graphics and sound. Like a lot of the commenters above, I had a bit of trouble figuring out the teleport, but once I got rolling it was pretty straightforward. Good work!

joebeard

12. Aug 2017 · 19:51 UTC

I loved that double-tap combo of stun and melee teleport, I don't think I've seen skills combo that well in any of the other games yet.

Catoto

13. Aug 2017 · 04:14 UTC

I got a little bit lost on the tutorial, but its all good. Miss some background music and i find it a little bit hard to aim, hit and dodge but i have fun anyway. Good job

bluellama

13. Aug 2017 · 18:00 UTC

I scored 29. I really liked your tutorial, it was a nice way of integrating it as a lot of LD games tend to just leave you to figure it out! The teleporting mechanic felt pretty fun to use as well, and that could definitely be developed into something cool (maybe even with puzzles).

Knowledge

13. Aug 2017 · 19:18 UTC

Well teleportation mechanic is really interesting.

I think shrinking the player or decreasing number of enemies would improve the game.

Johngun

18. Aug 2017 · 08:55 UTC

Had fun, but it gets hard really fast. As the post above mine mentions, it would improve with a little less enemies in the beginning while you still get the hang of the controls

Nice work