Don't give up, Earth! by Rosca Valentin

The universe is shrinking and the planets are running out of space to be in. So what happens next? A battle between the planets, of course!
Smash into the other planets and collect powerups to increase your survival chance! Destroying other planets gives you more time until your imminent death.
| HTML5 (web) | https://rovi.itch.io/dont-give-up-earth |
| Source code | https://rovi.itch.io/dont-give-up-earth |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/dont-give-up-earth |
Ratings
| Overall | 200th | 3.625⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 57th | 3.9⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 271th | 3.35⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 241th | 3.8⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 106th | 3.925⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 339th | 2.921⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 38th | 3.694⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 38th | 3.833⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 1🗳️ | 2🗨️ |
And I'm guilty of expecting earth-chan, but close enough, lol.
I think the gameplay could get a little optimization. Right now I don't need to "fight" and just keep on dodging. After some time when the universe is small enough it stopped shrinking altogether (because other planets keep colliding with the sun?) and it's become an endless game.
Also, the explanation text is too fast and misleading. At the beginning after reading it I thought my role is to knock other planets away from the sun (similar to other "protect Earth/Sun" games). Took me a while and many re-read to understand how to play,
Interesting idea :)
I m not sure If is a game about fighting perhaps is a world where all planete could be friend, and want to hug the sun (perhaps it is not the best idea but you sun is very cute)
Youd done a very great job, but I think more player's feedback like a blinking shield just before is cancellation (ora shield you juste dodge the next hit) a ambiance sound can easily add more life to a game.
I very apreciate your death screen, but perhaps the earth like the other just want to be friend with the sun, (before colaps and die).
This game is for me (and actually) the game in which I want just play more, just is agreable and (nearly) relaxing, if you had some music I swear I test play more and more.
Can you ping me if you add the music ? (I want to play more :) )
(my best: 9100)
Also 5 STARRED your face :smile:
