Star Boi by ItsSaraficed





*How to play Star Boi *
Moon protects the earth.. collect the stars to become more dope.. he is a star boi after all..
Controls :
Left (a) or Right (d) to rotate around earth
Shift to slowdown rotation speed
Spacebar to shoot
Escape Pauses Game (or click button)
U to upgrade (or click button)
Made from scratch within 72 Hours.
Links
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/star-boi |
Ratings
| Overall | 551th | 3.091⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 566th | 2.818⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 732th | 2.182⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 432th | 3.348⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 243th | 3.87⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 415th | 2.727⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 233th | 3.048⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 533th | 2.952⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 42🗳️ | 14🗨️ |
Dope is a good mechanic, and the art is awesome!

The shift to slow down thing was an awkward solution. I guess it's tricky... you needed to let the player go really fast to get to the other side of the planet quickly, but also to move slowly to fine-tune aim. But maybe that could have been accomplished in a smoother way. Maybe a fast but non-zero rampup time on the rate of movement after I press the key, so quick taps of the key don't lurch instantly, but if I hold it I still get up to max speed really quick. Not sure, but the shift thing needs iterating imo.
But I loved the upgrade aspect and the slick presentation, and I had some fun with this one for a while! My high score was something close to 600 I think. Also the earth face getting more beat up was just great.
Nice entry.
To nitpick a bit, I felt that the difficulty curve could use some work, as sometimes early on things felt super unfair, whereas at later stages you would get times where almost nothing spawns.
Another thing that got me a bit (although this could just be because I suck) is that the shots were on the side of the moon, which took a bit to get used to.
All that being said, really great entry, pretty fun as well. Felt a bit like a variation of space invaders :)
You could maybe give a hint to player for knowing witch kind of alien is coming near the number of time.
:thumbsup:
EDIT: Oh, and I made it to about 1000 points before finally failing to deal with a single lone UFO. This was user error. I was having too much fun spinning around shooting lasers everywhere and...missed.
Nice work, congratulations!