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UNTHRUSTY by MaryTez

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made by MaryTez for LD 39 (JAM)

You have the crew, time and the takeoff area just for you ... what to do when the rocket is not trustfull??? :sos: :anger_right:

Choose between 4 skins and good luck trying to reach the Space Station :satellite_orbital:

INSTRUCTIONS

Hold SPACEBAR to thrust your Rocket.

Try to keep it going by releasing and thrusting again when the power bar is yellow.

-> If you re-thrust too early, your engine will FAIL.

-> If you take too long, you engine will FAIL as well.

If your engine fails, tap SPACEBAR repeatedly to restart your engine (but be careful, you'll have to hold it right away as soon as it restarts)!

You can select your ship at the beginning with the LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys and the UP arrow key also works as thrust.

Good luck trying to get to the International Space Station!

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https://github.com/henriiquecampos/ludumdare39/

HTML5 (web) https://pigdev.itch.io/unthrusty
Source code https://github.com/henriiquecampos/ludumdare39/
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/unthrusty

Ratings

Overall 558th 3.15⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 613th 2.85⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 598th 2.75⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 403th 3.5⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 274th 3.9⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 117th 3.75⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 414th 2.412⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Mood 588th 2.882⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Given 19🗳️ 4🗨️

Feedback

🎤 MaryTez
29. Jul 2017 · 21:26 UTC
First 90% almost finished....


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Sun-Wukong
31. Jul 2017 · 10:47 UTC
It looks neat but I couldn't play it. Maybe I did something wrong but my rocket's flame would go out immidiately every time and would go out a few moments after each ignition. I did as instructions on the game page said but still no luck to actually launch it. Also - reset button would be of great help. It sucks to reload page every time you need to restart game.
🎤 MaryTez
31. Jul 2017 · 17:45 UTC
My bad @sun-wukong, it seems that I did not explain correctly > _ <!!! I updated the instructions on the page, hope they are better now.

Try holding the space bar and releasing and pressing again when the power bar is yellow. If your engine fails you will have to restart it by tapping repeatedly.

The reload button is a great idea, thank you :grin:



Thank you very much for feedback! :)
Quemagalletas
31. Jul 2017 · 18:08 UTC
The art of the game looks quite good, but the mechanics are a little bit confusing at the beginning. Maybe you should add the typical "smash the space bar" or something like that when the engine fails, and in game instructions could be good to for the lazy people that doesn't read the instructions here (not included in that people hahahaha).

Oh and this looks a game for android, you should upload it to the play store ^^
Lawrence
31. Jul 2017 · 18:13 UTC
Controls are a bit tricky, especially restarting the engine! Otherwise it's a gread game! :)
Zyzzyzzyz
31. Jul 2017 · 18:23 UTC
Looks and sounds amazing! Game mechanics were confusing to start with but pretty fun once I'd worked them out.
aaforcebox
31. Jul 2017 · 18:47 UTC
I like the idea of the game. Here some feedback:
- Make harder the punishment for failing the engine. All you need to do now is smash the spacebar and you will win anyway.
- Give some more time between restarting the engine and pressing the spacebar. I barely could keep it running.
- Put some clouds behind so the player can have a notion of it's going up or down.
mennchen22
31. Jul 2017 · 19:09 UTC
Pretty thing! But as many mention before, smashing space = win :)
thiagonvieira
01. Aug 2017 · 01:22 UTC
I enjoy play this game, very nice ppl!
EdwinGameDev
01. Aug 2017 · 02:28 UTC
This game is pretty neat, good job folks!
Plepletier
01. Aug 2017 · 13:08 UTC
Great Game!!! It's really desperate when rocket engine fail!! heheeheh Good Job!
sgt3v
01. Aug 2017 · 21:48 UTC
Very nice game, it was tricky at first but after a while no problemo :D
Jungle
02. Aug 2017 · 15:16 UTC
Black bird for the win! I really like ship selection feature. I guess power can be drawn more slowly and give more punishment to engine failue on red. Nice entry, great job!!
glimaleite
03. Aug 2017 · 02:26 UTC
Ficou bem bonitinho, hein? hehehe e a música também, achei bem da hora! Eu demorei pra entender que eu tinha de segurar o botão, mas acho q eu q fui tapado mesmo. Parabéns pela jam, pessoal :D
Johngun
07. Aug 2017 · 22:09 UTC
Fun game, like the graphics and music.

Had a hard time finding the rhythm at first but after some time I hit a "sweet spot" and got to the space station yay! :smiley:

Good job
DaragonGames
08. Aug 2017 · 14:37 UTC
Interesting Game. The graphics look good, the sound is nice, but I'm not sure how the game is supposed to be played, i only smashed the space bar repeatedly and reached my goal. Nevertheless good game, thank you for making it.
Phobos001
09. Aug 2017 · 03:01 UTC
I keep trying to mash the spacebar to refresh the engine but it triggers it the nanosecond it's filled back up and stops me again. Very frustrating! Maybe a delay when holding the bar down so the game can tell the difference between holding it down and mashing it. Just my two cents. Otherwise the art is fantastic and the music is very catchy! Great work good sir!
tmpxyz
09. Aug 2017 · 04:59 UTC
The html5 version acts really weired, when the engine fails it just falls down on ground and does nothing.
yuigoto
09. Aug 2017 · 07:03 UTC
The game looks and feels nice, but the spacebar thingy feels a bit too quick for a release/thrust, so I often ended up having to spam spacebar to properly thrust. The concept, though, is really nice and there's a lot you can still put into the game so it gains a bit more of a replay factor. :)

The controls, despite the thrust meter being a bit too quick, are pretty accessible and that's something really nice! :D

At least once I often ended up having Game Over even before the game started, though. :/

Overall, pretty nice entry and great teamwork there! ;) Good luck!