The Sky is Falling by Fwuffy13

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made by Fwuffy13 for LD 42 (COMPO)

This is my first Ludum Dare. I didn't get to spend much time on this, I hope you enjoy!

Controls:

WASD to move

Space to Jump

Click to shoot

Hold shift to sprint.

Goal:

Survive for as long as possible on the floating platform. Green balls will destroy platform blocks.

easy mode and Hard mode differ in that the ball spawning rate is different, and the the platform blocks behave differently.

Ratings

Overall 673th 2.684⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 648th 2.553⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 646th 2.5⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 502th 3.237⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 692th 1.789⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 521th 2.306⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 17🗳️ 5🗨️

Feedback

diwo
13. Aug 2018 · 03:44 UTC
cool
aaranos
13. Aug 2018 · 04:19 UTC
Not sure if the platform falls after so many hits or if I just got distracted with the balls that shoot out seeming to orbit the platform.
Nick Shooter
17. Aug 2018 · 00:04 UTC
Congrats on your first ludum dare!

The cubes behavior on the harder difficulty certainly made things more interesting, I like the way everything slowly drifted apart. My main criticism is that the spawn rate of the spheres pretty much requires that you look up at all times, making it difficult to keep an eye on the ground. Perhaps a game like this could benefit from an aerial camera rendering to a minimap so you can track your position. Cubes changing color as they get deeper could also communicate this information a bit better. Not bad for your first swing at it though, keep it up.
CristiHKJ
17. Aug 2018 · 19:04 UTC
Nice game! Really cool and interesting! :D
shimage2
17. Aug 2018 · 23:37 UTC
I didn't get used to a unique curve of the ball in beginning, but it prevented becoming too simple. When the ground began to collapse, I got confused, but it was beautiful and good as a effect. Good works! My score was 421 in hard mode.
DatEightBit
18. Aug 2018 · 00:34 UTC
Really neat game!

I like that there is no rate of fire limit!
aug
18. Aug 2018 · 00:36 UTC
Fit the theme well! It was interesting that the bullets you shot would curve around on the side. Also, you can shoot the ground to jump, and since there's no rate of fire, you can fly infinitely and gain points. I liked the shadows!
LooksLikeSomething
01. Sep 2018 · 20:50 UTC
Interesting game, but I had a motion sickness while playing, I feel like the camera turns too fast...
I loved the effect of the ground collapsing!