Space Goat: Coast to Coast by Stevie Bushman

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made by Stevie Bushman for LD 43 (JAM)

CONTROLS: Just use your mouse and click

Build a spaceship and fly through space!

Beware though, you have to sacrifice parts of your ship to survive.

Save kittens, snails, chickens, and babies?

Remember kids,

In Space Goat Sacrifices You

Team: Stevie, Brenden, Nic, Casey, Abigail

CONTROLS: Just use your mouse and click

Ratings

Overall 237th 3.75⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Fun 137th 3.788⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 116th 3.75⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Theme 522th 3.462⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 513th 3.519⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Audio 371th 3.3⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Humor 134th 3.72⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Mood 342th 3.54⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Given 28🗳️ 19🗨️

Feedback

royur
04. Dec 2018 · 06:30 UTC
I like it!
Heather Flowers
04. Dec 2018 · 06:31 UTC
Didn't quite understand what was happening but had a blast anyways. I'd never seen a control scheme like that before, but once I started playing it made sense immediately. Thank you for participating in LDJAM!
kambing
04. Dec 2018 · 06:38 UTC
I'm a simple man, I see Goat, I click. But WOW did my expectations got blown out of the airlock or what!

Great
- Goat is well implemented. Well done.
- Space + Ship + Sandbox + Survival = LOVE
- I really love how snappy the feeling of snapping the components are
- Absolutely love how the Goat wasnt harmed even though the spaceship was destroyed. The transition back to start was 100% genius

Could be greater
- Kinda hard to tell what the components do from a glance (what's with the snail?)
- Way too many things floating in space
- My missiles turned back and shot at me??!!
- How do you control the spaceship?
- What is the goat, I mean Goal of the game?
🎤 Stevie Bushman
04. Dec 2018 · 06:50 UTC
@kambing Thanks for your feedback! It's a bit of an experiment with things to figure out what they do kind of game.

You can save the snails for bonus points and because it's fun to try to protect them.

Missiles follow your mouse cursor, but you have to figure that out too :)

The spaceship can't be controlled

The goal is to get from one Coast (the start) to the other Coast (the end) while saving as many critters as possible.

Or, just build the coolest ship :)
scf
04. Dec 2018 · 07:10 UTC
This is a great idea, I also like goats which is a plus :D
Pros:
- mechanics is easy enough to understand within 2-3 sentences of tutorial
- joints are self-explanatory
- Totally fits the theme!

Improvements:
- It would be nice to see more utility from the different parts (maybe I missed it?)
- Difficulty is either boring or impossible, maybe something in-between would be nice...
Pez
04. Dec 2018 · 07:13 UTC
This has been the most FUN entry in LD43 I've played so far!
JohnnyGinard
04. Dec 2018 · 18:10 UTC
Awesome, great work! :smile: :top:
D3vil0p3r
04. Dec 2018 · 21:27 UTC
It took me a minute to figure out the controls but I made it to the end. I think it fits to the theme well.
tinykidtoo
05. Dec 2018 · 03:39 UTC
SPACE GOAAAAT! I love the games' silly 80s computer game vibe. I found the controls to be good once I understood them. This game could use a bit of a tutorial as not all of it is easy to understand. I really enjoyed flying to space with my space goat. Awesome game.
Anton Savinov
05. Dec 2018 · 10:52 UTC
And so the man gazed into the eyes of Chaos and what he saw there was among the stars a Flaming Vessel in a shape most unspeakable reined by a Goat in a Glass Jar. And then it shot itself with a homing missile.
Sockyman
05. Dec 2018 · 20:49 UTC
Quite a lot of fun! I like the mechanic of grabbing parts and building up your ship.
honey
05. Dec 2018 · 21:14 UTC
You have it all, you have it right. I had fun and had to talk myself out of playing your game more and more so that I could also play something different. Great flow, splendid work. Thank you for the experience!
RenegadePunisher
06. Dec 2018 · 17:03 UTC
Great concept. Love the idea of building your ship up and then having to sacrifice pieces in order to continue.
Also, i like the humour that you added with this game. Well done.