Quite enjoyable indeed!

great art style and controls. but i could only find one planet??

@scott-purcival That was the tutorial. Start the game again to play the actual game. I will make a post-jam version which moves you to the game automatically.

I will play it as soon as I submit my game!

wait until the update plz! it will come out in a few minutes

@nnnikki I'll be sure to play the update too!

alright, update done!

Graphics are nice. The gameplay is fun, it's just I couldn't tell how I died. Other than that great game

@itsdemgames @scott-purcival @sharks @lilkkgoog Be sure to rate the game, as playing & rating has begun!

SURPRISE BLACK HOLE. Really enjoyed your game, the only thing I would change is to not point at colonised planets.

@ravenflame Okay! I will do that right now in fact!

Neat!

The cursor sometimes pointed off-screen (it's a bit funny that you can fly out of the galaxy tbh) especially in the beginning, but most of the time it worked fine :D What are those colonists -doing- to the planets tho :O they spread out a bit and then THE WHOLE PLANET DISAPPEARS. Anyway, got eaten by a black hole! Nice work.

lool @wolfrug i made the planets disappear to not clutter the screen. and also I think that the things they build don't really look like domes:
but i decided to go with it
thanks for the feedback! im kinda exhausted so ill just go and watch some more Danny Gonzalez videos on my Samsung Galaxy Tab S whilest eating cookies.

The interactive tutorial is such a good idea. And I like the game theme about black holes. Good job!

Nice job. Controlling the spaceship has a very nice feeling to it. I think the black holes are bit too strong. The graphics are pretty well done.

Good Gaming Idea, Music needs to be improved Graphics good

Great game, it took me some time to master the control and I had some issue of hitbox with the menu. Anyway good work !

Ugh I can't play windows games. Do you have a gameplay video?

I liked it, it was really fun!

Amazing style together with audio reminds me of atari times. Tutorial in game is quite clever. Good effort

The tutorial crashed and then I couldn't find a way how to play it... So now I don't know how to play the game, for example can't figure out what is doing "space" =D Can you please write controls here? I would wait for it and play it afterwards :)

Love the interface for menu screen, pause, and new highscore, with the alien symbols. Catchy tune and smooth controls that is quite intuitive! Neat game :)

I really liked the control of the space ship. SFX and graphics were nice, and i love the whole black hole gravity mechanic.

Nice indie style Game!

Everyone, thanks for the great support!!! :smile: :thumbsup:
@maoap W to accelerate, A/D to turn, E to inhabit planet, Space to see the nearest black hole. I guess it would be a good idea to write them down on the game page.
@rexpeppers Okay, I'll make one now. Unfortunately I can't make builds for other platforms, sorry.
https://youtu.be/0BdbrMKNu7s

I LIKE THIS!
I like font！so cool
I hope more people can play this！

Oh, I have some problems with my network, I sent it two times.

Movement was very smooth once i figured out I had to have forward momentum to turn... polished looking menus with sound options... I needed a hook to make me want to continue playing

@nnnikki Thanks :) Great game, I really like the combination of your game and audio. I was quite surprised, how funny game it is, althought I just go around space and inhabit planets =D

Moving around was nice and relaxing, getting one of the basics right is always good!

Nice job. At the start I didn't get the black hole, but after some runs I got it.
The design was very minimalist but the controls were good. I think more work on the game design itself would be welcome (but LD is a hard jam xD).
Keep improving, nice work

@nnnikki We've finished Part 1 of our Play and Rate video for Ludum Dare 42, and we've added it per your response. Check it out!
https://youtu.be/vuUp1EYEiuA (The video may be uploading for a little while. If so, check back after a day or so)

I re-streamed this when I wasn't so tired to give it a proper run through. I really enjoyed the mechanics and the physics of the black holes. I think the animation/effect of colonizing could be a little faster (I was eventually just running out of the area before the planets faded out or had bubble stuff put on them). Here is a link to the re-stream of your game:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/298451826?t=00h29m42s

@dimlight @acuriosity @maoap @shp @kogyblack @tigerj Thanks to all for the great support! :smile: :hugging:
@koala-squad The vid is still processing... not sure what to do with it

@nnnikki It's finished processing! Check it out!

Fun game, I like you incorporated the tutorial into the game world.

Very nice game!I like the soundtrack and visual and of course the graphics.Pretty fun game and tutorial was nice.

nterest I would like to see a more evolved version of this game

Veeeery fast movement but I like it! It feels good.

I found a little bit difficult to control, and I took some time to understand what I have to do. But is a really nice entry for a game jam.

I love it, it feels great :)

Really like what you have done with your game. It genuinely feels like it came from an 80's arcade. The sound design was on point and I really liked the graphics/aesthetics. The game-play felt good. took a couple of tries to get the hang of it. through me off the you needed forward momentum to turn :P. I feel like it would work really well on mobile. The only issue is that the black holes are not obvious enough leading to pretty unfair deaths. and they either don't appear enough or don't get big enough fast enough to be seen a a threat. I was able to play for quite a while without encountering a single one, and that is without knowing where they actually where. Other than that really enjoyed the game and will likely play it again in the future.

Really like what you have done with your game. It genuinely feels like it came from an 80's arcade. The sound design was on point and I really liked the graphics/aesthetics. The game-play felt good. took a couple of tries to get the hang of it. through me off the you needed forward momentum to turn :P. I feel like it would work really well on mobile. The only issue is that the black holes are not obvious enough leading to pretty unfair deaths. and they either don't appear enough or don't get big enough fast enough to be seen a a threat. I was able to play for quite a while without encountering a single one, and that is without knowing where they actually where. Other than that really enjoyed the game and will likely play it again in the future.

i could not get past the tutorial - the black hole kept killing me - from what i say it was pretty good - i was playing the post compo version i think

@psjuk0 @frozen-stick @dimesto52 @reax @rodrigo-denubila @suchista @wizard Thanks to all for the lovely feedback! :smile: :hugging:
@paulhocker "iim-game-2.zip" is the post compo version. I don't see how you would die. All you need to do is go upwards and then turn right. Also, if you're stuck in the tutorial, you can press Esc to pause, then Q to quit, and the click Play again to play the game.

Overall, a solid compo entry, well done.

The Good

Controls are clear and the in game tutorial is not intrusive.
Objective is clear, no confusion in “what do I have to do”
Nice music track, gives the “lost in space” vibe
Black hole mechanic adds an extra edge.

What could be improved

There is a certain “Screen limit” that you kind of just find out when it kills you.
You go enough south for example and you eventually run out of the screen and die. This is never really warned and just kind of “happens”.
The player ship (in window mode) does not remain in the center of the screen but rather moves towards the direction he is moving (particularly noticeable when moving north or south) which causes some classic 90s “spawn deaths” aka something spawns and I cant avoid it because I couldn’t see it.
Black hole is an interesting mechanic but one that is never explained and only thing I can get by intuition is to get as far away as possible. May be enough, maybe not.
Background is tiled yet is not designed to be such, resulting in “square” after “square” being painfully visible. It’s a compo game and part of a jam so it may be unreasonable to point out.
There does not seem to be any real difficulty increase in time, ad least in my limited play time.
Feedback on inhabited planets, such as a ding or a more visible graphic would be nice

This is the first game in this jam with this control scheme that is implemented well. I liked the graphics and the music also. The gameplay was done well enough but not really exciting. I liked the black hole physics though!

Great audio! Those black holes were super spooky. Well done! Thanks for sharing your game with my stream awhile back. Your game was played around 5:18 into this vod: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/300724241