Meteor Horror by Guvitron

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made by Guvitron for LD 41 (COMPO)

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You are a dinosaur, trying to escape extinction! Avoid small meteorites, and be sure to get away from the big Meteors that come. They are all dinosaur-seeking, so use the platforms to your advantage. Survive for as long as you can!

This game was an attempt to mix a platformer and a horde-mode/rogue-like game.

Ratings

Overall 361th 3.361⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Fun 261th 3.417⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 590th 2.833⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Theme 637th 2.75⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 409th 3.111⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Audio 367th 2.75⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Humor 177th 3.167⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 223th 3.306⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 20🗳️ 8🗨️

Feedback

elrobo
23. Apr 2018 · 02:16 UTC
Awesome. I think the only gameplay thing that stood out as needing improvement is the platforming. I liked being able to double jump after impacting the side of a platform, but sometimes I think I was still pressing in the direction of the platform and got a bit stuck.

Adding more types of things that chase you or ways to protect yourself my be nice in future improvements.
Matthew Roelle
23. Apr 2018 · 02:16 UTC
Heat seeking meteors! Very cool :) I enjoyed your dinosaur model haha
SG Alin
23. Apr 2018 · 18:25 UTC
nice ...
Tmvant
23. Apr 2018 · 18:33 UTC
So much pain! It was fun to play :). There is a real challenge, although I'm still not sure how much you can do about avoiding the big meteor.

Best aspects:
- The challenge of dodging homing devices
- Dinosaur model

Notes for improvement:
- (Bug?) The game timer doesn't reset after a game-over. This makes it harder to track how well you did each time.
- Make the jumping a bit more forgiving by e.g. a double jump. The homing devices are already a challenge enough I think :P.
Sky
23. Apr 2018 · 18:34 UTC
I found a sweet-spot right under the starting platform to block all incoming meteors
![Screenshot.png](///raw/ad2/21/z/119c6.png)
That is... until the giant meteor shows up. That thing should NOT be heat seeking, lol. I died almost every time it came on screen
Ben Hopkins
23. Apr 2018 · 19:17 UTC
Very fun! Agree that having a double-jump would be very nice in this game. I like that you can see when the big meteor is coming from the huge red light! One little thing is it feels the meteors can turn a little too quickly when they're right next to you. Overall, really fun and complete-feeling game!
DarkAnice
23. Apr 2018 · 20:25 UTC
A fun game idea, kinda hard to survive lol. tried to trick the meteorites in hitting the platform, but they were smarter most of the times lol. Maybe make a level system out of this, where you have a fixed amount of meteorites spawning for each level. That way you can ramp up the difficulty. nonetheless a fun game, good job!
WesClaudino
23. Apr 2018 · 22:53 UTC
I liked your game, can you evaluate mine?
Kensou
23. Apr 2018 · 23:46 UTC
Game about very cute T-Rex doomed to death!
HKoisumi
24. Apr 2018 · 00:56 UTC
Freaking amazing! Excelent work, wanna check ours too??

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/hype-time
Derek Volker
01. May 2018 · 18:14 UTC
Liked the concept but could really come up with a strategy to dodge the big meteor. Made it once, by luck i guess.
🎤 Guvitron
01. May 2018 · 21:00 UTC
@Derek-Volker The big meteor explodes if it hits 5 platforms. It's hard, depending on where it spawns in relation to you. I didn't get to tweaking it much beyond that.