Musk Mining Industries by GlintGames
Save your astronaut buddies from the alien blob monsters!
Keyboard controls:
Left Thrust - Z key.
Right Thrust - right arrow.
Restart Mission - down arrow.
Jam game for Ludum Dare 40.
Made by Colin Lane @colinl and me (Glint Games).
| Flash (web) | https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/703013?updated=1512423033 |
| Other (document) | https://ibb.co/ezwOjb |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/musk-mining-industries |
Ratings
| Overall | 581th | 3.448⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 492th | 3.397⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 563th | 3.172⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 887th | 2.983⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 202th | 4.133⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 438th | 3.196⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 290th | 3.621⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 27🗳️ | 19🗨️ |
A little bit really hard but anynway, awaesome ! :)
Otherwise, good entry =)
I love those control mechanics where playing becomes a challenge!!

(I only discovered the down to restart after reloading the game, perhaps that bit should be on the screen, even if subtley.)
Lovely polish on a simple game, somehow the controls are a bit unintuitive... I've tried playing in different ways, crossing my arms, etc, but it just isn't quite "intuitive". Also I kept thinking I was supposed to pick up the miners or something and kept trying to land with them and nothing happens.
I think the way the game controls need to be more intuitive - like the controls shouldn't be "fire this thruster" but "if I want to go this way I'll press this", if you know what I mean. It can be tweaked to be more enjoyable to play rather than like learning an alien instinct.
Really nice use of the CGA colour pallete and those are some super cute tiny pixels. Excellent polish on the front end too. Top notch presentation.
I also had the same bug that @tuism had, where I couldn't move/die. I think I flailed around on the keyboard until I accidentally found the restart key though.
I didn't see any alien blob monsters... false advertising! As far as I could tell, you didn't have a win condition? That would have been cool :)
Nice entry overall.