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Stardust by ohmmus

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made by ohmmus for LD 42 (COMPO)

THEME: "Running Out of Space"

As a space pilot escaping pursuit, you head full speed into a chaotic debris field hoping to lose your tail. Good thing you've trained your entire life for this sort of thing!

Make split-second flight path changes by accessing your ACE-MODE skill, which allows you to slow down time around you while controlling your ship as normal.

CONTROLS: SPACEBAR - Press and hold to activate ACE-MODE. Time around you slows to a halt. Release to leave ACE-MODE. Arrow-UP - Pitch your ship up. Can only be used in ACE-MODE. Arrow-DOWN - Pitch your ship down. Can only be used in ACE-MODE.

RULES: - Avoid RED walls on top and bottom of screen. - Avoid YELLOW debris fields and pieces. - Use ACE-MODE to make split-second changes in your flight path. - This is an endless-runner; go for score!

Tools: - Unity3D + Visual Studio 2017 - Bosca Ceoil https://boscaceoil.net/ - Inkscape https://inkscape.org/en/ - BFXR https://www.bfxr.net/

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Heartfelt thanks to: - Tyson S. - Christina P. - Jonathan S. - Cody P.

Source code https://github.com/ohmmus/LD42
HTML5 (web) http://games.ohmmus.com/LD42/
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/stardust

Ratings

Overall 256th 3.55⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 220th 3.5⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 72th 3.816⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 383th 3.526⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 628th 2.5⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 166th 3.368⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 260th 3.139⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 18🗳️ 13🗨️

Feedback

Vincent Knauss
13. Aug 2018 · 04:23 UTC
Very interesting mechanic! Really started to appreciate it when things started to heat up
elenesski
13. Aug 2018 · 04:44 UTC
Really interesting idea on a real-time and turn based mix. I had Fun.
Predominant
20. Aug 2018 · 03:35 UTC
I've not seen a game of this genre with the pause mechanic. Interesting. Good work!
ChicoMCastro
20. Aug 2018 · 03:37 UTC
I found it a little bit confusing at beginning, but it's a simple and functional idea. The art is simplicist and the sounds are funny. Maybe through some animations you could turn it more immersive and/or funny. Keep the good work!
mapedorr
20. Aug 2018 · 04:44 UTC
An interesting core mechanic. What you did to show the controls is pretty smart, and I liked how the obstacles change their color if they are in the path of movement. Aesthetically took me back to my Windows 98 days. I liked the visual style and the music. I had problems playing it on Google Chrome, but Firefox saved the day.

You already played our game: The legend of the looter and the incredible backpack that never runs out of space, so we can't do anything but thank you.
Fernando Tonon de Rossi
03. Sep 2018 · 01:58 UTC
I really enjoyed the controls, quite innovative. Very interesting! good job!
atom0520
03. Sep 2018 · 02:23 UTC
Although the graphics in your game are very simple, the core gameplay is quite fun and fits the theme. The audio and the asteroid particles are also cool. And the interation in the home menu is very interesting and I do like it. Overall it's a fun and cool game for compo. Good job!
JesterSeraph
03. Sep 2018 · 05:13 UTC
Very fun game! The concept reminded me of flappy bird and it's predecessors, but with a really fun ability. I thought this game was direct from an old arcade library, it seemed very polished, great work!
alexfalkenberg
03. Sep 2018 · 05:19 UTC
What an interesting idea for a mechanic. Core gameplay is nice, you definitely got the theme. Graphically I'm torn: I like the "retro" look, but I wonder if it would benefit from a different graphical style. Same with the audio. Controls were pretty good. I had a lot of fun playing this, and I hope you continue to work on it.

Hope you've had a great LD!
Yayiest
03. Sep 2018 · 12:46 UTC
I really like the mechanic and controls, my high score is 116. I think it fits the theme very well too, my only suggestion would be to change the difficulty curve so it gets harder more gradually. But overall I really like it. :smiley:
CristiHKJ
03. Sep 2018 · 15:46 UTC
Great game! Very cool and interesting! :D
GreenAndSubmarine
03. Sep 2018 · 17:20 UTC
Very interesting mechanics! It gets pretty tricky as you go further. Good job!
LooksLikeSomething
03. Sep 2018 · 19:29 UTC
Interesting idea, and a fun game, good job!