Ultimate Question - 42 by Usanio

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made by Usanio for LD 42 (JAM)

ALARANDO presents the game about escaping from the collapsing galaxy.

You are the creature with the strong desire to live. Try to survive in this living hell, use only one button in you spacecraft, jump forward deep into space and stay alive.

And maybe in this adventure you will get the answer to the Ultimate Question of EVERYTHING.

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Click below to watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyNuEDWr6Sw

gfx: Photoshop, After Effects

engine: AGE

language: C++

platforms for porting: web, linux, ios, android, tvos, android tv

sounds and music: soundsnap.com

Ratings

Overall 209th 3.754⭐ 67🧑‍⚖️
Fun 246th 3.615⭐ 67🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 246th 3.571⭐ 65🧑‍⚖️
Theme 588th 3.5⭐ 66🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 328th 3.831⭐ 67🧑‍⚖️
Humor 586th 2.606⭐ 54🧑‍⚖️
Mood 363th 3.379⭐ 64🧑‍⚖️
Given 59🗳️ 57🗨️

Feedback

KaiHill
14. Aug 2018 · 08:00 UTC
Great art design and fun gameplay. Really enjoyed this game
Araklaj
14. Aug 2018 · 08:04 UTC
Well polished and plays nicely. Nice take on the theme too, quite literal, love it. Only wish is a "restart" button (unless i missed it) for faster failure instead of waiting for ship to reach the edge, when you see you missed.
Ismael Rodriguez
14. Aug 2018 · 08:05 UTC
Cool idea. I like the way it looks, the effect when moving to new planet is neat. I thought shooting across the black hole would kill me at first.

Really good jam game!
Kyllax
14. Aug 2018 · 09:31 UTC
Very polished. The graphics are great, the music is great, the idea is great.
The game feels nice and plays nice.
Great job!
glitchman
14. Aug 2018 · 15:08 UTC
:white_circle: Good idea! I really like the polished graphics. Also, I would say the difficulty is a bit hard. Good luck!
🎤 Usanio
14. Aug 2018 · 16:32 UTC
@glitchman thank you for the comment. We`re working on difficulty in the game. As soon as possible it will be played much better.
Mark Chepicov
14. Aug 2018 · 18:04 UTC
great, just want to receive more points for quick planers, even if they are big :)
kr4ft3r
14. Aug 2018 · 20:47 UTC
Idea, graphics, sound, gameplay, very good job on all those! Those moments when you think you fired a blank but end up on distant planet by luck are fun. Seems the scoreboard is fake though, as it always says YOU and I can't out my name in no matter how many points I get, or is it just the web version. You guys make a great team.
🎤 Usanio
14. Aug 2018 · 21:39 UTC
@mark-chepicov your wish is accepted)
PlanetGames
15. Aug 2018 · 00:43 UTC
simple, yet very addictive. audio feels very tactile and responsive, excellent jam game!
Liven
15. Aug 2018 · 01:50 UTC
Funny and good looking. GG.

I propose another way to travel into space on my compo...
EatingAlrichFreeloaders1996
15. Aug 2018 · 02:11 UTC
Really cool and interesting concept! I think the only critique I'd give is that the bottom and top cut off the game. Not sure if that's a design choice or not.

Still, super fun and very well-polished.
Apples_mmmmmmmm
15. Aug 2018 · 02:30 UTC
Fun game! Definitely difficult (at least for me haha) Love the graphics! The ambient noise seems to occasionally cut out, and then will restart once you've retried again. (Maybe there is just blank noise in the audio and it happened to sync up with me restarting) I like the tension between trying to aim your destination and not spending so much time that you get swallowed up by the universe.
jerripo
15. Aug 2018 · 02:31 UTC
So simple and addicting! The graphics are so clean, and the sun is beautiful. The full browser game makes it feel really immersive and adds to the mood. Great work here!
Roidz
15. Aug 2018 · 02:33 UTC
above comment said exact what i wanted to say ! GREAT JOB !
Daniel Mak
15. Aug 2018 · 02:41 UTC
Great work! I am also wondering if the scoreboard is fake (lol)
Carlos Giraldo
15. Aug 2018 · 03:02 UTC
Very polished and fun game. My only complaint is that on fullscreen 16:9, the top of the screen is very risky since there is less space, I tend to wait to shoot horizontally, which I don't think should factor into a players decision.
mao
15. Aug 2018 · 04:19 UTC
Pretty neat! Some music during the game would be nice, or at least menu music that doesn't contrast quite so much with the main game.
Angela K.
15. Aug 2018 · 04:24 UTC
5 Stars across the board!

Why you ask?

HIGH SCORE BABY!

![HighScore.GIF](///raw/a02/91/z/19a6d.gif)
calixjumio
15. Aug 2018 · 04:29 UTC
Very polished! I like it :D, tried it a few times I wonder if something is introduced later on?, anyways good job!
erebus
15. Aug 2018 · 04:29 UTC
Nice job, very polished. I feel like I want more mechanics, but wanting more isn't necessarily bad!
Gizmolo
15. Aug 2018 · 04:44 UTC
That game was simply crisp! Loved the highscore tune, great work!
Heidi
15. Aug 2018 · 05:25 UTC
Your game was very polished! The music fit the mood of the game very well, implying a sense of intrigue and "where are we going to next?" without feeling doomsday-esque. Overall, your game was intuitive and I definitely enjoyed playing!
dmtroy
15. Aug 2018 · 05:38 UTC
Not a bad game, simple but very well polished.
Void Productions
15. Aug 2018 · 06:30 UTC
Pretty simple pretty neat pretty fun.
Andrei9
15. Aug 2018 · 06:46 UTC
great game !!! :v:
JSMCAG
15. Aug 2018 · 09:08 UTC
Awesome entry! Love the monochrome graphics, with only the subtle red of the black hole (though, personally, I think the yellow guide line clashes with the overall aesthetic), and the audio used (music + sfx) was pretty much handled perfectly and really help sell the mood.
Derek Volker
15. Aug 2018 · 10:38 UTC
Very detailed yet with a simple mechanic, making it easy to understand and play.

I particulary like the song played in the highscores table.
Quorusa
16. Aug 2018 · 00:38 UTC
I like this game ! It's very fun and original !
The concept with planet, the mechanic are awesome !
But I don't understand why this is a sound of coin when we get a planet.
:)
Madamin_Z
16. Aug 2018 · 03:45 UTC
Good idea!
fivenamefivesocks
17. Aug 2018 · 09:32 UTC
Adictive gameplay, a really nice game, good work !
Timbelion
17. Aug 2018 · 12:23 UTC
Very good idea, really nice gameplay and graphics, good job!
minibobbo
18. Aug 2018 · 04:00 UTC
Mood, music and sound effects were spot on. I also loved the binary color graphics and the simple gameplay. Some people must be much better at it than I am because I don't even think I made it into double digits for the score even though I tried a number of times.

It did take a couple tries to get used to the velocity of the ship, but there isn't really any getting away from that. I was a little confused at first because of your note that "black holes consume everything" but then my ship was immediately positioned to fire directly into a black hole. I lost the first round thinking I was supposed to rotate around the planet somehow. Not a problem, and you figure it out the first time you launch, but thought I'd mention it.

Very polished and nice!
kirb
18. Aug 2018 · 05:28 UTC
Fantastic clarity of design and execution! Loved it!
icxon
19. Aug 2018 · 05:19 UTC
Easy to learn, hard to master. I hate this game :smile: and I love it. Minor issue -- the music got disabled if you restart really fast.

The best hit so far, +81!

![2018-08-18 22_16_50-.png](///raw/2e1/z/1a3d4.png)
Biebras
19. Aug 2018 · 11:10 UTC
Really eat game. The graphics are awesome, and the audio, you could make it phone game. I would download it definitely. Anyways I have a question, can you tell me how you dit whit dots orbit?
Zinski
19. Aug 2018 · 13:42 UTC
I loved the simple but effective gameplay! I think that with additional powers the player could have advantages to better target or have more chances as in the game "Peggle". However I also loved the minimalist style and the musical atmosphere! Great job!
Andrey Ugolnik
21. Aug 2018 · 23:43 UTC
@biebras thanks a lot.

If I understand your question, it very easy - the circle math (sine + cosine).
mistersdevelopment
23. Aug 2018 · 19:04 UTC
Really enjoyed the game and the high score screen!
gil4
31. Aug 2018 · 13:06 UTC
Really polished, could easily be released on mobile as is even. I enjoyed it, especially the way you can balance the difficulty yourself by making riskier moves and flying off into the abyss. :D Well done in all the categories!