Hope Glider by Spotline

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made by Spotline for LD 39 (JAM)

We ran out of power. Pollution is everywhere. Aliens are sending us clean energy. Take your solar glider and collect energy packages while flying through pollution clouds. Beware the turbulence !


Steer : Left-Right or A-D Recharge battery : Stay in the light Boost : Up arrow!

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Ratings

Overall 87th 3.957⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 91th 3.826⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 40th 4.043⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 553th 3.304⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 90th 4.348⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Audio 54th 4⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 347th 2.579⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 112th 3.87⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 20🗳️ 15🗨️

Feedback

sunnray
02. Aug 2017 · 12:43 UTC
Great game! I like the cutscenes and the overall story. Although once I got ahold of controls, game started to seem extra easy.
Eliana
04. Aug 2017 · 15:08 UTC
This sounds interesting, but I can't play atm because I'm a Mac user. Do you have any plans to port it to Mac?
cpv
11. Aug 2017 · 18:57 UTC
This is the game I played the most during this ludum dare! I find it very interesting. Some improvements would be to increase the level size, or make it random and bigger, and with each success to make it harder. And it feels strange to control the glider when it's over the top edge. But still a great game!
meownsk
12. Aug 2017 · 10:11 UTC
Thats great how you used liquid simulation. The glider itself looks very neat with 3d-model and such a movement while turning. Great work about visual and technical implementation!
Unfortunately the game isn't very interesting for playing. It's more like technocal demo scene for visual and glider controlling.
🎤 Spotline
12. Aug 2017 · 10:49 UTC
@eliana : Yes, uploading a Mac version right now ! We hope it works.
DeadlyAlive
12. Aug 2017 · 10:57 UTC
Wow?! Wow!! Such underrated game... Although I don't find it very suiting to the theme, whan an awesome music and visuals! Great work!
romain1151
13. Aug 2017 · 09:56 UTC
congratulation your game is so beautifull and I played it a lot
Felipe Tavares
13. Aug 2017 · 10:49 UTC
Awesome and very fitting music. Loved it. Everything about it is great, and the initial cutscene adds an extra depth.

I played it on Linux using wine so it was a bit slow, if you make a Linux version I will definitely play a bit more because this tiny world just feels so... full of hope!
HuvaaKoodia
13. Aug 2017 · 11:03 UTC
Neat concept, great graphics and challenging controls. Managed to save humanity in 33 seconds, multiple times!

I am quite interested in the fluid (air) simulation you got going on in here. Is it based on a third party tool or is it all custom made? It is super funky.

Great work!
🎤 Spotline
13. Aug 2017 · 12:30 UTC
@huvaakoodia : Thanks ! Fluid sim is based on candycat1992's GitHub project : https://github.com/candycat1992/2DFluidSim/tree/master/Assets.
I'll upload the sources soon !
tapestry
17. Aug 2017 · 21:10 UTC
Great job on your game. Liked the music, really fits the game, kinda reminded me cid's theme from final fantasy 7! the fluid simulation was amazing. Controlling the plane was a bit tough at first, but I got the hang of it after a couple of tries.
ZYXer
18. Aug 2017 · 15:42 UTC
Wow, technically impressive game!!! I really liked the fluid simulation. I had to implement such a fluid simulation for a university lecture last year, I know how frustrating it can be :D

The graphics are really nice! Love the little airships and the background. The intro/outro screens set the mood quite well.

The controls feel really good (Though I flew off the screen once). Difficulty is just right. Music sounds good. Would have loved to play more levels.
hhsaez
21. Aug 2017 · 18:51 UTC
Great game! I like the physics simulation and while the controls seem hard at the beginning, they are great once you get some practice. The music gets repetitive after some time, but the art are amazing.

It would be nice if the spawn points for the energy pickups is a bit less random. From time to time, they appear right next to a wall, making them impossible to get until they move a little.

Really nice work!
elmismopancho
21. Aug 2017 · 19:16 UTC
Amazing game and fun. The art is beautiful and the controls are very nice. In terms of difficulty perhaps it was a bit easy, but other than that a great entry. Congratulations!
Zirrrus
21. Aug 2017 · 19:37 UTC
Oh, the fluid simulation aspect makes it really cool, well done!
In general a very fun and good-looking little game. Nice, upbeat music too.
Almax
21. Aug 2017 · 19:48 UTC
Excellent use of fluid simulation, very impressive for a weekend's work. Was a little hard to manoeuvre at first given the dynamic nature of the environment, I was surprised by how well it controlled. Loved the aesthetic too, simple and easy to read :)
Belga54
21. Aug 2017 · 20:15 UTC
Great concept. But it was a little bit hard to me to understand the controls. Good visuals thow. Good entry !
Frozen Stick
22. Aug 2017 · 12:32 UTC
The controls were a bit hard to get use too but the graphics and the effects are amazing.The music is nice and the concept of the game is neat,Though the game was short.