Asteroid Loop by Piturnah

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made by Piturnah for Ludum Dare 47 (COMPO)

Homage to Asteroids using the theme "stuck in a loop" to create an interesting new movement mechanic! Hope you enjoy.

Unfortunately this was my most rushed LD entry yet, so it's not as polished as I'd hoped and un-playtested....

(P.S, everything is drawn with maths, and there is not a single sprite in the game)

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Ratings

Given 8🗳️ 3🗨️

Feedback

Zachary Barbanell
05. Oct 2020 · 05:52 UTC
Pretty neat concept, I like it. It's very easy to lose track of the controls because they're relative.
FabDynamic
08. Oct 2020 · 04:50 UTC
This is one of the coolest modern asteroids Ive ever seen. it looks so crisp and beautiful on my high resolution screen and plays great, the shooting and graphics and explosions are fantastic and I want to know more how you did it ... In fact if I asked nicely is there any way you could try again getting the whole unity project up here somewhere so I could fire it up and see some of your 1980s in 2020 wizardry?
🎤 Piturnah
10. Oct 2020 · 17:46 UTC
@fabdynamic I will absolutely get that done for you! while I'm at it I might comment on some of the code too hahaha, thanks so much for your kind words!
mrhthepie
10. Oct 2020 · 18:37 UTC
Really cool twist on Asteroids, didn't see that coming! Pretty hard game too!
MZA
10. Oct 2020 · 18:59 UTC
Nice take on a classic. The controls take a bit of time to get used too - feels unintuitive to me. Took me a while to get the hang of it - then it was really fun.

You may find a lot of people are commenting about the controls. I made a similar game to yours in a sense that there is a character moving around in a circle ( this was one of my previous LD entries). One of the most popular piece of feedback i got was that the controls didnt feel right. I ended up making the camera rotate along with the player to fix it.

My game was a buggy mess unlike yours, so it may not be 100% relevant but hope it helps.
wrimo
11. Oct 2020 · 19:47 UTC
Really nice. The central twist is really interesting and well executed. My only complaint is that asteroid spawned atop me at one point and ended my run.