Event Horizon by Bejaro
Event Horizon is a top-down shooter stuck in a loop!
Escape the gravity well of the black hole by slaying the beast within. Collect fuel from nearby asteroids to ensure you don't get dragged inside!

POST-JAM NOTES:
Thanks so much for the feedback! An updated post-jam version is now available on itch.io for those who'd like to check it out!
Here are a couple of notes to help those of you who'd like to try this out:
- The speed at which the game loads can affect your starting position. Hold or tap W during the loading screen to help with this.
- You can shoot red asteroids to get fuel.
- Asteroids like to spawn on top of each other. They also like to hurt you so try not to crash into them.
| Youtube | https://benjrose.itch.io/event-horizon-ld47 |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/event-horizon |
Ratings
| Overall | 1084th | 3.315⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 1061th | 3.111⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 976th | 3.179⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 935th | 3.5⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 933th | 3.414⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 889th | 3.308⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 21🗳️ | 32🗨️ |
You get no warning, no controls nothing when you start the game. There's no introduction what you gotta do at all.
The controls are absolutely horrendous. Pressing W to fly down when you are below the black hole feels bad.
The shooting frequency of the black hole (why on earth does a black hole shoot lasers in the first place?) is way too high, the shots are too close to each other so it's basically impossible to dodge when you are near to the hole.
The Audio sliders in the options don't work at all.
It had a nice theme to it, the audio was nice, the graphics also looked cool, but gameplay was absolutely horrible. Sorry. :\
If I can give a suggestion, in my opinion it would be better to move the spaceship a bit away from the center at the beginning in order to have some seconds to understand how the controls work.
But overall nice job! Kept me playing for a while!