Asteri by Wyatt

Grab some friends and restart the universe
Also playable solo. Fullscreen & headphones recommended!
How To Play: Collect stardust and bring it back to your ship.
Only two buttons, works on a keyboard or with gamepads. We had a lot of fun playing online(locally) with Parsec.
Enjoy!
- Programming: Carl Larsson + Dan Colman
- Art: Wyatt Strain
- Music, SFX, & Vocals: Alex Cap (heyycap)

https://youtu.be/TopuWNcycZI
| Youtube | https://wyattari.itch.io/asteri |
| Youtube | https://wyattari.itch.io/asteri |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/asteri |
Ratings
| Overall | 66th | 4.192⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 503th | 3.593⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 524th | 3.58⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 859th | 3.574⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 122th | 4.365⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 8th | 4.625⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 907th | 2.55⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 85th | 4.204⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 21🗳️ | 28🗨️ |
Also - can I give so many kudos to @heycapp, this audio is :thumbsup:
I noticed that sometimes the spheres you have to collect spawned directly on top of asteroids which made it near impossible to collect them. But that was not a major issue; great entry!
When I loaded the page I just stayed there listening to the tune, so chilling and happy <3
This game is so beautiful both visually and musically =)
I was totally impressed, the mood was so nailed.
I want to share this to my friends so they can feel these vibes too (I played solo anyway).
My only complaint is about the movement. I needed a bit to understand it (gravity was pulling me down, direction is about clockwise or anti), it's ok for me to discover the mechanics but I think that the movement itself could be also improved, and the combination of the two things (hard to understand and control) make it a little bit too difficult for the mood it sets you into.
Maybe just have you bounce when you hit a rock or the planet instead of die could have helped.
I've tried (alone so sad) how it is with 2 players mode and it could be funnier since it is that kind of game where you struggle and with friends the struggle becomes something to laugh at, but alone it is a bit too frustrating at times.
The gameplay took me a while - I somehow get that I'm supposed to be collecting those bubbles, but I didn't know what to do with them (I didn't read the description), so I first tried to put one over the other, which didn't work, so I took it to the ship, which did work and I was very happy about myself being so clever :)
It took me a while to understand the gravity of the situation, but then controlling the astronaut felt pretty good and satisfying, in a souls-like manner all the damage taken was totally accountable to me :) I experienced a weird glitch, when my astronaut just disappeared on the left side of the screen, in still visible area where there was nothing apparent to collide with, so I assume that was a bug? Or an invisible black hole, as both space and black holes are black, so it cannot be seen? :)
Also I somewhat assumed it's gonna be endless but then my spaceship just flew to the right and left and I was brought to the main menu again, so I suppose I won? Didn't see any lives count, so I must have won, yeah? :)
And once again, THAT MUSIC MAN! You're awsome!