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Save Our Ship by Laurari

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made by Laurari for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

Introduction

SOS, SOS!!
Here the crew of LERJ-20 interstellar spacecraft.
We are adrift in one escape pod.
We managed to leave the ship after a terrible explosion that destroyed it.
There is only few of us right now. The other ones weren't that lucky.
Our situation is critical: we have very little oxygen and the pod energy is limited.
We are lost at the Sector 37 asteroid belt.
We cannot locate the nearest base of the Federation. Please, help us!
Save our ship!!

Here you can see the introduction as it is shown in the game:

SaveOurShip-IntroductionVideo

How to play

Controls

Press A and D to change the ROTATION of the ship.

Hold W to ACCELERATE the ship towards the direction that is facing until max velocity is reached.

Hold S to STOP completely the ship.

Press Q or E to DETACH left or right modules respectively.

Modules

Blue Modules give you oxygen - They disappear when empty

Yellow-dotted Modules give you Energy - Radar points to the closest Federation Base

Grey Modules are trash (or blocks)

All equiped modules are destroyed by asteroids.

Credits

Developers & VFX

Laura Martinez Sanahuja

Ennio Casas Puglielli

Music & Art & SFX

Joan Martinez Diaz

M.Rosa Sanahuja Montesinos

QA & Art

Marc Fernandez Diaz

Assets

Kenney

Gameplay

SaveOurShip-IntroductionVideo

Youtube https://github.com/theepsi/SaveOurShip-LudumDare46/releases/download/1.0-alpha/SaveOurShip-1.0-alpha.zip
Youtube https://github.com/theepsi/SaveOurShip-LudumDare46
Youtube https://github.com/theepsi/SaveOurShip-LudumDare46/releases/download/1.0-alpha/SaveOurShipMac-1.0-alpha.zip
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/save-our-ship

Ratings

Overall 1354th 3.446⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1040th 3.411⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1989th 2.87⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1498th 3.537⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1408th 3.481⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Audio 952th 3.296⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Given 22🗳️ 24🗨️

Feedback

the_martijn
21. Apr 2020 · 00:11 UTC
I like the mood/theme of this game.

Gameplay is kinda hard, but I want to retry everytime when I hit an asteroid, haha
JAsonsumm1
21. Apr 2020 · 19:32 UTC
nice idea. maybe it could be a bit more forgiving to make it even more fun?
🎤 Laurari
22. Apr 2020 · 12:06 UTC
Thanks @the-martijn and @jasonsumm1 !! We love a good challenging game, but for sure we need to add some levels of difficulty xD
mlkvr
22. Apr 2020 · 12:43 UTC
I think it would be cool if there were something to shoot astroids because they already split when collide each other but nevertheless solid gameplay and pretty nice graphics, good job!
marcusnystrand
22. Apr 2020 · 12:46 UTC
Nice graphics and interesting concept!
Lee Beever
22. Apr 2020 · 12:46 UTC
A nice take on the theme. I liked the intro animation, it's not often you see those on jam games so it's cool to see. I like the particle effects, especailly when you explode! As noted above, it is a little hard to play, so could be more forgiving.
LaZZyDev72
22. Apr 2020 · 12:55 UTC
Nice Work Guys. :v: Keep It up.
Sam Dower
22. Apr 2020 · 12:56 UTC
Cute little game. really enjoyed it, good job!
pixnpickstudio
22. Apr 2020 · 12:57 UTC
Nice Entry! The introduction is really nice: audio and graphically! Good job for trying the voice acting! The gameplay is pretty tricky, I tried several times without reaching the goal. Just a question of balance. Welcome in the LD community for those whith their first shot. ;)
DocGeraud
22. Apr 2020 · 13:01 UTC
A bit too hard, but nice entry! The intro was really cool, I wish I could rate you in the mood category.
stupidpawn
22. Apr 2020 · 13:03 UTC
The voice acting at the beginning of the game really helps to put every thing in context. The game is fun although I think it maybe is too challeging. I did not understand the goal of the game until I watched the video on this page. Maybe you could state the goal more explicit. Other than that, well done!
Pedro Miranda
22. Apr 2020 · 13:10 UTC
Pretty cool game! I like the graphics and the sound is great too. I found it a bit difficult (didn't managed to get to the station) but had lots of fun while doing it!
And congrats for the intro, it is awesome!
Rolodophone
22. Apr 2020 · 13:12 UTC
I really like the mechanic of picking up the modules to shield yourself and give you oxygen and energy. A pretty hard game, but it was all the more satisfying to complete :smile:
VRTX
22. Apr 2020 · 13:21 UTC
took me a second to understand but i like it
Wuceng
22. Apr 2020 · 13:31 UTC
Fun well rounded entry. Audio was nice. Wont rate graphics. Maybe you should opt out of Graphics next time if you dont make the assets yourself.
Copito
22. Apr 2020 · 13:33 UTC
Not bad, but I found it a bit counter intuitive that 'S' was stop rather than retro, i think perhaps it would be better if holding 'S' allowed your ship to reverse.
🎤 Laurari
22. Apr 2020 · 13:40 UTC
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE FEEDBACK!!! :smile:
🎤 Laurari
22. Apr 2020 · 13:40 UTC
@wuceng thanks!!! we put the graphics part as we did a mix between Kenney assets and other stuff regarding VFX made by us (level design, particle systems, radar, space...)
gurkenlabs
22. Apr 2020 · 14:09 UTC
I see an insane amount of polish in this game, good job! Maybe the transtition between music loops could be a bit more seamless.
Other than that, I really enjoyed your entry ;)
imod
22. Apr 2020 · 21:01 UTC
Nice game, it is a little hard for me, but i like games with challenge.
BurnerAccount
22. Apr 2020 · 22:34 UTC
@laurari You really need to opt out of the graphics category, I'm 95% sure you can still do it now. I'm not sure you realize it but it's technically cheating to use assets you didn't make yourself and not opt out of the respective category.

Besides for this it's a really fun game - I love me some Newtonian physics!

Edit: Thanks for editing laurari! It's a super common mistake that I made myself during my first jam. Again, great game :)
🎤 Laurari
22. Apr 2020 · 22:43 UTC
Thanks @gurkenlabs and @imod !! Challenges are always good if they're not impossible :smile:

@burneraccount just removed it, didn't know I still could change it!! thanks! Part of the graphics were ours, thats why we leaved it in first place... but just not to violate any rule, we've taken it out! next time we'll take our time (or add someone in the team) to do our own assets :smile:
Hellequinne
25. Apr 2020 · 18:01 UTC
Good concept... nice audio. Personally, I would've preferred the challenge to be based on the speed and number of obstacles -- and *not* on based an inability to control the ship. (Or maybe there's a trick to the controls that I never figured out?) Anyway, good job!
🎤 Laurari
25. Apr 2020 · 19:49 UTC
Thanks for the feedback @hellequinn !! Both the speed and the number of obstacles are fixed, but for sure we need to double check that as it is quite high!! About the control of the ship, did you use the "S" as a break?? We find it REALLY necessary to avoid the asteroids, as well as using the modules as blocks