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Escape Velocity by OrdiNeu

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made by OrdiNeu for Ludum Dare 47 (JAM)

Brave space explorer, you have ventured too close to a black hole and been pulled in! Each time you enter, you are spit out into another reality!

Use your wits, luck, and a little bit of boosters to escape the deadly gravitational pull!

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Use the orbit of nearby planets and clever resource management to escape certain doom. Dodge asteroids, slingshot off of large astral bodies and soak up some sweet, sweet fuel from radioactive stars. Clear the gravitational pull of the black hole to win.

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Controls:

  • [a] and [d] or [left] and [right] to rotate

  • [z] or [space] to boost

Refuel your engine at radioactive planets

Resources: - Norma 2D's Celestial Objects Art Pack

Youtube https://ordineu.itch.io/ldjam-escapevelocity
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/escape-velocity

Ratings

Overall 1092th 3.309⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1125th 3.059⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 598th 3.515⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Theme 899th 3.529⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Audio 688th 3.313⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Given 18🗳️ 20🗨️

Feedback

Comari
05. Oct 2020 · 21:31 UTC
Interesting game - I like the way you interpreted "Stuck In a Loop". Thanks for the submission.
ProtoCap
05. Oct 2020 · 21:31 UTC
this is really cool and I really like the pixel art, the only issue I had was that it needs a restart function that resets the black hole as well as the player
ansoneh
05. Oct 2020 · 21:33 UTC
Love space/gravity themed games. Great job!
Thorn
05. Oct 2020 · 21:34 UTC
Interesting concept but for me the controls didn't feel very good and it felt like the thrust from the engines should've been a bit harder (basically when in a planet the thrust was good but if I didn't get an exact shot to the next planet it was near impossible to burn a few cm over to get into its range.
Oulsen
05. Oct 2020 · 21:36 UTC
Cool game! I like the art and gameplay! the controls work correctly, although its kinda hard to get a good shot to another planet sometimes. Overall a really cool game!
ZOMBIEBUST3R
05. Oct 2020 · 21:39 UTC
Very cool concept for this theme. You should add a reset to the black hole when reseting the player, but other than that loved the aesthetics and the gameplay good job!
Guldfisk
05. Oct 2020 · 21:41 UTC
Really cool game! Love that you can see the direction towards the next couple of planets and the small stress factor with the ever approaching black hole, nice game!
Ryuk47
05. Oct 2020 · 21:43 UTC
Nice take on the theme, the sounds are great as well! I have not yet figured out how to get farther than three planets but it was still fun.
perpetuaReality
05. Oct 2020 · 21:55 UTC
WHEW! What a challenging game! Perhaps a little too challenging. I feel like some of the mechanics could be balanced a little better, since it was almost impossible to steer well enough outside of a planet's gravitational reach to be able to reach the more distant planets.

Other than that, this is an incredibly well made game with a very cool use of the theme and some really really interesting mechanics. Can see myself coming back to this one!
Chocolat-Endive
05. Oct 2020 · 22:03 UTC
Controls feels a bit weird, and everything depends of the beginning. It's a cool concept, and the implementation is nice. I don't knwow why, there was'nt any sound on my computer.

Love the graphics, and it's a nice interpretation of the theme.
oxxar
05. Oct 2020 · 22:05 UTC
Oh man, the graphics are amazing. I was really drawn in, höhö, by that title pic!
I like the feel of the controls, unforgiving but rewarding.
I accidentally won when I just went full speed between three planet, I lucked out!

I think the start works great, but it doesn't reset in a satisfying way for me, I'm too eager to start flying again! Which leads to me being sucked in multiple times.
Overall: GREAT
Cydouzo
06. Oct 2020 · 03:51 UTC
The concept is so engaging! I spent surprisingly long trying to get to the top!
Frederik Boye
06. Oct 2020 · 10:07 UTC
Really cool little game, the controls are fairly intuitive but i can see how this is something you could become really skilled at. Game feels responsive and tight, maybe have some sort of progression that facilitates the player learning how to master the controls, perhap some scenarios or the like.
If you get caught in the black hole and reset it kinda just follows you around, so a full restart function would have been nice.
Love the gameboy-esque aesthetic, really nostalgic.
BadPiggy
06. Oct 2020 · 15:42 UTC
It's a rather nice game. The pixel art is what draws you in but the gameplay demands some real skill and is quite fun once you get the hang of it.The controls take a little while to get used to but it's great none the less. Maybe just increase the speed at which you rotate though
paulhocker
10. Oct 2020 · 05:04 UTC
really interesting idea and the game was pretty fun. thanks for making it.
DDRKirbyISQ
16. Oct 2020 · 05:17 UTC
Kind of cool! A little too RNG dependent especially given the more distant planets which don't even appear on the radar, let alone your screen. Mistakes are pretty severely punishing too. But it was still kinda fun nevertheless!