GravLoop by AvatarGreggles
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Bowie, the lost astronaut has crashed on an alien planet and finds himself trapped at the base of a pit.
Navigate towards the surface before getting trapped in a Gravity Loop. The Gravity on this planet is too much for Bowie to handle, so he uses his Gravity Disabler to weaken the planets pull.
Collect Fuel Upgrades to enhance your Jetpack which will allow you to fly to further heights. Also, collect Gravity Orbs to lengthen the time of your Gravity Disabler.
When your Gravity Disabler reaches zero, you will be pulled to the bottom of the pit, caught in a seemingly endless loop. Watch out for enemies, as they can scramble your jetpack's power source. Perhaps you can find a weapon to fend them off.
Keyboard Controls + A/D - Move Left/Right + Space - Shoot (when you acquire a weapon) / Select highlighted menu item. + W - Jump (Press a second time and hold to fly when you have fuel). + ESC - Pause Game
Gamepad Controls (Tested with PS4) + Left Joystick - Move Left/Right + R2 - Shoot (when you acquire a weapon) + X - Jump (Press a second time and hold to fly when you have fuel). / Select highlighted menu item. + Options - Pause Game
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| Youtube | https://gravloop.vercel.app/ |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/gravloop |
Ratings
| Overall | 643th | 3.608⭐ | 67🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 479th | 3.612⭐ | 69🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 909th | 3.242⭐ | 68🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 996th | 3.433⭐ | 69🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 840th | 3.515⭐ | 69🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 448th | 3.581⭐ | 70🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 646th | 3.538⭐ | 68🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 53🗳️ | 65🗨️ |
More recharge to pickup please, at least at the beggining :)
Graphics, music and sound were good. A few more sound effects for the enemies would have been great.
Overall a nicely polished game, well done! :thumbsup:
Also, everybody who commented so far, we really appreciate your feedback! <3
Nice game, would pummel to the ground again :thumbsup:
Congrats on a great entry!
@orpartlu amazing!!!!! Love that you completed it! I saw your comment on the other post, ill make sure I share the source code with you! Do you want to see it tottallu raw or should I clean up? :p
Also apparently if you don't use the jetpack you can't "lose"?
The losing/falling mechanic was a bit strange, I didn't quite understand it.
Also that warning sound is really loud.
Other than that, nice game!
Pretty cool game, love me some jetpack action, and I like the kind of game where you unlock new abilities to be able to explore more area, the only issue I have is that it might be a bit too punishing when you run out of time. Also the scaling of the UI seemed strange, at least on the HTML5 version, the HUD was very large while the signs were so tiny they were hard to read.
In any case, the gameplay is pretty solid and satisfying, and it's a cool entry overall, good job :v:
The core mechanic is great, the sense of progression you get at each loop comes in many forms: more fuel, level knowledge, less enemies, skill mastery... This is great, and the game is just short enough that it never becomes boring.
I really liked the music, it sets an ambiance just right. The sounds of green orbs was a bit too loud and annoying.
The art is nice, I did not like the colors but I think it is a matter of personal tastes. The soft gradient of the background is a very very nice touch.
The movement feeling was nice.
I did not understand what the enemies on the ground are supposed to do.
It felt weird that some orbs were placed under platforms, I understand this is a trade off between going fast or getting more time but it felt a bit wrong.
Thanks for the game it was very strongly executed 💕
Consider giving the volume a bit of balancing (particularly the alarm sound was really loud), and I got stuck a few times because the flying enemies appear to take away both fuel and momentum, which may be a bit excessive punishment (because it can take away the player's chance to recover).
But congrats for the game!
Left Stick: same
X: B button on Xbox controllers
R2: Right Trigger (RT)
Options: Press Right Stick