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Planetary Asteroid Defense System by LDJam user 301165

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made by LDJam user 301165 for Ludum Dare 51 (COMPO)

"NASA's not the only one smashing multi-billion dollar satellites into asteroids to defend the earth."

Play as the Planetary Asteroid Defense System (PADS for short) and protect the planet we call home. Knock asteroids off course by ramming your multi-billion dollar self into them. And then do it again and again because you're surprisingly sturdy. If you fail, know that the entire earth will be obliterated. No pressure.

A new asteroid approaches every 10 seconds, but the acceleration and mass of each is greater than the last. How long can you protect the earth?

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Link https://github.com/bsergent/asteroids
Link https://ha1fbit.itch.io/asteroids
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/planetary-asteroid-defense-system

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LDJam user 299352
01. Oct 2022 · 18:43 UTC
really great! I'd like it to go a bit faster, and maybe more asteroids from the beginning, but really really nice game!
terraboi4
01. Oct 2022 · 19:40 UTC
very well done!
LDJam user 303716
01. Oct 2022 · 20:01 UTC
Nice Game!
PlanetBluto
01. Oct 2022 · 20:59 UTC
pretty nice
LDJam user 300279
01. Oct 2022 · 21:38 UTC
That was pretty fun!
vipbasil
01. Oct 2022 · 23:45 UTC
very nice game!
LDJam user 267095
02. Oct 2022 · 04:01 UTC
Pretty fun concept I thought it was pretty cool. Could be an old arcade game.
Reyansh
02. Oct 2022 · 09:26 UTC
Quite a good game, but maybe it could be a bit harder?
Overall still good game.
TermiGht
03. Oct 2022 · 08:55 UTC
You made a pretty good game! It was fun. To me it was a bit challenging with how slow the satellite is.
jcg
03. Oct 2022 · 13:21 UTC
Awesome! Very cool theme.

A small suggestion would be to allow the PADS to track your mouse automatically, without having to hold the mouse down. As a touchpad user (:upside_down:) it was a little more challenging.
chemicalcrux
03. Oct 2022 · 13:23 UTC
I got to 418 seconds. The challenge definitely ramps up! It might work better to start at a higher difficulty, though: before a certain point, it's easy to toss the asteroids away well before the next one spawns.

At the end, I tried to redirect them instead of just shoving them back out into space, but that didn't work too well. Maybe giving a bonus to the impact force for side-hits would help to encourage that!
RedDote
06. Oct 2022 · 17:47 UTC
its a good game controller was good but there is no challenge
Pascal Fitzner
06. Oct 2022 · 17:51 UTC
Love gravity based games.
LDJam user 288322
07. Oct 2022 · 18:42 UTC
pretty cool concept! If it were me, I'd make the game get harder much faster since the first 3 minutes is really easy then the difficulty gets much harder.
PenguinMunch
08. Oct 2022 · 03:54 UTC
Very cool concept! I agree with a few others, I think making the difficulty ramp up sooner would be good. Although, I do feel pretty good that I made it to 500 seconds. Those asteroids got huge!
sillyman987
19. Oct 2022 · 23:19 UTC
My best was 219! Very fun!
mikouaji
19. Oct 2022 · 23:29 UTC
Really liked it :) At first I thought it will be monotonous but then the asteroids started to grow in size :D
Suchista
19. Oct 2022 · 23:29 UTC
Very relaxing game with interesting mechanics, I like the mood.
BlueDingo
20. Oct 2022 · 02:28 UTC
fun game, would love it if it was faster
Rincs
20. Oct 2022 · 03:12 UTC
That was fun I got to 189 before I died, and didn't really want to continue mostly because my wrist was feeling the strain of holding down the mouse button for too long. I wish it had a toggle hold instead.
ManchmalScott
20. Oct 2022 · 03:33 UTC
Love how simple the control scheme is, had a good time playing!