Ping to Survive by Mekuire
Ping. Dodge. Upgrade. Survive.

You can only see when you ping.
Dodge a deadly meteor storm and unlock new abilities to push further.
Don’t ping too often — the signal becomes unreliable.

Can you survive the storm?
| Itch.io | https://mekuire.itch.io/ping-to-survive |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/59/ping-to-survive |
Ratings
| Overall | 191th | 3.9⭐ | 67🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 133th | 3.854⭐ | 67🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 268th | 3.638⭐ | 67🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 138th | 4.208⭐ | 67🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 468th | 3.677⭐ | 67🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 319th | 3.802⭐ | 65🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 73🗳️ | 118🗨️ |
I love the fact that game mechanics are unlocked step by step, it helps keep things fresh.
The overall atmosphere and gameplay feels good.
Overall, a game very well done ! gave it a 5/5
I wish you wouldn’t take damage from meteors that have already passed (when you’re on the same row), so that you don’t get hit by them while dashing.
Once I figured that part out, I had a lot more fun.
I really enjoyed playing this one. I think you scoped this one perfectly.
One thing I would add is to remember the last direction moved and use that if dash is pressed without currently moving. As it stands, dash works fine while moving, but always goes right when not moving, while I'd expect it to get left when I moved left last (even if I'm standing still now).
Also, it's probably just me, but sometimes I swear I do a (green) ping, nothing shoes up, and I take a hit before I can green ping again, it's frustrating :')
Good job tho!
Also: Not sure if this was on purpose, but I loved how the main menu music was in sync with the background ping animation :D
I did notice that sometimes some meteors disappeared from the scans, even though I only used the scan when it was green. I saw it coming, then next scan that same meteor was no longer visible, and then it hit me.
Maybe that's intended and there's just a big enough chance to detect a meteor, but it sometimes can miss it.
Regardless, great entry!
Wish there was remappable controls in the settings though, I'm a sucker for arrow keys
A little difficult, a great challenge!
A little hard for me though^^
I like your game, the music, graphics and overal gameplay feel very well polished. I do have a question though: it felt like the meteors where different every time I used the ping. Is that my mind playing tricks on me?
Pleasant visuals and music, and a clear, comfortable mechanic.
I couldn't finish it after several tries because some asteroids would ping as they approached me, sometimes several at a time, and there was no real way to dodge them (and I hadn't unlocked the cannon yet). Sometimes, some asteroids wouldn't ping, but the collision still counted. It's cool that there's a challenge, but sometimes it felt unfair to lose health.
Overall, great work.