Asteroid Ascend by WormholeGames

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made by WormholeGames for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

In Asteroid Ascend, you are a stranded astronaut stuck on a foreign asteroid. Mine the environment to acquire ores to repair your ship and return home! But beware, there are enemies nearby...

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The music has been made by Congus Bongus: https://soundcloud.com/congus-bongus The art by Klaas Muller: www.instagram.com/klaasmuller And the programming by me: www.instagram.com/bojan.koolhaas

Thanks for playing! We'd love to hear your feedback.

Ratings

Overall 886th 3.529⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Fun 995th 3.292⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1340th 2.889⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1172th 3.444⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1243th 3.375⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Audio 549th 3.597⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Humor 691th 2.953⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Mood 777th 3.588⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Given 60🗳️ 48🗨️

Feedback

NoelOskar
26. Apr 2021 · 17:54 UTC
Really cool game, we chated so you know my feedback lol
Alina Baybulatova
26. Apr 2021 · 18:05 UTC
Cool)
Maxlegr
27. Apr 2021 · 11:03 UTC
I really liked the game, sadly it crashed before I could finish.. But I enjoyed the space feeling, especially jumping around in low-G.
AtosGame
27. Apr 2021 · 11:17 UTC
Great game the graphics are cool, the music too. It's a realy good game.
PSV Games Studio
27. Apr 2021 · 11:29 UTC
I really liked this game, it has a simple proposal, but very well done and polished, congratulations!
Klaaswag
27. Apr 2021 · 12:55 UTC
@maxlegr Sorry to hear about the crash, but nice to know you liked the game!
xyfeng
27. Apr 2021 · 13:36 UTC
I really really enjoyed the music! love it! I notice that if I go close to the bricks, I can not laser break it... Not sure if it is the design or bug. Overall, cool idea and smooth role control. Good job!
LDJam user 242054
27. Apr 2021 · 14:28 UTC
nice short game

dont like to jump in low g)

would be nice to have some gameplay diversity
mrbrainfed
27. Apr 2021 · 15:10 UTC
Such a nice, chill game! I could play this for ever! It's a bit buggy though, and around 20 minutes in it crashed on me. Otherwise, great game!
tengusheath
28. Apr 2021 · 05:33 UTC
Cool idea, I like it.
Elektroney
28. Apr 2021 · 11:29 UTC
Reminds me of starbound a bit nice game!
PizzArt64
28. Apr 2021 · 11:48 UTC
After a while starts getting less fun but a nice game still
Maja Salamon
28. Apr 2021 · 13:07 UTC
Surprisingly fun, feels a bit strategy based, because I was nervious since the beginning that I could get in a position where getting to the surface was impossible. Forces me to plan a bit, great job.
InitialPosition
28. Apr 2021 · 13:17 UTC
This was a nice experience! The controls were very nice, the jump may be a bit floaty. Collecting ores was fun, just shooting your way through the rock felt very rewarding and collecting the ores had a nice feeling of success attached to it. I had one block I couldn't break and that had no collision, other than that I didn't notice any bugs. The music is SUPER NICE, I loved the atmosphere it created. Graphics are simple and fit the gameplay nicely. Good job!
nyanpierre
28. Apr 2021 · 13:35 UTC
Nice game
Barisc
28. Apr 2021 · 14:03 UTC
Pretty good idea and game, Starbound vibes :)
Crazybot
28. Apr 2021 · 14:09 UTC
I liked it a lot, but there's a glitch where you can't mine the block right in front or behind you. the game also crashed two times out of three...

I also quite liked the graphics, very cute :D
Eugenik
28. Apr 2021 · 20:05 UTC
Excellent. Beautiful
Sasashasa
29. Apr 2021 · 11:01 UTC
This is a really cool game. Very infuriating UFOs. I am waiting for the continuation.
🎤 WormholeGames
29. Apr 2021 · 12:44 UTC
@nyanpierre @barisc @crazybot @eugenik @sasashasa @initialposition @maja-salamon Thank you everyone for the nice comments! We will definitly look at the issues you have had. Cheers!
Erkberg
29. Apr 2021 · 16:10 UTC
Well, this seems like a nice game, and it has a really peaceful mood due to the nice visuals and music.
But unfortunately I couldn't get very far due to the game crashing (once when I pressed X to return, once when I collected the first ore).
Apart from that: It seems like the 50 ores you need to collect are just all of the ores? That seems a bit much and might lead to a softlock when teleporting back to much...
I'm curious to see where the game goes after the first stage, please let me know when it is more stable and I'll give it another shot :)
lesinvisible
29. Apr 2021 · 16:51 UTC
Main gameplay may be a little too simple, but the atmosphere is good. I liked the controls and very consistent graphics.
Legolula
29. Apr 2021 · 18:06 UTC
Its a simple but fun game, I only think it would make more sense if gravity decreased as you go deeper to be more realistic. Solid entry!
🎤 WormholeGames
29. Apr 2021 · 18:16 UTC
@legolula Hey, The gravity actually does decrease when you go deeper! you can see it on the top right how much stronger it is.
🎤 WormholeGames
29. Apr 2021 · 18:18 UTC
@erkberg Oh that shouldn't happen! Can you try to wait until the arrow above the first ore has appeared?
Narwaffles
29. Apr 2021 · 18:20 UTC
Cool game. One issue I had is that I couldn't break the stones/ores directly infront of me, but could break stones/ores directly below me. I also noticed that the time to break stones and ores would be different for each one. Some would break easily while others would take longer. This was true for both laser guns. I really like how gravity would change depending on how deep you were. It would have been cool if HP was the ships as I could just hide and not care about the ufo's until I came out to deposit the ores and then immedietly hide underground again.
breadstix
30. Apr 2021 · 23:19 UTC
I really enjoyed the time I got to spend with this. I wish I could have played longer but I ended up crashing. I noticed one crash happened with I got too many ores and didn't bring them in. For what I got to play each time I thought it was fun. The graphics I thought were great and I liked the gameplay.
NoCymer
04. May 2021 · 20:33 UTC
love the level design and the pixel art, the game was fun to play and the music was good, well done!
Pedro Henrique Cesar
05. May 2021 · 23:35 UTC
Good concept, level design is well done, simple graphics but delivers nicely and the sound track fits with the atmosphere. Good game!