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Space Buddies by Fractal

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made by Fractal for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

Protect your astronaut and go deeper and deeper into space to collect the screws needed to repair your spaceship!

This game is designed to be played on mobile, but could possibly be played with a mouse if needed.

Tap and release to fire, holding down to increase your precision and adjust the direction. Swipe up to use your hand to grab screws and power ups. And if you have the laser, hold down as long as you want!

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Credits: - Art and animations by Filip Grudziel - Programming by Guillaume Brunerie - Music and sounds come from a Humble Bundle of music and sound effects

Link https://latcarf.itch.io/space-buddies
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/space-buddies

Ratings

Overall 929th 3.5⭐ 63🧑‍⚖️
Fun 735th 3.459⭐ 63🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 816th 3.295⭐ 63🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1569th 3.025⭐ 63🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 439th 4.082⭐ 63🧑‍⚖️
Humor 665th 2.98⭐ 53🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1210th 3.273⭐ 57🧑‍⚖️
Given 72🗳️ 126🗨️

Feedback

VainCil
27. Apr 2021 · 08:29 UTC
Awesome! Somehow I keep shooting at screws and grabbing rocks… Great mechanics and the difficulty seems perfectly balanced, and I barely even reached level 2! Great graphics and music too!
eharp
27. Apr 2021 · 23:28 UTC
Neat concept. Had a hard time with the controls, took me a while to figure out the hook worked and never managed to hook something on purpose. The graphics and sound we were really nice!
DallOner
28. Apr 2021 · 00:42 UTC
Simple, Fun and have replayability as hell! My comments from Web version (been playing on PC) the controls are a little slowdown for the pacing of the proposed gameplay, i know if u improve that with maybe slow-motion or be more fast shooting will be awesome.

An issue, if you right click on the game you can do the same much faster, but you open the browser's inspection menu (which is a bit annoying).

Whatever, really cool entry! I had fun playing for a while. Thank you.
aTinyBean
28. Apr 2021 · 19:36 UTC
Very smooth and addicting gameplay. One of the most fun games so far. I could see this being a successful mobile game!
tyreyes32
28. Apr 2021 · 19:37 UTC
Art Assets are stellar!
My only complaint: why is the music off by default? It's a cool track!
Echosai
28. Apr 2021 · 19:38 UTC
Could definitely have some more intuitive controls, especially for PC, but I understand it's intended for mobile. Very fun and has a lot of replayability! Nice work on this :)
Flopo
28. Apr 2021 · 19:39 UTC
That would be a cool mobile game, I like the simple concept. I didn't know whether to collect the screws or shoot them.
J. Kyle
28. Apr 2021 · 19:43 UTC
Straightforward and fun! Nice art style. Looking at some of the comments, I need to play again with the music on!
EvilSock
28. Apr 2021 · 19:43 UTC
Game ig grate! Why does spaceman go down on the rope
Cannocchiale
28. Apr 2021 · 19:46 UTC
Nice game! Controls seemed a bit difficult to me (playing on a pc)
korfi
28. Apr 2021 · 19:52 UTC
I beat the game! Pretty fun and innovative idea, I really liked the art!
Dazrow
28. Apr 2021 · 19:53 UTC
Clean, simplistic and casual. Honestly just the type of game i'd go for as a jam dev. I enjoyed it quite a lot.
As for improvements - maybe make a cooldown for series of shots? At some point I was just able to spam click and destroy all of the obstacles in a flurry of shots, so not that much challenge was left for me haha
Anyway, solid work! Good luck!!
foxy
28. Apr 2021 · 20:01 UTC
I struggles with controls idk maybe it'd have been bette if you blast on left click and pull on right click. Pull mouse up most of time just went out of bounds of the screen and cause fire instead of pulling which was upsetting.

I really liked art and music :heart: May be a good mobile game I guess, cause of addinctive gameplay~
Bulmanator
28. Apr 2021 · 20:08 UTC
Nice little game with a fun gameplay loop. The artwork looked great as well!
curryrice
29. Apr 2021 · 10:47 UTC
Very fun entry! I played on computer but as precised the feeling would be even greater with a touch screen for sure! The game is well polished, very good job!
Frostfall
29. Apr 2021 · 10:50 UTC
Nice work, fun and simple arcade game with an enjoyable hook. Great job!
Neowise06
29. Apr 2021 · 10:53 UTC
Nice game, love the concept fits the theme well done
Lucky-Trident
29. Apr 2021 · 20:11 UTC
The graphics are beautiful !The concept is simple yet addictive !
Of course, playing on a PC, using the hook is delicate. But shooting with the droid is super fun.

The soundtrack is super fun... Maybe you should have activated it by default for the gamejam... It's a shame not that many people will hear it...
DragonsBeardGames
29. Apr 2021 · 22:58 UTC
Great game! Graphics were really nice and I loved the music and sounds. The controls were tricky but had a good time!
techsec
29. Apr 2021 · 23:04 UTC
Straightforward mobile game with some pretty sick graphics and music.
MetalFox Dioxymore
29. Apr 2021 · 23:08 UTC
Nice concept ! The mix crane/shoot is a nice twist on all the classic space shooters !
mpetrus
29. Apr 2021 · 23:13 UTC
Wow very nice
Edward Dassmesser
29. Apr 2021 · 23:14 UTC
I played this for far too long.
bereg
30. Apr 2021 · 07:15 UTC
Adorable simple game. Of course, it needs some polishing: add more animation, more pick-ups, different bonuses, the sense of progression. But overall it's already fun to play and the art is just amazing. Well done!
Préda
30. Apr 2021 · 11:13 UTC
Fun little game
nosfer
30. Apr 2021 · 13:45 UTC
Finished! Quite fun but probably less frustrating on touch devices :)
Quite Good
01. May 2021 · 20:14 UTC
Nothing more terrifying than floating away into the vacuum of space. Thank you for giving us a laser blasting robot to protect ourselves with. Kind of... epic!
Attala
02. May 2021 · 19:23 UTC
Bonus points for graphics and music. Simple but engaging gameplay. Played on PC and suspects the experience is even better on mobile. Missing a volume slider for the music, but that's nitpicking :) Solid submission. Good job.
LDJam user 236545
02. May 2021 · 21:16 UTC
Really nice! The controls are unique but intuitive, and it's something that you can jump right into and start playing within a few seconds.

I would have preferred a volume slider to just a mute button. An alternate control scheme for the mouse (left click for laser, right click for hook for example) might be something to consider.

Great work!
OldDog
03. May 2021 · 09:52 UTC
not bad , but if I can controller tool not using mouse can be better~
:smile: nice job
Sasashasa
03. May 2021 · 17:26 UTC
Cool game. I really like the sound, it is completely consistent with the game.
wizard sino
03. May 2021 · 20:38 UTC
Th controls aren't great when it comes to mouse, but not bad.
cacciatc
03. May 2021 · 21:46 UTC
Nice job with the dual-purpose controls for deploying the crane and shooting lasers.
Caveman54
03. May 2021 · 23:46 UTC
This is a very nice and polished game. It did lack a tutorial but it was overall pretty good. Good entry!
paulhocker
04. May 2021 · 02:58 UTC
this was a very nice polished game. i had problems with the controls, but i do not think it was because they were too difficult, it was just a little strange. perhaps just using left mouse for grab and right mouse for shoot might have worked better. holding the button and then selecting the option distracted from the fun of the game. overall nice game. thanks for making it.
thecoconutdream
04. May 2021 · 21:18 UTC
My favourite so far <3
Ryan Dotsikas
05. May 2021 · 00:38 UTC
Wow, awesome job! The polish on this is incredible! The art is phenomenal, from the gameplay itself to all of the menu screens! The controls were interesting to have to do both with the same swipe. I was playing on PC which made it a bit tough but I did get the hang of it. I had some trouble with the magnet and laser powerups because I would grab them but then nothing would happen so I wasnt sure if I was doing something wrong. But overall this was awesome, congrats!
Zeias
05. May 2021 · 17:36 UTC
A fun and simple arcade game. Good atmosphere and music. Good job !
foonghi
05. May 2021 · 19:28 UTC
The controls are a bit challenging at first, yet fun! good job! And thanks for the music :)
PROJECTaroid
05. May 2021 · 19:28 UTC
Fun game and really nice presentation. The looks and plays really nicely. Cool game!
Prof.Suarez
06. May 2021 · 00:03 UTC
Cool game! It was hard, but I'm going to try playing it on my phone. I like the concept.
BinaryPrinciple
06. May 2021 · 16:26 UTC
Nice game! The graphic are very good the feel of the controls on point and straight forward. Easy to understand and loose for a few minutes.
Nice entry!
blobo
08. May 2021 · 18:56 UTC
I really liked the aiming system! I don't much else to say- the artwork was great, I loved the music, and the way you hold down to focus was really cool! Really nice game.
astronautmikedexter
09. May 2021 · 10:09 UTC
Simple, fun game. Good job, I think the graphics were great! very well done, I found it a bit repetitive but the controls were fun and felt satisfying when you had something on the hook.
Ismael Rodriguez
10. May 2021 · 14:01 UTC
Cool game. I like the art, could be a little more animated. The space guy could be squashed and stretched, wiggle, or float around. The robot could squash and stretch with each shot (or not). More particle effects and overall juice could be turned up a bit.

The gameplay is interesting. It took a while for me to figure out what I was supposed to do. Holding shoot then moving up to grapple was a little awkward. Maybe it works better on mobile.

Overall a good entry. Good job!
MacDoom
12. May 2021 · 00:37 UTC
Great graphics and music. Why the audio is opt out? Was going to give 5 stars for the catchy tune. Fun game. Rather difficult to play on a laptop but at the third try I was already taking thos loose screws. Great entry!
PatrickRMC
16. May 2021 · 12:35 UTC
A good small game that feels really polished, the controls feel good and the only thing holding me back was my own skill. Very good entry nice job.