Dash To The Core by GreyBeetle

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made by GreyBeetle for Ludum Dare 48 (COMPO)

A giant crater has appeared on the planet. Remotely drive a probe as far in as possible to collect scientific data,the probe has 20 seconds of fuel. Good luck!

Ratings

Overall 706th 3.071⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 554th 3.167⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 844th 2.333⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 704th 3.095⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 538th 3.286⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 516th 3⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 31🗳️ 19🗨️

Feedback

Purebe
26. Apr 2021 · 03:22 UTC
I liked the art style, very retro. A little short but with some more levels it would a nice fleshed out old NES style game, felt very polished.
cheesepencil
26. Apr 2021 · 03:22 UTC
Link goes to a blank page, this is in the browser console:

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Can't play it :-(
LDJam user 239493
26. Apr 2021 · 03:33 UTC
This was legitimately fun to play. Some cool looking obstacles would help, rather than just circles and rectangles, but the important thing is that every time I died, I wanted to play again. My high score is 297 btw
rhoff95
26. Apr 2021 · 03:36 UTC
Cool concept! Art style is nice. Would like to see more added to this. well done.
gilborn
26. Apr 2021 · 12:38 UTC
Fun little game, the pixel art is good, the presentation is great and the Sounds do their job. The procedural Level can get pretty challenging if not unfair - but with the playtime its ok, you can simply restart ;-)
Got to 263m - using the boosters always both at the same time.
gilborn
26. Apr 2021 · 12:38 UTC
Fun little game, the pixel art is good, the presentation is great and the Sounds do their job. The procedural Level can get pretty challenging if not unfair - but with the playtime its ok, you can simply restart ;-)
PixelPortalz
26. Apr 2021 · 16:06 UTC
Super cohesive, it has a polished retro look. Would love to see power-ups and enemies added. And maybe find a way to reduce RNG.
The dash/speedup mechanic is great and makes you feel in control!
karlipoppins
26. Apr 2021 · 17:19 UTC
I love what people pull off with PICO-8. This is such an awesome little idea and it was really fun to replay through a bunch of times to go above 300. Similar to old arcade racing games where you had to reach checkpoints to get more time, you could also add similar challenging checkpoints that could add more time to the bank.

The only thing I would change is that sometimes it was challenging to see the score I made given that you're using the same key for thrusters as the key to start the game. Very polished otherwise, great job!

![run.png](///raw/b56/z/3dba2.png)
FussenKuh
27. Apr 2021 · 18:13 UTC
You've made a fun little retro game that fits the theme well. The loading screen, sounds, and "8-bit" graphics bring me back to fond memories of my childhood. So, you get bonus points for that. While the overall gameplay mechanic is simple, the implementation is nicely polished which made for a pleasant gaming experience. Well done!
HPA97
27. Apr 2021 · 19:25 UTC
Fun and challenging with nice artstyle and a good sense of speed. Maybe adding some time extending items to pickup would add an additional layer of gameplay depth? I was able sometimes (thanks to good RNG) to boost all the way until timeout.
blockerz
29. Apr 2021 · 03:23 UTC
I liked the art and sound. Nice job making a game in weekend!
hutchings90
30. Apr 2021 · 01:56 UTC
I like the art. I find it amusing that the rocket sound is just static. The countdown time sound was nice. Very simple.
emeraldboy44
30. Apr 2021 · 13:41 UTC
Sweet and simple game. The sound effects remind me of the sound effects of an old Windows game "Battlejeep". Art was cool too. PICO-8 games are so charming.
crazyMouse
01. May 2021 · 15:08 UTC
I think the graphics and the audio are amazing!
With both the boosters active seems I get less obstacles, is it intentional?
LeviDSmith
02. May 2021 · 00:56 UTC
Nice simple little game. My furthest distance was 226 m.
DS Nahogara
02. May 2021 · 04:29 UTC
Awesome little game! Over 238 max distance for me, it is fast and smooth, the classic graphics from gameboy times.. i love it!

Fantastic work! :heart:
fueelin
06. May 2021 · 05:24 UTC
Fun game! I think I got a "perfect" run but, similar to some other comments, I couldn't actually see my high score cuz the screen disappeared instantly from me holding the thrust buttons. I think it was maybe 373?

I'd say it was a little more RNG-dependent than I'd like. Some runs felt cursed to fail, with really sharp turns required. Others I barely ever had to move. Figuring out a way to get rid of the extreme hard and easy ends of the random difficulty spectrum would be a solid improvement.

Nice job!