A Quest for Cheese by Sibi

“The cheese is out there”
― The X-Files
Summary
- Arrow keys ⇦⇧⇩⇨ or WASD or your controller to fly around
- Enter key ⏎ or A on a controller to select a level
- Descent deeper and deeper into each planets atmosphere and make it back out alive
- Your shield gets smaller each time you get hit
- Shield coins replenish you shield
Description
What exactly is cheese?
You are an alien (well… technically NOT an alien, since… you don´t have the concept of being alien to yourself) just traveling home from work with your buddy. All of a sudden, you receive a mysterious signal, telling you about… cheese? You’re intrigued by that word:
Cheese 🧀.
And since curiosity never killed the cat, (what an absurd phrase!) you and your buddy decide to follow the signal to get cheese. But you don´t know where that signal is coming from. So you will have to explore a few planets and gather all the intel you can!
Good luck and may cheese be with you!

| Link | https://sibi.itch.io/a-quest-for-cheese |
| Link | https://sibi.itch.io/a-quest-for-cheese |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/a-quest-for-cheese |
Ratings
| Overall | 1048th | 3.447⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 1030th | 3.263⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 1284th | 2.947⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 1665th | 2.868⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 705th | 3.842⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 593th | 3.553⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 348th | 3.474⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 1261th | 3.237⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 15🗳️ | 16🗨️ |
The only problem I got was that when going down, the spaceship stays close to the bottom of the screen, so I cannot see obstacles arriving, the camera should make sure I can see things in the direction in which I'm going.
Good job!
EDIT: Also, it would be awesome if the missiles that follow you could blow up other misssiles and ships! :)
I wish there was an instruction arrow at the start of the level too, It took a few minute for me to realize that I need to go downward to progress. XD
Nice job on this.
What I liked:
- fun concept
- graphics and animation (especially a the one at the end of each level)
- space theme without having the player shoot stuff
- game pad controls felt nice
- strategically bumping into asteroids to clear the way
- music
What could be improved (in my opinion):
- less post processing
- more forgiving collisions between asteroids and shield