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Life Unit X330 by Josh6680

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made by Josh6680 for Ludum Dare 49 (JAM)

After getting jettisoned from your vessel with nothing but your space suit and an unstable prototype life support unit, you are trying to survive the hostile space environment in hopes of being rescued.
See how long you can survive and try to get the highest score.

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Controls

W S A D or Arrow keys = Move player around in space.
Left click = Shoot laser gun.
E or Spacebar = Tug the life support unit while pressed.
P or Pause key = Pause/Unpause the game

F12 = Debug mode.
F5 = Reset game.

(All of the control bindings can be edited in the file "data/game.json")

Credits:

  • Myself - Programming, engine, and graphics
  • Po0ka - Ideas and programming assistance

Tools:

  • Visual Studio 2019 (C# language)
  • Pixelorama (pixel art)
  • GIMP 2 (misc image editing)
  • sfxia (sound effects)

Libraries:

Windows (64-bit) https://joshprograms.com/ludumdare/LD49-Josh6680-Windows.zip
Link https://joshprograms.com/ludumdare/LD49-Josh6680-Source.zip
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/life-unit-x330

Ratings

Overall 1285th 3.06⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1126th 3.06⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 949th 3.12⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1048th 3.2⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1114th 3.16⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Humor 1139th 2.217⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1149th 3.02⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Given 48🗳️ 0🗨️

Feedback

JoeRenglish
05. Oct 2021 · 02:03 UTC
A really interesting little arcade game. Trying to juggle keeping the life support system alive and shooting rocks/enemies is really unique. I will say, I felt really hopeless whenever it was destroyed and my death was unavoidable. Nice job!
LittleDaimon
05. Oct 2021 · 21:10 UTC
Spaaaaaaaaaaaace!) very nice game!
🎤 Josh6680
08. Oct 2021 · 23:30 UTC
Update note: Apparently I didn't apply the assembly signing to the binaries correctly, which caused some machines to log an error and not show anything. I've now reapplied the signature, so in case it didn't work earlier, it should be working now.
const_arch
09. Oct 2021 · 23:33 UTC
I'm still just getting an error when I run the game, "Strong name validation failed."
🎤 Josh6680
10. Oct 2021 · 17:27 UTC
@const-arch Sorry about that, looks like I missed the one DLL. I was able to test and confirm it in a VM this time. The download is now updated if you want to try again.
const_arch
11. Oct 2021 · 06:43 UTC
I gave it another go, but I can't figure out why I'm dying. At a certain point, despite being in the life support bubble with nothing nearby, I start taking damage and end up dying. There doesn't seem to be a visible threat on screen while it's happening, at least.

Ignoring that, the core idea is a good base. It runs out of depth pretty quickly as is, but I could see this being extendable into a more complicated system. I do wish there was more of a goal.
zookatron
14. Oct 2021 · 01:25 UTC
The game could really use better explanation of the mechanics, it's not really clear what you're supposed to pick up and what you're supposed to avoid/shoot. Also gets a bit repetitive after a while since it doesn't seem like there's many different things to do. Flying around looking at stuff was kinda fun though and the graphics were cute, seems like a good base for further development!
Witchhat
15. Oct 2021 · 14:08 UTC
Really nice! I had less problems with keeping my life support running, and more with it running away. It can build up much speed when enemies pump into it xD.
coolestdoggie
20. Oct 2021 · 14:05 UTC
Cool game! The art are good!
LDJam user 268934
21. Oct 2021 · 17:59 UTC
Good art , hard to get into the game is a few minutes.
Suchista
21. Oct 2021 · 19:57 UTC
Fun game, I like the unstability of the life support unit, also the steering feels good and the game looks neat :)
zimny11
21. Oct 2021 · 19:58 UTC
Cool game! I like that you can't shoot while tug to life support. Nice art style. I wish there was some music. It was fun to try it out.