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Space Squabble by GoldenEvolution

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made by GoldenEvolution for Ludum Dare 49 (COMPO)

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Play the game here!

What is this game about?

Two people, a pilot and an engineer, are flying their spaceship, when out of nowhere they get attacked. In order to escape, they decide to fly into an asteroid field. With their partially broken spaceship, they need to use their grapple hook to retrieve scrap in order to repair their ship. Because of this whole situation, both the pilot and the engineer are getting on each other's nerves.

Controls

  • W and S or Up arrow and Down arrow to move up and down.
  • Mouse to aim.
  • Left mouse button to use the grappling gun or repair.
  • P to pause, for adjusting volume.

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Tools

  • Unity (game engine)
  • Aseprite (art)
  • BFXR (producing sound effects)
  • Audacity (editing sound effects)

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Watch the devlog here!

https://youtu.be/nseNsRXeYek

Link https://goldenevolution.itch.io/space-squabble
Link https://goldenevolution.itch.io/space-squabble
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/space-squabble

Ratings

Overall 129th 3.789⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Fun 214th 3.533⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 321th 3.2⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Theme 403th 3.167⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 43th 4.2⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Audio 165th 3.466⭐ 46🧑‍⚖️
Humor 27th 4.035⭐ 45🧑‍⚖️
Mood 95th 3.698⭐ 45🧑‍⚖️
Given 40🗳️ 60🗨️

Feedback

FabDynamic
03. Oct 2021 · 21:40 UTC
Fantastic pixel art and presentation. "Scrap god" lol. This is fun! It took me 5 deaths to figure it out. First I wasnt collelcting, then I wasnt processing it right but now I nkow what to do. I love the art and the dialogue and the controls. "what are you still doing here" I love the cute funny plot and the gameplay is great. I beat it it was fun once I figured out what to do. Nice work!

P.S. I love your youtube channel. Subscribed.
AppoxGames
04. Oct 2021 · 08:18 UTC
I loved the dialogs and I find it interesting that the game got easier and easier instead of harder and harder. There were long moments without any scraps, but then the dialogs popped up and saved it from getting stale.
Overall really good work, I enjoyed it!
theviraldragon
04. Oct 2021 · 09:38 UTC
The acceleration was a little slow in my opinion. Having said that great graphics, cutscenes and dialogs. Doesn't feel like a jam game.
LDJam user 269161
04. Oct 2021 · 09:38 UTC
Nice Game!
Liam
04. Oct 2021 · 09:42 UTC
Fun and great entry, thought the graphics and sfx were fantastic. Dialog was a v nice touch. I completed the game and enjoyed it all, my main critique is some kind of progress indicator to show how I was doing would have been nice.
amkingTRP
04. Oct 2021 · 09:43 UTC
Really enjoyed this one; I like how it does get easier as you go on, but a moment's distraction (e.g. reading the text, or aiming at something behind you) can cause a cascade of errors.
The only thing I could suggest is maybe some sort of indicator earlier where scrap might come from (e.g. some arrows pointing the approximate direction).
GuessImLuna
04. Oct 2021 · 09:45 UTC
Really nice. I loved the beeps when someone was talking. lovely game
BridgeOnAStick
04. Oct 2021 · 09:47 UTC
The art is really nice, just the right amount of effects and sounds. The dialogue makes it even more interesting and fun. You made an full story with a little game, really nice!
caudatecoder
04. Oct 2021 · 09:51 UTC
Wow, great game!
Love the theme and presentation, looks really cool. Dialog is real good, love it.

Personally I wish there were a little less asteroids in the beginning to get the grasp of controls. Also some explanation on how to repair the ship. But those are really minor inconveniences for a good game made in 2 days!
🎤 GoldenEvolution
04. Oct 2021 · 09:52 UTC
Thanks everyone for the kind words!

@theviraldragon The acceleration gets a bit faster already after collecting 2 scrap. The reason it's this slow at the start is because the ship is broken :)

@liam Thanks for playing my game! The sprite of the ship actually changes the more scrap you pick up, but that might be a little hard to see. It was merely a design choice I made that I didn't really want to show a number on the screen of how much scrap you have/still needed
Liam
04. Oct 2021 · 10:05 UTC
@goldenevolution oh no, ship sprite change was great, I totally got that but I meant about the scrap you still needed. I think just an awareness of whether I'm playing a game for a few mins or 15 is nice sometimes but respect the design choice :smile:
🎤 GoldenEvolution
04. Oct 2021 · 10:12 UTC
@liam totally understandable! I could've probably integrated that in the dialogue now that I think of it. Thanks for the feedback!
Liam
04. Oct 2021 · 10:15 UTC
@goldenevolution that would have been absolutely perfect. Thanks again for such a cool game. Might just have a little replay to appreciate that dialogue.
Morris
04. Oct 2021 · 13:50 UTC
This looks and plays so nice. Well done. You nailed the pixel art and the athmosphere you created with it. Also the gameplay was solid. Grappling hooks ftw :leftwards_arrow_with_hook:
Rafael Garcez
04. Oct 2021 · 14:59 UTC
Wow, nice game! Loved the dialogues =D
pdotjpg
04. Oct 2021 · 16:43 UTC
This is lovely! The art and dialogue are really cute and I love the quiet soundscape. Really atmospheric game. Didn't overstay its welcome either, ended right when I was starting to get bored. Great job!
Furfel
04. Oct 2021 · 16:56 UTC
Funny dialogues, you should have recorded them so it would have even better effect. Still the game is fun! And finally a space game where you don't have to shoot aliens
LDJam user 174638
04. Oct 2021 · 17:38 UTC
Good job with the game. The dialogs are great, that kept me going till the end.

Ahaha and I just got the "outro" scene while writing this. Definitely made me smile 😁
m11
04. Oct 2021 · 17:50 UTC
Brilliant pixel art :)
hotaloca
04. Oct 2021 · 18:25 UTC
A great game! I loved the chatter between the guys and especially ending was fun. First I was really confused how to "repair" - i was waiting and nothing happened :smile: But after i figured out what to do it was really calm and nice experience. Great pixel art, and nice chat effects... Congrats.
🎤 GoldenEvolution
04. Oct 2021 · 18:26 UTC
Thanks to everyone for playing, the positive comments and the feedback!
SlimmerBurger
04. Oct 2021 · 18:32 UTC
I really like the audio, which I thought was strange because there isn't much of it, but just the quiet thruster sounds and the dialogue sounds of them bickering set a cool atmosphere
Betamorfosis
04. Oct 2021 · 19:20 UTC
Really enjoyed it. Amazing graphics and game feel. The polish is noticeable. Thanks for your entry!
LDJam user 261208
04. Oct 2021 · 20:40 UTC
Man! I loved the game!! The diologs, the instability of the ship when you miss the right time for repair, the art style...
Good job!
Kormarun
04. Oct 2021 · 22:06 UTC
Looks brilliant and love the humor of the crew when you try to grapple asteroids ;)
Nick Rafalski
04. Oct 2021 · 22:08 UTC
This is sooo good! The art, sound, dialog and mechanics are so polished for any game, forget the fact it was made in 48 hours. I love details like the little intro cut scene. So good!
CinderBlock
04. Oct 2021 · 22:23 UTC
Absolutely loved the humor, and I always love to see visual upgrades.

Cute game, and a nice little take on the theme. I would say the environment was a tiny bit lacking. And it would have been nice if the scrap had some sort of "collect me" glow about them. Sometimes they were hard to see.
Perhaps a little more danger would have worked to the benefit of the game, for example, if we were still getting chased, and we had to dodge asteroids from the front AND shots from the back?

Overall it was an enjoyable experience :)

Edit: Oh, also, I loved the little scrap minigame too!
Soul Grinder
04. Oct 2021 · 22:35 UTC
Cool game, I liked the grab with reaction spin wheel mechanic, was fun to play and made me laugh. Good work for a Compo game!
candlesan
05. Oct 2021 · 02:22 UTC
Cute art. I liked reading the dialogue between the two inhabitants of the ship. I wish there was more scrap the collect, the pace at which it showed up was a little slow. But at least then I could listen to the two crew members berate each other!
ELVEVERX
05. Oct 2021 · 05:26 UTC
I really found the quality of the polish to be very high! I enjoyed how it started with a little cinematic that set the tone of the game and introduced you to the story. I found the dialogue to be really funny!
digitaldude555
05. Oct 2021 · 09:50 UTC
Great work for 48 hours, incredibly well polished. Graphics were great and sounds were on point. Gameplay its a bit too simple but fun for a while. Only thing is theme wise not sure how it fits, is it controlling the shape, trying to stabilize it.
🎤 GoldenEvolution
05. Oct 2021 · 11:05 UTC
@digitaldude555 Thank you! The theme unstable is both because the ship is unstable and the relationship between the pilot and engineer is starting to get unstable, because of the situation :)
Bauke Regnerus
05. Oct 2021 · 11:42 UTC
Lovely pixel art and nice particles. The texts are funny but sometimes hard to read when I concentrate on the ship. The universe is also really dark.
🎤 GoldenEvolution
05. Oct 2021 · 11:50 UTC
@bauke-regnerus the text is supposed to be distracting haha, as the engineer and the pilot are also distracting each other with it
Pixelydian
05. Oct 2021 · 15:30 UTC
I really liked this! Great little cinematic intro, and introduction to the controls. Game was easy to pick up and play quickly. The conversations between the pilots were charming. I was determined to beat the game and I did! :) Great job overall and I'd love to see more of your entries in the future.
Fat cat
05. Oct 2021 · 20:23 UTC
meatballs flying in space
cooltomten
05. Oct 2021 · 20:25 UTC
Great game with funny dialogue! Feels a bit empty and slow when floating around though, I'd like to see some more interactivity, for example being able to shoot the asteroids would be fun.
Codeer
05. Oct 2021 · 21:28 UTC
Very fun! The conversation between the crew members is great, also the little timing minigame fits really well with the rest of the game. Graphics and audio are really nice aswell!
JaviCoder
05. Oct 2021 · 23:35 UTC
Well, I loved it, the graphics are nice, the control is not bad at all, and the hook mechanics are cool and challenging. Very funny.
Runuchok
06. Oct 2021 · 13:37 UTC
Great, but short and easy game) Graphics are excellent, little conversations with a classic joke at the end - very fun! Good job!
maxds98
06. Oct 2021 · 16:59 UTC
I really loved that game! Art is nice. I was sitting for 5 minutes in the end of the game just waiting for some new dialogues!
FloppaDev
08. Oct 2021 · 11:27 UTC
Nice game, the art is good and the dialogues are fun :) Great work
elysiagriffin
11. Oct 2021 · 14:43 UTC
Hi there! Thanks for submitting your game for me to play live during my Twitch stream!

If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1173717245?t=2h42m28s

Good luck on your ratings, see you next LD! :D

💜 Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady

https://www.twitch.tv/elysiagriffin