Drillte by Yokin

Your goal:
Drill apart asteroids and fling them into the unstable white dwarf star to prevent it from exploding, while racking up points. Green chunks add time before the star explodes, red chunks take time, and blue chunks give points.
Your controls:
- Up Arrow / W - Thrust
- Left & Right Arrows / A & D - Turning
- X / Space / Left Mouse - Grab an asteroid, release to throw into the sun
Your other controls:
- 1~9 - Scale Window
- 0 - Toggle Fullscreen
- N - Toggle Pixel Filter
- M - Mute
- Escape - Pause
Background art by Attfooy
Main theme by Mista Jub (https://mistajub.bandcamp.com/)
| Link | https://yokin.itch.io/drillte |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/drillte |
Ratings
| Overall | 74th | 4.16⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 77th | 4.12⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 42th | 4.208⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 642th | 3.64⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 278th | 4.16⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 318th | 3.72⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 907th | 2.675⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 145th | 4.065⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 24🗳️ | 27🗨️ |
The one thing I would maybe add to this is some kind of indicator where the nearest astroid is located.
But the drilling mechanic is so fun to use, and flinging a big hunk of green/blue asteroid into it is immensely satisfying. I especially appreciate the camera rotating with the asteroid once you start drilling into it. I played this a bunch and got a high score of around 12. I think this might be my favorite so far!
Also that background is simple yet gorgeous...
Also looking to see people beat my record :point_right: :point_right:
