Rocket Goblin by LittleBeardMan

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made by LittleBeardMan for Ludum Dare 49 (JAM)

This was my first time participating in Ludum Dare. My game is pretty jank to be honest, but I'm glad I was able to finish

Controls:

Use the up/down arrow keys to control the rocket. Avoid crashing into the walls, but hitting barricades will cause you to lose some speed. The longer you go without hitting any barricades, the faster you will go and the faster you will gain points. Although if you go too fast for too long, your rocket will explode.Capture_2.PNG

Ratings

Overall 324th 3.833⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Fun 241th 3.887⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 823th 3.242⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Theme 421th 3.871⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 202th 4.274⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Audio 290th 3.758⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Humor 421th 3.448⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Mood 550th 3.589⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Given 29🗳️ 36🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 235915
04. Oct 2021 · 10:50 UTC
Cool game, especially sounds and graphics. I really like it!)
Comfy
04. Oct 2021 · 16:23 UTC
I really enjoy the graphics. The gameplay is fun and hectic, but still manages to be intuitive and fun. The sounds are topnotch too! Great job.
Really proud of you for finishing <3
Kaje Cimhael
04. Oct 2021 · 17:20 UTC
I like this quite a bit, good graphics and sound, overall just a short fun game. I didn't read the full description so I thought getting to 100% for speed was the goal, I felt bamboozled. Good work
Neeko69
04. Oct 2021 · 17:37 UTC
I got a virus alert from exe. but other than that it's very cool game!
DevUndead
04. Oct 2021 · 18:01 UTC
Great little game. I reached a score of 19507! Thanks for sharing this game. There is a small bug: When I resize the window, I can see the grey borders.
Moonblast
04. Oct 2021 · 18:28 UTC
the gameplays so classic ,i like the graphic
Terabyte
04. Oct 2021 · 23:10 UTC
So classic! I like it!
Nice selection of colors
Bhughes
05. Oct 2021 · 02:51 UTC
Cool game! Color palette is wondwerful. We made a rocket launch game too!! Should check it out :))
Plotnikov Ilya
05. Oct 2021 · 12:38 UTC
Simple but very polished game. Nice job!
Happy
05. Oct 2021 · 12:42 UTC
its kind of fun trying to balance the speed of the rocket and i like the sprites, despite being simple i think its pretty nice for a first game jam
Spoons
06. Oct 2021 · 02:05 UTC
Really enjoyed the spritework. Game was fairly fun and the controls felt pretty polished
Brainloaf Studio
06. Oct 2021 · 05:38 UTC
A simple concept but really well done execution. The spritework really sells it! It's also rad how this turns the typical 'runner' genre on its head by having you *want* to slow down, rather than constantly speed up. Keeping that balance is fun. Nice work!
Gevernus
06. Oct 2021 · 13:09 UTC
I like humor ant style of this game.
Hobzone
06. Oct 2021 · 18:27 UTC
Really cool character and art. Enjoyed the game a lot !
GAME_RS
07. Oct 2021 · 11:09 UTC
9676

Cute little game,the colors are perfect and the art solid.
I think a groovy/driving soundtrack would give it even more goblin adrenalin.

Could be cool on mobile with a few more features.
Substain
07. Oct 2021 · 11:47 UTC
so, you try to avoid the barricades, but then you need to hit them? this is pretty nice
balduin
08. Oct 2021 · 16:20 UTC
The art is really good and the gameplay is simple but fun.
🎤 LittleBeardMan
09. Oct 2021 · 00:56 UTC
Thank you to everyone who's played my game!

@devundead good catch, I just uploaded a new version that should account for resizing of the game window

@neeko69 Yeah it seems to happen on only some people's computers. Apparently it's an issue with how Godot compiles executables... I've been talking with some other devs that use Godot and haven't found a simple solution to this issue yet. Fairly annoying
epb9000
09. Oct 2021 · 03:36 UTC
![Screenshot_2021-10-08_20-24-54.png](///raw/00e/e/z/47e4e.png)

Hehehhehehe. Nice use of the theme, and like others have said good work on the visual style and sound effects.

Regarding the virus thing with Godot Windows releases - I don't include the pck inside of the executable because of that very reason.
Ceetjeuhh
09. Oct 2021 · 11:00 UTC
Haha, very cute game, loved the goblin and their rocket! Also liked the mechanic of exploding when you get too fast, nice balancing act.
Skyward4d
12. Oct 2021 · 10:26 UTC
Really simple idea, but great execution. The art and the audio are fantastic and cohesive which makes for a really nice experience. The controls are intuitive (Although I thought getting 100% speed was a good thing on my first run) and it was engaging having to manage risk/reward by going faster to score more points while risking not finding a barricade in time and self-destructing. It does get a bit repetitive after a while with so few mechanics, but overall really fun game. Nice work.
Frozedon
16. Oct 2021 · 03:50 UTC
Fun little game. Got to 16,231 points. The management of avoiding barricades, but also hitting them to avoid going too fast was engaging!
Pandore
17. Oct 2021 · 10:24 UTC
Simple yet fun :) The fact that you need to keep an eye on your speed jauge while dodging is pretty fun. Just wondering, at some point I exploded with only 88% on my speed jauge... Was it intended ?