The Space-Ton Device by Sinci1
WARNING READ FIRST I wanted to add a mini-tutorial to the game but unfortunately I ran out of time, so if you play it without reading you might get lost, so without further ado here be the description:
TRANSMISSION INCOMING Hello commander! You will be put in charge of The Space-Ton Device™, the new revolutionary technology that will secure our solar missions! You will operate The Space-Ton Device™ is via the two T.O.N's on the side, you switch between them using the {LEFTARROW} and the {RIGHTARROW}, and once you've selected a T.O.N device, you can increase it's mass by {UPARROW} and {DOWNARROW}. Your job is to balance The Space-Ton Device™ from the incoming meteors by redistributing weight between the two T.O.N devices, but do be warned, The Space-Ton Device™ may be rather... Unstable. Good luck commander! TRANSMISSION ENDED
Copyright © 1977 by The Brix Arcade
| Windows | https://sinci1.itch.io/the-space-ton-device |
| HTML5 (hopefully) | https://sinci1.itch.io/the-space-ton-device-web |
| Source Code [Assets & Project Settings] | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eVgFk9nMMhsMe1-U6gvmd1CSDganeOFg/view?usp=sharing |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/the-space-ton-device |
Ratings
| Overall | 1391th | 2.92⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 1085th | 3.1⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 977th | 3.1⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 412th | 3.88⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 1220th | 2.9⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 982th | 2⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 1129th | 2.25⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 1323th | 2.688⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 8🗳️ | 14🗨️ |
One last note: I always write down honest review, because everybody need that, not just nice craps with some bullshit, but sometime I will aperceite very good games. So if this review insult you, but use it well :) Anyway every game is counting so :)
I liked the lp graphics! Good work!
Yeah sadly for the audio, near the end of the time I realized I didn't have any audio, wanted to add something, so I picked a random 8bit sound effect to add
And as for the graphics I was going for a pixelated look but thanks for the feedback, I think if I began a bit earlier I could've polished it up a bit more, but sadly I didn't, rip.
But anyway thanks for the honest feedback, I really do appreciate it!
@alina-baybulatova Thanks for playing!
And thanks for the comment, I'm glad you liked it!
I did have a bit of difficulty balancing the difficulty [double pun not intended], experimented a bit with different weights and speeds and ultimately I did accept the fact that it was gonna be a difficult game.
But the blockades idea legit could've balanced the game out a lot more.
Either way thanks for playing!
This was funnier than I had expected. I think a control scheme like W/S/Up/Down (to control them simultaneously without switching) would have been more intuitive. It's very difficult.
> This is the Web Version which I unfortunately only managed to upload now, around an hour after the jam submission period ended.
Don't worry about that. You have to upload 1 build until the deadline, and then you can add more builds even a week later (as long as the game is unchanged).
I did actually experiment with that sorta control scheme, but I found it a bit too confusing, as when I got overwhelmed I didn't know which one I was controlling, thought that might've just been me.
And thanks for the heads up regarding the builds!
@peace-of-cake-games thank you! There was a glitch with the pixel effect, where it applied to the text as well as the game, and I sadly couldn't find a way around it, that's why the text might be hard to read. Thanks for playing and for the feedback!
@pcmaster Yo thanks man, I know I know, I did scuff it a bit this year, both with the making of the game and with the rating :sweat_smile:, hopefully next year I'll plan out a bit better, but thanks for giving it a go, appreciate it!
Thank you all for playing the game and rating it, can't believe we got over 20 points.
Though the playing & rating is over I do hope to try out all of your games, no promises but hopefully.
Peace out and I hope to see you all next year!