Dodge Rocket by falstro

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made by falstro for Ludum Dare 50 (COMPO)

Our sun is growing, consuming everything in its path. In a last ditch effort we try to escape, burning our last fuel. Aim for the planets about to get pulled in, and use their gravity well to slingshot away!

There are three modes. - Ludum Dare Challenge mode will have the exact same random seed every time. Use this is if you want to flex your score in the comments. - Daily Challenge mode will have a random seed that changes deterministically each day, so everyone playing that day will have the same challenge. Use this to compete with your friends. - Random Challenge mode will generate a new random seed every time.

Each challenge contains 10 stages of increasing size.

We track two score categories, a speed score and a style score. The speed score is the shortest combined time needed to clear all stages in the challenge. The style score is the opposite, the longest combined time needed for each stage (while still clearing the stage).

Place the target in the desired direction with the mouse. Click to launch, right click to reset and try again. Once a stage is cleared, a right click will reset the stage to attempt a better score. The best score in each category from each stage will be kept.

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My best score for the Ludum Dare Challenge is 2283 speed score, and 3014 style score. Feel free to rub my nose in it if you manage to get a lower speed score or higher style score.

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EDIT Added HTML5 build. It works surprisingly well.

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mira
04. Apr 2022 · 19:39 UTC
![score.png](///raw/7bf/72/z/4acd1.png)
not sure how bad is my score :smile: but i enjoy this game. Was very original.
AsmadiGames
04. Apr 2022 · 19:42 UTC
This is fun and addicting! It wasn't immediately apparent that we were doing gravity whips, but once I figured that out it was fun swooshing up through the level. Very good music and SFX, very pleasant even after trying a level a dozen times :D
1studio
05. Apr 2022 · 20:32 UTC
Great game! Although I encountered a bug where you dodge everything, but you fall back down :confused:.
🎤 falstro
06. Apr 2022 · 04:32 UTC
Thanks @asmadigames ! I was actually rather pleased with the sfx, even they're rather "low quality" (they're sfxr, in case that wasn't clear) :smile:
🎤 falstro
06. Apr 2022 · 04:33 UTC
@1studio there's a minimum height you need to reach to clear the level - however it's not obvious where that height is. Since all the planets fall down, but the "goal line" doesn't, it might seem a little weird. I was thinking about adding a visible goal line or something, but couldn't come up with a good idea for it.
elysiagriffin
09. Apr 2022 · 01:36 UTC
Thanks for submitting your game for me to play on my stream!

If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1450188475?t=3h12m50s

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

💜 Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady

https://www.twitch.tv/elysiagriffin
elysiagriffin
09. Apr 2022 · 12:20 UTC
![Untitled.png](///raw/5a7/b/z/4da41.png)

Here's my score for the LD Challenge - the 51 resets bothers me because 50 wouldve been perfect lol