PlanetDefender by itsatony

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made by itsatony for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

Background-Story

Bad luck on an astronomical scale! The Kuiper-belt was disturbed and countless asteroids are hurling towards our planet. Delay the inevitable for as long as possible and destroy down as many as you can as commander of earth's last remaining starship. Maybe you can buy enough time to allow some rescue-ships to escape?

CONTROLS

  • WASD to fly.
  • Left Mouse to fire your laser.
  • Right Mouse to fire your rockets (5sec CD).
  • ESC to pause/go into menu.

MECHANICS

  • Bigger Asteroids have more hitpoints.
  • Gather metal-debris from destroyed asteroids to add power for your AOE attack (right-mouse-click).

STATE

well.. we only had 2 of 5 team-members this time around and only about 12hours each to spend while working.. hence, we chose a much smaller scope than usual (good choice). We did not really manage to complete what we wanted to get done, but we feel like it's a well-rounded complete gameloop with quite some potential... simple, but fun and challenging. Let's see if you can beat our best of 1min:58sec ...

Ratings

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Feedback

Rxbbie
04. Apr 2022 · 23:53 UTC
Cool little game! Game would have definitely benefited from a bit more content (upgrades, asteroid types, buffs, etc) but you've got a solid, replayable loop! Wish you guys had more time to work on the project! PS. I beat your score!

![beatit.png](///raw/71b/82/z/4b6f0.png)
Heremeus
05. Apr 2022 · 07:39 UTC
Awesome soundtrack! :musical_note:
🎤 itsatony
05. Apr 2022 · 12:55 UTC
@rxbbie thx for the feedback! Absolutely right that we needed more "specials" ... we had weapon upgrades, building planetary auto-turrets, non-linear approaches, escape-ship escorting, tractor beams etc on the list... just too slow..
anywys, thanks so much for beating my score and playing and participating!
zimny11
11. Apr 2022 · 17:27 UTC
Nice shooter game :) Cool music and nice art style. I was able to hold for 1:06s. I think adding some spin to asteroids and some movement to the scraps would be a nice addition, but I do understand the time is really limiting factor in LD. Overall, nice game.