Star Crystals by OddballDave
It's harvest time for the Star Crystals. How many can you collect? Drag the little red circle and release to fire.
Good Luck! :8ball:

| Link | https://oddball.itch.io/star-crystals |
| Link | https://oddball.itch.io/star-crystals |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/star-crystals |
Ratings
| Overall | 117th | 3.611⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 170th | 3.361⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 144th | 3.417⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 302th | 2.722⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 51th | 4.139⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 122th | 3.389⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 65th | 3.806⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 17🗳️ | 12🗨️ |
>Would be nice to have an indiciator for the previous shot to make it easier to adjust
You're probably right about this. Don't know why I didn't think of that. :8ball:
At first I didn't get how to play... then I saw the text below saying to pull the circle :smile:
I believe it would heve been nice if you automatically restarted after crashing into a star or when going completely out of the screen.
I would have also let you progress to the next level only if you managed to finish correctly the current one. That would make it more challenging, otherwise you can just skip and move forth if you can't finish it.
And on top of that it would have been nice to have a minimal amount of dots to collect to move to the next challenge.
Overall it's a solid entry IMHO. Nicely done!
Love all the nice visual effects and the accompanying audio, altho at least on speakers the music seemed too low compared to the sound effects; once I'd turned them down to a pleasant level I almost couldn't hear the (very nice!) music ☹️
The tension of the slingshot mechanic felt satisfying, but seemed quite sensitive to the tiniest of changes in how hard you pulled.
Being able to restart at any moment is nice, and I especially liked being able to go to the next level without getting 100% on the first one or I don't think I'd been able to see every level. I guess it would be nice to get an automatic restart if the circle leaves the screen or gets destroyed.
Overall very nice and polished and especially great job on the visuals! 😊
I agree with another comment, a way to show you your last move (last shot and/or last trajectory) can really help to complete levels, especially since we don't have any visuals clues with the space background.
Otherwise, nice polish and visuals (nice filter and lights), and the music works well with the game to set up a calm mood. The sfx on the death seems a bit harsh though
Nonetheless, it was fun to play, the graphics and animations are very polished, excepts the difficulty the gameplay is good, and even if I grumble a little, I enjoyed testing it. Good job!
