AstroNews Dispatch by Draconic Rabbit

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made by Draconic Rabbit for Ludum Dare 53 (COMPO)

Broadcast News across a planetary system of 8 planets.

  • Watch for your mission.

  • Go fast between distants planets.

  • Maneuver precisly to stay in orbit 5 seconds

  • Avoid collision

/!\ No music included and just a few sound effects banner.jpg

Ratings

Overall 320th 3.107⭐ 16🧑‍⚖️
Fun 341th 2.846⭐ 15🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 293th 3.038⭐ 15🧑‍⚖️
Theme 281th 3.577⭐ 15🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 303th 3.115⭐ 15🧑‍⚖️
Audio 288th 2.731⭐ 15🧑‍⚖️
Mood 315th 2.846⭐ 15🧑‍⚖️
Given 12🗳️ 3🗨️

Feedback

csimpson
01. May 2023 · 08:27 UTC
I like this in general, but I find the motion of the background disorienting.
joaosilva22
01. May 2023 · 08:39 UTC
Great job! One small suggestion: it would be helpful if the proximity indicator turned green a bit further away from the goal planet, so that players have more time to flip the ship around and decelerate.
tompudding
01. May 2023 · 08:41 UTC
At first I thought this was impossibly difficult, but once I got the hang of the controls it turned out to be manageable and quite fun. The main challenge was getting between the planets fast enough to not smash straight into them. Good job!
ellaris
01. May 2023 · 08:56 UTC
It's a bit weird that the ship got closer to the edge the faster you went. I think it was already pretty hard to doge out of a planets way with the speed.
It felt nice to go fast, but very punishing.
ADerpyChickenStudios
04. May 2023 · 03:52 UTC
Very challenging game but fun good job :)
LDJam user 287424
05. May 2023 · 03:56 UTC
Fun game. I agree with the comments on here that some feedback of when you're getting close to the delivery planet would be very helpful.
Quoc
06. May 2023 · 09:57 UTC
Nice game you got there. The movements were kinda hard for me, but still enjoyed it :)
Hakro
06. May 2023 · 10:32 UTC
I really enjoyed the game play and the idea behind it.
It was very challenging though. The first planet is close, but then the other ones are quite fare, so you spend lots of time traveling but not too much time practicing.
Also, it would have been nice to give an indication of the distance to travel to the next planet. Currently, only the direction is shown.
Other than than, it's a nice concept
zimny11
19. May 2023 · 23:40 UTC
Cool game! I like the art style, especially background while traveling on high speed. I would really prefer to have Up arrow key as a boost instead of a spacebar, easier to control fast/slow travel with each hand. Also it would be nice to have more obstacles around, so player cannot just blast at full speed all the time between planets, but that would probably require some warning system or mini map/radar, which takes time to implement :) Good job with the game!