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Moon Kiss by jepjoh2

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made by jepjoh2 for Ludum Dare 53 (JAM)

Intro

Moon Kiss Ltd. aims to disrupt the space launch industry. Using our patented launch platform we can insert your payload safely into any orbit your mission might require at a cost orders of magnitudes lower than our competitors.

Controls

Important: If the game starts lagging try resizing the window a bit.

This game is about launching satellites. Each satellite has a required altitude at which it has to be deployed.

Using an old kei truck, a few sticks of dynamite and a surplus jet engine it should be easy to get about 3 of these satellites to orbit - possibly.

Aim the truck, launch it with "Q" and control the rotation with A/D as such: instr_rotate.png

There are 3 main missions to complete in rising difficulty. After that missions become randomly generated.

What didn't get completed

  • Music was made but didn't make it to be included. To get a nice background track fire this up in a separate window: https://j-software.dk/ld53/snd/Track1.mp3
  • Better balancing of abilities
  • Health and customization of truck

Tools

  • Code (@jepjoh2): Pas2JS
  • GFX (@ohwowtotally): Procreate
  • Sound (@wuk): BeepBox, Audacity

Important: If the game starts lagging try resizing the window a bit.

Link https://j-software.dk/ld53/project1.html
Link Working on it. Ping to get notification
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/53/moon-kiss

Ratings

Overall 765th 3.417⭐ 20đŸ§‘â€âš–ïž
Fun 367th 3.658⭐ 21đŸ§‘â€âš–ïž
Innovation 286th 3.711⭐ 21đŸ§‘â€âš–ïž
Theme 595th 3.921⭐ 21đŸ§‘â€âš–ïž
Graphics 802th 3.316⭐ 21đŸ§‘â€âš–ïž
Audio 700th 2.722⭐ 20đŸ§‘â€âš–ïž
Humor 210th 3.763⭐ 21đŸ§‘â€âš–ïž
Mood 747th 3.353⭐ 19đŸ§‘â€âš–ïž
Given 20đŸ—łïž 5đŸ—šïž

Feedback

snesgaard
02. May 2023 · 04:59 UTC
SpaceX ain't got nothing on these guys!
Breadliner
02. May 2023 · 05:01 UTC
I really enjoyed your game! It was a little difficult at first, but I got the hang of it quick and it was a lot of fun. I like the idea of deploying satellites from the bed of a truck, I think it would be really cool if there was some aspect of controlling the satellites after dropping them off, making sure they stayed in orbit. Just an idea. I also loved the title screen art. Great job!
Hare Software
03. May 2023 · 13:01 UTC
I actually enjoyed this quite a bit but it would have been cool if I could have even more different abilities with more strange characteristics. I would love to play more if you decide to make a post jam version, so well done!
feyd-rautha
07. May 2023 · 05:06 UTC
Pretty fun, although I REALLY struggled to make the dynamite helpful.
ryusui
07. May 2023 · 17:25 UTC
The controls are finicky, and there really needs to be a download version; the game runs choppily in the browser. Despite never successfully launching a single satellite, though, I love the concept you've got going here. The whole idea of rigging up a *truck* to launch payloads into space is *hilarious* - I award points just for that.

And yes, I would sooner trust your fictional space delivery company to get us to Mars than Elon Musk. (At least *their* truck only explodes when it *hits* something!)

(Also, yes, I can read the actual title you've got going here - æžœăŠă—ăȘいç©ș間, "Endless Space" ;) )
BrahGold
10. May 2023 · 03:10 UTC
I really liked the idea even if I had real trouble with performance problems. I could've used some hint that you need to jet right away, because after I figured that out I enjoyed my time with the game.
sezdev
14. May 2023 · 10:38 UTC
What a silly idea! I love it. I didn't read a description so was confused when the truck would only rotate... let me see.. Q for launch? Boom! instant fun.
The framerate drops a lot in the second level, couldn't continue playing... so I just played the first level again.
Rentem
16. May 2023 · 21:47 UTC
Nice Idea. I couldn't play very far, when ever i deployed the second satellite the screen froze. Then the mission failure screen showed up.
Sheepolution
17. May 2023 · 01:18 UTC
This is pretty fun! It's unfortunate that the game gets laggy as the game goes on. Because of that I wasn't able to finish level 3. But I like the concept, and it was fun to time the placement of the satellites.
Gardenovena
18. May 2023 · 02:04 UTC
Fun! I usually suck at games like these, but I was determined not to give up. I was pretty pleased with myself for being able to figure out the solutions.
Side note, I really really like the art on the start menu, very cute and cozy.
epb9000
18. May 2023 · 02:52 UTC
Much technology, very lunar. I couldn't get the 3rd sat launched, too hard to control rotation, but that was quite amusing none-the-less.