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Delta Drift by Archaeognathus

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made by Archaeognathus for Ludum Dare 58 (JAM)

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You are an ore drifter searching for asteroids in your delta ship. Crack them open and collect their loot to deliver to the space station.

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Controls: WASDQE to move and clicking buttons in the cockpit to switch modes. H while in a levels shows the cockpit functions

Written in Python (3.13.7) using pygame-ce (2.5.5). The Windows version is packed with pyinstaller. I will try to also add a linux port within the next days (edit: added it now, created under Ubuntu 24.04). Seven-segment font "digital-7-pixel" by Baldionlyfont from https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/2692998

This was another fun, if very stressful jam! Was afraid I might not finish the "game part" like last time, which was pretty much just a sandbox. No time for polish and sadly also any music or sound had to be abandoned. Balancing might also be a bit off, but I at least managed to beat it myself... third try :)

Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/58/delta-drift

Ratings

Overall 219th 3.741⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Fun 263th 3.552⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 153th 3.672⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Theme 246th 3.897⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 303th 3.85⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Humor 452th 2.84⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Given 20🗳️ 35🗨️

Feedback

b0guslaw
Oct 07th · 05:17 UTC
Well done! Very cool iteration on this kind of game and genre. I liked that you could actually switch the mode in the UI with the mouse, and then move the mining UI with the mouse too. Felt like taking the controls of a real ship!
Phobos001
Oct 07th · 05:56 UTC
Very nice diegetic UI. Very simple game that obviously had a lot of love put into it. Glad you were able to finish your game in time. Linux port will be welcome but happy to inform you it works well in WINE too :)
SergS Workshop
Oct 07th · 17:39 UTC
Hi there! Solid game, nice UI and floaty character controller feels very natural. Unfortunately, there was not music and sfx
🎤 Archaeognathus
Oct 08th · 18:35 UTC
Thanks for all your nice feedback. I always wanted to make a game like this. Originally wanted to make even more complex UI interactions, but as always... things got in the way. And music and SFX are unfortunately what I drop when I'm out of time :(
It's great to know it works with WINE, and I'm always happy to hear from fellow Linux users, but it was about time I ported it. No idea why I never did before!
florianCohen
Oct 08th · 20:29 UTC
Nice game i like it good job !
Lancelier
Oct 08th · 20:29 UTC
The first few tries I always kept dying to the asteroid blast after mining but managed to finish it after couple of tries. Really enjoyed this one ;)
Azzriell
Oct 08th · 20:32 UTC
Litteraly Star Citizen without the bugs and cost aha.

Seriously : eally nice game, its on point, really beautiful with some retro vide (especially the mining process).
No sound for me, but loved it !

As there's an element of environmental hazard with the destruction of the asteroids I though there would be some hazard on the harder level, but still, impressive and lovely.
KafuuChino
Oct 08th · 21:05 UTC
Such a cool UI and awesome gameplay! Also fits the theme very well. The only problem is that I didn't realize that the Cargo: 00/08 actually mean you should collect at least 8 cargos and thought that 8 is the maximum capacity. Didn't affect the experience much, though, and it is amazing that you managed to use python to make such a good game.
designernap
Oct 10th · 15:35 UTC
This is lovely! It reminds me somewhat of "In other waters" which I am a big fan of. Tricky gameplay here but I kinda like that. Great work.
tatawanda
Oct 10th · 15:56 UTC
I liked the UI too! A bit difficult for me to master. But I really like the feeling of the loop, drift, mine, collect, deliver
zelew
Oct 11th · 10:52 UTC
so cool!
Aune
Oct 11th · 11:00 UTC
I did not know that pygame can make such game! Really nice entry!

Really love the graphical coherence of your game. Took me time to see the "cargo" number like said above. but other things were pretty easy to understand. Well done!
dumchevdev
Oct 11th · 15:41 UTC
Great idea, well done!
InMyArmsTonight
Oct 11th · 16:01 UTC
simply idea，smart express
TheParticularPixel
Oct 11th · 21:59 UTC
nice retro vibes! i really like the UI. took me a bit to get the hang of it but had a lot of fun playing. nice jam!
D3kryption
Oct 12th · 00:45 UTC
Nice job! :D It was a decent game. Very cool to play. Python games are always a treat hah!
Quinn
Oct 12th · 05:31 UTC
Really solid and satisfying. The mining interface is cool and it makes it feel good to click and hold. Graphics are nice and crisp, good color choice, but the generic font broke the immersion a little bit. I like it.
Profugo Barbatus
Oct 12th · 05:42 UTC
Not bad, I liked the visuals, just wish we had some audio. Only thing I didn't like was overlapping asteroids, was mildly annoying to have ores just get stuck inside another rock. The game was overall very easy, but I enjoyed risking it with inertial dampeners off, to minimize fuel burn for some self imposed difficulty.
Aynu
Oct 13th · 04:53 UTC
Loved the game I am wondering are you gonna update this further?
Kahztein
Oct 20th · 21:26 UTC
Nice game! Feels like something that would've fit quite well on one of the old retro handhelds.