Dustrunner by ghpxi

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made by ghpxi for Ludum Dare 58 (JAM)

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Dust Runner is a 2D pixel-art physics game where you blast apart asteroids for resources. Collect enough scraps with your sketchy gear to fix the space portal and finally head back home.

  • WS - movement
  • AD - rotate
  • C - detach asteroid
  • E - attach asteroid
  • Space - vacuum (collect small scraps)
  • Left Mouse Button - laser

Ratings

Overall 163th 3.848⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 190th 3.682⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 195th 3.591⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 82th 4.205⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 127th 4.295⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Audio 82th 4⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 120th 4.023⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 32🗳️ 27🗨️

Feedback

Aquanim
Oct 07th · 08:44 UTC
The game seems pretty easy as long as you keep half an eye on your fuel gauge, but I still had fun :)
Kamizenki
Oct 07th · 08:45 UTC
Very chill to play, love the atmosphere and pixel art of this game. And the theme fits wells too. 5 all from me, great work.
Enad96
Oct 07th · 08:45 UTC
The art and music compliment each other really well, feels very polished. Great entry!
Divarium
Oct 07th · 08:46 UTC
Very nice game. Congratulations ! I didn't get if the diferents colors of ressources were of diferent value or not. Maybe by substracting my old score from the new one and delivery, but i shouldn't have to do that to understand how to play better. All that is nitpicking obviously. Angain, marvelous work for such a short developement.
space8
Oct 07th · 08:46 UTC
This is a fantastic experience with an impressive amount of polish! I really enjoyed the laser and was glad to discover I can grapple in big chuncks without having to break them down. Some upgrades to Laser and flight as you collect would take this to the next level but already a great joy to play.
0x0961h
Oct 07th · 08:49 UTC
Oh such a pretty art style, I love it! Was a bit confused about the laser as it kinda didn't do anything at first. :sweat_smile: Very well done, congrats on making it!
Kalbshack
Oct 07th · 08:52 UTC
Nice Game. Nice mood and good effects. Good work.
Leophyte
Oct 07th · 08:53 UTC
Cute and relaxing. I think you can probably lower the requirement to 1000 instead of 1500, the strategy that I thought was the most optimal of just bringing back as many rocks at once worked but it got a bit repetitive. I also used the laser cutter at first but I didn't find it very useful, I assume it's to cut the larger rocks into smaller ones to bring back but I didn't feel the need. Anyways, great visuals and sound design too :thumbsup:

![cap.png](///raw/e26/36/z/6e83e.png)
Curtis Pelissier
Oct 07th · 08:55 UTC
![Hooray! The portal has been.jpg](///raw/614/41/z/6e842.jpg)

It was really fun and relaxing! Gravity is a bit hard to control but attaching multiple rocks and hang them to the planet is working well! Nice entry :thumbsup:
LDJam user 0
Oct 07th · 09:01 UTC
Really dramatic astral-pixel!
pumpkineater
Oct 08th · 09:19 UTC
Beautiful art and music. Nailed the space aesthetic
LDJam user 9418
Oct 08th · 12:27 UTC
@pumpkineater thank you!
LDJam user 9418
Oct 08th · 12:28 UTC
@leophyte thank you for the feedback
LDJam user 9418
Oct 08th · 12:29 UTC
@space8 thank you, yeah we had in plans adding upgrades
LDJam user 9418
Oct 08th · 12:30 UTC
@divarium initially different colors were for different resources, but we cut it off so it's just for color variations now, thank you for the feedback
Split82
Oct 08th · 13:08 UTC
Wow. I'm blown by the mood and audio. The gameplay was fun and super chill. Awesome job.
Pigeonescu
Oct 08th · 17:19 UTC
Loved the music and the aesthetic of the game, felt a bit clunky with the controls but that might just be on me. Good Job!
Sylf
Oct 08th · 18:34 UTC
I spent a good 15 minutes playing the game - and didn't even notice!

The gameplay is easy to understand and draws you in from the very first minutes. With its relaxed atmosphere and clear goal, I didn't even think about stopping until I had collected the required number of asteroids!
LDJam user 9418
Oct 08th · 19:57 UTC
@split82 thank you for playing!
LDJam user 9418
Oct 08th · 19:59 UTC
@pigeonescu yeah, controls might be a bit clunky, especially when you drag asteroids, thank you.
LDJam user 9418
Oct 08th · 19:59 UTC
@sylf thank you!
WobbleBlocks
Oct 09th · 02:55 UTC
That was quite a cute and enjoyable game! Great work!!
Accardo
Oct 09th · 02:59 UTC
Chill game with some nice gameplay mechanics, being able to attach to the resources and drag them back to homebase is a really interesting idea. I also quite like the concept of movements that clearly try to mimic what would be like in space, though admittedly it could be hard to control when you are not used to it.