Voice Blaster by SojaBird

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made by SojaBird for LD32 (COMPO)
A lonely space traveler runs out of fuel.
Get out and mine those astroids...with your voice!

"Voice Blaster" is a short experimental game where you have to drill astroids using a voice-powered drill.
Scream as loud as you can to make the drill spin faster, resulting in mining the astroid faster.

(Webplayer might have problems finding your mic. You can use left-mouse as well but this will only make the drill go up to a max of 60rpm. Voice control is way more powerful and has been measured to go over 250rpm!)


Controls:
- VOICE SCREAM: Spin up the drill and keep screaming to keep it spin!
- Mouse: Aim drill
- Arrow up key/W: Fire main jet
- Arrow keys/A+S: Fire monopropellant jets
(-Left mouse: Only when having mic problems, slowly spin up the drill to a max of 60rpm)



Goal of the game:
Collect 500 fuel by drilling all 5 astroids in the field.

Ratings

Coolness 26% 2090
Overall 2.78 896
Audio 2.35 690
Fun 2.18 1056
Graphics 3.33 384
Innovation 3.71 176
Theme 2.61 985

Feedback

deadarius
20. Apr 2015 路 10:57 UTC
Very original idea. Physics is a bit funcy, controls are hard and there is no way to lose if I understood it right?

Other than that - I would like to play something like that. Very nice!
馃帳 SojaBird
20. Apr 2015 路 12:02 UTC
Hey deadarius. Thanks for playing! :D
The physics are a bit crappy since the air-hose has physics and pull and such. I want to change this but didn't had time in the end. At this point you can not loose, only give up. You can not travel in the ship itself yet which would be a nice feature for a next version.

Thanks again! I'm sure I'll check out yours as well
ilikescifi
20. Apr 2015 路 12:17 UTC
Looking & sounding awesome - but i don麓t really get it :)
Fanttum
20. Apr 2015 路 23:57 UTC
Couldn't find my mic :/
Drauthius
21. Apr 2015 路 16:38 UTC
In space, no one can hear you scream, but I hope my neighbours didn't hear anything. I'm not sure that drilling asteroids can be called a "weapon", but I think it's a good game anyway!
Crowbeak
26. Apr 2015 路 04:55 UTC
Interesting idea, but it doesn't recognize my microphone and it's too hard to control.
LukeZaz
28. Apr 2015 路 23:40 UTC
Controls are very hard to use, rendering it almost impossible move around.

Also, it couldn't detect my microphone.
nihilaleph
06. May 2015 路 04:24 UTC
A very interesting idea, but I control is really difficult and it didn't detect my microphone... Still from what I could see great job!
nihilaleph
06. May 2015 路 04:30 UTC
Update: On standalone version it actually did detect my microphone
leffe108
09. May 2015 路 19:32 UTC
Interesting (but not too hard) controls and physics. First time I see a LD game using microphone as an input device.