Skyku by kabutakogames
Bad situation,
Try to make the best of it,
Fight with haiku.
Construct a sentence,
And then another two more,
Use five, seven, five.
But not always though,
Sometimes you just have small words,
Do your best anyway.
Within the compo rules,
But made by two of us both,
Here's a game we made.
There might be mistakes,
But my eyeballs are dead,
I hope these links work.
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Controls:
W,A,S,D - Move
E - Change destination
Space - Toggle the store
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Check out the store to get new phrases, they refresh every time.
Each planet should have one challenge for you, just follow your compass!
I've made an update build that deals with many issues we weren't able to get around to, or that people talked about in the comments! We are looking to post some more updates to this, so keep an eye out ;)
Tweet your favourite haiku's to us @kabutakogames !
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Note: For best results, play in 16:9 x720 - the text scales weirdly, and its better looking the higher that you go.
Edits: I've changed the upload because there were gui scaling issues (still are a little bit) and bugs with the store.
Try to make the best of it,
Fight with haiku.
Construct a sentence,
And then another two more,
Use five, seven, five.
But not always though,
Sometimes you just have small words,
Do your best anyway.
Within the compo rules,
But made by two of us both,
Here's a game we made.
There might be mistakes,
But my eyeballs are dead,
I hope these links work.
----
Controls:
W,A,S,D - Move
E - Change destination
Space - Toggle the store
----
Check out the store to get new phrases, they refresh every time.
Each planet should have one challenge for you, just follow your compass!
I've made an update build that deals with many issues we weren't able to get around to, or that people talked about in the comments! We are looking to post some more updates to this, so keep an eye out ;)
Tweet your favourite haiku's to us @kabutakogames !
----
Note: For best results, play in 16:9 x720 - the text scales weirdly, and its better looking the higher that you go.
Edits: I've changed the upload because there were gui scaling issues (still are a little bit) and bugs with the store.
| Post-comp - Web (unity) | http://gamejolt.com/games/puzzle/skyku/62606/ |
| Windows | http://kabutako.itch.io/skyku |
| OS/X | http://kabutako.itch.io/skyku |
| Linux | http://kabutako.itch.io/skyku |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=51243 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 100% | 1 |
| Overall(Jam) | 3.13 | 589 |
| Audio(Jam) | 3.01 | 403 |
| Fun(Jam) | 2.76 | 718 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 3.13 | 600 |
| Humor(Jam) | 2.68 | 598 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 3.40 | 305 |
| Mood(Jam) | 2.96 | 587 |
| Theme(Jam) | 3.70 | 272 |
For the people experiencing UI problems, use a 16:9 or a 16:10 resolution! If you run with 4:3, then stuff is going to be out of screen (and game will become really hard :D )
I think I defeated all of the planets. Nice little concept, one of the most original interpretations of the theme I've seen so far!
I love spacious mood.
But the screenshots look awesome!
Try the shop for new phrases,
A hundred bucks each!
Nevertheless, the presentation of the game is very well put together with a suitably space-y soundtrack :)
Comment in haiku:
the game was interesting,
thanks for making it.
The game is more fun than it should be. All you can do is fly around in a sort of overworld space mode, and fight on different planets. The fight itself is not really a challenge. I wonder why there are no 5 syllable phrases though - I was hoping to make a perfect Haiku, but the game won't let me. Not even the shop has them, and why would I buy a one syllable phrase for $100?
It also took me a while to find out that I have to click on my ship to submit the haiku. I guess the game could do that automatically, as there is nothing meaningful I can do after all 3 lines are filled.
I don't know why, but "shall we eat all the" never counted as being five syllables even though it is? Also I had a very hard time telling who was winning until I actually won.
I felt a huge lack of feedback though. I had no idea when I was getting hurt or doing damage. It took me way too long to understand it.
Thanks again! :)
I wish there were more haiku
To add to the fun
I think some of your syllable counts were off... just sayin :)