The Mean Astronaut by MCPGNZ

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made by MCPGNZ for LD30 (COMPO)
Maybe he's mean, but only The Mean Astronaut can save the World(s)! Help him to accomplish his goal or die trying!

This game! What is it all about:

Your main goal is to keep alive as many planets as you can.
With space bar you connect to planets. Those connected grow, others slowly die out.
When the planets grows to 100% it spawns another one.
You can jump between planets by placing your character pointing to one and pressing W.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:
In configuration file config.txt you can change few options:
width/height of a window, difficulty settings.

ISSUES:
#1: The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b.)
a) in DLL folder there are .dll files for x86/x64 machines, try to copy->replace them to the game folder.
b) if that doesn't work, try installing:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40784
c)if you uncounted this problem and suggested solution worked, let me know ;)
d) if it not worked, join IRC channel or leave some kind of contact info to help me to help you! :)

Ratings

Coolness 48% 1265
Overall 3.60 195
Audio 3.05 353
Fun 3.70 101
Graphics 3.61 257
Humor 3.10 173
Innovation 3.73 161
Mood 3.36 253
Theme 3.52 355

Feedback

BoskoSokolov
25. Aug 2014 路 02:58 UTC
Cool game :)
varun
25. Aug 2014 路 03:15 UTC
I was unable to start the game, receiving this error - http://i.imgur.com/3HmaFPG.png.
sharpcoder
25. Aug 2014 路 03:17 UTC
Fun concept! This has a certainly unique game mechanic, so that was pretty cool. Good job!
馃帳 MCPGNZ
25. Aug 2014 路 03:23 UTC
varun: reuploaded with dll i suspect was missing, give it another try ;)
theholychicken
25. Aug 2014 路 03:31 UTC
Ultra satisfying spraying with four planets at once!
Later on I get completely overwhelmed and only manage to hold on to one planet.
Very cool!
馃帳 MCPGNZ
25. Aug 2014 路 03:35 UTC
If the game progresses to quickly (all your base are belong to enemies) You can change DIFFICULTY_GAIN in config.txt to smaller value for smoother change. Cheers :)
MrSylar59
25. Aug 2014 路 05:51 UTC
I have the same problem as varun to run the game, same error.
kyru
25. Aug 2014 路 05:54 UTC
Very fun game but I won't lie, I had no idea what I was doing for most of it.
Jupitron
25. Aug 2014 路 09:56 UTC
Pretty solid action game! Really loved it!
FrankieSmileShow
26. Aug 2014 路 05:06 UTC
Im still not entirely sure how you get to gain new astronauts to shoot with!

This was fun though, once it started to pick up. Maybe id add some sort of dotted line showing where your astronaut is about to jump once you disconnect from a planet, maybe highlighting the current target? The game looks really cool when you're shooting.
ZeppelinCaptain
27. Aug 2014 路 21:19 UTC
Cool game, from the instructions I thought it would be very similar to mine :)
KingBolonzo
31. Aug 2014 路 22:45 UTC
Its awesome like the style u created def progressed difficulty with time nice work
vividhelix
01. Sep 2014 路 00:05 UTC
Nice game, couldn't switch worlds but did manage to spawn a new world. Loved the upbeat music!
Scipio Xaos
01. Sep 2014 路 01:33 UTC
Wow... just.. wow.. BEST GAME I'VE PLAYED YET! Woooh! SOOOOOOOO MUCH FUN. :P

I did find an interesting little glitch where I could get more than one mean astronaut and connected planet at a time. I tried to get a whole bunch of them going... but then the HORDE showed up and there was just so many I was forced to spin in circles and constantly fire to drive them off...

(And the little astronaut popping his head up at the controls screen was gold. I only which I could give this 6 stars. XD )