Rocket Science! by timtipgames

made by timtipgames for LD30 (JAM)

Rocket Science is a game intended to be played by two players using one android device (smartphone will do, tablet is awesome). It is absolutely possible to play Rocket Science as a single player game though!
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Android only right now. We are going to try to port to desktops in the coming days. Performance may be bad on mid- to low-end devices. We will probably do a post-compo version that adresses this as well as some control issues.
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Art: Nina (aka Lotta)
Programming: Tim
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Fixed Bugs:
* Fixed a bug that crashed the app once you tried to start a second game from the same app instance.
* Fixed a typo that led to collisions not working.

Android	http://timtips.com/games/rocketScience.apk
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=15341

Ratings

Coolness	28%	1836
Overall(Jam)	3.29	340

Fun(Jam)	3.13	322
Graphics(Jam)	3.19	458
Theme(Jam)	3.06	429

Feedback

burgerdare

26. Aug 2014 · 14:12 UTC

a really fun idea hampered by extremely frustrating controls. Often, side scrolling games like these allow players to move their fingers around slightly below where they want their ship to move, and the ship then stays slightly above the finger so that it isn't covered completely by a big meaty thumb. With a bit of tweaking there, though, this actually has the makings of a game that I would probably play regularly on my phone to kill time. Well done.

TeamQuadratic

27. Aug 2014 · 17:36 UTC

A fun, interesting game. I enjoyed it!

elkiwydev

28. Aug 2014 · 07:16 UTC

Don't have an android phone to test it

egor-idiot

28. Aug 2014 · 08:19 UTC

Unfortunately couldn't play. Not have an android device =(

LeafThief

31. Aug 2014 · 20:06 UTC

Played it on a Nexus 7(2012) and it worked grat. Good job on the game, it's simple and easy to understand yetfun to play for a while. After some time it gets a bit boring but that's okay considering you did this in such a short amount of time. Well done!

One more thing: although you may think the font looks good it's really hard to tell one's current score. My advice: stick with sth simpler that's more easy to read :)

whalebot

09. Sep 2014 · 17:11 UTC

First Android Ludum Dare entry I've tried. Nice work!

voxel

11. Sep 2014 · 07:00 UTC

Took me a while to work out but fun times once I did. Collecting a trail of stars is really satisfying

Sascha

12. Sep 2014 · 15:30 UTC

Cool concept! Game was quite fun, but got a bit boring relatively soon. Except for the usual smartphone game-control problems of your fingers occluding everything, it was really well executed! Graphics were great, especially the stars and their animation! Very nice job overall!