Planetoid Pilgrim by defacid

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made by defacid for LD30 (COMPO)
CONTROLS:
WASD - MOVE \ RMB - AIM \ LMB - SHOOT \ R - RESTART

EXPLORATION AND MORAL REFLECTION

VIDEO ONE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zms8eX7lgRE
VIDEO TWO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30JJyIbwWl4

EDIT: Fixed the .exe to be single runtime rather than an installer for ease of access.

EDIT2: I forgot to put this in the controls earlier, but press "R" to restart the game.

Ratings

Coolness 22% 1948
Overall 3.63 175
Audio 2.87 441
Fun 3.38 289
Graphics 3.88 140
Innovation 3.19 524
Theme 3.19 609

Feedback

pirate-rob
25. Aug 2014 路 15:31 UTC
*V-Potential spoilers-V*

Was fun, but I'm not sure there was anything to do once you killed everything. Which I suppose might be the moral of the story?
馃帳 defacid
27. Aug 2014 路 12:20 UTC
*SPOILERS*

That's exactly it. If you give the player the option to shoot, and something to kill, they are predisposed to kill. The very valid option to NOT kill is not entertained. There's also the angle of killing everyone, or isolating yourself from others, leaves you alone and the lack of an end state entertains the idea that you will continue to exist in either isolation or surrounded by others.

I've lived a good portion of my life sitting by myself in crowded rooms by choice. :P
43iscoding
27. Aug 2014 路 12:45 UTC
Physics, graphics and mood overall is brilliant. Game feels really solid!
ryguydavis
27. Aug 2014 路 12:58 UTC
I like this a lot for what it is, but sadly it isn't very much yet. I would love to see what you have after a few more days of work. The visual style and movement were fantastic. Unfortunately there just wasn't much to do yet. I also noticed that once you killed all the little creatures nothing seemed to happen and it just felt like a big empty room. Again, I would love to see this after more work.
JNyknn
27. Aug 2014 路 12:59 UTC
Nice graphics and design. Some kind of help screen would have been nice, I couldn't completely figure out what I was supposed to do.
Kuchalu
27. Aug 2014 路 13:06 UTC
Really love the art style. Awesome game! Well done.
fleegle2000
27. Aug 2014 路 14:14 UTC
This has some real potential. It took me a little while to figure out what I was supposed to do, but once I got used to the controls and the way the player character moved, I quite liked it. I hope you'll continue working at it, I look forward to seeing more.
TheExGenesis
27. Aug 2014 路 14:14 UTC
Looks super pretty!
ajayajayaj
27. Aug 2014 路 14:33 UTC
Awesome Game! Very interesting and fun idea.
TheExGenesis
27. Aug 2014 路 20:08 UTC
Can't find anything to kill, though
馃帳 defacid
27. Aug 2014 路 22:28 UTC
Try pressing "R" - you might have spawned worlds that have little to no life.
Scott Baker
28. Aug 2014 路 01:38 UTC
Nice game. The pull of gravity from far away planets that you can't see was satisfying.
mrexcessive
01. Sep 2014 路 14:23 UTC
Hi there. Interesting looking pixel art. Like the gravity. Shoot (LMB) doesn't seem to work at all (Chrome/W8.1)
Kiwiboi
07. Sep 2014 路 19:41 UTC
Very interesting! The exp and lvl meter made me shoot everything unfortunately, they were cute and didn't hurt me but I thought leveling was the purpose :( Then I read the description. Lovely entry.
Markavian
07. Sep 2014 路 19:41 UTC
The only thing I don't get, is why separate mouse buttons for aiming and firing? I found it easier just to hold both left and right mouse down to fire because it was too confusing. Nice movement and interplanetary mechanics, I liked the surface details.
thecolorhacker
07. Sep 2014 路 19:54 UTC
Well done mechanics, I killed some little bugs or something after some time of vagrancy around three planets. After your explanation I understand the game a little better though! I like the option not to kill, but I feel there is something missing in gameplay terms.
馃帳 defacid
10. Sep 2014 路 01:11 UTC
After playing my own entry via web for a bit I realized why you guys are so confused about the aiming - the laser isn't being drawn in the web version! I am going to look into whether or not I'm allowed to fix that (which I should be since it's a port and I'm not modifying the gameplay from the original.)

I will get to playing and commenting on the games from the most recent commenters in a bit.