neon subsurface by JALgames

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made by JALgames for LD29 (COMPO)
This game was made in about 4 hours, so don't expect it to be to polished.
You cotroll the blue neon ship. But the engine is partially broken, so you can only fly up or down, but not straight forward. Your only hope is to toggle the direction in the right moment. But to keep the engine running, you need to stay beneath THE SURFACE. That's the red/green line in the middle. If you are above, you will loose fuel and below, you'll gain it.
Another danger are big blocks that are in your way and the speed-up panels. But luckily, there are also green panels that speed you down.
TL;DR:
Controls: SPACE = toggle direction
IMPORTANT: If the binaries don't work, that's because some libraries are missing, In that case, try the installer. Or, if you've got MonoGame instaled, compile it yourself.
In that case, if you've got some knowledge of Xamarin, you should be able to get it running on any OS. Windows Phone and Windows RT will be added in the next days, if you've got binaries for another platform, please drop a comment with a link.

Ratings

Coolness 49% 1314
Overall 3.12 625
Audio 1.75 978
Fun 2.73 818
Graphics 3.50 340
Humor 2.21 719
Innovation 2.84 719
Mood 3.15 418
Theme 3.19 623

Feedback

monsterkillu
28. Apr 2014 · 09:21 UTC
Cool mechanics .. But found it a bit difficult..
Doccrazy
28. Apr 2014 · 11:16 UTC
Quite hard, but fun
Lrnk
28. Apr 2014 · 11:20 UTC
Really like the graphical style. Shame there's no sound (unless it just wasn't working on mine?)
gikdew
28. Apr 2014 · 11:24 UTC
Ive just clicked your entry because of the thumbnail, the visuals look awesome, really nice and well balanced!
hexagore
28. Apr 2014 · 11:29 UTC
Pretty good for just 4 hours :) The graphics are very effective. VERY difficult!
tayl1r
28. Apr 2014 · 11:36 UTC
Neat!
tchem
28. Apr 2014 · 11:36 UTC
really cool, i love it,, simple and hard.
Jonathan Whiting
28. Apr 2014 · 11:37 UTC
Cute idea. Pretty incomprehensible without careful poring through description. Collision detection feels over enthusiastic.
🎤 JALgames
28. Apr 2014 · 11:51 UTC
Anybody liking the graphics style: draw the image in any color over a transparent background, and then in GIMP: Filter->alpha to logo->neon.
JulianMH
28. Apr 2014 · 13:03 UTC
Nice art style. And quite impressive for 4 hours of work.
By the way, I added the MonoGame version of my game you requested.
NikinCZ
28. Apr 2014 · 14:41 UTC
Not anything extra, but not anything bad!
PaperBlurt
28. Apr 2014 · 15:43 UTC
These graphics are like super, freaky, cool and weird!

Love it (no really, I mean it!)
elpaulo
28. Apr 2014 · 15:45 UTC
Simple and cool
Hyoga-3D
28. Apr 2014 · 15:51 UTC
i like the neon style. Great job!
Agreon
28. Apr 2014 · 15:52 UTC
Nice Idea :)
Jeffalisk
30. Apr 2014 · 12:18 UTC
Sorry, I liked the look of the screenshot but afraid I can't play it without a Mac downloadable.
MSaul
30. Apr 2014 · 12:22 UTC
Cool ambiance, i love that neon effect. But really hard to play. Good work for 4 hours.
PS : zip bomb :(
rojo
02. May 2014 · 00:08 UTC
Nice job on the graphics.
eastes
02. May 2014 · 09:35 UTC
You like Tron. I know you do.
Red Light Collective
10. May 2014 · 03:51 UTC
Damn awesome art and style, really cool.
bucketh3ad
15. May 2014 · 00:10 UTC
The neon aesthetic looks great. My main complaint it that it broke immersion to have the score appear as a pop up alert rather than inside the game.
wilbefast
19. May 2014 · 21:51 UTC
Nice little one-button game, you should totally put this on mobile :D Some sound would be nice though. It took me a while to figure out that I had to stay below the line too (I don't read indications, soz lol). Good job :)