To the Moon! by Pickens Inc.
*Apparently I stole the name off of some other indie game, but I assure you, I really have never heard of it, if you have any better suggestions, please let me know!*
My slightly unfinished game, still playable! As long as you don't mind the (CURRENTLY!) boring gameplay XD!
PLEASE READ DESCRIPTION!
F1 - view controls
F4 - Toggle Fullscreen
An apocalypse is bearing down on Earth, and you decide that it should be you to survive intact! Unfortunately, you have decided this a little late, and now you've only got 1 day before the world ends! Quick! Grab that drill and get digging! Then get back to the surface to build your rocket to the moon!
Also, the way you build your rocket does actually matter. More blocks means it can take more hits, more thrusters makes it faster. Please report any bugs, I haven't finished this game yet, and will release a Post-LD version later!
Thanks for playing!
Many thanks, hope you enjoy,
Taha
My slightly unfinished game, still playable! As long as you don't mind the (CURRENTLY!) boring gameplay XD!
PLEASE READ DESCRIPTION!
F1 - view controls
F4 - Toggle Fullscreen
An apocalypse is bearing down on Earth, and you decide that it should be you to survive intact! Unfortunately, you have decided this a little late, and now you've only got 1 day before the world ends! Quick! Grab that drill and get digging! Then get back to the surface to build your rocket to the moon!
Also, the way you build your rocket does actually matter. More blocks means it can take more hits, more thrusters makes it faster. Please report any bugs, I haven't finished this game yet, and will release a Post-LD version later!
Thanks for playing!
Many thanks, hope you enjoy,
Taha
| Windows | https://www.dropbox.com/s/d7cu7lhyp233vpt/To%20the%20Moon.exe |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=25346 |
It's a nice idea, I like these digging games, but it still has a lot of bugs.
There doesn't seem to be much advantage with actually building a ship since it get more difficult to avoid obstacles when it is larger.
After restarting and getting to space again you seem to have to control both your old ship and your new one making the game much much harder so you have to quit the game and start it again to get another chance. Also sometimes the soacemusic carry over to the new game.
There should be a way to skip directly to the space part, even if you want to build a ship you could reach the ship you want long before the day ends.
It is a bit annoying that blocks you place are displaced compared to blocks already on the map. It is a nice way to deal with getting stuck down a hole however.
If you dig to the bottom you fall forever and can't get back.
You can place blocks on yourself and on enemies to snare them.
Nowhere in game is there any instruction on what to do in space as it is I would guess that you are supposed to travel in some random direction. If this is the case you need to do something about the problem with spawning on top of an obstacle after a screen transition. If you are simply supposed to survive you should disable screentransitions in space.
Waiting however many minutes a day take to get one more chance to guess randomly at what to do in space is not very fun. There is however a secret save and load function you can use with f5 and f6 that make the wait bearable, you still have to exit the game and start it again between tries since else you get the double ship bug. It doesn't help with the basic problem with the space part though, that you have no idea what to do so after searching through fifty or so screens I quit. So if you have an ending I have not seen it, if you don't have one however you should add one.
The graphics and audio were quite good. The gameplay was lacking, both on ground and in space.