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Flight of the Stars by DangerPenguin

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made by DangerPenguin for LD28 (COMPO)
In Flight of the Stars you fly the last offensive starship to protect earth, with a rechargeable energy wave as your only weapon. Frantically avoid enemies and their projectiles while building up time until your next shot! It takes 10 seconds for the energy wave to charge, do you have the nerves to fly the last starship on the flight of the stars?
Web http://gamejolt.com/games/arcade/flight-of-the-stars/20137/
Source https://github.com/DangerPenguin/FotS
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=19575

Ratings

Coolness 46% 1083
Overall 3.38 212
Audio 3.53 74
Fun 3.32 214
Graphics 3.08 419
Innovation 2.86 528
Mood 3.00 326
Theme 2.80 537

Feedback

Niqle
15. Dec 2013 · 22:25 UTC
It's a fun game man. Just wish it were faster. Got 20,739.
BenoitLetondor
15. Dec 2013 · 22:26 UTC
Well done !
somepx
16. Dec 2013 · 14:28 UTC
Simple and well made - I second @Niqle, it should be faster. Nice job!
glovecat
20. Dec 2013 · 10:44 UTC
Great idea and fun game! Avoiding enemies and getting closer every 10 seconds
I got 18826 :)
local minimum
27. Dec 2013 · 20:56 UTC
Nice little game with an inherent conflict of wanting to dare devil pull as many as close as possible for each blast. Yet that is of course dangerous. With some sound effects and more varieties of enemies you have something nice going here.
van noctar
27. Dec 2013 · 22:02 UTC
Good job!
mmickyman
27. Dec 2013 · 23:35 UTC
I thought at first that the ship shoot an bullet or a missile... so I was surprised by the weapon.
It's fun and has an engaging music, well done !

Did you tried to add the last Ludum Dare theme to it too ?
CarlsonAndPeeters
27. Dec 2013 · 23:45 UTC
Too easy for too long, but other than that this game is really fun. Good concept, good art, great soundtrack.
Anachron
29. Dec 2013 · 15:06 UTC
Fun concept with some nice pixel art. Could use some sound, and the game crashed for me when launching in Chrome. Cool idea though, and good gameplay!
🎤 DangerPenguin
03. Jan 2014 · 03:34 UTC
@Anachron, are you using an older version of chrome? and whats your OS? I only use chrome and had no issues :/

@mmickyman Kinda, haha I didn't want the game to be just a bullet-hell shooter. wanted some conflict! Also, I love making shooters.

To all, I'll be making a turbo version, stay tuned!
archaeometrician
03. Jan 2014 · 04:08 UTC
Interesting game ! I like the unique way I can attack the enemy, it's very different of the conventional space shooter where we get unlimited ammo and shoot everything that move. It's challenging and like local_minimum said, the desire to blow up as much as enemies as I can is interesting and very risky.

The music is really well done, thank you for the soundtrack link, it's really appreciated !

Can't wait to try the turbo version, this page is bookmarked ;)
xrm0
05. Jan 2014 · 13:21 UTC
Fun game, should be faster.
Zerkruemler
05. Jan 2014 · 20:06 UTC
Nice game mechanics with cool retro-style. Good work, fitting sound and graphics.
timothyolt
06. Jan 2014 · 16:13 UTC
Simply amazing. I have nothing to complain about.
Diptoman
06. Jan 2014 · 16:28 UTC
Loved the audio!
Faster pace would've been nice, but overall it's pretty neat!
Lorenzo Maierú
07. Jan 2014 · 00:43 UTC
I really dig the idea, If only it went a little bit faster it'd be amazing! currently it's a bit tedious having to wait for ten seconds each time, though I get to dodge stuff in the meantime. Overall pretty good!