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No Drag in Space by lincore

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made by lincore for LD28 (COMPO)
In this game you control a space ship and have to collect eight fuel canisters in order to escape the level through a nearby warp gate before time runs up. You must carefully adjust your velocity to keep in control of your ship, because there is no drag in space.

The game currently features seven levels, and I am relatively certain level #6 is unbeatable in its current state. Challenge accepted?

If you make it to the end please let me know!

Meta:
This is my first Ludum Dare entry and my first project in years that has reached a decently playable state. I hope you have some fun with it, I sure had while making it (minus the last six hours of sheer panic, tiredness and stupid bugs).

Linux instructions:
The zip file contains two binaries for 32 and 64 bit systems, that can be run after making them executable:
> unzip ~/Downloads/NoDragInSpace_linux.zip
> chmod +x NoDragInSpace_linux.x86
> ./NoDragInSpace_linux.x86
Windows https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B_O5ws8f53q8TzJmRUNWWE1yRE0
OS/X (untested) https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B_O5ws8f53q8cjJ0N09oUTMwRm8
Linux https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B_O5ws8f53q8UEV4VlZ0WEZiVW8
Web (Unity Player) https://googledrive.com/host/0B_O5ws8f53q8WHI0c3hHMUoyRDg/index.html
Source https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B_O5ws8f53q8MFFOZWdya1hWREU
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=29939

Ratings

Coolness 56% 3
Overall 3.14 391
Audio 2.44 528
Fun 2.81 536
Graphics 2.89 519
Innovation 2.68 643
Mood 2.45 713
Theme 2.46 728

Feedback

milugames
16. Dec 2013 路 10:53 UTC
Very cool little game. Felt completely polished and well made!

The level with the rotating boxes was awesome and added something new to the mix.
chicknstu
16. Dec 2013 路 11:36 UTC
The controls felt pretty good, Although I couldn't get past level 3! I made it once,but then the time ran out as it was going through the exiting animation! (I'm rubbish)
馃帳 lincore
16. Dec 2013 路 11:40 UTC
@chicknstu:
Oh, thats my mistake. I thought I stopped the timer when you enter the gate, but oh well, didn't test the fix :~)
Thanks for your feedback!
dsoft20
16. Dec 2013 路 12:12 UTC
Nice game, the only problem I had is with the timer that doesn't stop when you reach the warp gate :P
Raphy
16. Dec 2013 路 12:17 UTC
Hard to control at first but then you kindda get used to it. Nice concept, and some nice levels ! Oh and sometimes i got lost in space and lost because of that.
supremefist
16. Dec 2013 路 14:53 UTC
Really good game! Nicely captured the feeling of no drag!
PlugNPlay
16. Dec 2013 路 16:16 UTC
A good game with some minor bugs (timer continues after reaching the warpgate, the upper gravity well in the "GravityTraps" Level moves away from its black hole thingy).
Aside from the bugs, it feels pretty solid for 48h.
cwkx
16. Dec 2013 路 19:46 UTC
I love 2D space games. This was fun with pretty visuals :) Great work!
d_0o_d
16. Dec 2013 路 20:30 UTC
You put a lot of thought into this. Nice one!
Ted Brown
16. Dec 2013 路 20:41 UTC
Nice!
ParaPup
16. Dec 2013 路 21:04 UTC
Not bad it was unique nice job though :D
AlanZucconi
16. Dec 2013 路 23:20 UTC
It's reqlly polished! :-) Plus, I like the title! XD
it was quite hard to control the ship though! Not so intuitive unfortunately!
postmodestie
17. Dec 2013 路 21:37 UTC
I would think that it could be easy to make procedurally generated levels..?
Joror
18. Dec 2013 路 19:13 UTC
Good nice physics racer! Ok difficulty ramp too.
Nelien
19. Dec 2013 路 20:32 UTC
Very nice! Love this :). Felt small and polished. Just the right amount of content for a Jam :). Also, thank god for indestructible ships ;).