Pluto's Revenge by Hattered
Pluto, the tiny non-planet, dreams of revenge.
* The APK file is invalid for devices with less than ARMv7
* LOVE-based ports added on April 25th
* "LOVE (port)" requires LOVE: https://love2d.org/
* Controls:
- Touch to move Pluto (LOVE ports: left-click)
- Knock into smaller objects to capture them
Created using Corona SDK
Sound effects generated using sfxr
* The APK file is invalid for devices with less than ARMv7
* LOVE-based ports added on April 25th
* "LOVE (port)" requires LOVE: https://love2d.org/
* Controls:
- Touch to move Pluto (LOVE ports: left-click)
- Knock into smaller objects to capture them
Created using Corona SDK
Sound effects generated using sfxr
| Android 2.2 (ARMv7) | http://dl.dropbox.com/u/75320561/LD23_Plutos_Revenge.apk |
| LOVE (port) | http://dl.dropbox.com/u/75320561/LD23_Plutos_Revenge.love |
| Windows (port) | http://dl.dropbox.com/u/75320561/LD23_Plutos_Revenge_win.zip |
| Source (Corona) | http://dl.dropbox.com/u/75320561/LD23_Plutos_Revenge_src.zip |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=12853 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 51% | 3 |
| Overall(Jam) | 3.07 | 124 |
| Audio(Jam) | 2.35 | 156 |
| Fun(Jam) | 3.21 | 61 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 2.22 | 228 |
| Humor(Jam) | 2.50 | 107 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 3.41 | 64 |
| Mood(Jam) | 2.82 | 127 |
| Theme(Jam) | 3.50 | 48 |
I targeted Android because I was fixated on the idea of controlling Pluto by tilting the device, which I had to drop because it's something the Corona Simulator doesn't simulate. I should have stuck with what I know, but at least I've finally tried Lua.
Played the windows port, ran very well.
Add some music to it (nice background stuff maybe orchestral or new age...), maybe some planet textures and I reckon you could make some money out of that.
@MadGnomeGamer, Jiddo: In porting to LOVE, I had to use a more permissive test for attachment (I couldn't get the original method to work), which seems to make large assemblies much less stable.
@Lawrence Esswood: The planets are supposed to spawn more or less continuously just off-screen, but I have noticed it gets difficult to find any as you get larger.
@Ovno: Your suggestion of adding music immediately brought The Planets to mind, then I remembered Pluto isn't in The Planets. Holst!
The mechanic works well enough and I like the sound effect design. But there does not seem to be much of an objective.
Also, it really starts lagging up when there are too many objects.
Awesome job!