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Interplanetary Sumo by Milo

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made by Milo for LD23 (COMPO)
You are an astronaut engaged in a struggle for survival, as planets bombard you from all sides, pushing you away from the safety of your peg. The only hope for survival is to avoid being crushed, while still staying within one parsec of that very important peg.

(Also, I can't get the applet to work in browsers. If anyone has advice (I have tried to sign it), I'd be glad to hear it)

Source-Only http://milo.grotonma.net/uploads/WorldSumo/source.zip
OS/X http://milo.grotonma.net/uploads/WorldSumo/application.macosx.zip
Linux http://milo.grotonma.net/uploads/WorldSumo/application.linux32.zip
Windows http://milo.grotonma.net/uploads/WorldSumo/application.windows32.zip
Other Stuff (Questionably Functional 64-bit Builds) http://milo.grotonma.net/uploads/WorldSumo/
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=2934

Ratings

Coolness 50% 3
Overall 3.38 201
Audio 2.77 310
Fun 3.41 126
Graphics 3.14 307
Humor 2.45 320
Innovation 3.86 60
Mood 2.81 343
Theme 3.55 160

Feedback

Rabbits...
23. Apr 2012 · 01:36 UTC
great game! the graphic are tight the worlds crack the gravity works and its fun... some things to improve on would be to say what that bar thing in the corner means(can't figure it out) and the red rope thing is a little vague(i thought it was a bungee cord at first...Overall very fluent though...
MyFrosch
23. Apr 2012 · 16:35 UTC
Nice idea.
free_napalm
23. Apr 2012 · 21:28 UTC
Nice graphics and music, but real fun and fluent gameplay.
Enjoyed it a lot.
tlaine
23. Apr 2012 · 23:17 UTC
Good game. Made me play a couple rounds.
BlackBulletIV
24. Apr 2012 · 02:47 UTC
An interesting and rather fun idea.
zkenshin
25. Apr 2012 · 01:08 UTC
Very neat, unique, and fun. :)
uberneen
25. Apr 2012 · 01:13 UTC
2145 - It was fun and when it started to get repetitive, I got squished.
Cappibara
25. Apr 2012 · 02:35 UTC
I had a lot of fun with this game! Seriously wouldn't mind buying it for a tablet device or something like that.
the8donut
25. Apr 2012 · 22:16 UTC
Very interesting concept, nice music.
jwolf
25. Apr 2012 · 22:22 UTC
That's a pretty neat take on the theme. Good job!
robcozzens
26. Apr 2012 · 05:08 UTC
Pretty cool.
j_peeba
26. Apr 2012 · 05:09 UTC
A cool idea and a solid execution too.
invaderJim
27. Apr 2012 · 18:46 UTC
Simple mechanic, but actually quite fun! Great job :)
pighead10
28. Apr 2012 · 13:12 UTC
A good idea, executed well and strangely addicting! There should have been some kind of "reload" time between jumps, so if you jumped to another planet and held down space for too long you wouldn't immediately jump back.
wgemigh
28. Apr 2012 · 19:12 UTC
I enjoyed your game quite a bit. The cracking planets looked cool and the jumping mechanic was fun.

Overall, it was a great diversion for a few plays but then it started to feel like the same thing every time. Perhaps more strategy (jumping off of or into a planet might push it), powerups, or new types of planets would extend playtime.

Still, great job for 48 hours!
refreshcreations
29. Apr 2012 · 12:05 UTC
1732pts

Nice little game and good effort to include some audio in there as well. Liked the concept and whilst I seemed to repeatedly get crushed by Jupiter a solid LD game.
Scott Baker
29. Apr 2012 · 21:09 UTC
Nice game. I had some fun with it. Got repetitive though, maybe some powerups in later levels to keep from getting squishied?

Music got to be ear bleeding after a while. But still nice job.
ronsho
06. May 2012 · 18:53 UTC
Wow, this is an awesome mechanic. I haven't seen anything like it. I felt like at many points I wasn't getting any planets going back toward the center, though. Still, it was exciting and brief.
FrozenCow
09. May 2012 · 22:02 UTC
Awesome! I had a very similar idea for my game (jumping from mini-planet to mini-planet), but with a car instead of a astronaut. Being crushed is a cool mechanic too. Very nicely done :D