Far From Home by 8bitmatt

made by 8bitmatt for LD22 (COMPO)

My first ludem dare and also my first game (ever)! Seriously. Before this weekend I've only been through basic game tutorials, building things like pong and breakout.

My day job is web development so I'm not new to design or html5/js. Anyway, I had a blast. Game dev is my new passion and I really wanted to push myself this weekend. Thanks!

Note: I only had to to develop and test in webkit based browsers, so use safari or chrome to see all the scaling and fancy CSS3 sprite animations.

Web	http://8bitmatt.com/websites/arcade/files/ludemdare/alone/index.html
Source	http://8bitmatt.com/websites/arcade/files/ludemdare/src/8bitmatt-alone.zip
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-22/?action=preview&uid=8859

Ratings

Coolness	35%	376
Overall	3.00	186

Audio	1.00	594
Community	2.14	479
Fun	2.38	328
Graphics	2.94	239
Humor	1.60	428
Innovation	2.27	411
Mood	2.46	299
Theme	3.50	87

Feedback

jagttt

19. Dec 2011 · 13:53 UTC

Nice game! The graphics works great as a whole. The controls is like you are really in outer-space. Pretty cool!

🎤 8bitmatt

22. Dec 2011 · 19:10 UTC

@jagttt Thanks for the kind words!

Everyone: Here's a detailed POSTMORTEM of my game! http://8bitmatt.com/far-from-home-postmortem

Nizan

29. Dec 2011 · 11:30 UTC

Pretty good; small, simple, and feels fairly finished (alliteration - win.) I feel a no-goal/survive-as-long-as-you-can game like this needs some kind of high-score system though; that's my only real criticism. Anyway, good work. :)

davidwparker

29. Dec 2011 · 16:05 UTC

Interesting game. Like Nizan said, it would be nice to have points or something. I didn't understand how to play the first time through- instructions here or on the game would be nice. I also found it pretty hard.