Escape from Planet 21 by whiletruefork

made by whiletruefork for LD21 (-)

As the first person to land on the forbidden Planet 21, the last unexplored Planet in Space, you are now faced with the less enjoyable task of getting off of it in once piece.

Hints/details/eventual postmortem: http://bit.ly/pvNIkf

Web: www.whiletruefork.com/LD21/EscapeFromPlanet21.html (requires Unity plugin)
Mac:www.whiletruefork.com/LD21/EscapeFromPlanet21Win.zip
Windows: www.whiletruefork.com/LD21/EscapeFromPlanet21Mac.zip

Process twitter feed: https://twitter.com/#!/whiletruefork

Windows	http://www.whiletruefork.com/LD21/EscapeFromPlanet21Win.zip
OS/X	http://www.whiletruefork.com/LD21/EscapeFromPlanet21Mac.zip
Web	http://www.whiletruefork.com/LD21/EscapeFromPlanet21.html
Source	http://www.whiletruefork.com/LD21/EscapeFromP21Source.zip
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-21/?action=preview&uid=2111

Ratings

Coolness	4%	144
Overall	3.67	39

Audio	3.35	66
Community	1.90	371
Fun	3.10	122
Graphics	4.43	6
Humor	2.80	76
Innovation	3.38	113
Theme	3.52	95

Feedback

vipah

22. Aug 2011 · 19:01 UTC

Very cool theme and graphics. Love how you can damage only certain thrusters depending on how you collide with items. Good job.

wallacoloo

23. Aug 2011 · 06:40 UTC

Being written by a guy who calls himself "whiletruefork", how could this NOT be awesome? Surprisingly though, it did not cause excessive lag or crash my computer - very misleading and disappointing ;-)

RichMakeGame

23. Aug 2011 · 10:53 UTC

good fun! I found it really difficult though, especially with the thruster damage mechanic. I couldn't escape!

the damage is a great idea, I just wish it didn't cripple you *as* much, since I'm really clumsy and impatient I hit a lot of stuff :D

tgijsola

24. Aug 2011 · 02:12 UTC

Beautiful graphics and style, very well done. Losing entire thrusters is just way too punishing, though. Still, quite fun!

AndyBrown

24. Aug 2011 · 09:49 UTC

I love the graphic style, and the sound and music worked perfectly for the game. But I have to agree, the thrust controls felt rather unforgiving, I got 200k after a few tries though, so it's still fun, but still too unforgiving for me to feel like trying again and again until I can beat it.

NiallM

24. Aug 2011 · 09:52 UTC

This is really nice (I love how everything's on wires) but I agree that the thruster damage mechanic is a bit too punishing.

marudziik

24. Aug 2011 · 11:16 UTC

Very good game, although controls might be a little more responsive, game could be played faster then. Nevertheless, this is really good. Congrats!

KevinWorkman

25. Aug 2011 · 03:00 UTC

Awesome graphics, awesome idea with the thrusters, basically everything everyone already said.

wonderwhy-er

25. Aug 2011 · 20:17 UTC

Very good presentation, both audio and graphics and old cartoons imitation or something.
Hmm sadly its kind of too slow for my taste... Makes it little bit less fun for me.

summaky

27. Aug 2011 · 17:11 UTC

The visual effects are very pretty.

Andrew

28. Aug 2011 · 12:36 UTC

I liked the wires holding everything up, but the ship seemed a little slow to respond to commands.

matthias_zarzecki

29. Aug 2011 · 08:51 UTC

I love the old sci-fi asthetics. Nice!

PaulSB

29. Aug 2011 · 20:45 UTC

I found this extremely difficult but I absolutely love the retro sci-fi thing, the wires are a lovely touch.

🎤 whiletruefork

31. Aug 2011 · 12:37 UTC

Thanks for the comments, everyone- in the more polished version, full release version I am working on, I've granted thrusters two hits (and given them bounce-back so you don't plow your ship through an asteroid and lost have your maneuverability in one fell swoop as often). That's the magic of LD48, I suppose- there's probably no better showcase of designer fallacy difficulty level issues.