Solaris by wenright

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made by wenright for LD 39 (JAM)

You've just stolen an experimental solar-powered laser weapon and must try to escape!

Hang out around the wells of light to recharge your weapon, and use it to blast openings if you get stuck.

Arrow keys to move, z to shoot, and up arrow to jump

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Ratings

Overall 417th 3.368⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 257th 3.421⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 386th 3.105⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 433th 3.474⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 484th 3.35⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 419th 3.222⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 21🗳️ 0🗨️

Feedback

Pelaik
01. Aug 2017 · 22:55 UTC
Good work!! Really like the feeling of having to run to recharge batteries, even knowing you are late and you will die :D
GanbareGamesKyle
03. Aug 2017 · 01:51 UTC
Clever idea, but the gun isn't terribly useful. You can get by just fine without it.
saintheiser
04. Aug 2017 · 04:49 UTC
Not bad! Like the idea recharge gun on light.
VarelseGames
04. Aug 2017 · 21:38 UTC
I like the idea, but I never had a reason to shoot. I just kept going until the game crashed (I'm assuming a memory issue)
bombjack
05. Aug 2017 · 09:51 UTC
I've not been able to play the html version on chrome/osx. The arrow keys do nothing
UnidayStudio
05. Aug 2017 · 17:03 UTC
For some reason, I had some problems to activate the controls on the web version (it works sometimes, but sometimes not), but I thing that this is just a browser bugs (chrome).

By the way, very good game. I liked the pixel art stylized graphics! :D
tweedle
05. Aug 2017 · 19:11 UTC
Great mechanic and use of the theme and nice challenge!
Reiv
07. Aug 2017 · 00:07 UTC
Nice concept! Would have been nice to get some score when shooting to the other guys. I don't know if just me but sometimes the restart button didn't work on the web version. Overall is a fun game. You should add more content to it later(like power ups or something) :D
cpv
07. Aug 2017 · 18:21 UTC
Expected to see some Stanislav Lem novel here :) Joke aside, it a catchy game. Simple, attractive, good old feel of graphics and sound.
Didactylos
10. Aug 2017 · 03:54 UTC
Not working in Chrome.
franfox
10. Aug 2017 · 12:20 UTC
Unfortunately I can't play it on my Mac, neither Safari nor Firefox :P
🎤 wenright
12. Aug 2017 · 04:06 UTC
I totally get the complaint that the gun doesn't really feel that useful, that was one of the main things I was trying to finish up before running out of time. Thanks for playing though!

As for the web player issues, it was always a bit finicky, but what seems to be the problem exactly? If the game loads but controls don't work, try clicking on the blue border on the left or right of the game to give it focus (clicking the full screen button should work, too).
TheAspiringHacker
13. Aug 2017 · 00:44 UTC
I was unable to use the controls on Firefox, and the game appeared as a black screen on Chromium. (I use GNU/Linux Ubuntu.) :(
🎤 wenright
13. Aug 2017 · 04:15 UTC
@theaspiringhacker Hmm, I'm running chromium/ubuntu as well and it's working here...
You could always try the windows version with Wine.
Anyway, thanks for trying!
TheFlyingKeyboard
15. Aug 2017 · 13:05 UTC
Really nice endless runner game. Graphics looks nice and fun. The only thing that could be better is level generation - it is sometimes too deficult, sometimes too easy.
yopox
17. Aug 2017 · 12:39 UTC
I loved the minimalist black and white style ! Fun entry :thumbsup:
bluellama
17. Aug 2017 · 14:23 UTC
Loved the minimalistic art. The game design itself was pretty great, it was fun to play, although it could have been marginally improved with further tweaking of the game feel (which I hope you'll pursue after LD)
matita
17. Aug 2017 · 15:11 UTC
A bit simple but funny game!

Loved the art and the recharging through the light.

Great job!
larzan
19. Aug 2017 · 10:50 UTC
Great endless runner, loved the art style, the fact that you had to actually jump around and not only run and jump, very well done indeed!