Moon is the limit by Azargaz

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made by Azargaz for LD 39 (JAM)

My third LD and second solo entry. A simple game about flying your rocket to the moon. Collect money and buy upgrades to get further.

PLAY OR DOWNLOAD HERE (Windows, Mac and Linux builds available)

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Ratings

Overall 413th 3.379⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Fun 281th 3.367⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 753th 2.429⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Theme 587th 3.233⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 599th 3.033⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Audio 528th 2.448⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Humor 583th 1.923⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Mood 669th 2.704⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Given 16🗳️ 7🗨️

Feedback

Stepan Shabalin
01. Aug 2017 · 17:37 UTC
Sweet!
Pedro Miranda
01. Aug 2017 · 17:44 UTC
Nice game, first time I hold space and couldn't lift off. Then I accidentally pressed the Key for more money (infinite cash!). Good Job!
notApollogising
01. Aug 2017 · 17:45 UTC
An interesting idea and good gameplay elements, but it's quite aggravating. You hardly have any control in the air and you keep teleporting around
nitzanel
01. Aug 2017 · 17:49 UTC
A fun and simple game!
Jose
01. Aug 2017 · 17:50 UTC
Great work! It's very difficult to master and it invites you to try again and again!!
Stepan Shabalin
01. Aug 2017 · 17:50 UTC
But you can't fly up or collect money
That's bad
Fwazle
01. Aug 2017 · 17:54 UTC
Really cool game! It would have benefited from having music but the sound effects and art felt like they fit the game perfectly. Well done!
Rulrite
01. Aug 2017 · 17:54 UTC
A very engaging game - it reminds me of the old flash games I used to play during lunchtime at school. The powerups were fun and exciting (although perhaps the rocket ends up going a little -too- fast - even when I was being careful, it was hard to avoid the bombs)! Great work: I couldn't stop playing until I'd bought all the upgrades, at least.
Prabhjot
01. Aug 2017 · 17:55 UTC
this game was really fun and i played for while without getting bored. One thing which would make it better if you had more control in the air. trying to control the rocket was really difficult. well done on the game.
Martinus
01. Aug 2017 · 17:56 UTC
Nice game! Very hard! Well done !
sorecactus
01. Aug 2017 · 17:59 UTC
Couldn't get off the ground in the web version, but the I downloaded the mac version and it worked. Insta-kill bombs are pretty rough, especially since they're impossible to avoid after the first speed upgrade. Still a fun game!
wmerges
01. Aug 2017 · 18:18 UTC
Found the game pretty entertaining. The upgrade system kept it interesting. I did notice that if I hit a bomb fast enough and at an angle the bomb would blow up but the ship would not, not sure if this is a bug or just a good strategy. This doesn't affect the functionality of the game at all but if you develop it further adding a smoother transition when you go off the side of the map would be nice. Overall I found the game fun and I honestly have to say I spent longer playing this game than most games I've tried. Nice work.
Remondo
01. Aug 2017 · 18:18 UTC
Really fun and quite good for his graphics (we can see this is pixel art, but really good pixel art), a bug is present, quite annoying, ometimes you're flying and all the objects around you are disapearing and replaced by others. I would have rated this game pretty good but here is the problem that made me do otherwise : the game is an exact copy (with less functionnalities) of a flash game. I don't remember the name of the game, but it is the exact same thing. Quite disapointing.
Remondo
01. Aug 2017 · 18:18 UTC
Don't mind the other comments, it is a mistake, sorry
Remondo
01. Aug 2017 · 18:18 UTC
So I continued the game and one of the upgrades doesn't work (the fuel one) so it's impossible to finish the game. So I guess the game hasn't been tested.
Remondo
01. Aug 2017 · 18:18 UTC
Remondo
01. Aug 2017 · 18:18 UTC
Remondo
01. Aug 2017 · 18:18 UTC
Really fun and quite good for his graphics (we can see this is pixel art, but really good pixel art), a bug is present, quite annoying, ometimes you're flying and all the objects around you are disapearing and replaced by others. I would have rated this game pretty good but here is the problem that made me do otherwise : the game is an exact copy (with less functionnalities) of a flash game. I don't remember the name of the game, but it is the exact same thing. Quite disapointing.
Damoy
01. Aug 2017 · 18:37 UTC
Good idea ! Link this kind of game, well done !
Some Nerd
01. Aug 2017 · 18:50 UTC
This game is a nearly 1:1 exact copy of Into Space by Barbarian Games, down to the design of the rocket and the HUD, except at least Into Space gives your rocket enough power to make a single dollar with no upgrades. The only way to beat your game is to spam the keyboard until you find the one that gives you more money than all of the upgrades combined and instantly breaks the game to even be playable. I'd give you a negative score if I could, but all you get is 1 star in all categories for being unplayable and plagiarizing. ![into space.png](///raw/dd6/8/z/834f.png) ![rrrrr.png](///raw/dd6/8/z/8352.png)
🎤 Azargaz
01. Aug 2017 · 19:06 UTC
@some-nerd

I'm sorry I should've mentioned that the game is inspired by Into Space. I just really liked that game and wanted to make my own version and I didn't have any good idea for this theme, but I don't think it's exact copy, like I didn't even try to copy anything from that game expect mechanics. And I don't think you need to spam the cheat button to get any money but it's pretty difficuly at the start and sometimes bugged.
crazyrems
01. Aug 2017 · 20:37 UTC
Graphics are OK, but the ship goes a bit too fast it's hard to control precisely. It becomes nearly impossible when there's plenty of bombs. Is there an end to the game? Because I fly so high the stars on the parallax disappeared.

I think rating the game 1 is rude, even when it's complete plagiarism. The game has been made from scratch, innovation is not that good because of that but it's still a good game.
Random-storykeeper
02. Aug 2017 · 00:20 UTC
I couldn't even take off the ground despite pressing and holding the ignition key, and I tried both the web and the download version. The upgrade system looks interesting and all that; even the sound itself for the rocket engine working is very fitting for this kind of art style. I like the design of the sky on the right-hand HUD, but overall, I don't think I was able to figure out how to play.
jotson
02. Aug 2017 · 18:43 UTC
Fun game. I enjoyed playing it. Who is dropping all of these parachutes of death is what I want to know?! :smile: Maybe cliffs or mountains would make more sense. Took me a while to realize there was a "Shop" button. I'd make that a lot more obvious. The camera needs some work too. The ship would seem to teleport when you go too far to one side causing crashes. I made it to the top but never got a satisfying moon landing. I wanted to buy a "increase turn rate" upgrade for the outer space portion of the game. But overall, very nice!
Schu
03. Aug 2017 · 22:54 UTC
It's way easier to move side to side rather than upwards (the direction your rocket faces) which seems kind of odd. And for some reason it seems like when you move to certain areas all of the parachutes disappear. But aside from those issues it was really cool!
grandtheftmarmot
03. Aug 2017 · 23:55 UTC
This was so great. Sunk a lot of time into this one :)