Utter Space by snakemuho

made by snakemuho for LD 42 (COMPO)

The space is getting pretty crowded. Can you find the door to run away (like a coward)? Or will you destroy everything to have enough space (50000 units to be exact) for yourself? (it's not worth it i swear please dont do it)

The further you go the more excited you get, so step it up (that's what the legs are for)! And watch out for those black holes, they're quite scary when it gets crowdy.

Never finished a "full" videogame before, so here it is. Also I'm still bad at gifs.

Unity version 2017.3.1.7475

Explosion sounds are from www.zapsplat.com, all others and music created with FL Studio 12

Sprites drawn in Krita

HTML5 (web)	https://snakemuho.itch.io/utter-space
Windows	https://snakemuho.itch.io/utter-space
Source code	https://snakemuho.itch.io/utter-space
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/utter-space

Ratings

Overall	156^th	3.712⭐	28🧑‍⚖️
Fun	43^th	3.981⭐	28🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	491^th	2.942⭐	28🧑‍⚖️
Theme	335^th	3.615⭐	28🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	152^th	3.769⭐	28🧑‍⚖️
Audio	105^th	3.58⭐	27🧑‍⚖️
Humor	156^th	3.043⭐	25🧑‍⚖️
Mood	85^th	3.609⭐	25🧑‍⚖️
Given		31🗳️	9🗨️

Feedback

Listonos

12. Aug 2018 · 18:13 UTC

Very hectic when you are closing to getting in, took me a few tries. I also appreciate the humor.

TontonPizza

12. Aug 2018 · 18:16 UTC

it's quite challenging, feels good to open the door after few misses. Good music too

EvanM

12. Aug 2018 · 22:26 UTC

art: 5/5 I really love the art style
game play: 5/5 I can see myself playing this for a few hours on an rainy day
theme: 3/5 Running out of space litterly
audio: 3/5 I like the ambiance and the sound effects are really fitting
summery: I really enjoy this game, Good job!

suve

13. Aug 2018 · 01:52 UTC

A very literal take on the theme. The core gameplay is rather simple, but the "assemble a door" mechanic is quite fun. Overall, while the game may not be very innovative, the sense of humour and quality of execution make for a really fun way to spend a couple minutes on.

jackou

13. Aug 2018 · 01:52 UTC

I liked the game! Very fitting sounds and art. Good job overall!

JonahSenzel

13. Aug 2018 · 01:58 UTC

love the way the controls are highlighted in text
fun, pretty polished
overall a solid take on the theme

🎤 snakemuho

13. Aug 2018 · 02:05 UTC

@evanm @suve yeah, when I saw the theme during the voting my very first idea was a literal space shoot-em-up where you have less and less screen space over time. Didn't want to do anything too crazy for my first jam.

OmnipotentIndie

13. Aug 2018 · 02:52 UTC

Fun, and cool idea. A bit too easy

super8bitrafa

13. Aug 2018 · 05:02 UTC

very fast paced and fun! I found that I could just stand in one place and shoot for a long time. I lasted 2 mins like this

Alex_ADEdge

13. Aug 2018 · 08:24 UTC

Solid game, looks and feels well crafted overall. That space background was mesmerising ^_^

rk3Omega

13. Aug 2018 · 12:47 UTC

Nicely done. Shooting feels great and it controls nice overall. This is one I could see having a pretty good play time.

blobo

13. Aug 2018 · 15:46 UTC

The controls are tight! I love it.

girania

13. Aug 2018 · 15:50 UTC

I really liked it, though I kinda felt it was bit short. I had a great playtime, still.

Ghen

13. Aug 2018 · 18:17 UTC

nicely done !, nice space shoot 'em up game, the control feels nice while shooting with space for me a bit awkward at first, i love the graphics its consistent all the way

Jay Elbourne

13. Aug 2018 · 23:18 UTC

Yes, I agree with comments, Very fun to play and love the idea. I wanted to retry over and over. Which is my only negative, my high score was not persisted between plays, use PlayerPrefs or something simple. I so wanted to beat my high score cause it was a lot of fun.

🎤 snakemuho

13. Aug 2018 · 23:47 UTC

@jay-elbourne actually the high score only saves when you exit through the door, and not when you die. Guess a bad design choice on my side

Ossi

14. Aug 2018 · 04:11 UTC

Very nice! The shooting felt really good! I noticed that if you didn't move at all and just held the shoot button down you could get pretty far if the black holes didn't spawn in front of you. However, once the game started to speed up I had to move again, so my strategy didn't last for very long! Congrats on your first full videogame too, good job!

Astericon

14. Aug 2018 · 06:07 UTC

I really liked the door mechanic.

Andy D

14. Aug 2018 · 22:48 UTC

Really nice! I found it challenging to build up the door and then it took me a minute to figure out what to do when I had :face_palm: Great work!

Nick Rafalski

16. Aug 2018 · 03:33 UTC

This is great for a first complete game! You bit off a very manageable amount of scope, and polished it up nicely! The shooting feels satisfying, and the art and sound are great. Very nice job!

batmanasb

19. Aug 2018 · 21:09 UTC

14175 high score! But that was before I read the comments to figure out that the door did... lol. It's a little insanely fast so I couldn't focus on the door.

But yeah, the little legs and the door mechanic in general are hilarious!

paulhocker

25. Aug 2018 · 06:43 UTC

this was a perfect ludum dare game - so awesome !!! loved you working in the hangman mechanic !!!