Planet Zero by benjames171

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made by benjames171 for Ludum Dare 45 (JAM)

You find yourself marooned on a strange world and must find a way to escape.

You start with nothing and must make use of things you find to progress.

Web build only at the moment. Controls are in-game.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFO1VHAikaU

Ratings

Overall 145th 3.929⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Fun 225th 3.7⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 974th 2.588⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Theme 856th 2.886⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 78th 4.329⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Humor 721th 2.37⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Mood 299th 3.676⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Given 1🗳️ 10🗨️

Feedback

NachtWitch
07. Oct 2019 · 20:43 UTC
h-holy crap, thats a really cool platformer game you made, what influenced the name and idea?
NachtWitch
07. Oct 2019 · 20:43 UTC
h-holy crap, thats a really cool platformer game you made, what influenced the name and idea?
pestodesign
07. Oct 2019 · 20:49 UTC
I like the graphics and the movement. And that the rocks are reusable! Nice!
Dafral
07. Oct 2019 · 20:51 UTC
Beautiful pixel art. The level dessign is very engaging with a nice progression. I liked it a lot!
ghust1995
08. Oct 2019 · 03:42 UTC
Damn, it gets hard very fast! Lovely pixel art, controlling the character feels very good, good job!
PabloTitan
08. Oct 2019 · 08:06 UTC
Beautiful game, really cool idea with rocks! :) As always, great design!
iozsaygi
08. Oct 2019 · 12:17 UTC
Perfect platformer game! Feel is awesome and art is perfect. Controls were so good too! I think this one is 10/10 entry.
Chocolat-Endive
08. Oct 2019 · 14:13 UTC
Super cool! Very nice gameplay, good difficulty curve, and interesting level design with well done aesthetics.
Janderson Barboza
08. Oct 2019 · 16:15 UTC
Loved the art and the music! The sound effects combined a lot! Loved the color palette :)

That part was hard, I died, but I had so much fun! Thank you for that!

![planet-zero.png](///raw/578/31/z/28d81.png)
OWC
08. Oct 2019 · 16:19 UTC
Graphic looks really nice. Gameplay feels a little bit boring but in overall it's good entry. Congrats! :)
beepyeah
08. Oct 2019 · 16:36 UTC
Graphics are great. That's awesome that you used Defold as well! Nice work : )
Bocodillo
08. Oct 2019 · 17:15 UTC
Really like how the rocks feel to throw, the graphics are great and the music is really well suited. I love that the game has checkpoints as a couple of spots are pretty hard. Overall the game is fun to play and you did a great job!
Dr4g0nsoul
08. Oct 2019 · 17:27 UTC
Really solid game. Simple mechanics and the stone throwing attack is sooo fun to play around and kill enemies with!
joqlepecheur
08. Oct 2019 · 18:42 UTC
![pzero.png](///raw/d0a/21/z/28e70.png)
Yay!
Music and art are outstanding. Some parts were a bit too hard due to controls, but the rock was fun to play with and it was nice to progress through the levels. Cool entry.
d954mas
08. Oct 2019 · 19:29 UTC
Awesome art and sounds. Cool polished game. Nice=)
TC5550
09. Oct 2019 · 06:20 UTC
I love the graphics and the controls are very responsive
arzi
09. Oct 2019 · 06:48 UTC
Great little metroidvania!

The game was a bit too tall to fit on my screen though.
HumphreysMedia
09. Oct 2019 · 16:10 UTC
Love the nostalgia feel of old arcade platformers, almost feels like Shovel Knight, but with just throwing rocks, rather than using shovel powers. Nice touch with all the assets, audio and even having the rock bounce around. It was nice to just throw the rock to see where it lands. Great job!
NoobDev
11. Oct 2019 · 10:33 UTC
The graphics are out right amazing and really like the mechanics of using and reusing rocks as a weapon. The controls are smooth and responsive. Nice work!! :smile:
emmyoop
11. Oct 2019 · 15:17 UTC
This was amazing for a gamer jam entry. Love all the levels and platforming wasn't too hard. All the mechanics were pretty self explanatory. When I finally died, the shooter kept shooting at the spot I died. Not a huge bug - but kind of annoying to hear the shooting noise over and over.
yazara
13. Oct 2019 · 15:57 UTC
Great game! I loved the atmosphere, graphics and the music selection were really nice :) Also a lot of content and good level design!
I didn't quite get the rules for the stones though - sometimes they would disappear, sometimes they bounce off after I defeated an enemy :thinking:
Yaen
13. Oct 2019 · 16:01 UTC
Wow, very impressive to make all this in a weekend. High quality level design too!
Drums
13. Oct 2019 · 16:40 UTC
Very beautiful platformer. The checkpoints are a bit far apart, but other than that it feels smooth and looks great. Thank you for it!
minibobbo
15. Oct 2019 · 02:39 UTC
Great mood and graphics! I really liked the rock throwing mechanics, but I'm not sure how I felt about the rocks disappearing after a number of throws. I never wanted to use my rocks to kill things because I was always trying to save them because I didn't want to get stuck without them when I might really need them.

Music and sound fit well with everything else that was going on. Nice entry!

I would have really liked to have a variable jump height so if I only pressed the jump button for a little bit I would only get a half jump. Some of the spikes and jumps were difficult only because jumping was an all or nothing thing. This is just a small nitpick though because I really liked this entry!