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Deep Space Surfing by drawander

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made by drawander for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

banner.png Surf into the depths of space, collecting green orbs and riding green waves, while avoiding red obstacles.

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Riding green waves will increase your Intensity %, which increases your score multiplier but also causes more difficult obstacles to come your way. Each hit from a red obstacle will lower your Intensity %, and also increase your damage multiplier, causing future hits to lower increasing amounts of Intensity %. At 0% Intensity, the surf is over!

Made with GameMaker: Studio 1.4

Link https://drawander.itch.io/deep-space-surfing
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/deep-space-surfing

Ratings

Overall 1283th 3.3⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 876th 3.375⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1595th 2.675⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1695th 2.825⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1209th 3.4⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1519th 2.975⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 27🗳️ 3🗨️

Feedback

hyperspacejelly
27. Apr 2021 · 22:10 UTC
I love the aesthetic and concept, but it definitely could use some music to fill the soundscape
DigitalMessiah
28. Apr 2021 · 12:19 UTC
Nice! This reminds me Earthworm Jim Andy Asteroids level.) With a minimalistic retrofuturistic design.
I think something atmospheric, maybe chiptune music would be very suitable for this one.
leggy
03. May 2021 · 08:27 UTC
nice implementation , especially for the first jam here. keep going!
Dobrila
03. May 2021 · 09:46 UTC
it could use some fun music for the mood, the sound effects are nice though. love the gameplay, maybe just make the player movement faster?
ithebredor
03. May 2021 · 10:07 UTC
Simple but still cool game. Would like to see this on my mobile screen) Great job!
Ru_mey
04. May 2021 · 12:20 UTC
Really like the graphics and the concept! I agree that it lacks some music, but overall i liked it! Nice job!
Daveroony
14. May 2021 · 05:34 UTC
Great game especially for a first jam! Good use of sound effects and the intensity mechanism is a great one.
jetj
15. May 2021 · 23:44 UTC
Great aesthetic and the intensity mechanic seems like a cool idea, feel like the game would be more fun if you could see obstacles and orbs coming from further away.
bmacintosh
17. May 2021 · 21:15 UTC
I like the gameplay system here where you can come back from getting hit by playing well, but it gets harder and harder to do so. The reaction timing was well-balanced - it really pushed me at the beginning but I got used to it. The art was also nice. As others said, some music seems really critical for the feel of this one. I also didn't feel like the intensity was really ramping up that much - the pace of objects felt much the same at all intensities. I think more could be added at the high end, and other effects such as crazier starfield lines could be keyed off of it, too.
Rudenko
18. May 2021 · 00:33 UTC
Cool game, and it will be nice to have some fast pased music, like drum and bass, haha. I like it!
BluishGreenPro
18. May 2021 · 01:41 UTC
Hey, I didn't have the most time to play, but I tried your game out on my stream; https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1026326007?t=00h59m58s