The Accursed Stare by ArchBang

made by ArchBang for LD33 (COMPO)

Mankind has never been able to reciprocate the relentless gifts of the sun. Never until now. But what is the cost when mankind rises to the stars?

It has been decided: the sun must be given gifts greater than it has given us. The sun must be given the stars.

Move the Maw with W A S and D. Use E or Left Ctrl to activate a gravity field. Lure the other stars to meld with the Sun. But don't use up all your energy. The less energy you use, the better you succeed.

A game of gravity where you feed the sun, no matter the cost.

Audio samples have been taken from the public domain and modified.

Accreditations:

Lullaby samples: http://www.pdsounds.org/tag/lullaby

Baby sounds: Mushroom Jesus - http://www.freesound.org/people/mushroomjesus/sounds/141707/

Planetary texture base: http://freebitmaps.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/srgb-planet-commerce-one.html

@ArchBang85
http://www.doubledashgames.com

Web	http://archbang.itch.io/accursed-stare
Windows	https://www.dropbox.com/s/bwxh6gd2gprto16/Accursed%20Stare%20Compo%20version%2020150824.7z?dl=0
Source	https://github.com/ArchBang85/Accursed-Stare
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-33/?action=preview&uid=56395

Ratings

Coolness	59%	3
Overall	2.94	645

Fun	2.41	833
Graphics	3.34	331
Humor	2.11	718
Innovation	3.16	368
Mood	3.10	391
Theme	2.66	816

Feedback

highlyinteractive

24. Aug 2015 · 02:26 UTC

Nice graphics, but horrible controls! Interesting concept though.

Hyoga-3D

24. Aug 2015 · 13:30 UTC

The controls a very difficult to get, but very innovative idea, good entry.

jsmars

24. Aug 2015 · 18:56 UTC

Nice idea and graphics but very difficult to get the stars to the sun

Multiplexor

25. Aug 2015 · 20:56 UTC

Controls are hard!! And Reset button "R" is too close to E, i reseted a few games just by mistake....

Other than that, the game is a nice concept! I like a lot the graphics!

LandoSystems

25. Aug 2015 · 20:59 UTC

Took me a bit of time to figure out what I was supposed to do (I ate too many stars are first), but I got the hang of it and made it through on my 2nd attempt. I was a bit bummed that the game was zoomed out so far as the sun and planets looked fantastic. Perhaps feeding planets to the sun would be just as much fun. Controlling the camera was a bit challenging. Thanks for putting in the time and sharing this!

Insality

25. Aug 2015 · 20:59 UTC

nice idea and implementation
hm, i have no problems with controls.. ))

Raspadsistema

25. Aug 2015 · 22:25 UTC

Very, very pretty, 5/5 for graphics and mood. Zooming away from the sun when the game starts makes it less pretty at first, but then the situation gets fixed quickly as other particle effects start showing up. The difficulty of guiding stars into the sun outwages the fun a bit, some tweaking could fix that. Only other complaint I have is the main character is the ugliest thing on the screen, not sure if drawing of gaping mouth was the best pick, but of course artistic freedom is all yours.

Raspadsistema

25. Aug 2015 · 22:30 UTC

kirilllosev

25. Aug 2015 · 22:48 UTC

I like how the idea fits the theme.
It was a bit hard for me to control the monster.
I like graphics, sounds and the idea of the game

Lancelot Gao

26. Aug 2015 · 03:49 UTC

Interesting art and ideas，like the mood！

peterthehe

26. Aug 2015 · 09:48 UTC

Interesting concept. I ended up with a mess of planets XD

dsoft20