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Pulsahr by Shtrow

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made by Shtrow for Ludum Dare 51 (JAM)

Story

The star is about to collapse, pushing heat waves, destroying everything. You need to reach the star with a special payload to save the planets' population. Scientists built a spaceship capable of using small black holes and wormholes to buy you some time. They also sent satellites to reload your gas on the way to the end.

Hint: Follow the blue arrow that appear at each checkpoint

Controls

  • Mouse -> Direction
  • Left Click -> Throttle up
  • Right Click -> Brake
  • R -> Respawn

Credits

  • Sun Shader : Panteleymonov
  • Background Shader : Pablo Roman Andrioli
  • Music : DANIELYAN ASHOT MAKICHEVICH

Engine : Godot

Itch.io https://shtrow.itch.io/pulsahr
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/pulsahr

Ratings

Overall 857th 3.241⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Fun 873th 3.056⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 826th 3.037⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Theme 730th 3.5⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 680th 3.481⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Audio 291th 3.635⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Mood 482th 3.556⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Given 9🗳️ 11🗨️

Feedback

lululululu
03. Oct 2022 · 23:19 UTC
really fun to play! some of the black holes were a bit hard to see against the background and it was occasionally difficult to know where to go next but otherwise a total blast
MrBamboo
04. Oct 2022 · 01:08 UTC
Can't play the game in LD and Itch
makiyoshi
05. Oct 2022 · 14:28 UTC
Hi fellow pulse game (mine is named named Pulsar, lol)! :) I loved the mood and pre-rendered 3D style. I think I was able to reach the dying star! The controls were a little hard, but overall it had great atmosphere. Congrats on your game!
Pascal Fitzner
05. Oct 2022 · 17:02 UTC
Kinda funny.
eronsh
05. Oct 2022 · 17:06 UTC
Very fun to play!! I really liked how the music fits with the spirit of the game.
I just didn't quite understand the differences between each hole. And it wasn't so intuitive to throw myself on the star, but wow, it was gorgeous!
Don Fouts
05. Oct 2022 · 17:06 UTC
Really cool take on the theme. As already mentioned the black holes were a little hard to see. I think your control description may have the mouse buttons reversed as LMB throttled up and RMB slowed me down. Overall nice work and congrats on the entry.
min4uk
05. Oct 2022 · 17:08 UTC
its so hard, or i am stupid ? hahah . nice idea and visual)
Geniko
05. Oct 2022 · 17:08 UTC
Fun To play, it's really fun to go through black holes and crash against asteroids
William Baker
05. Oct 2022 · 17:10 UTC
Nice concept! Though the red wave is a bit too strong, will be nice if adding some kind of warning mark before it occur.
Dawnreaver
05. Oct 2022 · 17:13 UTC
The audio design on this one is amazing! Loved the use of the different black holes. Controls were a bit challenging, but maybe I am not playing enough space games :D Good job with the game ^_^
LDJam user 277330
05. Oct 2022 · 17:13 UTC
Really nice atmosphere, only issue was that the blue arrow didn't reappear at any point and I forgot which way to go so just had to try random directions until I got it right.
Overall, controls a bit awkward but fun to play :)
LDJam user 298496
05. Oct 2022 · 17:14 UTC
You've built a really nice atmosphere here, particularly I love that the audio is impacted by the black holes. I'm also a fan of the black holes being hard to see, they are black holes after all!

The checkpoint marker should probably stay up for longer, and there seem to be gaps between them which were impossible to bridge without getting wiped out by a pulse.

Great game!
Tomssuli
05. Oct 2022 · 17:27 UTC
Cool simple game, played it to the end. I liked the serene mood floating in space. Nice Idea, haven't seen such gimmick of covering from a shockwave in this type of game.

I had some problems finding the next satellite, it was trial and error at places when I couldn't see the next rock or even a partially blocked shockwave.

There could have been some kind of ending though.
Tomtomgome
05. Oct 2022 · 19:39 UTC
The black holes slowing down time was a very smart Idea. And I really liked the graphics. I think that you should have kept the direction of the objective on screen Because I frequently lost track of where I should have been headed. (But it would have broke the immersion a bit so I don't know). Very good entry
MerlinPerlin
06. Oct 2022 · 21:27 UTC
cool game, super nice sound and the shader effect of the black hole killed it for me, love scinece fiction and space in general so i enjoied it a lot :) well done :* very immersive
LDJam user 267116
11. Oct 2022 · 02:10 UTC
Really cool game! Fantastic atmosphere, I love the distortion effects on the black holes. Great work! Time to go watch Sunshine again...
WetBurritoSupreme
12. Oct 2022 · 02:08 UTC
Really well done, I think the additions would be to telegraph the star position and maybe keep up the target for a bit longer, but maybe I'm not gamer enough:) It was a good challenge, and the atmosphere was expertly done, music, 3D pixelation with physics, and the sound design (especially the black holes and the pulses) Great Entry!
Bea
13. Oct 2022 · 19:09 UTC
I see a lot of people saying this, but definitely really liked the black holes. I see a lot of people plying with the idea of distorting the 10 seconds and that seemed like a really cool way to do it. Audio vibes were immaculate, and I loved the chunky 3D asteroid sprites.
PureImprov
19. Oct 2022 · 00:58 UTC
Very good game! I liked even the details of adding the arrows after you finished it once, made me do it again (: