Pynkanids Eat the Galaxy by massivejack

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made by massivejack for Ludum Dare 56 (JAM)

If for some reason the embedded game won't work here, check out https://massivejack.itch.io/pynkanids - it works there!

https://youtu.be/mpsEyXpiMMw

Take control of the pink hive mind and eat the galaxy. As a tiny yet formidable creature, your mission is to roam planets and devour biomass to grow your numbers. Consume everything in the system and move on to the next.

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Gameplay

Crash into planets to kick off your invasion and munch on all the biomass you can find. Just watch out for those angry humans in their spaceships—they'll try to defend their worlds. You can send your offspring their way or dash through for a tasty snack. Use black holes to travel to the next system and continue the feast.

Controls

Left Mouse Button - Hold to charge, release to dash.

Right Mouse Button - Hold to aim, release to shoot minion.

Space - restart current level.

Escape - exit. There is no pause!

When in start and end menus, numeric keys (1-5) warp you directly to that level.

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Development

Developed solo with help from ChatGPT and a collection of free and paid assets from Humble Bundles and giveaways, soundtrack generated by Suno.ai.

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Tips

  • Do a fly-by near the ships to get their attention and make them follow you. Then pick them off.
  • Disengage from a planet if you're getting shot at.
  • If you're low on minions, try hit and run tactics.
  • Ships spawn over time, so hurry up!
  • The sun will kill you instantly. Be wary of it's gravitational pull.
  • Gravity is your friend - let it take you on a ride and you'll never get hit.
  • Consumed planets don't have biomass meters attached.

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Known Bugs

  • Sometimes the minion count bugs out and shows a different value to the actual state.
  • Occasionally the last minion can't be used for shooting.
  • If two planets spawn collided, while raiding one you might get ejected far into space while the camera is still looking at the planet.
  • Enemies clip into each other (making them easy to shoot down as a group)
  • Build 1.0 had wrong executable name. Fixed in 1.1.

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Good luck and have fun! Let me know what you think.

Ratings

Given 5🗳️ 0🗨️

Feedback

Tori
08. Oct 2024 · 13:50 UTC
Such a great entry, the game is really polished for a jam entry. your tutorial and progression balance is really good, i had a lot of fun figuring out how to play it wasn't too frustrating and i liked my experience. Good job
Alex1
08. Oct 2024 · 17:36 UTC
I like the gameplay here, but sometimes it fells like there`s not enough feedback for the player. Great game overall!
kokostyrko
13. Oct 2024 · 11:49 UTC
The game is well-polished and fun to play, but could benefit from providing more feedback to the player during gameplay.
Spook
13. Oct 2024 · 12:11 UTC
It's a pretty good game for this jam, I was just confused on my objective for a second. It would be nice to make a simpler level to teach the player what exactly they're supposed to do.
Fractal
13. Oct 2024 · 12:16 UTC
Really nice game! I particularly liked how natural it feels to shoot at enemies, not sure if there is some auto aim or large hitbox, but it felt both that we had to aim and that it was possible to control. Well done!
Slava Besckaravainii
13. Oct 2024 · 12:24 UTC
Very good game! liked win scene, on first tries i just ramed into ships and i died so often, then i realized i can just shoot minion and it was much easier, then me tactique was to fly near ships to trigger them into one group because then i shooted minion and it hited them all!, very good game
Rentem
13. Oct 2024 · 12:40 UTC
Neat entry. Some more feeback on how far to the black hole it is, would be appreciated. I spammed dash a few times in my first approach, because I didn't know if I was getting closer.