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A jam submission

Astro SlingerView game page

Fling asteroids at enemy ships using your tractor beam
Submitted by jschoeny — 2 hours, 19 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity#144.0004.000
Fun#154.0004.000
Mood#244.0004.000
Overall#304.0004.000
Presentation#354.0004.000

Ranked from 1 rating. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Judge feedback

Judge feedback is anonymous.

  • Really neat take on the classic asteroids game! It was kinda hard to get used to but once I started getting the hang of it I really enjoyed playing. I thought the sensitivity on the stick for rotating may have been a bit oversensitive though. The AI was also really cleverly designed so there were nice opportunities to get the swings off. Some powerups or maybe some ways to hurl the rocks at a distance could have added some more depth. --- 32/40

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I had a lot of fun playing this game! I think it's such a cool idea and it is executed really well. It is super satisfying to get the perfect spin and send an enemy ship spinning across the screen. Really great job on that! I also really like the music and sound effects, they fit perfectly in the game. My only real downside is that I think the base enemies have a little bit too much health. It felt like I was spending a pretty similar amount of time killing the base enemies and the boss enemies. One other thing I would have liked to see is a boost button or something like that. I think it could be a cool way to give the player another option in how they approach attacking the enemy.

Thanks for making this!

Developer

**For Mac users, if opening the game brings up the error "Unable to find game!!:", move the app to a different folder and it will run just fine.

Developer

For those downloading straight from this page, here are the controls:

** Controls **

  • Turn: Left Joystick
  • Move Forward: Right Trigger
  • Reverse: Left Trigger
  • Break: Left and Right Trigger
  • Pause: Start
  • Restart Game: R
  • Toggle Fullscreen: F11 (macOS: Cmd+Ctrl+F)