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The Jam's Focus Game: Lunar Lander Sticky

A topic by Michael Coorlim created Jul 24, 2022 Views: 39
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Lunar Lander was a game initially designed on DEC mainframe computers as a turn-based sim in 1969.  Later remakes added graphical and real-time elements, culminating in Atari's 1979 vector arcade port, and modern versions are still be produced for mobile devices.

It's a simple game. For our purposes, it's characteristics are:

  • The player is trying to land safely on a surface.
  • Controls are thrust and orientation
  • Landing too fast or on an unsuitable surface destroys you
  • You have limited fuel, consumed by thrusting

Remember, the goal here is not to recreate or upmake Lunar Lander. It is to create a new game using the above four elements. For this jam, your game can be graphical or textual, real-time or turn-based.

Good luck!