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A jam submission

The Shrinking PlanetView game page

Save your planet from shrinking
Submitted by Vraj95Soni — 5 hours, 20 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Enjoyment#14883.3473.347
Creativity#18953.4693.469
Overall#21003.2933.293
Style#30243.0613.061

Ranked from 49 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
The planet is shrinking in size and you have to save by feeding asteroids to it, hence the dimensions are being played with

Development Time

96 hours

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Submitted(+1)

The ship felt like it had no control, I was zipping all over the screen.  It felt like a bit of thrust control or slowing the game down might help.  
Played on today's livestream!!

Submitted(+1)

A bit of a learning curve, but fun gameplay! Especially love the colors!

Submitted(+1)

Very creative idea, I love it! Felt challenging but in a good way, would be easier if I could control the amount of thrust, maybe that would've made it too easy though? I love the sound effects and art style! Fits very well. Nicely done overall, quite fun!

Submitted(+1)

Very fun and interesting take on the theme! The controls are very difficult though, I found the speed you move and turn to be the most challenging part of the game.

Well done, with some tuning this could be an excellent arcade style score chase game.

Submitted(+1)

Very fun arcade game! It took me a little time to acclimate with the controls, and to understand that the colors mean something, but after that it was very enjoyable. Well done! :)

Submitted(+2)

Very creative use of the theme. The controls were  a bit sensitive but once I got used to them it felt great to grab asteroids and manage my time between saving the planet and killing enemies. Great job! (My High Score was 127)

Submitted(+2)

Really creative game. Tank controls was a good idea.

Submitted(+2)

The spaceship moves a little fast, but it's a fun game!

Submitted(+2)

Honestly don't know if I should be mad at the speed of the controls or not :) Very fun to play, and perhaps such an unwieldy spaceship only adds charm

Great idea for a neat little arcade!

Submitted(+2)

Really fun! Great asteroid mechanics!

Submitted(+2)

Great game! At first I died when the planet turned red and I didn't know why (I tried yeeting red rocks at it to match the color haha), but then I understood the "water" (I assume) mechanic and once I got the hang of it I became quite addictive!

Submitted(+2)

very good game! rated high numbers
i think the controls are really fun

Submitted(+2)

The controls were fast but manageable. I found it easier at times to just fly the asteroid into the planet rather than throw it. Overall a really interesting take on old school arcade type games. Congrats and good luck!

Submitted(+2)

Very fun game ! The controls are way too fast tho.. Also i didn't really see the use of throwing the asteroids well.. It was much easier to just ram the aliens or the planet lol.

Submitted (1 edit) (+2)

I think this was a very fun arcade game! A lot of people have problems with the controls, but I actually liked them. The snappiness of the rocket was fun to control. The problem is that it is so snappy that it becomes essentially impossible to aim the asteroids. The smallest tap of the button will change you from an angle that would hit to one that wouldn't, especially as the planet shrinks and as you try to shoot further away. This means the only effective strategy in my mind was to just ram the planet with an asteroid in hand, which is definitely less fun. If you are going to stick with the A/D controls (which I think is fine they were very fun), you need to have something else to make shooting easier. Aim assist was the first thing that I thought of, but there are plenty of other solutions to this issue. I thought the presentation was very good, some nice animations really add a lot. Nice work!

Submitted(+1)

I don't think it's the controls that are bad, it's just that the speed of rotation and movement are a bit too high to control. However this is still a nice game, i enjoyed the events like water disappearing and UFO's (i think they are ufo's at least). Nice job!

Submitted (2 edits) (+1)

Fun little , as others have said the controls are bit hard but otherwise it's well executed

Submitted(+1)

The control of the game is a little difficult, but the idea is completely compatible with the theme and I think it is beautifully executed.

Submitted(+2)

Controls are definitely a bit difficult(that's not necessarily a problem), all the game mechanics fit together nicely, and the sound design is great! All around a very fun game!

Submitted(+2)

Really fun! 

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