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A jam submission

Deep Space MinerView game page

Shoot enemies, mine ores, sell ores, and purchase upgrades in this Space Shooter Game! Made in 5 days for Vimjam.
Submitted by aidanabat
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Graphics/Animation#853.6573.657
Theme/Limitation#913.6863.686
Technical Implementation#1263.2863.286
Overall#1843.0403.040
Fun/Design#1933.1143.114
Music/Sound#3761.4571.457

Ranked from 35 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game utilize the limitation and theme?
The game revolves around you going through the portal to go to outerspace. Exploring in the infinite map wil lead you to ores and enemies, but no matter how far you go, you'll still have to go back to the portal again. Once you're there, you can go to the two shops and upgrade various things, and then the cycle repeats with you going back to the portal. The collectables are the ores, upgrades, and money that you get.

What was your team size?

Pair

You and one other jammer

Affirm you have followed ALL jam rules. (Select all below or your entry will be disqualified.)

We have credited all assets used in the game including our own name(s) or team name(s)

All original game code and original assets were made during the jam period

The game does not include NSFW or hateful content

The game works on the web or as a Windows 10 download

We have answered all submission questions honestly and completely

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Submitted

Took me a little while to understand how to actually play the game, i didn't realize i was in the game when i pressed the portal till i tried to move. Also shooting the enemies without taking a single bit of damage was nearly impossible since turning around to shoot was almost always a guaranteed hit for the enemy so i decided to run from the enemy every time i saw them! But other than that it was fun to fly around and look for the ore! Perhaps add a small indicator pointing to a rock if its close enough? Sound would be nice as well!

Submitted

Sound would be great for this game (but alas, mine doesn't have any as well), cool idea though and I like the simple but nice art style. Some more boulders to mine and maybe less frequent enemy attacks would probably enhance the experience a bit. Great menu screen . I really enjoyed it!

Submitted

Good idea, great art!

Lack of sound is disappointing. The combination of the boulder that spawns close to the portal, the lack of boulders in general and the difficulty of mining anything once 2 or 3 enemies catch up to you means that the only way to do anything is to just farm the first boulder and run back to the portal, which isnt very fun. It would also be nice if the portal had an indicator instead of the coordinates.

Submitted

Besides the missing music, try to keep one consistent style. If you choose pixel art, try to have the same pixel size for every object. The ships look way different than the background ;)

The game mechanic itself is pretty solid. Could become a real game with some improvements after the jam.

Submitted

The art is just amazing! Well done!

The enemy’s ships are really fast, I believe this and the damage could be balanced. But over all it’s a good game!

Submitted

It's a good jam game. Although, I hope there was music and sounds so bring a lot of atmosphere and action feedbacks. Still, good job!

Submitted

Loved the art background and overall look of the game and the presentation is really well done. I would maybe suggest making the background when in shop and stuff not transparent as it made it a bit hard to read with other text in the background. 

Personally I think the enemies moved a bit fast that it seemed impossible to shoot them while flying away from multiple at the same time, but it was still an enjoyable, hectic experience! 

Submitted

This game is really cute! I kept dying when the enemies came in since its pretty hard to shoot/fly away at the same time, but it was fun!

... just a suggestion but you might want to make the pixel art a consistent resolution, it helps everything look more cohesive ^^ 

Submitted

It was fun and the art was really really good.  My only complaint is that it was really hard to aim compared to how powerful the enemies were.  Once they started chasing you there was no way to turn around and shoot them the only option was to try and find your way back to the portal and try again.

The idea of the game is great, the graphics are ok, you should have added some music. One problem i see is that it is to difficult to find materials, i spend a lot of time trying to find one. 


Feel free to check out my game, it will mean a lot to me 

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