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Gravity Surfer's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Innovation | #9 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Overall | #31 | 3.737 | 3.737 |
| Gameplay | #32 | 3.632 | 3.632 |
| Theme interpretation | #60 | 3.737 | 3.737 |
| Graphics | #95 | 3.526 | 3.526 |
| Audio | #279 | 2.579 | 2.579 |
Ranked from 19 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
GitHub repository URL
https://github.com/kostag25/Gravity-Surfer
Game description
In this simple puzzle platformer, surf the gravitational waves created by planets and suns to reach your final destination.
Theme interpretation
To incorporate the theme into my game i originally was going to make something similar using a surfer avoiding whirlpools, but the idea of gravity and planets taking its place sounded a lot more interesting to me, so while the player may not be shredding water waves, they surf the waves/ curvature of spacetime created by gravity which results in some super fun mechanics.
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wow great game
The game looks great and is super smooth. maybe make the field of influence of the planets and stars bigger so it's easier to tell how they will influence the spaceship. All around a fun game :)
Loved this! A gravitational-waves puzzle is a super creative angle, and the visuals and audio sell it beautifully. A few more visual cues would help with clarity, but overall it’s a fantastic submission.
I liked this a lot! Same thing bryengx said, I would have liked to do fine adjustments from my last attempt, instead of starting every attempt from scratch.
Simple, yet genius!
My only complaint would be each attempt ship's trajectory is reset. Would be cool it it remembered last used trajectory.
I played this with pleasure. Nice gravity puzzle.
I LOVE THIS IDEA AND EXECUTION! the graphics are great, they explain very well what is going on. controls were easy to learn, and everything was intuitive! I managed to beat all of the levels in 53 attempts! A piece of feedback I have is that when you respawn, i think it could be smart to have you pointing in the same direction as your previous launch, to aid in the slight adjustments. other than that, i just wanna see more levels lol! amazing work
Thank you so much for the positive feedback. Some of my friends whove played have given me the same suggestion to save the direction, so ill be sure to implement that.
This game is genuinely incredible, you have done a brilliant job. It is such an interesting idea for a game and it plays better than I could have imagined, I'm currently studying gravitational fields in physics so it's is really interesting to see it in action. I beat the levels in 117 attempts and got some really cool trick shots! You should be really proud of this game and I think it would make an incredible full game so you should for sure keep working on it!
Thank you so much for the positive feedback, it really means a lot. I am also studying modern physics right now and its really interesting to me and its how i got the idea for this game, so I'm glad somebody else resonates with that.