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A jam submission

Gerbil Space ProgramView game page

Submitted by SmoothBrainWorm — 1 hour, 3 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Audio#18783.3333.333
Enjoyment#22893.4293.429
Creativity#44513.2863.286
Narrative#45922.4292.429
Artwork#65372.6192.619

Ranked from 21 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 gas tank is counting down which is the main gimmick.

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See description for full credits.

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Comments

Submitted

Remembering playing something similar on my phone back in 2000's 

Funny that you can just roll your rocket by repeatedly turning in around while being on the ground.

Submitted(+1)

Me: rolls the rest of the way to conserve fuel.
The Game: Mission Failed land with less fuel.
Now I have full respect of true hardcore skill-based games.

Submitted

omg the music was so good in this! i had a lot of fun flying around, but wow this game was hard

Submitted

Really good controls, it feels responsive and not too hard to play with. The art is cute and the music is great! well done!

Submitted

Really fun controls! I liked having to master the propulsion and get into the right spot! I also liked the additional mechanics in the levels like the key and gasoline. I think some levels, having the gasoline in the same spot as the key is a bit redundant. Instead, you could just have the key only and increase the starting amount of gas! Also, a quick tutorial or prompt about how the scoring works would be useful, but for now maybe in the game description you could mention that.

Otherwise, really like the gameplay and the art was simple but effective! Congrats!

Developer(+1)

Thank you for playing, and I'm glad you enjoyed the game! I'm sure why everyone's missing it, but how the score works is in the "How to Play" menu but I think I'll add it to the description anyways.

Submitted

Really liked it. The idea to land in the exact spot rather than just reach some distance is very good

Submitted(+1)

Fun, simple, but challenging game. I made it all the way to the end and felt pretty good :D

Submitted (1 edit)

this was quite difficult for me so it took me a quite a few attempts to get through it all. Having to dump most of your fuel before landing was challenging for me for some reason (I think that's intended though). I had a lot of fun with the controls and it reminded me of some browser flash cool-math game I played as a child. 

Submitted

The game is great and I also appreciate it being designed as a challenge, but the sensitivity of the controls is a bit too high - I think making the controls slightly less unpredictable but making the levels more complex on the other hand would go a long way :)

Submitted

Fun mechanic and great music!  The final levels were tough, but the ending was very cute.

Submitted (1 edit)

Very fun mechanic and awesome music! Reminds me of those old lunar lander games. I was surprised that I had to reach the goal with a maximum amount of fuel instead of a minimum though, punished for my efficient rocketry :P

Last couple levels were tough! Very cute ending blasting off into space, nice submission!

Submitted

i found this game super fun BUT you can roll trough a load of levels

Developer (1 edit)

everytime you hit the ground you lose 200 points so if you want that crisp perfect 5000 then you need to complete the level without touching anything

Submitted

i found this game super fun BUT you can roll trough a load of levels

Submitted

You can just roll the ship through half of some levels but overall it is very good, well done