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A Space Explorer Game
Submitted by GhostSoft Studios, PizzaDev, AmiableVegetable, Creatorsroom (@CreatorsRoom01), meeeeeepking, Hazd ://* (@hzndrsm) — 3 hours, 5 minutes before the deadline
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CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Narrative#22842.9662.966
Audio#22903.2413.241
Enjoyment#26763.3453.345
Artwork#29123.4483.448
Creativity#34933.4833.483

Ranked from 29 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?
When You're on the planet, you need to explore quick and come back as you have limited oxygen, and that is a countdown for how much time you could be on that planet

(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
GhostSoft Studios. Team- Pizzadev,Ted,Vehdat,KingMarth64,meepking ,hazd and henryzuks

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Submitted

Very cool! I liked the hidden comedy aspect of the game (tiny planets, aliens going around). I died sooo many times - it would be cool if bumping into an alien was not lethal (maybe just damage?). Auto-landing on planets was very satisfying (otherwise I would not make it :D). Develop it further, good potential!

Developer

thanks for the review! means alot < 3!

Submitted

This game is great! For some reason though, every once in a while when something happens (for the first time?) I have a major lag spike.. Don't really know why

I like the way you control the rocket and go to the different planets! The map radar helped a lot. I do wish there was more to do on the planets, more hazards or just overall things to do in the planets? That's definitely something to think about when expanding on the idea!

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Hey, it's CookieJar from the GMTK discord. Honestly, a very cozy and cute game. I love the interstitial rocket flying segments: navigating between comets, sometimes threading the needle between a small gap, other times flying way off course the destination and ending up somewhere completely random... I've flown out into oblivion no less than once from missing my target planet, and I feel all the more joyous because of it. The rocket flying mechanics are surprisingly so finely tuned, bravo. 


For this reason, the planetary segments are kind of just okay in comparison. All players really need to do there is make one loop around the planet, collect especially the green rocks to re-fuel, and move on. And with the countdown urging players to get on quick, it feels like the game's crux is actually in its flying segment, as if the resource collection of it all is but afterthought. I will say, though, that the astronaut sprite is pretty adorable.


With all that said and done, this is quite a fine game you have here. Expand on the in-planet systems and mechanics more and you might have something special. Good job, congrats on participating, and I wish you all the best.

Developer

Really thanks dude, this comment means alot, and we were planning to expand the game after the jam ends, and depending on the jam results and comments, thanks for the feedback <3!

Submitted (2 edits) (+1)

I really like the chill atmosphere as you fly around and collect resources! I do wish that there was a little more to do when you were on planets though, and I think it would be great if you were trying to fly towards a target destination while collecting resources to survive along the way.

I will also warn you that at a glance, your Itch.io page looks like it was generated by ChatGPT (especially the emojis), and that might put some people off before they've tried the game.

Developer

Well I personally like decorating the itch page with emojis and making it decorative, but this time i tried to do some html stuff aswell, but it wasn't the best I feel, and idk why do ppl assume it's a chatgpt description when it has emojis, really doesn't make any sense. but thanks for the review!

Submitted

It's mainly because ChatGPT is the only tool that starts section headers with things like rocket emojis. You also have em dashes and all of the text has the same 1-2 sentences per paragraph structure that you would get from a chatbot. Feel free to decorate your page however you like, but the current look gives off the impression that you were too busy at the end of the jam and asked an LLM for a description that you could copy paste into itch.io.

Submitted(+1)

I love it Ahahah, it’s so cool going from planet to planet. It’s like a baby version of no man sky and it works!

Submitted(+1)

Quite simple game, the art is pretty cute and the gameplay is easy to grasp, though controlling the ship is still challenging and needs some learning. Having red dots on the map on which direction the planets are are quite a good addition.

One thing I was not sure about is what is the end goal, or is it just survive as long as you can? Also what does different materials do, is it to fix ship or sth else since I think only green is fuel? Might be that I miss a few things as well. Some clearer information in game would probably help.

Developer

You're goal is to find Earth, it could be any one of those planets, you need to find you're home back, that's the goal

Submitted(+1)

Very nice!!!! I geniunely enjoy this a lot. Mainly going from one planet to another felt the most fun. Would've loved to do cool stuff on the planet too. GG

Submitted (2 edits) (+1)

Could not finish, cos always ran out of something (hp, fuel, oxygen), maybe a skill issue on my part. The flight control and navigation is actually very cool. Good job!

Submitted (1 edit) (+2)

really good entry for the jam. The theme  Implementation was really good too ,I liked how you had a limited supply of oxygen. I found it kinda difficult to navigate trhough space though. Overall very solid game 

Submitted(+2)

Super unique concept and great execution, the art is amazing and the gameplay is  quite fun! I think the text on the itch page could be alot more readable but I'm a big fan!

Developer

<3!

Submitted(+1)

i love the art and the concept i  hope u get alot more ratting bc is WOOOWWW

Developer(+1)

really thanks for the comment! and why don't you give us a 100% rating now ;)

Submitted(+1)

i love the game is just need some more alliens and diffucilty but i love ur game is already in 100%

Developer(+1)

that means alot, if you rate it all 5 stars!, and yes we will check your game aswell

Submitted

i will love u check my game too and ty again u not obligated to do it if u not wanna 

Submitted

i would like ur rate my game too if u wanna u not obligated to do it ♪(^∇^*)

Submitted(+1)

Nice art style and and music! Interesting concept and piloting the rocket is challenging just like resource management! You need to land on planets to refill fuel and oxygen. Good work!

Submitted(+1)

I really loved the concept, but I think there was a few things you could have communicated to the player more clearly, for example I had no idea in the beginning I could jump over the aliens with spacebar and overall it seemed a bit confusing what the objective was. I do love the artstyle and music, I think you did great overall.

Submitted(+1)

I really like the hand drawn art style!

Submitted(+1)

This was fun! The soundtrack really sold the "epic space adventure" theme, and I loved the view of the astronaut walking around the planets. I agree with the general sentiment of not knowing when to press f, but I probably should have read the description first. The rocket controls were awesome.

Submitted(+2)

love the art style and the audio overall pretty good

Submitted(+2)

Rocket control was addicting! 

UX needs improvement, knowing when to press F, or what the ores are for. But I think that is a common absence in every jam game. 

Really enjoyed the concept for a quick play, congratulations :)

Submitted(+1)

Rocket control was addicting! 

UX needs improvement, knowing when to press F, or what the ores are for. But I think that is a common absence in every jam game. 

Really enjoyed the concept for a quick play, congratulations :)

Submitted(+3)

First thing I did was to put the SFX too low hahaha, I had to try :p.

I didn't understand directly what I had to do after gathering resources, the description of the game helped me but a small "press F" in game would have been just enough to help I think!

The rest was crystal clear, and I tried every way of dying haha.

I survived multiple planets, watching the asteroids on the radar to dodge them, perfect idea to help in the space!

Well done:)

Developer (3 edits) (+1)

Known bug: Setting the SFX volume too low will cause the game to stop rendering. We did fix it, but couldn't replace the placeholder assets from the build in time. The bug-fixed build is in the downloads section.