Asteroid Miner
Credits
Art, Game Design, and Programming: Me (lazeebun)
Music and Sound Design: Jennifer Gao
- Instagram: @jennifers_jukebox (https://www.instagram.com/jennifers_jukebox/)
- Soundcloud: https://on.soundcloud.com/LptAiuxRY31CnipE8
Controls
Movement: AWSD/Arrow keys
Faster movement: Hold SPACE key whilst using AWSD/Arrow keys
Shoot: Mouse (point and click)
How to play
- You have 3 lives/HP (top right corner)
- Collect materials/stars from mini asteroids (appear after blasting big asteroids)
- All materials/stars disappear after some time, get them before they disappear!
- Redeem points from collected materials by running into the base (it will open a menu)
- The bubble is safe to stay in (destroys asteroids without dropping materials)
- When you're blue, you're invincible for 2 seconds
- You have 1 minute to get as many points as you can!
Point values
- Pink star = 1 point
- Green star = 3 points
- Gold star = 5 points
- White star = 15 points
- Tiny pink square = 25 points (instantly get, no need to redeem)
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Description
My entry for the MQ RE-ENTRY game jam! The constraint was to incorporate astronomical phenomena into the core gameplay loop, like asteroids!
I used the Unity asset "PlayMaker", a visual scripting tool that helped me to "program" my game!
Fun fact: my friend played it with an auto-clicker and it worked
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Tutorials/scripts I used to help me during the jam
Simple Pooling with Pooler - I used the Pooler Playmaker package
Credit: Hutong Games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDi4_8Slh0Q&t=11s
Rotate Character To Mouse Position (Beginner Friendly Tutorial) - I used the script from this one
Credit: Piir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_i6S_rDZuA
Classic Space Shooter (Part 5: Spaceship Shooting)
Credit: Hutong Games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3slCikk_A54
Classic Space Shooter (Part 6: Breakable Asteroids)
Credit: Hutong Games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_ZN0l1dNvE&t=356s
Unity Playmaker Random Float Exclusion - I used the custom PlayMaker action
Credit: Dumb Game Dev https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeTrblMne4E
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Play the Post-Jam version here!
Comments
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Love the vibes, music and art!! A well balanced and fun game to play!! Not too hard, but not too easy either XD!! Took me a bit to stop running into asteroids lololol
Thank you!!! I'm actually trying to beat my friend's high score of 350, but I keep running into the asteroids too, haha.
Having lots of fun with this! The art and sound design is great. I also think the gameplay loop of having tl blast asteroids twice to pick-up the minerals, which is also putting you in danger, was a really cool way of balancing risk and reward. I can be careful and only blow up one asteroid at a time, or try to go for a higher score but risk getting crushed by lots of little ones!
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Amazing job, the pixel art is very cute and the gameplay loop is entertaining!
Thank you!!! :D