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GB Lunar LanderView game page

A Lunar Lander game for the gameboy!

Submitted by Pigeonaut — 1 day, 2 hours before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Gameplay / Fun	#6	3.909	3.909
Game Design	#10	3.727	3.727
Graphics	#39	3.455	3.455
Overall	#52	3.086	3.086
Sound / Music	#54	3.061	3.061
Innovation / Originality	#64	2.848	2.848
Theme	#83	1.515	1.515

Ranked from 33 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 gameplay is very forgiving and friendly (unlike most games in this genre!). I ease the player into the mechanics and spend the first few levels training them! However, the environment is very hostile since you are on the Moon!

Did you use any assets?
Used this free pack for sound effects: https://benjaminno.itch.io/sweet-sounds-sfx-pack. I used pau-tomas plugin pak: https://github.com/pau-tomas/gb-studio-plugins. (I hired an artist for my game art!)

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kicdogamesSubmitted1 year ago

nice physics, gameplay and graphics.

I enjoyed playing it a lot.

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Friend Switch GBShowdown 2023

shinSubmitted1 year ago

Wow, this is a really good Lunar Lander adaptation! Impressive what you achieved in GB Studio without engine ejection. Unfortunately I have to give it a medium rating as it doesn't really fit the jam's crtiteria, but I would play a full version of this!

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What Friends Are For

HohenstauferSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

I liked this very much. Kept playing until the end. Well designed little game. Charming graphics and sounds.

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PigeonautDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Thank you for taking the time to play it all the way through! Glad you enjoyed the game!

Johndo21Submitted1 year ago(+1)

I really like the old fashioned wireframe graphics! The physics are amazingly good, I got to level 4, and it's really hard not to crash with a dork like me :D . Bravo, even if I understand the connection with the theme of the Jam, we would say in French that it's a bit "capillotracté" :p

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Friendship Never Dies

PigeonautDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Thank you haha!! I’m glad you enjoyed the graphics and the gameplay! I love the color you chose for this game on your gameboy! Thank you so much for sharing that!

Johndo21Submitted1 year ago

The "haha" sounds very French, doesn't it? But maybe it's also used in English? But I try my luck, are you French?

PigeonautDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

I am American, yes used in English too!

sloopygoopSubmitted1 year ago(+2)

I love the arcade game and I love this. Gameplay, graphics, sound; so much fun. I'm afraid I can't give it high marks in every category since it's a remake. But it's very very well done and I'm super pleased that I got to play it. Thanks for throwing this into the mix.

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PigeonautDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Thanks for the nice feedback!

SpaceLuchadoresJam Judge1 year ago(+1)

The asteroids are a nice spin! :D

PigeonautDeveloper1 year ago

Thank you!

RubenretroSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

I'm a big fan of lunar Lander. Love your game!

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Retro Quiz Tower (JAM Edition)

PigeonautDeveloper1 year ago

Im glad to hear that! Thank you for the nice comment!

fluxmasterfixSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

I definitely see myself playing again well after the Jam

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PigeonautDeveloper1 year ago

That is wonderful to hear! Thank you

El_Papu1111Submitted1 year ago

What about friendship theme?

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PigeonautDeveloper1 year ago(+2)

The theme comes from the relationship between the developer and the audience. This is normally a difficult genre but I made the gameplay very forgiving and easy to pick up. But I will leave it to the player’s interpretation!

SunnyChowTheGuySubmitted1 year ago(+1)

I feel GB studio can't handle gameplay. Did you develop with basic coding? If there is a rating field called "programming", I would rate 5 stars. Overall it's a fun game. The asthestic hit my spot so I rate it high. I am stuck ar mission 9 so I can't check if there is an ending related to the theme

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Song of Morus: Ghostly Night

PigeonautDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Thank you for the kind feedback! I appreciate you playing my game!

All I did was change the player's velocity, using the "player fields" plugin, in a simple timer loop. Since I can control the time with the loop and the velocity with the plugin, I am able to easily set the acceleration of the spacecraft! All done without needing to eject the engine code!

I am happy to see you were able to make it to level 9! How quick were you able to get to this point in the game?

SunnyChowTheGuySubmitted1 year ago

I havn't timed

PigeonautDeveloper1 year ago

No worries!

GB Studio CentralSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

This is great information, thanks for sharing!

BownlySubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Good physics. Would have been neat to see a fuel gauge or collectibles or something like that. But definitely a good showing for a game jam.

Submitted

Buddy Book Battle

PigeonautDeveloper1 year ago

Thank you for the feedback! Those are very good ideas!

Bad_DadSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Nice game, I recommend anyone who likes the rocket landing genre to play this, great work. A bit weak on the “friendly” theme though, in my opinion.

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The Friendly CPU

PigeonautDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Thank you for the feedback!