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Relatively Special Deliveries's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Innovation | #4 | 4.083 | 4.083 |
| Audio | #26 | 3.417 | 3.417 |
| Theme interpretation | #44 | 3.417 | 3.417 |
| Overall | #68 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Graphics | #91 | 2.917 | 2.917 |
| Gameplay | #112 | 2.500 | 2.500 |
Ranked from 12 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
GitHub repository URL
https://github.com/BethFromAbove/Leaps-and-Bounds
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Haha, I like it!
This is such a cool idea for a game, I love the speed dial movement when you get past the first upgrade. I had no idea how much time delay there would be! Super awesome!
I win?
I love the idea of a relativity-based package delivery game, and I think there's a lot of potential in a more sophisticated version of this (e.g. choosing a route past neutron stars/black holes to try to minimize your ship time while still arriving at the target on time).
Just one little physics complaint: as a real spacecraft accelerates with a constant proper acceleration, its velocity would not increase linearly near the speed of light. Basically, it would become harder and harder to reach the next fraction closer to the speed of light. So, the correct upgrade for the ship isn't an unlocked max speed, but instead new ship engines capable of providing larger acceleration.
Thanks, the original idea was much richer with physics phenomena, but in true Game Jam style I ran out of time and had to go with a simpler version :)
You are completely right about the acceleration! The formula for changing acceleration rather than speed is
which results in
for a smooth accelration profile, which I could have implemented, but takes away a lot of agency for the player. The speed version is less realistic but all I could do with the time I had. Next time I'll dream bigger :)
Thanks for the feedback, will take it onboard.
Simple but fun, and the music was sweet. Nice job!
Disclaimer: traveling into the past is not within our current understanding of physics :P
I like the idea :) a bit short but it was cool to experience it.