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Moonshot Express's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Innovation | #33 | 3.653 | 3.875 |
| Graphics | #47 | 3.889 | 4.125 |
| Overall | #75 | 3.418 | 3.625 |
| Theme interpretation | #82 | 3.418 | 3.625 |
| Gameplay | #140 | 2.946 | 3.125 |
| Audio | #157 | 2.946 | 3.125 |
Ranked from 8 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
GitHub repository URL
https://github.com/astanin/moonshot-express
Theme interpretation
Colonizing the Moon will be easy. Logistics is the hard part. So I decided to write a game about space logistics, and in particular I wanted it to be a packing problem. Fitting square pegs in a round hole seemed like a good idea.
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Good work, it's quite fun! It reminded me of the struggle of packing the family car when going on holidays as a kid :P The graphics are really cute, and the music/sfx fit well.
As others mentioned, I also ran into the "press space to select/confirm" reflex that ended up sending a near empty rocket to the moon, this could likely be a less obvious key. I also found myself wanting to cancel my selection of an item when I saw it was a bad fit, but it didn't seem possible - albeit that might be part of the intended gameplay, once it's bought, it's bought.
It is a good concept, allowing the player to rotate the objects will the game even better. Overall good job.
Really interesting and fun concept! I truly enjoyed it. I love the beautiful graphics, the wide variety of items that you can pack and the music.
Just a small comment, I wish you could rotate the items with the scroll wheel.
Well done!
This is such a fun game! Trying to fit as much as you can into the rocket and make the most profit. Such a simple idea yet can be very strategic (or not). Loved the hand-drawn style and the playful music too.
Thank you for the comment! I'm glad you enjoyed the game!
Very great hand drawing style with good gameplay idea so really great game ! :D
The idea is clever, it's a nice little game with a cool interpretation. I enjoyed the game! Music is funny!
And I'm glad you setup the gamepad!
Yes, I also prefer to play it with the gamepad :-)
The art is pretty nice, and the style feels unified which helps it a lot.
I found the keyboard controls somewhat frustrating; the action you do a lot (confirming selections and placement) is on the return key, which for me is a long way from my natural rest position playing a keyboard game. It's much more natural for me to press space for that, but instead that's the "waste $700M" button which you only want to push occasionally. For me, reversing those two would have helped a lot.
Good marks for innovation, since gamefying a packing problem isn't something I've seen much. Keep up the good work!
Thank you for suggestion. I've shown the game to some friends, and noticed indeed many of them used <space> to select an item, and accidentally launched the rocket. You're right. I don't know if small changes are allowed, I would release a small fix of game controls if it's possible.