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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #616 | 3.694 | 3.694 |
| Enjoyment | #1793 | 3.444 | 3.444 |
| Creativity | #1873 | 3.750 | 3.750 |
| Artwork | #2109 | 3.556 | 3.556 |
| Narrative | #3784 | 2.361 | 2.361 |
Ranked from 36 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?
Loop around the sun powering up your ship, when it goes 'nova, move to the next sun and keep on looping!
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All own assets, see in-game credits
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This game hooked me up for a solid half an hour, the core loop is sooo satisfying! Love the work on the sound, one of the best use of dynamic soundscapes I've found in this jam! And last but not least, congrats for using Bevy (fellow Rustacean here!) <3
Wow I’m glad you liked it, thanks for playing and for taking the time to post :D
I’m a huge bevy fan, its a great little engine and it just gets better and better with every release.
Simple yet beautiful art, with nice sound design. Easy and fun to play. I like it!
Fun little arcade game. I managed to get a score of about 3000. I like the simplistic art in this, it suits this game.
I think the nova section is a bit too easy right now, I've managed to get through several of the sections without moving at all.
Thanks for playing and for the feedback! The nova section wasn’t as well developed as I’d have liked. Its the first thing I’m playing around with post-jam :)
Love the sci-fi aesthetics, its simplistic but stuff such as the faint glow around the objects helps a lot visually. Maybe there could've been more to the gameplay loop of circling around the sun so I can see the potential if you wish to add onto this! Simple but pretty cool game!
I love a slick minimalistic game! Would like a little more variety in the gameplay, though the change to warp drive already serves as a nice break.
I really dig your chill aesthetics, great execution of the orbit mechanics.
I also made a game with orbiting gameplay, take a look if you're interested!
Great job with that loop mechanic! I had really enjoyed the game!
I loved this! Couldn't make it past the black holes part, but I was surprised to see it change theming at all! I wonder how many parts of the journey through space I missed?
It made me think of scooping fuel in Elite: Dangerous, mixed with Flappy Bird mechanics. The setup made it feel very different from Flappy Bird though!
Also, visuals are CRISP!
I hope you try out and rate my entry too!
Very nice concept. The controls are easy to pickup and it's great how you can use just the mouse for it. A great example of simple and elegant mechanics.
Took a bit getting used to the controls, but once you get the hang of it this can be pretty addicting. Love the style of this game and I enjoyed the look of the ship scraping against the sun so much that I wished there was mechanic where you could skip off the sun's surface. My only critique is that during the Nova, it's a little hard to tell how you're oriented without the trail and the sun as reference. Anyways, great work, this was really fun!
Thanks for the feedback + suggestion. Yeah I’d love to do some sort of slingshot mode off the surface. At the moment it just speeds up about 50%, but building some sort of movement off it sound like a great idea.
The nova one is a good pickup. To make it easier to implement in the jam you’re still orbiting around the sun in that stage, its just hidden :D In my post jam updates I’ve started working on the nova mode being a “straight line” mode which should make that bit slightly more fun. Thinking about it having a black hole skimming mechanic could be fun too!
Thanks for playing :)
At first I thought the obstacles were fuel, so I was trying to collect them, but for some reason I couldn't actually hit them, then I finally did and lost, lol. In subsequent runs, I struggled not hitting the obstacles, lol. I really liked the visual style!
Oh no! haha.
My only play tester had that feedback too. I made some tweaks but yes I could definitely have made it more obvious that hitting the obstacles was bad! Thanks for the feedback.
Fun, engaging, smooth controls, simple, I loved it!
was really fun to loop through this. good job :)
I like the minimalist style and the setting, simple and fun. Really great work with the sound, it hits all the right deeps. Very cool game.
Nice one! The game felt very responsive, I think it would do great on mobile :)
Thanks! It currently “works” on mobile in the web build. Its a bit choppy on my phone. I haven’t done any profiling but I think audio is a problem with audio and particles all running on the CPU in WASM. Bevy can do iOS and Android builds so maybe I’ll try it, although it would require some balancing I think due to the screen size.
Smooth and addictive loop! Maneuvering with the shield felt satisfying, and the pacing kept me hooked. Dialing down the shield damage slightly could make the learning curve friendlier, but I loved the challenge it provided. Great job!
really neat and simple game loop! very much enjoyable. The only thing I thought would be nice to decrease damage to the shield for more pleasant learning experience
Oh nice idea! I can imagine a “zen” mode where you just zip around and skim the surface of the sun.
First 3 games "MUST COLLECT ALL THE SHINY....." 4th game "no wait.....". This was a great game play loop, easy mechanics to understand. Great entry.
It was pretty challenging and fun getting into a dodging flow state.
The supernova concept is really nice. The variation made the game more enjoyable.