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Major Jam 4: Cosmic

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A jam submission

SATELLITE HUNTERView game page

Fly your ship around asteroids and destroy hidden Spy Satellites. (Major Jam 4: Cosmic)

Submitted by FormaPraxis (@FormaPraxis) — 3 hours, 55 minutes before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Presentation	#12	4.136	4.136
Overall	#35	3.420	3.420
Enjoyment	#40	3.364	3.364
Concept	#54	3.318	3.318
Use of the Limitation	#63	2.864	2.864

Ranked from 22 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Team members
Forma Praxis (Just me by myself, @ImZakAston on Twitter)

Software used
Blender, Unity, SFXR

Use of the limitation
Whilst this game IS possible to complete without cheats, the 3D space can be disorientating and makes it increasingly difficult. I added a couple of key inputs as cheats; players may find these key inputs when they appear at the bottom of the "Game Over" screen briefly. ("T" increases the timer allowing for either more time to complete objectives, or extend any level into a sort of "free-mode". "P" Pinpoints the Positions of the hidden objectives).

Cookies eaten
I'm in the UK, so it was biscuits... so many biscuits.

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MrPanda261Submitted2 years ago

Really nice graphics, and the ship felt great to fly. Also was a really polished experience. Nice Job!

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ZWT3Submitted2 years ago(+1)

I really like the low poly graphic style and ambiance of the game!

The music fits well and the SFX is pretty good!

I actually found the spaceship very addicting to control and move, better than some flight simulators on steam hahaha!

Overall it is clearly a pretty polished game

Great Work! Game On! (and there is no such thing as eating too many biscuits!)

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Starlight Overdrive

FormaPraxisDeveloper2 years ago(+1)

Cheers, thanks for playing! Glad you enjoyed the flight aspect- if you used T as the cheat to add time on, you could fly around for ages :D

Thanks for calling it polished, this is actually my first game!

ImMatureTonySubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Loved the art and 3d models, the thrust "trails" off the ship's engines were especially satisfying to look at. The "cheating" reminded me of Nintendo's design style over the past decade of giving you options to buff or become invincible if you game over a lot. Impressed also by the entirely graspable six-axis movement working well in a browser window! Thanks for sharing.

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FormaPraxisDeveloper2 years ago(+1)

Thanks for playing! Glad you liked the liked the flight controls, I literally spent days tweaking them to get them to feel just right! Hoping to reuse them in a later project, like a low-poly Elite:Dangerous type thing.

reavSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Nice game. I liked the graphics and the movement of the ship feels great.

It is possible to destroy yourself if you boost forward right after shooting. You could increase the speed of the projectiles or make the ship invulnerable to them.

FormaPraxisDeveloper2 years ago

Hey, thanks for playing,!

Yeah, I'm not sure if it's a bug or feature to be honest. I like the idea that boosting allows you to catch up with cannon shots (and hear them too), but touching them is just as deadly for you as it is for the satellites. As for the asteroids, they're too dense to be blown up and just move.

AquaduckStudioSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Fun game!

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FormaPraxisDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks!

dw3ntSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Cool arcade style space shooter! The 3D space was a little tricky to get used to, but was still a ton of fun, and the low poly art style looked great. The red of the target satellites popped pretty well against the asteroids and space.

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Albie's Adventure

FormaPraxisDeveloper2 years ago

Hey, thanks for playing! 3D space is always like that, you should have seen how disorientating it was before I added the skybox and asteroids!

smietanekSubmitted2 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

Nice low poly and gameplay :) IMO only the tutorial could be better visible in-game because the text when the game is over is really small.

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FormaPraxisDeveloper2 years ago(+1)

Do you mean the "P and T are for cheaters" text on the game over screen? I kinda designed that to be hard to read on purpose, ha!

smietanekSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

yes 😅

HChacksSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Great game with awesome graphics. I like the way the cheats are hidden as well, although will admit I didn't notice the clue until I read the use of limitation on the rate game screen. It's also fairly addictive, with a minor downside of some motion sickness. Good job.

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FormaPraxisDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks for playing! Yeah, I didn't want to make the cheats too easy to find- I went with the idea that if the player is losing/dying enough, they'll notice the cheat text in the Game Over screen :D

DLPSSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Had way too much fun but the particles from the shots cause massive frame drops from 60 fps to 5 fps

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FormaPraxisDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks for Playing! A few people have mentioned the same thing about the particles... I have a pretty beefy PC and it didn't suffer any FPS drops, but it didn't occur to me that it might be a problem for other people.

Vitbull88Submitted2 years ago(+1)

No problem with particles for me too. Nice game!