ASTESTETER

A game dev exercise inspired by a 1979 classic.

The buzz of neon lights gently caressing this weird arcade machine, a pocket full of quarters worth in bitcoin, and a cheat for unlimited continues.

First christmas jingles are playing on the quantum radio as you casually grab the joystick, which is actually a mouse.

You don't know it yet, but this is the best it will ever be.

Notes

  1. 💻 Windows Version link at the bottom (recommended!)
  2. 🤖 Game title and splash graciously provided by Midjourney AI...
  3. 🗺️ It may not look it at first, but the game is quite strictly 2D.
  4. 🫠 Full disclosure, this had no right being this much fun to make.

If you're playing this, you please leave a comment about what your high score is. 🙃

Highlights

  • Speed is love, speed is life!
  •  Controls:
    • play with just the mouse (Left Button: Guns, Right Button: Engines)
    • or use a Mouse/Touchpad and W (Engines) and F/Shift keys (Guns)
  •  Day/Night Cycle
  •  UFOs are dangerous. but spawn only at night
    • fly to the dark side of the planet (generally to the left at start)
    • you will definitely know it's night
  •  Thrusters can be weapons in a pinch

Known issues

  • Unity Visual Effects Graph does not support WebGL yet, so the motion star field is only visible in the Unity Editor or the Windows build
  • WebGL has some problems with the colliders in the Synty Polygon Sci-Fi Pack that I have used. I applied a few workarounds, but if an asteroid can't be hit, feel free to file a bug report (with me, Synty, or Unity)


Credits

🈁 Score Font: Digital Dreams by pizzadude.dk,

🎧Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds

Song: Andromedik & Murdock - Light (feat. Dualistic) [NCS Release]

Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/AMD_Light 

Watch: https://youtu.be/i8m7u18XU9k

StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5, Windows
Rating
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Authortiger.blue
GenreAction
TagsAsteroids, Retro

Download

Download
Windows Version 53 MB

Comments

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(+1)

Love it, it looks and sounds great, and is a really nice take on asteroids.