Lost in Space
A downloadable game for Windows and Linux
In this game you are lost in the endless space. You try to destroy the meteroids threatening your planet while slowly running out of oxygen. You use your laser to shoot meteroites and yor grappling beam to move around and to attract air and uprade bubbles.
Controls:
- Left mouse to shoot.
- Right mouse to grapple.
Story:
Meteroids started appearing in the orbit of your planet. You try to destroy as much of them as you can to save your planet. If you get a score of 4000 you have succesfully saved your planet.
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Development log
- Upgrade system and PolishJul 15, 2023
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Heyope, this landed in my list of favourite free itch games I played 2024 (place 10).
Just wanted to say I've shouted it out in my blogpost and would give 6 bucks if you had donations on.
I think my score showcase right below this should be explanation enough of why this ended up on my list.
Hi, your feedback means a hell lot to me :)
And thanks for reminding me about donations, I’ve turned 18 and haven’t bothered about that, I’ll update that soon, since I’m “planning” on developing commercial games.
This was more like just a game jam game I couldn’t upload in time because the scope was too high. Seeing this game in such a list already feels rewarding enough. So thanks for letting me know you’ve enjoied it.
Indeed, I think the music is the best part about this game, maybe.
Don't worry yourself with getting donations running "soon". It can be a bit of a hassle because of legal issues. I have only done it myself recently when I've had lots of free time on my hands. Though itchio itself wasn't a big hurdle, only the bureaucracy that comes with making money from something.
I also just checked back on the music as that glitched out on my playthrough. It is really good, I like such atmospheric spacey synth tracks. From the very little I know they can be hard to make due to how much possibilities there are with synths. To use that for an atmospheric track needs atleast a basic understanding of sound engineering/sound designing or whatever it is called.
But I shouldn't really try to analyze beyond my own knowledge. What I can say for certain is that you managed to pull off a really good atmosphere with the music on this game.
I eradicated all the rock formations in my solar system that have a size I do not approve of.
I don't think I really have to explain I love this game. I spent an absurd amount of time on this High Score. Played it for about an hour and 18 Minutes. 6~7 of those were spent on my first attempt.
I might actually replay this just for the music. I think I had a glitch where it didn't load on my second 1-hour attempt.
Some tips for anyone insane enough to try and beat my score:
1. Your Grappling hook does damage, though its so low this is only very usefull at the start. Later on its only a neat thing to keep in mind.
2. It may feel right to focus on getting tons of air at once by repeatetly grappling for bubbles. But it is a better idea to grapple yourself towards the bubbles using rocks. you may move slower than the bubbles, but when using the hook to move yourself you will be mopving towards multiple bubbles instead of moving only a singular one towards yourself.
3. Trying to fill up your air up to the limit is not a good idea. the Bubbles are far more effective when your roughly below half your air. I spent a lot of time trying to fill up air that depletes nearly as fast as I replenish it.
4. You can kinda draw multiple air bubbles to you. Though that's only really usefull when you try to max out your air for some reason... Or if you just wanna show of to yourself, which is a perfectly valid reason.
5. The Upgrade bubbles make sense to be grabbed from a long distance from my experience. But depending on the situation you can also just get close if there's some rocks that need to be destroyed nearby.
6. Good Luck !!! ERADICATE ALL THE ROCKS THAT STAND IN THY WAY !!! YOU CAN DO IT I BELIEVE IN YOU !!!