It does seem like earlier levels make it much easier to mine points. You're not as punished for hitting the big planets repeatedly, and the open space invites you to play around a lot more. Levels 8 and 10 feel very compromised until you get the mouse issues fixed. They force you to mostly shoot in one direction and it really limits how much you can experiment with until it's just time to go straight for the target to close out the level. I would maybe think about adjusting the configurations of the objects in those levels and spread them out more - you want levels that feel engaging and open, not levels that force you into one play style.
Really fun stuff!! A few interface issues I encountered: On levels 5 and 6 it's very hard to take a southern (down-map) route around the objects - the map doesn't adjust as well to the mouse moving downwards, and I was frequently accidentally pausing the game as I attempted to launch a projectile. Not sure if that was intended to not to force the player to try other things. Could there possibly be a way for the player to manually zoom in and out on the map?
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The web version doesn't work anymore on Mozilla it seems :c
ah, looks like the shader I wrote for the background isn't working in Firefox. I just disabled it in Firefox/unknown browsers, so it should work now!
noticed another bug where the cursor won't move while shooting exclusively on firefox, will investigate that as well
Good take on a straightforward but increasingly challenging physics game (if you're trying to get a high score). Need to beat my high of 7M right now.
It does seem like earlier levels make it much easier to mine points. You're not as punished for hitting the big planets repeatedly, and the open space invites you to play around a lot more. Levels 8 and 10 feel very compromised until you get the mouse issues fixed. They force you to mostly shoot in one direction and it really limits how much you can experiment with until it's just time to go straight for the target to close out the level. I would maybe think about adjusting the configurations of the objects in those levels and spread them out more - you want levels that feel engaging and open, not levels that force you into one play style.
Really fun stuff!! A few interface issues I encountered: On levels 5 and 6 it's very hard to take a southern (down-map) route around the objects - the map doesn't adjust as well to the mouse moving downwards, and I was frequently accidentally pausing the game as I attempted to launch a projectile. Not sure if that was intended to not to force the player to try other things. Could there possibly be a way for the player to manually zoom in and out on the map?
absolutely! I'll be adding manual zoom and better edge detection in browser ASAP
8 millions points. :D Can't wait to see the next step.
Hey I dunno if it's normal but level 7 to 10 are the same as the level 1 :/
Oh whoops, thanks for the heads up! It should be fixed now
Damn man, I love it, this is super satisfying, I hope there's more to come !
There absolutely is! I will be updating it with more levels and some graphical upgrades soon.
Niiiicu. <3