Rocket Bike To Space

[rikfuzz]

Hi all,

I worked on a pixel game over the weekend for a 48hr gaming competition. It's a very tight deadline, so there wasn't loads of time to dedicate to beautiful detailed art, so I stuck to a 16 colour palette (which was originally based off Arne's amazing work, though now quite different) and relatively low resolution:





Deadline's over now and it's submitted, but I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts anyway, especially any tricks on how you create art especially quickly!

You can download the game here: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-17/?action=rate&uid=1070 (just click the large Windows link)

Many thanks
Rik

[moket]

  cool game. Just made it to the end Yay !

The music fits well with the manic gameplay. Only a minor crit, the trees don't read as obstacles at first.
More levels ?
Please.

[Jakerpot]

So hard 

Got to 2500

[Dr D]

Fun game, beat it, got 7800 score, 76 deaths.   

As far as crits go, don't have much but the girl on the title screen does seem quite apparently rushed. Too blobby, lacking in defined anatomy. The transitions between color sets for the background were also quite harsh and sudden.

I read the tree quite well as an obstacle, though, and I love the palette.

[circuscommando]

i'm having so much fucking fun right now.

[Akira]

Awesome. Died 120 times but I got there in the end. I love the jet trail and music. I agree with Dr D with the about the title screen though.

[Jad]

The title and the title screen and the game screen and other stuff all look totally great : DDD you should polish this and make even more of a game out of it because it's ROCKET BIKE TO SPACE

the main character is hot. I haven't played the game, though, I might try at lunch (:

I DIED 100 TIMES EXACTLY. Proud. Sometimes the game feels broken. The bouncing thing right after one of the checkpoints once sent me straight into a rock. I couldn't do much about that ' A ' unfair feeling

[Jakerpot]

  I made it!!! 

The art is great, but the music is SO HIGH!!! (At least here...)
There are some times that is pretty hard to jump 

[EyeCraft]

Yeah I died like 270 times. Drove me crazy but I just couldn't stop playing.

The title and the title screen and the game screen and other stuff all look totally great : DDD you should polish this and make even more of a game out of it because it's ROCKET BIKE TO SPACE

the main character is hot. I haven't played the game, though, I might try at lunch (:

Indeed! Polishing it would be sweet.

The rocks have some banding and pretty jagged cluster edges you could fix up. 

[rikfuzz]

Thanks for all the kind comments!  I hope to refine the game at some point, I'll repost when I do!

[allaze-eroler]

i like how you make the gam design and all, i was just looking for someone who can do game like it pm me for to talk about the project i'm working on.

[Jakerpot]

HAH! I'm the universe master!!!

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[Jakerpot]

Want a bigger challenge? Play it on hyperspeed:

!!

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[Ultimaodin]

Wow that was kind of fun! I got the same score as jakerpot but died 211 times. Only died four times up until I got to the snow section. Was there a jump in difficulty or what. That first snow ball got me the majority of times. Concidering you made this in 2 days I commend you!

[RomanH]

You sir have created an awesome and wicked fun game! Much like Robot Unicorn Attack, just without the Robot Unicorns attacking. 

If only it were just a tiny, tiny, tiny little bit easier so that a game would last longer than 5 seconds. Maybe you could add a double-jump? Or the possibility to control the hight of the jump? (but then again, maybe I'm just getting old...)

(oh, and since the is the Pixelation forum: yes, it also looks nice)

[Wenruto]

Nice Game That Could Be A Nice Iphone/ipod  App And Would Be nice Playing it Too  Good Job Man Love the Game 

[Jakerpot]

Nice Game That Could Be A Nice Iphone/ipod  App And Would Be nice Playing it Too  Good Job Man Love the Game 

Hell yeah!!! An iTouch app would be awesome! But it should be bigger or have levels.

[allaze-eroler]

Nice Game That Could Be A Nice Iphone/ipod  App And Would Be nice Playing it Too  Good Job Man Love the Game 

Hell yeah!!! An iTouch app would be awesome! But it should be bigger or have levels.

there a problem :



so, it's better to go on android...

[Jakerpot]

Ok, so maybe XBLA?



BEAT ME IF YOU CAN!!! 

[Wenruto]

Wow So Much Thing FOr Making An App For Those Two Devices Man Life's a Bad B!cht 
But If It Worked It would be An Awesome app 
Shame On those Problems 

[setz]

HAH! I'm the universe master!!!

So you know, your images are bringing up password prompts Its really annoying

ontopic: I haven't played, I'm on linux, and the web version wont even show up for me. The screenshots do have a lot of charm to them, though.

Edit: It almost works in wine, but it sounds very awful. I'm sure its not the music, just an issue with wine. Seems pretty fun, though!

[Jakerpot]

Yeah, i know 


That host came overloaded and now its exclusive to members (i think). That suck a lot, i will remove the links...

[Argyle]

97 Deaths.  Love the music.  The inability to jump while bouncing made it very frustrating for more than a couple of the checkpoints for me :3

[Jad]

I'm happy that so many enjoyed this game, but from here on, I'd like to see more crits on the art and less score posting. That's all! <3