Moonshot Plan
A downloadable game for Windows
Gameplay
Aliens have been tormenting and harming humanity from the comfort of the moon. Now they are heading down into our atmosphere. Your job is to stop them. Get through the city and to your rocket. Head to the moon and kill them all. There are rumours there is some sort of underground facility there.
Controls
Use a and d to move left and right. Space to jump. Shoot with left mouse.
Why was this game made?
I participated in game off 2020 and the theme was moonshot. Moonshot can mean abstract idea. So i decided your abstract idea is to single handily save humanity. It was created in 27 days through the month of November.
Misc
Github link: https://github.com/ellisdobson20061/GameOff2020-ellisjames20061
Floating table games: https://floatingtable101.itch.io/ (he helped create a sprite for the enemies).
Download
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Development log
- Development discontinued until further noticeApr 17, 2021
- Jetpack, New artwork and moreApr 09, 2021
- Level changes + optimizationApr 03, 2021
- The future of moonshot planMar 29, 2021
- Moonshot plan - updateFeb 06, 2021
- New enemies , city level 6 and moreJan 31, 2021
- Moonshot Plan - polishJan 25, 2021
- Moonshot Plan - minor improvmentsJan 24, 2021
Comments
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Played the demo through just without issue. The items I noted while playing were:
- A paused menu with an exit option would be great (I could only close the game early once started with Alt+F4)
- It would be good to have a windowed mode rather than only be able to run the game in full screen mode
- Maybe show a popup for the controls at the beginning in case the player hasn't read the how to play screen and also a wall jumping tip when that is first required
Nice game!
Thankyou i am currently working on the full release and have addressed some of them issues thanks for having a look.
I played through the game! Have a look :)
Thankyou :)
The wall jumping is was a bug in the code so i tried my best to turn it into a feature :)
Great Game there buddy! :)
Pretty well planned out.
The feedback I would give, is like crouching, when a button is pressed, like C or Left CTRL, the player crouches. Also you could add running, stamina, so the player couldn't run all the time.
I like the trail that you added to the player, but when the player is facing to the left, the trail is infront of him. Try changeing the order layer on them.
And I think that's all of my feedback.
I hope you and this game gets a bright future! Have a nice day/night!
P.S. You need to add a pause menu :) It would be great if you would add it.
Thanks i think i fixed that order issue post jam but i cant post an update since iam reworking the game from the ground up. Also those are some good ideas thanks :)
Very impressive game. Brilliant pixel art
Hey, cool game! Find my video review below:
00:50 Moonshot Plan
Thanks i have just watched the video i appreciate you checking it out!
Cool game liked the wall jumping mechanic
Loved it. Want to see more of it.
What a nice and fun platformer, shooting aliens is so much fun and the VFX for when you blow up a UFO is so satisfying, would have liked a little more animation on the enemies but given the time frame of the development is understandable, overall great job, hope to see more like this.
Thanks for checking out my game I watched the video it was really good thanks!
I really enjoyed the game-play and the way you added in new mechanics with each new level. Good Job. I hope you will add more :)
thankyou I will come back to this after the jam has ended :)
My only advice would be to add some graphics to show the new mechanics. Show a spring and a up arrow near the first spring for example so players know it's an item that will make you jump up. Stuff like that makes it easier to understand what to do without complicated tutorials. :)
That's a good idea!
Loved it! Was a nice little pixelated alien shooter game, and always love a good platformer. The jumping from wall to wall was a bit difficult but I got it goin =D Yours is the first game in the video! Left a follow and look forward to more!!
Thankyou :)
Brilliant little game! I got stuck on the 3rd level and couldn't find the way out. The music was great! Just needs to loop it on the 3rd level as it stops after first play. The pixel style of the textures work well and gives it a retro feeling! Only thing I would change would be the shooting , make it so the shooting is a key press instead of mouse as it was hard to shoot after jumping. However overall the game is good simple and works well and easy to play! Enjoyed it ! look forward to playing more games you create!
Thanks in the 3rd level where about did you get stuck?
At the part you use a spring and kill the enemies on 3 platforms, 2 aliens on bottom platforms and a few spacemen on top platform. I couldn't get past that part. Unless I missed an enemy to kill possibly.
just use the bounce pad to go up to the top row with them 3 on and shoot them then run along and do the wall jumping like from the moon and you are up. I hope that helps
I did try that but the jump wasn't very powerful at that part and couldn't wall jump, strange lol
That's strange I will update tomorrow with a fix