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Reviews for "Run From the Sun"

Fun Little Game

It's a fun game, although nothing spectacular and boredom quickly rushes in once you 'get it'. I would definitely like to see you expand upon what you have here by adding more enemy types and various upgrades. Faster speed, the ability to shoot, maybe even some limited steering. There's really a lot of ways you could build upon this idea.

I got bored around 100k in score. Doesn't really seem to be much variation past 10k.

OK but

The concept has been done before with more polish.

The gravity fields are really off, bigger planets would have stronger fields that reach out further and when exiting the gravity field you would not fly in such a straight line out with less momentum you would keep the curve and speed.

A couple tweaks and this would definitely be a good time waster.

ARRRGGGG!!!

This game could be alot better. The controls are so bad that i push the button and the game waits about 10 seconds to actually shoot! But it is kinda fun when it works but that lag just makes me hate it

gets better as you progress

I'm rather... on the fence about this game. on one hand, it is a real challenge to get a few of the challenges as 'complete', and there is a lot left up to the player to choose what ship to use, and each has their own benefits and disadvantages, such as the military ship. a smaller amount of O2 is good in situations when you're veering off into space, but it can be a real bitch if you're trying to get the leap of faith award. as such, it is good you have added the 'golden oldie'. This is a good challenge, and not so difficult as to seem impossible to surmount, which adds more game time, and brings a sense of immense satisfaction once you achieve it.

Slingshotting, although risky, is rather simple to use once you have the knack of it, and can be immensely rewarding if there are planets that are close, and in your way when trying to escape the sun. However, this is the only time your physics work to the players advantage.

The physics of the game are satisfactory, for the most part, but the gravitational fields is all over the place. As Mysterious-Pig said, Gravity's effect is rather steep. to put in a better word, after reaching a certain point, it becomes ineffectual, and almost non-existent. to accurately simulate gravity, it would be better if the equation for gravity were more... quadratic. E.G. where G = gravity, D = distance from the planet, and M = Mass: G= M/D. therefore, as you get farther from the planet, it's gravitational effect decreases, not rapidly, but noticeably. note: this might not be entirely perfect, so I wouldn't put EXACTLY that into it, maybe a multiplier here, a division there, if you've payed ay attention in your algebra or quadratics classes, this should be a breeze. You might also want to play Gravitee, Gravitee, and Gravitee wars, just to get a good feel of what gravity should do in a game.

The graphics of the game are decent, better than a lot of games on here, but it still seems as though you put it together with basic shapes in Microsoft Word, or another program that uses those same shapes. The colours aren't too harsh on the eyes, and they aren't too bland either. on this note, you have done a good job.

To the last point, hinted at by the title: replay value. As you start, you would expect it to be similar to Gravitee, or even the popular Worms, so getting a grip on the apparent lack of gravity can be a little frustrating at best, destructive at worst. You will find, as you progress, that slingshotting becomes like second nature, skipping is normal, and overall gameplay becomes kind of... natural.

Overall, a five. hampered by the unrealistic physics, and bolstered by the exceptional replay value. Suggestions: review your physics engine, and maybe study your physics a little more, and don't forget the quadratics.

MISSING THINGS!

I agree with Legian299, one of the biggest problems was that if you missed, you would have to wait way too long to re-spawn, and the sun would have caught up! There needs to be a self-destruct button that will allow you to re-spawn faster.