Torpedo Trouble
A downloadable game
This game was made over 2 days for the #UncrankdGameJam for the panic playdate. You are the captain of a ship, floating at sea when you see an eerie reflection in the water. Is it a dolphin? Not this time. You are under attack by Torpedoes, for whatever reason.
Use the crank to steer a ship being chased by torpedoes. Earn points for how long you stay afloat. Earn extra points when torpedoes are evaded.
This game is very much a work in progress, and slightly rushed to meet the game jam deadline. I hope you enjoy it, even in its current state. All artwork was done, hastily, by me. Sound effect from Pixabay. I don't know much about coding and playdate dev, but everything I do know I learned from SquidGodDev's youtube channel and GitHub.
Small 1.1 update, improved some collisions to prevent a double collision with the boat. Hopefully the highscore save works now. I can't test this on device.
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great game! I especially like how the torpedoes move as they follow you
Very cool game, I like the idea. If you allow for a little feedback, I noticed that it seems you can just move in one direction (if followed by a torpedo) indefinitely and eventually reach a very high score. Maybe I quit the game too early and there is some logic to prevent this, but if not, maybe you could add some kind of logic that adds a torpedo somewhere in the direction the player is moving to prevent exploits like this. Otherwise very nice :)
Thank you for the feedback! You're right that shouldn't happen, the torpedoes should be incrementally faster, I played with the speeds for a little while. They should be spawning from every direction which would prevent that issue. I'll see if I can fix that.
Maybe as additional info for bug fixing I was swimming diagonally. 130 degrees or 230 degrees both seems to lead to this exploit :)