To The Star

Newly updated and fully released post VimJam3!

A game originally submitted to VimJam 2022. Themes: "Multi-Use" and "Turn up the Heat". 

TLDR

W/S to Boost Toward/Away from Mouse. Ship Faces the Mouse. 

Aim Thrusters at Asteroids to Gain Fuel. Trade fuel for Upgrades. 

Score = Temperature, Star = Hot. Ipso Facto GOTO Star.

Helps to Have a Map. Enjoy!

Full Description

In "To The Star", you play as a star loving pilot. Your objective is to record the highest temperature possible by getting as close to the star (or indeed into the star) as you can. To achieve this objective, you must acquire fuel from asteroids using your ships thrusters (which both propel you and mine asteroids). 

Along the way, you may modify your ship by purchasing upgrades. However, each upgrade also has its downsides, such as increasing your ships power usage. Care must therefore be taken to choose the right upgrades.

To help you navigate, you are provided with a minimap, a notification of the current biome you are in, a map of the star system, and a pointer to the Star. You may also use the temperature of your craft to determine whether you are going in the right direction.

Controls

W - Accelerate Towards Mouse / Shoot Backwards

S - Accelerate Away From Mouse / Shoot Forwards

TAB - Open / Close Upgrade Window

M - Open / Close Map Window

ESC/P - Pause / UnPause Game

F11 - Enter / Exit FullScreen

Credits

Designed, Developed and Submitted by 

Alex, the Roaming Maelstrom

Graphical Assets

Kenney - Sprites, Select UI Elements and Fonts -  Kenney.nl

Wenrexa - Select UI Element - wenrexa.itch.io

Cody "CodeMan38" Boisclair - Fonts - fonts.google.com/CodeMan38

Bonsaiheldin - Background - OpenGameArt.org/bonsaiheldin

Music

Brandon Morris (HaelDB) - Cave Theme, Walk With Me (Patience), Story Time, Tragic Ambience - OpenGameArt.org/haeldb

Retro Indie Josh - The Sun Awoke (Modified by Developer) * - retroindiejosh.itch.io

YD - I Swear I Saw It - opengameart.org/yd

Sound Effects

Fusehive - All SFX Excluding Thrusters (Modifications by Developer) - gamedevmarket.net/fusehive-com

Kenney - Thruster Sound Effects  -  Kenney.nl

* Full Author Credit

Contains music ©2022 Retro Indie Josh (https://retroindiejosh.itch.io) Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

 Feedback and Constructive Criticism Welcome.