Writing a game, looking for thoughts

Would you want multiplayer?

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Hello!

I'm working on a web browser/javascript game! My first rendition (link removed to prevent confusion) is written in vanilla javascript.

I am currently porting it to p5.js though, so that version isn't being updated, you can find the new one at

http://richard.works/projects/Entropy

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It's a very basic game where you're a saucer in space, trying to eat stars to stay alive. You're slowly dying over time sustaining yourself, so you must constantly eat more stars. You can use WASD or your mouse (click to move the player the direction of your cursor) to move. Beware though, there are black holes! They have gravity as well, so fly by with caution.

I'm curious to see high scores and hear your thoughts!

In no particular order:
- Made background stars move
- Made black holes more common
- Added neutron stars
- Fixed music elements overlapping
- Fixed player not growing
- Made black holes scary
- Added loading bar
- Slowed player down a bit
- Made OSD toggle-able
- Adjusted preload sequence
- Added resume button to pause screen
- Added Player names
- Added mini-map (only shows edible stars)
- Added author (self) notation
- Re-purposed arrow keys to media control
- Resized map by 30%
- Moved health indicator to player body
 
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Maybe this is only me, but with the mouse I feel like it should always follow it (without clicking). Maybe have this as a setting option?
 
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WASD controls are FAR too sensitive. It's like flying around in MC with /flyspeed 10 or more.[DOUBLEPOST=1510743379][/DOUBLEPOST]Also I cant seem to switch to mouse at all
 
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guess i can play pinball with it too

 
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Ivain said:
WASD controls are FAR too sensitive. It's like flying around in MC with /flyspeed 10 or more.[DOUBLEPOST=1510743379][/DOUBLEPOST]Also I cant seem to switch to mouse at all
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I'll see about tweaking it. You do slow down as you grow right now

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guess i can play pinball with it too

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lol, that's a good strategy to start, but the black holes will eventually become too frequent to avoid so easily, as the game progresses
 
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SemiOG said:
I'll see about tweaking it. You do slow down as you grow right now



lol, that's a good strategy to start, but the black holes will eventually become too frequent to avoid so easily, as the game progresses
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It's a bit too sensitive right now. perhaps flatten the curve a bit
 
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Ok, a few more points.
The progression after you become able to eat the red stars is a bit too fast, it feels like I had to eat less than 5 of those before I could eat yellow stars as well.
I like the ability to absorb smaller black holes at a cost to your health.
I eventually died by getting stuck on a black hole the same size as me. Is this intentional, black holes that big just holding you there no matter what you do?
 
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Ivain said:
Ok, a few more points.
The progression after you become able to eat the red stars is a bit too fast, it feels like I had to eat less than 5 of those before I could eat yellow stars as well.
I like the ability to absorb smaller black holes at a cost to your health.
I eventually died by getting stuck on a black hole the same size as me. Is this intentional, black holes that big just holding you there no matter what you do?
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Apparently my weighting just sucks, I'll adjust things later and let you know. The gap between levels should be larger, and the black holes shouldn't be able to stop you unless you're extremely close so I'll adjust those.

Thank you (again) for your feedback :)
 
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