EDIT: A new version is available with a month's worth of updates: Planet Catcha Red Dwarf/Blue Giant version

My entry for GBJam 11. Made in 10 days from 15/09/2023 to 25/09/2023.

Knock enemy planets into the dotted circle to catch them in your gravity. The more damaged they are, the easier they are to catch. Collect 6 planets and your adventure will be complete!

CONTROLS

Control (GB Equivalent)Keyboard
Select menu item, skip text, launch planet (A Button)X
Select menu item. Open battle menu (Start Button)Enter
Move menu cursor, aim planet launch (D-Pad Left/Right)Left/Right Arrows
Move menu curosr, adjust launch strength (D-Pad Up/Down)Up/Down Arrows
Close menu (B Button)Z


I decided to interpret the theme as Capital S Space. 
Planets and stars and all.
Because Space. Is. Cool.

Inspiration for the game came from the monster catching genre of Gameboy and Gameboy Color games. The vibe of Pokemon and the mechanics of Metal Walker get special mention.

Font used is MOZART NBP made by Nate Halley (https://www.wfonts.com/font/mozart-nbp)

Title font is PIXEL GAME FONT by Bryndan Meyerholt (https://www.dafont.com/pixelgamefont.font)

This is my first game jam, and technically my first actual game, so I hope you enjoy playing Planet Catcha.

StatusOn hold
PlatformsHTML5, Windows, Linux
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
AuthorMajesticMash
GenreAdventure
Made withPiskel, Godot, GIMP
TagsGame Boy, Godot, Physics, Pixel Art, Singleplayer, Space
Average sessionA few minutes
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard

Download

Download
PlanetCatcha.exe 66 MB
Download
PlanetCatcha.x86_64 67 MB

Install instructions

Downloadable versions are the same build as the web version, but not thoroughly tested. YMMV

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