Welcome To Orbit Express!

Physics-based, roguelike game of deliveries in space.

Follow your Shipboard Navigation Apparatus (or: S.N.A.P) to your next destination planet, calibrate your speed and angle to enter orbit in the green zone, and deliver your packages safely, as close as possible to the target zone.

Objective

Deliver as many packages as you can, and don’t crash the ship or get it stranded with no fuel - it’s company property, you know. Also, break 3 packages and you’re fired. Good luck!

About

Orbit Express was made in 72 hours for Ludum Dare 53 jam, with the Delivery theme. All the artwork, music, sound effects, and programming were created originally for the game during that time.

Controls

Keyboard / Gamepad

  • Rotate Ship: A / D (alternatives are arrow keys) | Left Stick
  • Fire Thrusters: Space | Right Trigger
  • Jettison Package: K (an alternative is X) | A Button
  • Camera Zoom: [ / ] (alternatives are Q / E) | Right Stick
  • Pause:  ESC (an alternative is P) / Menu

Credits

Game concept by Ori Bennoon and Omri Lahav

  • Art - Omri Lahav, Ori Bennoon, and MidJourney (AI)
  • Music, sound, writing - Omri Lahav
  • Programming - Ori Bennoon

Made with Unity // Music and sound created in Cubase Pro 12

More information

Download

Download
Orbit Express (LD53_Jam)_V1.2.9.1_Windows.zip 70 MB

Install instructions

Just download, unzip and open the EXE file.

(Windows only for now)

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BmanStudio1 year ago

Changelog for V1.2.9.1:

  • Several bug fixes
  • New and improved SFX (including the Doppler effect)
  • 2 new nebula backgrounds
  • Lighting-based scene
  • Change score >> Orbs (for upcoming upgrades bay shop, stay tuned!)
  • Pirate (new AI obstacle that steals orbs)
  • Other visual and audio improvements
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BmanStudio1 year ago

Changelog for V1.2.5:

  • Fixed bug - pause menu on game over
  • Now the arrow pointer will scale according to the distance from the target (to help indicate speed and distance)
  • Fixed gravity force particles velocity direction
  • Other small fixes and tweaks

Changelog for V1.2.6:

  • Added variations to package visuals
  • Added variations to planets’ visuals
  • Enhanced the planets’ gravitational effect on the player

Changelog for V1.2.8:

  • Added obstacles to the game (comets and moons)
  • Bug fixes
  • Added particles to the drop zone
  • Added VFX for low fuel level
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BmanStudio1 year ago

here’s the changelist for V1.2:

  • Added pause menu (press P / ESC on PC and Menu on gamepad)
  • Added options menu (music, SFX, mute, invert rotation)
  • Made the player turn faster
  • Made the HUD a little smaller
  • Added zooming in and out controls
  • Added particles to the gravity fields (just for fun)
  • Now the package drops from the back of the ship and increases in size 
  • Changed the buttons on the Keyboard: Drop package with K instead of X (X will still work though)
  • Made the ship a little easier to control. Also, please see the tips I added to the description of the game above
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BmanStudio1 year ago

I’ve just uploaded V1.1 with a few bug fixes and small changes to the game, here’s the change list for V1.1:

  • Fixed score and packages delivered bug after “Try Again”
  • Made the game over overlay more transparent ( @bezedh from Ludum Dare page requested :D )
  • Made the packages sound spatial (the volume depends on distance)
  • A bit more audio mixing tweakings
  • Fixed typo in credits (word Music)
  • Fixed the mistake in the controls panel (the imaged showed the X button on the gamepad, instead of A)
  • Disabled player controls after the game over
  • Delivery planets are now being picked randomly, for a non-consistent game each time :) 
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