The Return of Pluto
A downloadable game for Windows
Full screen is highly recommended!
A bug has been reported that may prevent you from continuing after clearing a level. Press Ctrl+D to access the Debug Panel, then select "Complete Level".
HOW TO PLAY:
Goal: Destroy all of Pluto's moons so that it can be considered a planet again. The moons, from smallest to largest are: [u]Styx[/u], [u]Kerberos[/u], [u]Nix[/u], [u]Hydra[/u], and [u]Charon[/u]
If you die, you'll keep your upgrades and resources, so keep trying!
- Press space to destroy blocks and collect resources
- Use the arrow keys or WSAD to rotate your space ship
- Use left-shift to rotate more precisely
- Zoom in and out with the mouse wheel
- Press 'R' to open the shop
- Use resources to purchase upgrades
- Be careful, destroying the moon may spawn enemies
- Be careful, you slowly run out of orbital energy, meaning you're gradually being sucked towards the planet. If you hit the planet, you'll crash and have to try again. Destroy blocks around the edge first!
- Once you've destroyed an entire planet, move on to the next one!
- Make Pluto a planet again!
ATTRIBUTIONS:
Everything was made by me this week except for the following:
I made two of the music tracks a long time ago and my 10-year-old son made the third this week.
The main game font is from Google Fonts.
STORY:
A long time ago on a planet far, far away...
A group of earthlings called "scientists" met to discuss a devious plan that they'd been cookin' for quite some time—they were plotting against the planet Pluto in an attempt to revoke its planetary status.
Unfortunately, they were successful and Pluto was met with its fate. Pluto would no longer be considered a planet. Why? Because, reasons... Okay, fine... it was because Pluto's orbit was being influenced by its five neighbors, instead of setting its own orbit like a "real" planet should.
I digress. When the common earth-dwellers heard the news about their favorite ex-planet, they were shocked and upset. They were so upset that they typed a bunch of stuff and posted it to a thing called 'the internet'. That'll fix it, they thought!
However, the next day, some major news broke about something else super, totally, important... A hot famous yodeling earthling started dating this hot famous sportsball earthling and it was a legit amazing match made in heaven.
And just like that, everyone forgot about poor Pluto. Everyone except for you and your Pluto-loving family. Your name... is... Pluto—your parents were really big fans, okay?
The day that Pluto (the planet) was disgraced, you vowed to your parents (who were in the process of dying of broken hearts) that you would, one day, restore Pluto (the planet) to its former glory. But first, you must invent a cryo-chamber so that you can wait long enough for space technology to advance. We're going to skip all of that waiting. It's totally boring.
When you finally awake, 1000 years later, you brush your teeth and then you hijack a sweet new spaceship and make you way to Pluto. What happens next is entirely up to you!
NOTE:
My apologies for not making this playable on the web. I tried for hours to make it work, but I just keep getting a "memory access out of bounds" error once it tries to load. If anyone has any suggestions for fixing this, I'd sure appreciate it. I'll still try to figure it out and make it playable online, if at all possible.
Published | 13 hours ago |
Status | In development |
Platforms | Windows |
Author | boulean |
Genre | Adventure, Shooter |
Tags | Atmospheric, Incremental, No AI, Pixel Art, Retro, Roguelite, Space |
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Development log
- Cheat Menu (to bypass potentially game-breaking bug)11 hours ago