smolworld

"smolworld" is a  game I made for the "GameDev.tv Game Jam 2025".
https://itch.io/jam/gamedevtv-jam-2025

The game jam's theme is/was "Tiny World".

About the game: 

The game is about defending planet Earth (a "tiny world" in the endless vastness of the infinite Universe) from incoming asteroids with a mighty paddle in space! Beware the mighty space paddle!

It is my very first game. It has no sound, but I hope you have fun playing it, even if it's just a little bit. I had fun making it!

Tools I used: 

• I used the free Godot game engine, version 4.4.1, to program the game.
• I used Godot's scripting language GDScript as a programming language.
• Godot was also the Editor for the code, no external code editor needed.

• I made the art with Microsoft Paint and GIMP 3.
• The screenshots I made with the free program "ShareX".

Ideas for things I could add to or improve my game: 

• An unannoying background song would be nice. Someting relaxing. 
• A few sound effects could be nice, even if it's just a few beeps and boops. Who doesn't like beeps and boops?
• I would like to improve the art for the planet and the background. But I am glad I made anything at all. Having made something is better than having made nothing.
  • The visuals for the paddle and the "asteroids" are made directly in Godot. They are a hommage to Pong. Thank you, Pong, for serving me as an excuse to not needing to draw visuals for the deflector shield - I mean ... the mighty space paddle! - and the asteroids.
• Mouse controls for the paddle.
• Maybe a highscore system, so you want to beat your own highscore?
• When two asteroids collide make them explode with particle effects and give extra points to the player's score.
• Make losing a life by the Earth getting hit more noticable + some particle effects.
• Accessibility: Invert all the game colors with one mouse click for people who have difficulty seeing small bright things on a large dark background, maybe?
• A powerup system: 
  • Make the paddle faster with increasing game difficulty?
  • Some mechanic to earn some life points back?
  • Split the paddle into separat smaller parts, so multiple asteroids from different directions can be deflected without moving the paddles to much in close succession?

That's all, folks! I hope you have fun playing my game! Take care!