Spamfibian

Submission for the Mystery Box gamejam 2020!

Take on the role of Spamfibian, the somewhat demented intergalactic delivery frog with a penchant for heavy electro. Blending the classic gameplay of Lunar Lander with a light dose of Elite-style profiteering and upgrades, the objective is to ultimately get a large shipment of explosive barrels to Flustor's flagship. Whether you do it laboriously one by one, or divert to other jobs to make enough cash to upgrade your capacity, is down to you!

UPDATE: Progress is persistent across lives & sessions. Your bank balance, progress on the main mission and the timer are saved; but your ship upgrades/status is not.

POST JAM CHANGES [ OCT 6 2020 ]: Added WebGL and fixed a whole bunch of stuff. Ended up finishing off a few of the half-finished bits too because it's just so much more enjoyable this way. If however you're a purist, you can still play the original jam version in the downloads!

CONTROLS

Arrow Keys or WASD steer and thrust, or Controller left stick for steer and right stick or trigger for thrust

V - Eject from cargo (Xbox controller: B)

B - Grab package (Xbox controller: X)

N - Load into cargo (Xbox controller: Y)

Also, at certain stations you can spend cash on (U)pgrade, (F)uel and (R)epair.  You can hit U at any time to see the upgrade menu, but the buttons only work on a pad that offers it.

You can view all available orders with Tab.

You can turn off the head-throbbing Wub with M.

Press Esc to bring up the pause menu allowing you to restart or quit to title.

HOW TO WUB LIKE A PRO

Complete jobs by delivering packages; drop them into the little pipes at stations in order to fulfill the order above it. The items can be found in the depot to the left of your starting station; take as many as you like; they cost next-to-nothing to manufacture and we pass the savings onto you, the delivery boi! You can stash items in your cargo space, to carry more at once, but remember that more items will make you HEAVIER! A full tank of fuel will also weigh you down more.

UPDATE: Use the Jobs board (Tab key) to view all orders and the distance to them.

* Press U to open the upgrade panel and buy more cargo slots at a station with Upgrade services. Don't forget to beef up your engines to carry those heavier payloads.

* More powerful engines will consume your fuel faster

* Bigger fuel tanks make your craft heavier, even without cargo

* Look out for random packages strewn around that might fit one of your orders. Mystery Boxes count as any package.

* Some packages are heavier than others, but generally will be worth more (eg. the treasure chest)

CREDITS

Mystery Box art & sound assets provided either royalty-free or from their respective creators for the purpose of Mystery Box Jam 2020.

Fungus: free dialog system for unity.

Code & Design by Centauri Interactive.