Rustbucket

In Rustbucket, you operate a ship crewed by two.  One pilots the ship (tap, click, or drag), dodging green asteroids and scooping up resources.  The other manages the ship's cargo, dragging stacks of resources and moving them from the loading dock to safer storage.

Watch out for green astroids which can wipe out your loading dock or damage the ship!

Survive long enough to visit the shop ship, allowing you to unload your valuable resources and patch up your rust bucket of a ship.

Whats your high score?

I'm mobile friendly, try me on your phone :)

Assets used:

• Ship art made with https://kenney.itch.io/ship-mixer
• Nebula background from https://dinvstudio.itch.io/dynamic-space-background-lite-free
• Background textures from https://kenney.nl/assets?q=pattern
• from https://kenney.nl
• Background music from https://pixabay.com/music/beautiful-plays-reflected-light-147979/
• Sound effects made with https://sfbgames.itch.io/chiptone
• WebGL template from https://seansleblanc.itch.io/better-minimal-webgl-template

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This is my first entry into a Game Jam - The GameDev.tv Game Jam 2023.  It was a super fun experience and one I hope to do again :)

With the short time limit and other life demands, there are some things that didn't make it into the game that I'm already working on.  If you're interested in seeing the progress, give a follow to be updated when I drop the next version after judging completes!

Definitely included:

• Faster difficulty ramp-up (possibly separate modes for easy/hard)
• Speed upgrade to make the ship faster
• Cargo slot unlocks to give more space for storage
• Shield generator to allow collisions without taking damage
• Storage upgrades to hold more per slot
• Better UI scaling for different device sizes on mobile in full screen mode

Thinking about inclusion:

• Variable shop pricing - is it worth holding onto your bullonium until you can sell for a better price?
  
• CargoBot upgrade that slowly but automatically streams
• Gravity pulse upgrade to push asteroids away (tap to activate.  cooldown)
• Resources reduce in quantity and size if they hit an asteroid
• Leaderboard
• Your idea here? Leave a comment below!