Save the Comet Preview

By: Nicholas Ware

Mobile gaming has made its place in the gaming community. Whether it's to pass time or to just have a little fun without the use of a television or console. You can take your games anywhere with you with the help of your mobile device. Hundreds of thousands of games have flooded the mobile market with all sorts of different styles of gameplay. So no matter what style of games you are into, there is sure to be one to fit your needs as a gamer on the go.

I had the privilege of testing a new game that has yet to hit the market. Let me say that people are in for a challenging fun game that will provide hours of entertainment. The game is called Save the Comet, and as the name implies, that is your goal. The game is an infinite space runner where level progression is based on distance. You start as a little comet hurdling through space passing planets throughout the universe to some awesome space like music. Using the planets orbit to navigate yourself through space by pulling them towards the comet. As you pass each planets orbit, you collect little specks of light called stardust. Stardust is used for a variety of things such as power ups, items, as well as the customization of your comet. The power ups, also known as perks, can help you collect more stardust and survive longer in the game. Items can be purchased with stardust while perks are randomly found on planets and acquired by getting in their orbit. Upgrading perks will also help you collect more stardust by lengthening the time the perk is activated.

As you progress through the game, you will see lighter planets known as rich planets which give more stardust than a normal planet. White ones appear in the beginning of the game and the farther you go you will start seeing gold ones which give even more stardust than the white. By upgrading perks you will be able to collect galactic stardust, the most valuable of all. Meteorites will start appearing to up the challenge as you must tap them to destroy them as you try to make your way past the planets. Using the planets, you can throw them to destroy other planets and meteorites to help make your way. As you travel, you will come across cracked planets known as corrupted planets. They have no stardust on the surface to collect so they must be destroyed to obtain it. The game play gets more challenging as you progress making you want to beat yourself to see what else there is. I was absolutely addicted and played for hours on end to get farther and farther.

The development team started working on this back in 2012 at the Global Game Jam 2012. They work on it in their free time and are promising many new additions to the final game. You will be able to acquire a small bonus for connecting to Facebook or Twitter. Such as gaining more score and stardust. The game is planned to be free, but you will be able to purchase stardust in game to help progress further. Although it is an infinite space runner, there is planned to be an ending which will tell about the comet and what is happening along the way. It will help give a storyline to the game.

No announce date for the release has been set, but the team is planning to release it before the end of 2013. The game will be released for Android at first, but is planned to be on iOS and Windows phone later on. If things go well, they are planning a trilogy to give more of a story and more cool improvements to the game. I'm very excited for the release of the full game and I know I'll be downloading it. Show some support for the Save the Comet team and follow them on Twitter to keep yourself updated on the game. Follow them @savethecomet

I'd like to give some very special thanks to the amazing team of this amazing game.

Oz Tova Suman
Project Manager, Game Designer

Erdin Kacan
Programmer, Game Designer

Fatih Kaya
Scenerio, Game Designer

Onur Sipahi
Visual Artist

Mert Kütükoglu
Visual Artist

Troy Morrissey
Music and SFX

Burak Baduroglu
Music and SFX