Scales of Stardust
A downloadable game for Windows
You've fallen quite far...
Play as a star dragon trying to return to their home among the stars. Climb through four chapters as you become more powerful and overcome new obstacles. Each chapter introduces new mechanics to test you as you progress.
How to play
General Movement
- A/D: Move Left/Right
- Space: Jump (Hold space to jump higher)
- Escape: Pause game
Fling Stars
- Right-click (Hold): Attach to a nearby fling star
- Mouse: Pull the cursor away from the direction you want to fling
- Release right-click: Fling yourself in the direction you have chosen with the mouse
- There is a setting in the options menu to show a visualisation of how the launch direction is calculated (As seen in the gif below)
What do I need?
The game is playable on any computer running any recent version of Microsoft Windows (32 or 64 bit).
A keyboard and mouse are both required (the game is very difficult on a track pad, but you can use one if you don't have a mouse).
A full play through should take about 20 minutes or less.
Who made this
Game design, programming, level creation, sprites/graphics, animation, sound effects by Charlton Lane
Music by Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Anything else?
There's a built-in speed-run timer that can be enabled from the options menu. It will start timing when you first gain control of your character. The timer will only start when selecting a new game, not when continuing a saved game. The timer will pause during level loads.
I'll keep a leaderboard here of the best times through the game. Comment a video of you getting a good time and I'll add it to the list! (Must have the timer enabled for the whole run)
Best times
- - 07:25.05 - Me :)
- - 23:29.25 - Cryptic hybrid
Updates
Version 1.2.0 - Major update
- Check the devlog for the list of changes!
Please comment with any feedback or issues!
Status | Released |
Platforms | Windows |
Rating | Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars (7 total ratings) |
Author | Dragon Galaxy |
Genre | Platformer, Adventure |
Made with | Unity, Aseprite |
Tags | 2D, Cute, Dragons, Fantasy, Pixel Art, Singleplayer, Speedrun |
Average session | A few minutes |
Languages | English |
Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse |
Download
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Development log
- Scales of Stardust v1.2 - New level and mechanics!Jan 10, 2021
- Scales of Stardust v1.1May 02, 2020
Comments
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This character is magic.
Love the game! It was fantastic, fun and challenging to play.
Replying to myself, but the title and ending screens look worthy for an animated wallpaper, preferably on Wallpaper Engine.
I finally got around to making the title screen art into an animated wallpaper. Only 3 months late ๐
Oh my god, that wallpaper looks so AWESOME! Definitely worth of time and business taken. Love the dragons!
๐ ๐\(^o^)/๐
Thanks for the kind words! Glad you enjoyed it :)
Good work with SoS, it's fun and challenging, with a smooth introduction of new abilities. My time - 23 minutes 29 seconds. :)