Mission Launch

A game inspired by the historical space race, where countries like America and Russia raced to land a man on the moon to showcase technological superiority.

In this game, the player is hired by PASA — a space exploration company — to build and guide a rocket to the Moon.

First, the player must design the rocket under a tight budget, and then navigate it through space, dodging asteroids, enemy drones, and surviving hidden threats.

This game is an entry for FlameJam 2025. It is built using the Flutter Flame Library. The game uses the audio and branching story competition diversifiers:

• Immersive Audio: Every major player's action has a unique sound effect. The sound effects are spatially balanced to give the illusion of direction, creating an immersive experience. Breaking asteroids is especially satisfying!

• Branching Story: Player decisions during building and flight affect the outcome, leading to multiple endings. There is a hidden secret in story that can help you unlock more budget

There are three endings based on player performance: Top Speed Victory, Normal Speed Victory, and Mission Failure.

How to Play

Build Phase:

• Allocate your budget carefully between Health, Rocket Speed & Bullet Speed.
  

• The health and rocket speed are inversely proportional to one another. You cannot max out on both.

Flight Phase:

• Use the Arrow Keys (up, down, left, and right) to steer the rocket.

• Press Spacebar to shoot.

Goal:

• Reach the Moon safely, as quickly as possible!

Assets and Credits

• Graphics:

  All gameplay sprites and sprite sheet animation were handmade using Piskel. Feel free to use them in your project :)

  Story cutscene visuals (boss office, news screens, workshop) and background were AI-generated in pixel art style for storytelling flavor.
  
  Shout out to VGV CLI for giving a very good start and Nes UI package for giving the pixel vibe.

• Audio:

  All sounds and background music were sourced from Pixabay.

Source Code

https://github.com/muhammadidrees/mission_launch

Team Members

• Muhammad Idrees (Lead Developer, Designer)

• Mehak Jamil (Story Reviewer, Testing & Support)