Lander 2

2003, 2008, GPL

You control a spacecraft through mazes on the surface of Mars, collecting information for scientists on Earth to better understand the planet.

The object is to explore the planet by "hopping" from fuel deposit to fuel deposit (blue soil) until you find the exit to the level (gold soil). Landing is only successful if the velocity meters (below and to the left of the viewport) are inside the green region. Otherwise you blow up, and are returned to the last fuel deposit you landed at. To add to the challenge, if you burn too much fuel at once, your vehicle will overheat, and thrusting will become temporarily crippled.

This game is (still) incomplete. The screen shots above reflect various snapshots of development, while the download link below is an old version from 2003, and only contains two or three levels. If you want to play the latest version with all ten levels, you must notify me (contact link at bottom of page) to put together a package of the latest version. I want to get some music for it before the official game release, so contact me if you would like to volunteer your services. Improving the art wouldn't be a bad idea, either.

Source code is included with Windows downloads; precompiled executables are not included with Linux downloads.

Downloads for Lander 2 Beta
Windows (814 KB)
Source Code and Game Data (313 KB)