Bionauts Odyssey

Bionauts Odyssey is a game made for the GameDev.TV game jam 2025, inspired by the arcade game Asteroids and the Meg Ryan film Innerspace.

Take control of the Bionauts in their rocket, shrunk down to microscopic size their mission is to fight the infection killing the desperate patient.

Keyboard controls

• W - Thrust
• A - Turn left
• D - Turn right
• Space - shoot

Controller controls (tested on an xbox controller)

• Left stick up - Thrust
• Left stick left - Turn left
• Left stick right - Turn right
• A - shoot

About

• Jam length = 10 days
• Project completed in = 10 Days
• Theme = Tiny World
• Game engine = Godot
• Team size = 1
• Assets used = Rocket sound and Heartbeat from Pixbay
• Inspiration = Google, Innerspace (movie), Asteroids, Girlfriends obsession with microbiomes.
• External help SFX = 1 sound file provided by a friend (Jools)
• External help Music = Guitar track provided by a friend (Fender)
• External coding help = All the Godot youtubers and stuff that turns up on google

Known gameplay issues

• Only two enemy types
• Doesn't detect input type, shows press space when using a controller.
• Doesn't scale well, full screen results in assets moving off screen.

Known audio issues

• Bullet audio cuts out if you shoot from a short distance
• Thrust audio cuts out when flying long distances

Feature creep

• Added Claytons choice
• Added Ship health regeneration