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Alone in the universe

By ddr2

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Innovation1812.92
Audio2752.43
Coolness60514
Mood6501.38
Humor6591.00
Theme6671.58
Overall6701.67
Graphics6821.42
Fun6931.20
Community7041.43

Comments

goldendice1 2011-12-20 07:31

I got the controls (up/down, left/right) and how to score points, but I feel a sense of loss on what I'm doing and why. What am /i? What are the expanding dots?

defiantburrito 2011-12-20 10:52

It seems like I can just leave the game running, and I will eventually get points on my own just by getting lucky. I kind of wonder what the point is.

The mechanic is a neat idea, but it's not that fun for me. Mostly, it's annoying to position the little things with the keyboard.

I like the music.

ddr2 2011-12-20 22:47

Well, due to my lack of graphic skills, I didn't put any texture and / or images in this game (maybe next LD, I will do it with some friends :D ).

The fact is, it was the gameplay (having the ability to turn the "motors" and not the "ship" itself like in any other space game) that interested me.

When I finished that part, I did not find anything that would "suit" very well with this so I quickly coded a score engine and a "poping" star system (star = circle ... lol ) and posted the game because I still find that the gameplay would be pretty fun if there was something else behind it :) . (I will certainly work on a new game based on a similar gameplay in the upcoming days)

captainfresh 2011-12-31 03:36

Basic movement mechanics were interesting but annoying.

caranha 2012-01-03 05:16

Very interesting game mechanic, but ATM it is a bit of a pain to control. A suggestion that might make it a little better is to assign different pair of keys for each motor, so we don't have to keep switching among them all the time.

leedo 2012-01-07 09:28

chrome is telling me the connection is down.
if there only static content like flash or javascript, maybe hosting it on dropbox would have been a better idea.

ddr2 2012-01-09 17:27

@CaptainFresh : I totally agree with you ... now :D

@caranha : yup, I thought about this gameplay but the thing is I wanted to have the possibility to "add" motors for better speed but harder gameplay :D ... but I did not implemented this behavior during the LD :(

@leedo : sorry for the down time, I had to make some changes on my server ... clearly, putting it on dropbox would have been a better idea. I will keep it in mind for next LD :)

thx a lot to all of you.