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Ore Chasm

By evan-greenwood

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall14.20
Innovation163.93
Fun24.20
Graphics134.50
Audio24.27
Mood104.00
Humor1122.92
Theme2682.60
Coolness93033

Comments

aa 2012-12-18 03:11

Getting a 404 on both links.

permanente1600 2012-12-18 05:36

oops, 404...

nickworks 2012-12-18 06:35

Wow, very nice! I had a hard time getting enough resources, making it to the top, and affording much fuel. Maybe I was missing something, but what I did play had me wanting more!

evan-greenwood 2012-12-18 08:44

@Nickworks Thanks for giving it a try! It was super hard getting it all working and sadly we didn't have the time to adjust the gameplay.

We'll definitely take this a bit further. Hope you get a chance to play it then!

carduus 2012-12-18 23:09

AAAaaaah, i follow your work since my first ludum dare, and one more time you come rocks out butt off with a brilliant game. Am wondering where is the theme in your game, nevertheless, i am on your game for 10 min and i am already fan!

aa 2012-12-19 04:26

I think I ended up playing this more than any other LD Entry. It's great fun, I can see me and my friends playing this lots.

caribou 2012-12-19 11:54

I loved your game, there is a really nice feeling destroying everything, i was stucked playing trying to unlock all the weapons, art is awesome, all those particles going away when mining made it look really polished ! The difficulty was really well balanced to me and the music/sound was fitting the mood of your game.

I don't know who's the villain though. I said it was well balanced and it was, but only for one player in my opinion. My first game was with an already started multiplayer game and it was hard to upgrade my weapons when you have to go 500 meters under the ground and going back (Punk* if you're reading me). I guess you are supposed to play the game with your friends from the beginning but even though, the more players in the game the harder it becomes for everyone. That's the main disappointment for me, it's a co-op game but it's really hard to stay with your friends and there's no actual co-op mechanic.

That's nitpicking stuff for a LD but this is surely the best LD game i've played so far and would definitely play it if you are going further with it!

evan-greenwood 2012-12-19 14:31

@Caribou Thanks for playing! I'm super pleased you enjoyed it!

I don't think we succeeded on the theme myself :)

deril 2012-12-20 01:58

Awesome!
mix of couple very good games!

rylgh 2012-12-21 15:29

great job! worked perfectly online for me. what did you use for the 2d graphics (ie. which Unity frameworks, if any)?

carduus 2012-12-21 22:21

Many stars, this is awesome bro!

pacifistgames 2012-12-22 13:16

Amazing!
The only issue I had was that it became pretty much impossible to get back to the refueling station after a certain amount of blocks had been destroyed.

philip-wagner 2012-12-23 19:24

This looks pretty and works like a charm for an multiplayer game in under 72 hours. Impressive. Had some fun playing it. But it doesn't really capture the theme.

dyn 2012-12-23 20:11

Maaaan, that's awesome!

Planet completed (and all content)!
http://gyazo.com/b9c7e17c3ba8190dc2ea89dd21af5250
http://gyazo.com/1ddcafa9c20b81d0261e89a0483ff38a

I personally think that Fat man (and lesser version) is better than Bass Cannon 'cos of explosion.

Fastest way to got all stuff in the game:
http://gyazo.com/1cad148f306bef838e6329b7d97da2d7
http://gyazo.com/46ae13bcaf2b09f307a6785423b20202
http://gyazo.com/4fcb0b18e0dd1e587f9ac7bbc140e0d1
1. Buy 5k weapon and one or two upgrades. Very fast with the hint below.
2. Dig (one line down) from left to the selling point until you will find a pirate station
3. Gather saphirium and rubyium
4. Buy 20k weapon from the pirate station
5. Go deeper and hunt for diamondium

HINT:
At early stages don't refuel if you can buy an upgrade or a new weapon.
Buy and die. You will not loose your new stuff :)




I love you game and want to play full version)))

brighterorange 2012-12-24 03:07

I liked the graphics and the controls a lot! I played a number of times, but I found it way too hard to get enough gems to even repay the cost of the fuel it took to get them. Maybe just make refueling free?

jlauener 2012-12-25 10:00

Just one word: Brilliant :)

prettymuchbryce 2013-01-04 20:11

Really really good! The multiplayer is fun but I wish I could interact more with other players. A minor complaint for a great entry.

bender 2013-01-07 15:03

One of the most addictive game of this LD. I played and finished it many times; all alone, with friends, and with strangers.

What I liked :
* the game feels really good and is very fun, with all the lasers, and propulsion, and explosions.
* loved the in game interface to buy stuff.
* the theme worked for me. You're just destroying the planet to get the last resources, so yeah, the players are definitively villains greedy bastards.
* the pirate cave ! so awesome the first time I found it !
* graphics and music, just well done, you know your stuff.

What I didn't like / could be improved :
* there's no ending :( I would expect to find something after the last layer.
* the first ~30 minutes or so is challenging, but after getting all upgrades/weapons the game is too easy. Maybe some monsters or something could change that.
* I would had love to keep every weapons I bought.
* the upgrades buttons would need confirmations with <space> like weapons. How many times I felt on the wrong upgrade...
* in the post LD version, me and my friend encountered the bug where we got stuck and disappeared.
* on the post LD version, if I host a game and a friend join the game, but I get disconnected or refresh the page, the host is listed with others and my friend can still continue playing but I can't join the game (didn't try on the normal version).

I really think this game has a huge potential. Fuck, I would even pay for an enhanced version with more upgrades, maybe monsters/boss, proper ending... or at least, I'm sure more players could enjoy it if you post it on web portals like Kongregate.

Long story short, I know you're busy with BroForce, but this game is super addictive and already complete on itself, it only needs some little changes to be freaking awesome !

Anyway, you got a new fan :)

azurenimbus 2013-01-07 23:41

Oh wow, this has to be the most gorgeous game I've played this time around!

gdateam 2013-01-08 17:53

Fantastic game. Great graphics, audio, and controls. I was curious if you would do a postmortem / tech post about how you all actually made the game. I've been trying out various ways to do 2d in Unity and you all have definitely nailed it.

torcado194 2013-01-09 00:24

this is very nice! i love these types of games like Motherload. you said you will be working further on the game, is there any way to get notified for future releases?

nodoxi 2013-01-09 07:42

game is awesome!
which software used for server?

dithi 2013-02-24 21:29

Please, provide a Windows standalone executable, for us Linux users. Wine can run these just fine, while we can't run the web plugin.