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1 year in space

By follett

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness364
Audio793.52
Mood813.62
Graphics813.97
Innovation2023.39
Overall2333.35
Theme5702.73
Humor6581.90
Fun6742.61

Comments

poingferret 2013-12-15 21:28

Great music, I really like the look of it, but it doesn't adapt well to my screen resolution...narf.

lordjosephdeburg 2013-12-15 22:14

Excellent concept reminds me of FTL

endesga 2013-12-16 04:28

Didn't let me play for some reason. Screen stayed orange...

But it looks cool!

follett 2013-12-16 11:36

Hey ENDESGA could you tell me whether you played on the web player and your monitor res?

chompson 2013-12-16 11:43

Nice. Based on Flotilla, I guess?

Also, a little tip - standard outline won't look too nice if you use flat shading on objects (there's small transparent spaces between the outline fragments), so what I do is I create a copy of the model and enlarge it in my favorite 3d modeling software, reverse its normals and give it a transparent shader - that way the outline isn't broken (and it works on graphic cards without fragment shaders!)

Great game anyways!

reecpj 2013-12-16 11:44

fantastic music and visuals in particular. some really funny text too

dustystylus 2013-12-16 11:45

What a beautiful game! Feels like Homeworld met an Iain M Banks epic novel. Would like to see this developed into a full game. A bit confused when battles start about where I am and what's going on... but just sat back and enjoyed the visuals! Epic scope here, well done!

madlee 2013-12-16 11:50

I really like the idea. I had little idea what I was supposed to do (if anything) during the battle sequences, but they seemed to resolve themselves and they were cool to watch. Good job!

jhelle 2013-12-16 11:50

Definitely has a FTL vibe going. Loved the music and graphics. Good job!

meek 2013-12-16 11:51

Love the graphics and the pacing. Commend you for making this in such a short time period!

nicotuason 2013-12-16 13:47

I think it looks better than Flotilla. Besides the glitches, awesome game!

jilt 2013-12-16 15:13

I didn't understand what I had to do during battles :(
But the visual style is so coooool

01010111 2013-12-16 21:35

I wasn't 100% sure on what was happening in battles, but I had some fun, and the game looks super nice!

jaymeemak 2013-12-17 03:37

It's a bit confusing at first, and the large window size doesn't fit too well on smaller screens, but this is a really interesting submission with a nice style!

alanzucconi 2013-12-17 13:15

I love the low-poly style and the toon shader! :)
I think the gameplay can be polished quite a lot, but is definitely a good starting point for something more!:D

zyxer 2013-12-17 14:53

I personally love the style of the game. The planets and 3D battles are amazing.

I do find it to too bad that the gameplay is a bit simple. It would be nice if one could have some influence on the battles. An it would be also nice to get clues on where the cure is.

korwegian 2013-12-18 19:09

Couldn't figure out how battle worked, but the game was crazy.

joror 2013-12-18 19:13

Nicely stylized, but a bit confusing at times. The fleet fighting looks pretty, but I feel like I am just watching things shoot each other without me interacting for a minute? Nice visualization overall though, and fun concept too. :)

jacques_le_lezard 2013-12-18 21:17

It was a huge work you wanted to do, good job for it !For the future you should improve a few points like giving more controls to the player (you just have attack yes/no questions and you don't control battles, it's a bit frustrating ;)

jupiter_hadley 2013-12-20 23:07

I really liked the story, but I couldnt figure out how to move... XD I included this game in my Ludum Dare Compilation series, if you'd like to check it out :)
http://youtu.be/gDU0zbWgNj8

loxo 2013-12-23 13:07

Interesting game. The music in combination with the space battles creates an atmosphere like in 2001 space odyssey. But I don't like that my screen resolution isn't supported and that you crammed that many planets in a small space. It's a great start and I think it's worth to work further on the game.

gatechgrad 2013-12-24 01:49

Neat game. It sort of reminds me of a 3D version of FTL. I didn't fully understand what was going on during the battles, but it looked really nice.

danielsnd 2013-12-24 18:55

Cool graphics.

nicealexanderas 2014-01-06 00:56

Very cool idea! loving the fight parts but they are kind of slow! Great work! :D The audio was nice also :D