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Planet Corp.

By curiousexpedition

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall204.10
Innovation164.09
Fun243.96
Theme114.18
Coolness278
Humor413.81
Graphics1174.12
Mood1473.59
Audio2123.41

Comments

seraphicmedia 2014-04-29 02:12

Aw man, I failed the first time lol the newsperson made me laugh! Fun game you guys! And nice pixelart!

solluxx 2014-04-29 05:33

Great game guys :) an interesting concept and great use of the theme. I love the sound effects for Donovan ;D

hypnohustla 2014-04-29 07:37

Awesome game with good humor. The Freddie Mercury joke actually made me laugh. :D
Overall a nice and simple mechanic. Addicting as hell too! I think I'll be back to play this one again. :)

covenant 2014-04-29 08:25

Awesome gameplay concept, well executed, very polished, one of the best I've seen so far! Congrats!

tinytouchtales 2014-04-29 09:04

Hehe good one! Liked the interpretation. At times too difficult to hit the right depth.

fox_in_sox 2014-04-29 10:48

Amazing game! You took a popular concept and made it better and more fun! I can see a lot of work was put into this project.:)

Jargo 2014-04-29 14:24

Cool game, love the idea. Riad and Jo rulez!

P.S.: Venus is ridiculous!!!

soupwithbits 2014-04-29 14:25

I'm not the biggest fun of pixel art but it works with the simplicity of the game. Like the mechanic of the stability of the planet.

kbm0 2014-04-29 14:40

Very cool, loved the idea and art. Great job, guys! :)

baykush_figtree 2014-04-29 15:03

Simple yet smart mechanics, check.
Beautiful and gameplay-friendly art , check.
Well written and fitting theme, check.

Well done mate. Well done.

dminsky 2014-04-29 15:03

Hey! Nice job! And yes, we have something common in our projects ;)

eastes 2014-04-29 15:46

Love it! 5 stars

dominator_101 2014-04-29 16:46

Pretty nice, overall.

I have to say, though, Venus is WAY too hard. Even once I found a better approach (go for 2, not 3, and stay away from the core) it still took me a while. There were a couple times I hit every pocket but still didn't have enough resources.

But still, great overall. Especially the newscaster sound effects.

tomvert 2014-04-29 17:58

I'm bookmarking this game for later :) Too bad it's so hard, there should be an easy planet at the beginning to understand the mechanics step by step. Otherwise everything is perfectly polished.

eatsleepindie 2014-04-29 18:49

Great game. Easy to pick up but difficult to master. I'll definitely be back for more later on.

triplevisiongames 2014-04-29 19:12

Love the art and the ship's really nice to handle. Great simple idea that works really really well.

thekidder 2014-04-30 04:17

This is great. Amazing art, love the news broadcasts, and the mechanics are solid, fun, and well polished.

priorblue 2014-04-30 04:48

Funny scenario and nice art style.

moartis 2014-04-30 05:45

Nice concept! :) And very nice art style. I would like to be able to draw stuff like that by myself. :(

mr_tag 2014-04-30 07:27

had this idea, too. very nice to see how it could've turned out. nice job!

chickadeegames 2014-04-30 10:49

This is great. Thumbs up.

dertom 2014-04-30 11:07

Just wow! Great game! Fits the theme perfect have a nice abstraction of a reallife problem! Great job!

runvs 2014-04-30 14:10

Very nice game. It all fits together so well!

elforama 2014-04-30 17:41

Tough game, but very fun.

pancakecity 2014-04-30 18:52

This is a really fun game, very good mechanics! That intro was hilarious. Great art.

rnlf 2014-04-30 23:06

Cool idea. You should drop Planetary Resources a mail about the torpedo drill :D

drnick 2014-05-01 01:27

Great game! The concept is good and the art is nice. The newsman saying nom nom nom nom nom nom

finefin 2014-05-01 09:13

haha this is great!
love the style!

tschery 2014-05-01 10:59

Really enjoyed playing your game at talk & play yesterday, also would like to see the vine which you took

cornedor 2014-05-01 10:59

Nice game, and indeed venus is hard :P

bekokstover 2014-05-01 11:21

Great game! Too bad I still can't finish Venus, even after trying for a long time at Talk & Play. It looks and feels great - awesome work!

curiousexpedition 2014-05-01 11:39

Thanks everybody for the super nice comments! We're really happy with the game.

@tschery: The vine is here: https://vine.co/v/MrKZ6ApTOH0 . We also tweeted it from our game account @curiousexped :)

tobiasw 2014-05-01 19:09

Well, that was a lot of fun. Mercury was hard and I stopped after a few tries of Venus, but with an entry like mine, I can hardly complain about difficulty level, can I?

The audio effects are perfect (although some a little bit jarring) and the opening title music is great, so - why is there no music ingame? :(

Some notes:
- Should be able to skip sections of the cutscenes with a click instead of the whole thing. Sometimes people just want th hear things FASTER instead of skipping totally.
- I'd have loved to have some feedback when the explosions happened: How many points? How much of this did I collect? And also: Do I still have a chance of winning this level?

All in all, fantastic entry with an amazing level of polish!

aaronjbaptiste 2014-05-01 19:23

What a cool idea! Really liked it.

oddly-shaped-pixels 2014-05-01 20:30

Great idea!!! And great minds think alike :) I really like the simple fun of the firing mechanic :) And yours is better in-game explained than mine :))

tehryanx 2014-05-01 21:38

My favorite jam entry so far. 5's all through. This is polished enough to be in the market right now. Great work.

jod 2014-05-01 22:29

Okay, I hate Mercury now. Awesomely done! Great style and visual cohesion!

gre 2014-05-02 10:00

Ahahahah, the audio made me laugh a lot! Thanks for that!
The game is incredible, love it !
The concept is awesome, would have been great if the "fuel" was part of the game difficulty.
I think it is one of the best compo of the LD.
It is hard not to put 5/5 everywhere^^

thorig 2014-05-02 10:19

Nice game, like the gameplay a lot.

conormn 2014-05-02 14:42

Amazing execution. Loved the mechanics. Really well done :)

lowcade 2014-05-02 15:54

Very well done this game!
Complete and full of interesting details.
I had fun playing and I think it's perfect as it is ^ ^

dooleus 2014-05-02 16:02

Aw man, that intro screen with the newscaster is SWEET! Loving the gameplay, but when the planet destabilized and I didn't get to see is blow up I was SO DISAPPOINTED! Haha. I know it's not a good thing to blow up a planet (or ex-planet, since we're talking about Pluto), but still... a videogame about space mining can never have too many explosions in my book.

curiousexpedition 2014-05-02 16:06

@TobiasW: Agree on all points. We just didn't manage to do more in the time given. Definitely something for the HD version :)

@Dooleus: Thanks, actually the whole point of the game is blowing up planets. If you didn't see the planet explode, you didn't beat the level. There are multiple levels and a small plot connecting them.

dooleus 2014-05-02 16:08

I just made that connection after playing and NOT failing the misson, haha! Fantastic game, seriously!

travislucia 2014-05-02 17:38

Awesome Game, Graphics were nice and gameplay was smooth and responsive.

elefantopia 2014-05-02 18:10

WOW! This is awesome! I like the ship's dynamic, the tutu-newscast and blowing planets is fun.

elefantopia 2014-05-02 18:11

Splendid idea for economic growth. Reminds me what Somanto corp. came up with.

boaheck_artgent 2014-05-02 21:19

Fun and pretty and funny I like it.

benw 2014-05-03 03:44

I really liked it but it was extremely hard to harvest everything in the third level. Might want to make it a bit easier.

georgebroussard 2014-05-03 06:45

Great entry. Liked the mechanic of drilling, avoiding blowing the planet up and the movement of the ship. Was satisfying to play.

paperblurt 2014-05-03 10:50

This is so fudging brilliant.
The steering and gameplay is so simple and easy to understand.

The pixel style and premise with the news caster is really fantastic.

Good (no genius) game!

spotco 2014-05-03 11:51

HOLY AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUGGHHHHH
If you read this, a billion #$%#$%'s at you for the venus level. That took me an hour...but did feel so good once I beat it. The final earth level was a nice pause (at least you didn't make it even harder :)).

Loved the game, ended up spending most of an hour to beat it. Bravo!

hybridmind 2014-05-03 23:58

This is one of my favorite games of the jam! Hilarious, innovative, and damn fun. I couldn't get past Mercury yet, but it is a really cool skill game. Love the newscaster and the humor throughout. Nice work!

kate-kligman 2014-05-04 01:58

Loved this! Nice graphics, loved the intro sequences and pixel art. One of my favorite games for this LD.

jacklehamster 2014-05-04 06:23

Great original gameplay mechanics. It's simple and easy to pick up even without reading instructions.

zerkruemler 2014-05-04 20:00

Very cool and Polished. Easy to understand, hard to master

acuity 2014-05-04 20:12

Nice game concept! I wish it came with music and an upgrade system. I like the sfx.

jaredsartin 2014-05-04 21:06

Love it! Can't wait to see more additions!

strd6 2014-05-04 21:17

Great game, best one I've played so far. I wish there were an option to skip ahead after too many failures.

dector 2014-05-04 21:35

Good fun game.

mventurelli 2014-05-04 21:41

Very, very, very good :D Congrats!

ddrkirbyisq 2014-05-04 22:41

Dat Venus.

This is really nice :)

scgrn 2014-05-04 23:53

Cool idea and nicely polished!

mechabit 2014-05-05 00:04

Fun game, love the art, well done

baykush_figtree 2014-05-05 00:40

Hey! Planet Corp is featured on my "favorites" post

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2014/05/04/my-favorite-ld29-games/

tchem 2014-05-05 01:48

Great idea!!!,,, i loved it.

framematt 2014-05-05 07:38

Really enjoyed the graphics, i want to see it in a arcade machine :D

katamori 2014-05-05 20:00

AMAZING IN EVERY ASPECTS! Check my video for further opinion.

mcapraro 2014-05-06 06:00

really fun, it was especially neat to just fly the ship around the planet at top speed ;) love the graphics too

seconddimension 2014-05-06 13:10

Great game with fun mechanics.

shadow64 2014-05-07 06:03

I really liked this. I thought it was really well put together and very well polished. I think the gameplay is pretty repetitive - after a level I sort of "got it" - but that's okay. I could definitely see this being a full game and the mechanics are interesting and original as far as I know.

Well done. Thanks for sharing! :D

papygaragos 2014-05-07 17:39

This entry is just awesome. Great mechanics, controls that feel good, sounds that are not a pain to the ears, a nice touch of humor, nice transitions screens...
5 star all around

jorgemoag 2014-05-07 21:26

Hehehe the game made me laught :D but it's a little glitchy

porglezomp 2014-05-08 01:03

Best game ever:
"Earth: Don't do it."

It could do with some more rock types maybe, put 'em on the moons of Saturn and Jupiter? The best LD game so far.

jupiter_hadley 2014-05-09 11:06

Poor Pluto. Very nice game though. I included it in part 16 of my Ludum Dare compilation video series, if you'd like to take a look :) http://youtu.be/ruvs0qoO4zU

romko_pidstryhach 2014-05-11 20:21

Wow, nice game!

woodenrabbit 2014-05-16 03:58

Awesome game! The art and the writing is really fun :D Its a great game and it fits well with theme. I had a lot of fun playing it.

kimau 2014-05-17 12:50

Brilliant! Damn Venus to all hell though.

klianc09 2014-05-17 13:07

Really like this. Good sounds and graphics. Just wish I could fast-forward the news anchor.
And I don't think Venus is possible ;)

iamspencer 2014-05-17 21:15

Simple idea, but you added enough polish to make it deeper and a lot of fun. Really nice job!

gfm 2014-05-18 23:34

Arg. >_<
Screw venus!!! >_<

But this game is still awesome! That intro song... wow!
And nice graphics!

jools64 2014-05-20 00:57

Really fantastic game, one of the best that I've played!