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Can you hear me Major Tom?

By franciscotufro

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Graphics3013.50
Audio3273.11
Mood3643.22
Innovation6773.00
Theme9342.63
Overall10102.70
Fun10962.26
Coolness190724

Comments

nicotuason 2014-08-25 06:24

Not really sure what was going on, but I was intrigued! Love the background music and particle effects.

drhahn 2014-08-25 08:36

It's a bit slow, with the goal of the game not being too obvious. I didn't know what my actions were achieving was my main issue.

onlyslightly 2014-08-26 00:44

Very cool graphics and mysterious mood you set. It was really cool to see the planet grow over time

franciscotufro 2014-08-27 17:01

Sorry I haven't been able to add instructions until now, I'll see what I can do... Thanks!

binarypie 2014-08-27 17:25

Definitely not clear on what to do. Nice graphical style and audio.

luisdc 2014-08-27 17:26

Cool graphics and atmosphere. I couldn't really know what was going on :(

dvanderaart 2014-08-27 17:28

One of the few games that make you go uhuh and just like what you see without knowing what is going on whehe. Looks good. Sound is good. It takes a moment to figure out but yeah. like

franciscotufro 2014-08-29 23:16

So, now I have time. I'm sorry I haven't been able to post instructions. The idea is that human kind is evil, and if they get in contact with alien races the universe will collapse, so you have to avoid humans getting in touch with alien races. There are emissions from earth (radio broadcasts, space missions, and space garbage) that may get spotted by Aliens (through their reckon ships, radio telescopes and tripulated ships). You avoid that through the scarse tools I've been able to implement during the weekend. Noise generators destroy radio emissions, decoys attract aliens and you can use them to confuse them, and smart bombs destroy everything in a range.

franciscotufro 2014-08-29 23:17

Garbage collectors and solar panels give you matter and energy that you'll need to create and maintain the other tools. The garbage collector is a little buggy, but all in all working, sorry I haven't been able to put much more than the game logic in this build. For next LD I'm choosing a much smaller scope! hehe.

mrexcessive 2014-08-30 08:28

Hi there... Got to 'end' full contact, but 'click to restart' displayed for a frame or two, as I was clicking like crazy it reset game... suggest you have confirmation dialog or keyboard input for that! Nice mood... Kardashev scale ?

yodamaster 2014-09-02 11:20

Nice effects, nice mood, but don't know what to do and why.

rialgar 2014-09-02 23:05

I can not win this, can I?

franciscotufro 2014-09-03 18:51

This is a survival mode. You don't win, just last longer. :)

alexfili 2014-09-10 09:49

After reading what the game was about I understand the concept. It was pretty fun but can get boring while you wait for things to happen (the time fast-forwarding is a great feature!)