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Space Traffic Controller

By chrisgaudino

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness365
Audio923.74
Overall1003.69
Mood1183.67
Innovation1843.44
Fun2243.31
Theme2273.50
Graphics3083.56

Comments

raddevon 2014-08-25 20:42

Love the music and the mood it sets. Nice visuals too.

bradsmallplanet 2014-08-25 20:43

Loved this game, though i didn't know what to do at first because i hadn't noticed the instructions in this post

uberscientist 2014-08-25 20:47

Got to a score of 15 before crashing two blue ships into each other. Great game concept, I like it a lot and matched the connected worlds theme very well. The music was relaxing and focusing, I got startled when the explosion sound effect played :P

Thanks!

maesk 2014-08-25 21:14

Fantastic music, relaxing but keeps the right rhythm. Maybe the game could be more indulgent with ship losses (2 or 3?), but it keeps the player engaged and redirecting them to safety. Nice work!

bamboo 2014-08-26 06:25

Very nice! The drawn paths work really well. At first I thought the music was overly melancholy, but it seemed fitting once my ships started crashing into things.
A proximity alert of some sort would be a welcome addition, along with a x1.5 speed. :)

sevenkingdomssurvivors 2014-08-26 17:32

Awesome idea! You should release this on mobile.

blurryroots 2014-08-26 18:31

I loved the music. I wish it would be a bit longer though =P Very solid mechanics. I feel kinda relaxed while playing this ;)

ponk 2014-08-26 22:27

Hey! Awesome!!
Nice graphics and concept is super great !

perecil 2014-08-27 15:16

Perfect. Nothing to say.

xgor 2014-08-27 15:17

Really good game, while quite simple the idea works really well and really can become quite stressful when there's many ships out.

adrenalinehigh_jam 2014-08-27 15:25

I got 26 before two hit each other. Cool game, immediately understandable if you've played air traffic control on a smartphone. The added complexity of the moons and orbit paths kept me on my toes, but I still felt the ships moved quite slow, especially when there were only a few.

It's your game, but might I suggest a bright flash of light when ships appear? It would let me know where and could be explained as a wormhole =)

cheshyr 2014-08-27 15:30

Audio and setting were great. The draw mechanic was a nice touch. Didn't realize moons were a problem at first. I like it; nicely done.

sneeuwpopsneeuw 2014-08-27 15:34

nice game but i think the mechenic will work better on a phone.

wdebowicz 2014-08-27 16:46

Good concept. Agree that would work great on a touch screen.
It would be nice to have option to speed up game. Fun for me!

chrisgaudino 2014-08-27 16:53

Thanks for playing everyone! wdebowicz, there is an option to speed up in the upper right corner.

roguenoodle 2014-08-28 11:19

Great entry - some really unique twists on the line-drawing genre, especially having to factor in the moon orbits as well. And if those are trail-renderers for the drawn lines, that is GENIUS ;)

chrisgaudino 2014-08-28 12:09

Thanks! Both the orbit and drawn lines are using Unity LineRenderers.

wbwelcomeback 2014-08-28 17:27

Haha, well done! Reminds me of a game with helicopters, can't remember the name though :)

rjhelms 2014-08-28 17:29

The orbits make this a really cool and thematic twist on the air-traffic control idea.

dookie 2014-08-28 17:34

Neat! It got real tough once you got more than a few at a time. Took me a while to see there was a speed toggle, that was a great addition :) Music was great.

kristof 2014-08-28 19:06

Cool variation of the flight control games. I like the idea of having to hit moving targets. But it gets too difficult too quickly in my opinion. Good entry!

budaniel 2014-08-28 19:10

Nice game. I was way too impatient I think, because I kept speeding the game up, therefore losing ships into the sun before I could catch them (hence my best score being 1, even after trying and trying). I like the music and visuals a lot, and the controls are easy enough.

captainnakou 2014-08-28 20:57

Interesting concept.

tosic 2014-09-05 09:15

Amazing, but hard :D