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Milkyway Tycoon
By jackyjjc
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| Category | Rank | Score | Count |
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| Coolness | 3 | 62 | | |
| Theme | 81 | 3.81 | | |
| Humor | 307 | 2.58 | | |
| Graphics | 334 | 3.50 | | |
| Overall | 360 | 3.26 | | |
| Audio | 401 | 3.00 | | |
| Innovation | 423 | 2.97 | | |
| Mood | 450 | 2.96 | | |
| Fun | 492 | 2.84 | | |
Comments
I can see you took a very literal interpretation of the theme. The graphics and the music are of very high quality. The game is sufficiently complex to make it interesting, however there is a learning curve, it took me several minutes to figure it out enough to start playing. There are some good humorous parts in the game, the description of the UNS Guugle: "A space ship that collect its passengers personal information but UNS says it is there to improve passenger experience" is a clever jab at Google and Facebook. The game does seem buggy, I had the game crash twice while creating a new route between planets.
jackyjjc
2014-08-25 08:31
Hi @DeathPidgeon, thanks for playing my game :) I will play yours later. I wonder in what circumstances your game crashed? I never had a crash on mine. However, with that said I haven't done much play testing though. Again, thanks for the feedback!
jackyjjc
2014-08-25 08:39
@DeathPidgeon Thanks I think I have found the bug. I didn't do null checks for some of the GUI elements and I will upload a fixed version soon
jackyjjc
2014-08-25 09:05
*new version updated*
I agree with DeathPidgeon that this type of game is very complex to make it right. However, the game is still interesting to play. Good job!
jm-dg
2014-08-26 00:45
Very impressive amount of work.
Nice game, a bit complex at the beginning but worth the effort.
Beautifully crafted. Given more content, I would also pay for this (I technically have with Space Rangers). I tried making my game more about exploration, but I can see the benefit to a well crafted universe.
jaloko
2014-08-26 05:26
Was very hard to understand what to do at the start but the amount of content you have put it is great.
Nice graphics, in-depth game play with some meat to the bones and an overall fun experience. It took me a fair amount of time to figure out what was going on and what I was supposed to do though.
You've put a lot of work into this - love the descriptions of the planets and races. Nicely done.
holgk
2014-08-26 15:15
I made a tyvoon game, too. But mine is in real time not turn based game. Nice entry.
jackyjjc
2014-08-26 15:30
Thanks for the great feedbacks guys!! I think I need to make a better tutorial for the game considering it confuses everyone :)
runvs
2014-08-26 15:54
Complex game. :)
The graphics were nice but a bit static. You could have improved the game's atmosphere a bit by adding some "juice" like moving nebulas in the background etc.
Nice entry!
The tutorial always is a problem xDDD. Good job my friend! Another tycoon game :-)
I enjoyed the complexity of this game. It's obvious you put in A LOT of effort into your graphics, because they are beautiful. Good luck to you!
This type of game can be difficult to balance, but I think you did a good job.
~funkeh
It's a good strategy game, very funny !
arzi
2014-08-27 11:39
I have to applaud for making such a complex game, great job! The learning curve is a bit steep and it's not very clear where the routes yield the best returns (and at which prices), but that's probably also because I didn't have that much time to play the game. I hope you develop this further, there's a lot of potential!
2hitmatt
2014-08-28 03:51
I started earning negative dollars and didn't know how to reverse it haha. I should have read who was on what planet, but I thought my first crack I'd just start laying down routes and see what happens. Pretty cool to see a complex game like this emerge from the jam, well done.
Sorry, but I have to rate this down for the interface. I simply don't understand the game, but it seems like it would be very fun with a more intuitive and understandable UI. (I didn't even notice the End Turn button for a few minutes.)
The music is nice.
shivur
2014-08-28 21:04
Good developped background story.
hbocao
2014-08-30 12:54
Solid entry, man. It's a complex game for just 72h. Good job!
jackyjjc
2014-08-31 12:06
Thanks again for everyone's feedback! I will try to improve the UI and tutorial for the post ludum dare edition :)
gorgeous visuals that were very clear, was a little tough at the beginning though.
Great work!
Good work! A bit too complicated and numbers-heavy - it took a long time to get into it. I played for about an hour and got 14 routes and £300,000 but I couldn't get enough passengers so I dropped all my prices a bit and then I was just haemorrhaging money and eventually lost it all. I never did understand how all the different stats and numbers relate or how to 'game' those figures, it felt more like I was just clicking on stuff blindly. I think some colours, graphs or other visual cues would really help a lot for learning how to play and where the demand for travel is. Good game overall though and good fit for the theme.
jprogman
2014-09-11 03:02
I gave this game about 10 minutes of play. Pretty solid entry! Very casual, but it does require some learning.
jcsirron
2014-09-14 00:26
I thoroughly enjoyed this game! I particularly liked the introduction, which made the game more approachable.