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Super Galactic Space Bus Driver

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Humor583.62
Fun1483.60
Theme2063.73
Innovation3153.47
Overall3393.42
Mood4293.14
Graphics4453.24
Audio5282.75

Comments

mano 2014-08-25 02:50

Fun a quite unique idea. Also the humor is there.

khaibit 2014-08-25 03:17

Awesome! I love the graphics, haha! Gameplay is pretty good too :)

jab 2014-08-25 03:20

I enjoyed shipping aliens around, but surprised how eager they were to jump aboard given my piloting skills...

bloodjohn 2014-08-25 03:26

Ok Cool. It's funny :)
Dialogs is unreadable, but it's cool, and unreadable. :)

jupitron 2014-08-25 03:28

Awesome! Really enjoyed it!

cheshyr 2014-08-25 04:16

I am amused. Fun game.

clofresh 2014-08-25 04:16

Pretty fun! Crazy Taxi meets Asteroids

stencyltuo 2014-08-25 04:20

Overall, an above-average entry; it was pretty impressive for a solo 48 hours. Once the bombs and weightlifter guys started boarding, it ended very quickly though. I do wish there was a high score feature.

thedeadlybutter 2014-08-25 04:21

Couldn't keep track of all the races but other than that fun game!

kittymac 2014-08-25 15:10

very amusing

kuchalu 2014-08-25 15:10

Really fun!

burgerdare 2014-08-25 15:34

Kind of like a sped-up crazy-taxi, in a way. Very frantic, and a lot of fun.

local-minimum 2014-08-25 15:36

Quite fun space-bussing. The one thing I would consider is to not repeat info when replaying. Or have a toggle info off set to true when replaying. Might also keep the info really short (players hate to read, I've learned). Else it was quite nice.

kapasrobert 2014-08-25 17:28

Funniest game so far :D Made me laugh out loud :D Great job!

bobrocks 2014-08-26 03:12

This is pretty solid, well done! Very enjoyable!

frr171 2014-08-26 03:14

Great take on resource management concepts - enjoyed the graphics and humor!

dunin 2014-08-26 15:22

It's a really good idea! And works so well with the theme.
Agree with the fact of reading again the instructions is annoying on retry.
alien's characteristics are cool.
the control with the mouse is weird but it's my opinion...

razoric 2014-08-26 15:22

Unique and fun. :)

hexagore 2014-08-26 15:24

Fun this, surprisingly tricky too!

sojabird 2014-08-26 15:29

Haha super awsome. Too bad the range is low I like how cool and dangerous (but mostly cool) the boost is!

satyre 2014-08-26 17:36

Nice project. You are the only one using a taxi in space. Pretty nice idea :)

eero-tuovinen 2014-08-27 01:43

Very good for a competition entry. The basic gameplay is solid, and worthy of longer development; I especially appreciated the different passengers and their special rules, it is a fit idea. The theming is flavourful. The only superficial issue is that the quick pace of the game would favour making the passenger destinations clearer; with the graphical little planets and the solid-color arrows, and the short time you have to deal with the bombs and whatnot, the player is easily confused by something that could be simple. It would likely be worthwhile to put time-sensitive life and death issues like the bomb clearly on the screen, so the player instantly knows where to go to avoid dying.

To improve upon the concept further, seek a balance between the frenetic action of the space boost and time-limited customers, and the tactical aspects of customer picking and route planning; the game should alternate between moments of leisurely deliberation and bursts of action. For added depth, consider a strategic dimension where new planets (and types of customers) are added gradually and the bus itself is upgraded.

adriczero 2014-08-30 14:24

This is my highest rated game after about 30. This game has good depth without being boring, is innovative, and has great mood set by the music. Good work.

The only suggestion is after the first few times I would liked to have disabled the popup information dialogs.

nooner-bear 2014-09-01 04:14

Fun in general, but I zone was slightly bigger and it didn't give me instructions every time I had to restart. Good use of humor :)

schizokoa 2014-09-02 12:15

It talks a tad too much, but it is great overall!

kibertoad 2014-09-02 19:44

Most fun game of LD so far. Great work!

infinitenutshell 2014-09-02 19:51

This was fun but the controls were really frustrating. I expected to have to click in the direction of thrust, not the direction I want to go, and this kept tripping me up. It's also really hard to slow down in space!

primitiveconcept 2014-09-05 16:24

I really enjoyed this game. I feel like it was a little hard to control the taxi but it wasn't too bad! It was a lot of fun and I loved reading about the different types of passengers. Once the bomb-passenger came on I exploded almost instantly.

dix 2014-09-05 17:15

Very nice little game :D Good job!

hippolyta 2014-09-05 22:57

Cool game! Reminded me off "Crazy Taxi" - but in space :-)
Well done!