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Troika - how long will you cooperate?

By tomker

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Theme2063.73
Innovation6493.04
Graphics6762.92
Humor7762.00
Audio8891.94
Mood9582.49
Overall9642.78
Fun10232.46

Comments

kadybat 2014-08-25 03:29

You should submit your link as a Windows link instead of a Web link! Web implies that it can be played in a browser. Hope to see a Mac port, I'd love to try your game! :D

4kbshort 2014-08-25 11:12

A nice entry! Very literally: Connected worlds! The concept is good, the interface and controls are super easy and intuitive. The game is also hard as I can barely keep even one planet alive. (Good thing) Nice work!

holgk 2014-08-25 15:48

Very hard to play.

frugle 2014-08-25 15:56

Interesting concept. It was confusing at first.

jojocanard 2014-08-25 16:03

Interesting and original but confusing for me.

hobomechanistic 2014-08-25 16:08

A little bit of a learning curve but I got it in the end. I like that you spend more time worrying about the planet movement than all the asteroids :D Pretty cool idea!

ashdnazg 2014-08-25 16:08

I think it's a good game that I had trouble understanding.
The instructions told me about keys, but I had no idea what the game mechanics are (what my goal is, what every option does in terms of gameplay, where I get energy from etc.)

Next time try to add sound, at the very least sound effects. Recording improvised effects doesn't take too much time, is very fun and will do wonders for a game.

denisre3 2014-08-25 16:12

Fun game, but you can still lose planets even if they are fully upgraded.

kapasrobert 2014-08-25 16:47

Interesting but a little confusing, maybe some in-game help texts could help

marekkpie 2014-08-25 16:48

Interesting idea. Hard to see the effect of the turning until it is too late.

agoodpointpoorlymade 2014-08-25 17:04

Neat! Once I had the controls figured out, I had a good time trying to keep my planets alive. I'm unsure how population influences my planets. I think a few laser sound effects would top things off nicely, especially as the speed increases.

goutye 2014-08-25 17:12

Interesting !
With a small arrow to point the direction of a planet...that will be a little better ! x) Nice !

headmade 2014-08-25 17:17

I didn't understand at all what I was supposed to do.

pighead10 2014-08-25 17:56

I think I understood the controls, but I didn't appear to have much success in keeping the connections alive for long. Some more explanation would be appreciated.

slowfrog 2014-08-25 17:56

Cannot play: I can pass the menu screen by pressing [ENTER], but after that, nothing reacts to my right-click or any key.
(Windows 8.1/64bit, JRE 8u20)

tomker 2014-08-25 17:58

The point of this game is to survive as long as you can. If yoi will survive for 5 minutes, you can say that you are good :). I suggest you to use tactics from main screen, it helps a lot.

marvalgames 2014-08-25 17:59

Once you understand it is actually quite slick and clever!

kyru 2014-08-25 18:01

Not bad, could use some better instructions maybe. Good use of the theme.

x-or 2014-08-25 18:05

I couldn't rotate the planets, and the concept of energy was a bit unclear to me - how can you get it in the first place?
It was quite fun to blast hundreds of meteors apart, though =)

colthor 2014-08-25 18:09

The movement controls need more feedback and instruction - it was hard to see that they were having any effect at all, never mind what it might be in advance.

springpowered 2014-08-25 18:22

That was interesting!
I'm not 100% sure what happened, but it was nice nonetheless :)

bw 2014-08-25 18:41

How do I run this thing in Linux command line?

pusheax 2014-08-25 18:50

I managed to stay alive with one planet and maximum everything for some time. Moving them together seems hard.

kdunee 2014-08-25 18:52

The A and D keys didn't do anything notice'able for me, but it was cool to watch for some time as the planets defend themselves ;)

zoomyzoom 2014-08-25 19:06

Linux version does not work!

william@Helium:~/Downloads/Troika$ java -jar Game.jar
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no lwjgl in java.library.path
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:1886)
at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Runtime.java:849)
at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java:1088)
at org.lwjgl.Sys$1.run(Sys.java:73)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at org.lwjgl.Sys.doLoadLibrary(Sys.java:66)
at org.lwjgl.Sys.loadLibrary(Sys.java:95)
at org.lwjgl.Sys.<clinit>(Sys.java:112)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.<clinit>(Display.java:135)
at Game.main(Game.java:33)
william@Helium:~/Downloads/Troika$

tomker 2014-08-25 19:13

@Zoomyzoom at the moment it only works on Windows and Linux platform

thecoder15 2014-08-25 22:06

Stays with the theme nicely and is fun.

dix 2014-08-26 17:51

Interesting little game, I managed to save two of my planets, it says speed is the key, but i think more lasers first make the difference, lost the first planet and then I realized that maybe the energy level plays a part in the speed of the lasers? Idk I just noticed once the other two planets were fully upgraded the speed was faster as the energy level went up.
Lost a second planet, cause the two planets drifted, is it a wanted behaviour?(So that you have to keep all three alive?)
I find it quite enjoyable :D
Well done!

jahmaican 2014-08-27 16:36

Needs more instructions, as you basically have no idea what to do when you start. Also, sounds.

But it's a very interesting concept and it's quite playable when you figure out what you're doing.

raycosantana 2014-08-28 11:12

nice game, had quite some fun. And the idea is interesting

eemmbbeerr 2014-08-29 15:57

Linux version does not work. Same error as for Zoomyzoom.

vogon101 2014-08-29 16:51

Nice game but confusing

otrorainteractivo 2014-08-29 17:06

It will benefit from a tutorial. A bit confusing at first try

synchingfeeling 2014-08-29 19:24

Fun game, was hard to keep anything alive but all part of the charm. SFX would be awesome.

lkr 2014-08-29 21:24

Difficult game, but fun once you figure it out. Fun with upgrades and limited energy so you have to prioritize their order :)