matthias_zarzecki 2014-08-25 02:56
Good Lord the planet-simulation is mind-boggling. This is impressive. Love how you can click every star in the sky :D
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD30 → The Search For Life
By jmjd
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innovation | 156 | 3.74 | ||
| Theme | 295 | 3.60 | ||
| Mood | 788 | 2.73 | ||
| Graphics | 844 | 2.65 | ||
| Overall | 1029 | 2.67 | ||
| Fun | 1133 | 2.10 | ||
| Coolness | 1694 | 35 |
Good Lord the planet-simulation is mind-boggling. This is impressive. Love how you can click every star in the sky :D
Well I didn't get what to do so i didn't play much :D , but I liked the idea of click each star and the work done on it maybe if there more elements it will be more fun .
Good Work :)
Damn that's a huge universe!
Nice simulation game, however i don't know if it's possible to find any life, but stilll cool.
@ahmedmohi
I've updated the notes to better explain what to do (not much really). But you are right, I was only able to complete the bare bones of my idea, so many features that I wasn't able to get to. Thanks for playing!
a linux build, please?
I spy life forms. I know there's life out there somewhere. Seems like the odds are against discovery. Really interesting though.
@r0x0r
Thanks for reminding me, there should now be a link to a linux build, but it has not been tested as I don't have a linux box.
@Teesquared
I agree the odds are not in our favor. Even if there were thousands of people searching, would anyone find anyone else? Makes me think in the real universe, even if there were tons of intelligent civilizations out there... what are the odds we'd actually find them?
@jmjd: thanks! the link is wrong, is the ftp link, but i just guessed the correct one.
really cool experiment! though i can't find anyone, do you know how many people is playing simultaneously?
@r0x0r: thanks for pointing that out... copy and paste fail!
Oh, and at the bottom of my notes I've been updating how many people have played. That was one of the features I wanted to include in the game, but of course, no time to put it in.
Anyone who plays the game, get's assigned a home planet. If you visit somebody's home planet then the game will let you know.
So far, 18 people played, no contact with one another.
Now if you add the ability to make a fleet of faster than light (or even slower than light) recon ships that you can launch to new worlds that can build new ships on empty worlds and expand from there then you could have a great little Fermi Paradox simulator.
Hi there. A great idea to tackle with a game. Goes some way to helping spread the understanding of just why we don't find a universe teeming with intelligent life, even though it is almost certainly to be found (at some distance...) in every direction. Good job!
Innovative and mind blowing. Now we want gameplay :-). Conquer stars, build civilization across the galaxy and finally meet other players...
Funish, but I was never able to find another planet with life :(
Should have the light-speed effect (like in star wars) when you click on a far-away planet or star. That would be neat.