defectivemelon 2014-12-09 05:24
Hey, I think both of your links are to the source code
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD31 → Ludum Traders
By zxeno
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theme | 453 | 3.60 | ||
| Innovation | 611 | 2.87 | ||
| Fun | 644 | 2.87 | ||
| Overall | 771 | 2.88 | ||
| Graphics | 850 | 2.47 | ||
| Coolness | 2025 | 28 |
Hey, I think both of your links are to the source code
Source is included in the release. I'll make a separate download for it though. :)
Done.
There is the skeleton of a decent trading game there, but that is the problem. This game is bare bones. I didn't see any random events or even much in the way of changing prices. There was no reason not to just find the closest buy/sell planets and pinball between them. Owning a fleet of trade ships is a nice start, but there is no incentive to do so. Also, queuing destinations doesn't seem to be working as intended. (queuing multiple planets only leads you to visiting the last selected planet after the ship stops moving.)
I can't seem to get to this one... get 500 error when trying to download from dropbox.
There needs to be some more random aspects to it.
I added an alternate download source for the game. Feel free to use it if Dropbox is giving you problems.
Couldn't play. Kept crashing when I open LD31. I have Win7 64 bit. Compatibility modes didn't seem to help. Won't score it but I really like the look of this! Trading games are awesome. Seems like this might be a bit like Space Trader (ancient game). Here is error report
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: CLR20r3
Problem Signature 01: ld31.exe
Problem Signature 02: 1.0.0.0
Problem Signature 03: 54864183
Problem Signature 04: SharpDX
Problem Signature 05: 2.5.1.0
Problem Signature 06: 5353c4a6
Problem Signature 07: a49
Problem Signature 08: 14
Problem Signature 09: SharpDX.SharpDXException
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 4105
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
It's a bit simple and easy to just move between a selling and buying planet that are close together. Ultimately not enough of a mechanic to be fun
@Wampus try reinstalling .Net4 / 4.5. That seems to be the most common source of SharpDX exceptions, and I can't duplicate it on any of my machines here.
I really wanted more to go into it, but ran out of time. Lots of lessons learned, though. Thank you everyone for your honest input. I'm already putting more work into it for a future re-release!
I can't play the game because of screen size. All of the buttons do not appear so I cannot play the game.
I feel like a lot more could have been done, but there's definitely the beginnings of a trading game here. If you ever want to release another version of this in the future, then definitely have some random events here, and make it a little harder, because it seemed very easy to generate free money and never lose any. I'd also recommend having more than one screen resolution, and perhaps a full-screen mode, because part of the bottom was cut off on my screen. Good job with what's here so far, it just needs a little more work and it could grow into something pretty cool.