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Nebula

By urban-logic-games

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness290
Mood354.02
Audio753.81
Overall1783.65
Innovation3423.28
Fun4233.16
Theme5893.46

Comments

designernap 2014-12-09 14:03

Excellent work. This is placing in my top 10 entries so far! :) great job. Add a splash screen with that art from twitter and you have yourself a hit! Top marks for mood and audio from me. It would be great to have an option to turn off the grid too.

allurious 2014-12-09 15:53

Great mood for the game. Reminds me a lot of battleship. Would be a great concept to expand on!

mahalis 2014-12-09 15:56

Love the graphics—surprised you’re not asking to be judged on those, it’d be an immediate five-star. Gameplay is fun if a little slow. Good audio as well, very spacey.

urbanlogicgames 2014-12-09 16:14

Mahalis - Thanks! I disqualified myself from the graphics category because I borrowed some assets from another game I'm working on, it's my understanding that you're only supposed to use assets created during the jam if you want them to be judged.

sojabird 2014-12-09 16:30

Wow !! Just wow.
Very clever design and art is sweeeeeeet

ekilibr 2014-12-09 16:30

It's great being honest for the assets!
The mood is awesome, and game is great. I'll take some time to play it more these days !
Nice job :)

psychomonster 2014-12-09 16:31

Okay... you're doing a game with fantastic gfx... and you won't get the benefits of it :D Okay... I understand your point... Gameplay is cool... a little to slow for my taste... Well the mood is the next best category and you'll get the bonus point on it that would have been at the gfx ;) Nice work!

x70x 2014-12-09 16:35

Interesting approach with a grid-less battleship style. I like how the probes point out the direction of the nearest enemy ship. Cool mechanic.

bmacintosh 2014-12-09 16:51

Beautiful game! Sometimes the probes missed their destination and kept flying forever (you're probably doing a distance check? I was getting a fairly low framerate). It was also sometimes hard to make out things in the back reaches of the screen at my resolution.

redpanda_ua 2014-12-09 16:56

I loved your game dude!

submundo-games 2014-12-09 17:27

Bom jogo, mas dificil de entender como se joga

kruemelkeksfan 2014-12-09 17:52

Would have been 5 * 5 (all except theme) if there were any "real" enemies. The game shows lots of potential, but in the end its pointless at the moment. Still a great prototype :)
Like others said, the graphics are great and I liked the sound, too. I haven't seen the Gameplay ever before, so thats the 5 stars for innovation. (although it reminds me of Battleships somehow)

lexgear 2014-12-10 06:19

People are saying the sound is great... I don't know why it didnt work for me. :-/

Very pretty game!

devwouter 2014-12-10 12:10

The art is nice and sits well with me and the audio isn't too bad. It would become really cool game if everyone could move and have some kind of failure state (which would it make more of game). Also I would love to have some kind of explanation about the controls (why do I need 3-mouse buttons? It worked fine with my touchpad)

PS: Next time make downloading a bit more a simple process since this already counts as a first impression. And asking for money when we just want to try to play the game... well... it didn't sit well with me. But enough rambling.

soulgame 2014-12-10 12:13

The game mechanics are well implemented. It's not the most intuitive but it works fine. It's currently a bit difficult to evaluate the game without any kind of opponents but it does look good and could be promising => staring at a map, scanning around, planning torpedo, etc. I do felt like a bad ass commander for a minute. Good luck if you plan to work more on the project.

phask 2014-12-10 12:16

Awesome game, really enjoyed it and would love to see it developed further!
Only caveat: LD Theme was not met entirely.

leaden 2014-12-10 12:16

Very stylish. Quality of art is one of the best that I ever seen on this LD. I like clear and understandable gameplay, but little bit boring without challange.

pk 2014-12-10 12:17

A fun search and destroy game concept.
Too bad the enemies don't search for you and shoot back.

binary_gambit 2014-12-10 12:18

Wow, with some AI and a little innaccuracy in the scanner this game would be amazing. Love the effects as well.

pixelcrust 2014-12-10 13:10

Great visuals and mood. I like it.

sushidestroy 2014-12-10 14:54

What a great game, good work !

code-medicine 2014-12-11 03:56

Neat entry. I was only able to find one enemy, and the game had a bit of trouble staying at a consistent framerate for me. Loved the visuals, audio was solid although the probe could be a bit more dynamic!

fergusontv_ld31 2014-12-11 09:49

Loved the graphics, great job :)

damdoshi 2014-12-11 10:31

That's pretty. The sound is cool and the work is nicely done. I do not know if I have understood well the game itself, I have just won two games and I've never been under attack.

damdoshi 2014-12-11 10:33

(Just read the description and saw that I was normal)

ViliX 2014-12-11 15:17

One of the best visuals I've seen in this LD :)

voxel 2014-12-11 15:23

This is exceptionally well presented. It looks, sounds and even tastes great. A pity you didn't get to finish it as it has the mood and makings of happy fun space times

valandre 2014-12-11 17:58

Wow very "arty" for a space battleship game, I love this! great mood!

elendow 2014-12-11 22:22

Very fun game, great concept with a lot of possibilities. Congrats!

kualitygames 2014-12-12 00:11

Nice quality graphics, wish I could vote for it. Well done.

meral 2014-12-12 16:02

Fantastic entry. Well executed in all aspects. Thank you for the keyboard shortcuts "1" and "2".

sushin 2014-12-13 11:32

Really good work! I like the mood of the game a lot. Even though graphics are not a category to rate, I really liked of they look on the game :).

billrizer 2014-12-14 19:25

Nice concept - love the GFX and atmospheric music

Would have really enjoyed a great pace though and maybe a little time pressure?

sartemis-smart 2014-12-14 19:38

There's something really awesome about the slow missiles and their lense effect, while you wait to get the info. Nice game !

rnlf 2014-12-14 21:07

Wow, really cool game. I REALLY like the sound design and gameplay. Very well done!

donovanwu 2014-12-14 21:47

Looks very cool!

nikteddy92 2014-12-14 21:55

Wow great work!
It's a little too slow the peace of the game but quite an interesting experience!
Well done!

cxsquared 2014-12-17 05:46

The mood and concept are really great. This could be a great game if ai was added.

radmars 2014-12-19 02:03

Cool concept! Wish everything moved a bit faster, or maybe making multitasking (like sending out probes while torpedoes were in flight) a bit more meaningful/useful could be cool too. Nice work.

simonchauvin 2014-12-19 18:30

Great mood! Well done.

jupiter_hadley 2014-12-22 02:58

Neat concept! I Included it in part 15 of my Ludum Dare 31 compilation video series, if you would like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/feGcEIoOFjA

sk16games 2014-12-28 01:18

You really get that atmosphere, with the impressive graphics and music :) There could be more "things to do" though and it could be a little faster, but great entry!