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Protoplanet

By benjamin-l

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Mood4833.25
Graphics4863.52
Overall6923.13
Theme7123.45
Innovation7302.81
Humor8391.75
Fun8962.64
Coolness139149

Comments

bamboy 2015-12-15 05:28

Application was unable to start correctly error on windows build.

raincoven 2015-12-15 05:33

Sorry can't check it on my mac :(

diest 2015-12-15 05:34

after while there was nothing near me.

benjamin-l 2015-12-15 06:09

I did a windows build using the MinGW rust compiler instead of MSVC. Hopefully this will work better if you don't have the visual studio runtime.

weeping-rupee 2015-12-15 06:41

best I've played so far, hands down. Great atmosphere.

stargardengames 2015-12-15 06:43

Doesn't run for me.

Windows 7

parias001 2015-12-15 06:43

Nice graphics!

flwns 2015-12-15 06:44

ran at 1 fps, was unable to play

ssjmetroid 2015-12-15 06:46

Interesting take on an old idea. I thought it could use some balance, I was just really bad at it hahahah. The huge exaggerated shadows were hard to deal with too.

retrogradeorbit 2015-12-15 14:11

Linux d/l ran fine with libsdl2 installed. Frame at times was very low. around 3 fps. But it looked and sounded very nice.

terry90 2015-12-15 15:40

I like the minimal approach, and the soothing music fit the chaotic ballet rather well. There are, however, some issues with balance. For instance, I watch other asteroids gain mass at a far faster rate than I can absorbing the same amount of material. The green accent didn't immediately register as imminent danger. Red might be a better color to show accentuate larger asteroids. Over time the play space becomes empty with no indication of where to go. The shadows of other objects only work to define space in close proximity, so that mechanic becomes less effective over time. Even with these issues this is an enjoyable and relaxing game.

2015-12-16 00:30

Very nice, but it ends once you become larger than the other asteroids.

benjamin-l 2015-12-16 07:14

I (hopefully) fixed the low FPS issues by adding culling to the shadow and object rendering.

hongertrollie 2015-12-16 07:24

Very nice relaxing game. I like the blurriness. I think it fits nicely with the theme of the game, being a meteor(a piece of unintelligent rock). The only thing I can think of to improve it is maybe to show the player the direction he needs to travel in to get back to all the other meteors/planets as I got lost in outer space for a while :P Thank you. I had fun

goggleskitty 2015-12-17 05:56

I like the concept, just have some minor annoyances. I feel like a super clear art style (i.e. not blurry) would make it feel better. There's also no indication of motion which makes moving kind of disorienting. Otherwise, really cool!

el_kloklo 2015-12-20 18:07

to low fps, not possible to play, sad because I liked agar.io :(

srakowski 2015-12-24 02:15

I really liked the mood of this game. The audio was nice and well placed with the game. Well done.