Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD39 → Stranded In Space
By mat4dor
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 240 | 3.45 | 24 | |
| Fun | 328 | 3.18 | 24 | |
| Innovation | 251 | 3.27 | 24 | |
| Theme | 412 | 3.36 | 24 | |
| Graphics | 235 | 3.50 | 24 | |
| Audio | 468 | 2.20 | 22 | |
| Humor | 363 | 2.17 | 19 | |
| Mood | 329 | 2.95 | 22 |
Fun little strategy game. It might be a good idea to add a way to remove buildings, as it was I found that having the missile launcher was actually a disadvantage, because it meant I couldn't replace any buildings that were producing a surplus. I managed to escape in 2 minutes and 53 seconds.
Cool game dude! How many resources did you need to launch? I messed up my setup at the last second by building the 2nd building in the last spot which totally shot my energy production, so I ended up with 8k of the first two resources and a stagnant 4k in my energy.
I could have waited longer for something to die but I didn't have the patience. I liked how everything balanced out and how you could get a feel for it. And the meteors were a nice touch. I'm not sure if placing the turrets strategically mattered but that would be pretty cool. Good work.
Oh and the models were great! Surprised you knocked those out in a weekend!
If you place solar array and LOX generator early, you run out of metal and cannot place a metal miner and the game is lost at that point. The music loop was too short and became irritating as you had to sit and wait for the numbers to climb up to the launch amounts.
@mat4dor 10:34 lol
I liked:
The Graphics: You made several good looking low poly assets that made it look and feel like the moon. I could easily tell what each building represented. I would have liked to have seen a space skybox for the rocket launch, even if you only see it for a bit.
The Gameplay: It was a very fun game, reminding me of RTS games like Starcraft. It is layered enough that you can learn how to be the most efficient (how many solar panels, turrets, etc to place) and finish the fastest. I also like that you had an end objective.
I didn't like:
The Sound: The music was okay but I didn't really get that space vibe I would have liked. Also, I didn't like that lack of sound effects. I would have liked to have seen something for placing a building/turrets shooting.
Overall, great gameplay and great idea. Good luck!
Cool strategy game. There are some things that I wish there was in this game.
Being able to sell the buildings, because on my first 2 attempts, i ended stuck over producing one type of material and another was always low but never running out.
Also, the requires resources is very high. And once you got the whole base setup, all you need to do is wait, so after about a minute and a half, I was done playing, and all i had to do is wait till I have enough resources, which was until around 6 minutes and a half.
For further improvements, try to add more events besides falling meteorites.
Otherwise, fun concept, good job!!
Thanks for the comments :P
@chao the missile launcher is kinda useless if you want to do a record yeah
@kalibrated thanks, the resources were in the info on the right
@infernal yeah, the sound is pretty awful
@hungare the current record that i know of is 2:02 from a friend of mine, mine is 2:06, but i agree with your points, thanks for you comment
@tiberiusuciu yeah, i was planning to have option to sell, and stop production of something, but did not have enough time
Thanks for the feedback!
It took me a long 7:26 minutes, due to not-that-intelligent planning :D
The game is cool and very well balanced, as you need to plan the mix of buildings you want to have to produce a little bit of everything. I'd like to have a little bit more building space, though, and maybe the option to destroy and replace a building.
Nice little builder. Like the graphics and it was fun to play. Could be a bit hard, but the challenge might also come from setting lower times, but I would love some more dynamics for that. Great entry! (Time 4:36)
Good game. First look before i open to play, i said "ah,..another Kerbal space game!", but once i played, i knew it is a different thing! well, a totally different thing!
things that I liked: - The fast load of the game on browser, while it has penalty of 3d models, it is really well optimized. - The models quality. - The use of the jam theme. - Your particle FX. - Nice gameplay. I would say a complete loop!
What i didn't like so far: - Fairly complicated controller inputs comparing to the game size. Jam games in a way of another have to get simple controls, as the players will be playing several games per hour. And a lot per day. - sound fx was not that good. but still not that bad either.
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@abductedplatypus yeah, i have been competing with a friend for the best time, its currently at 2:02 (his score), its very difficult, and the random of the asteroids doesn't help. I was planing for more, but didn't have enough time to do it. Thanks for the feedback!
@mamoniem thanks for the comprehensive review!! I don't find the controls that difficult. to play it you basically only need 1-4 plus mouse, which is not that difficult. As for the sound was really a last minute thing, and I know it is not good xD Thanks again for the feedback!
@tommy yeah, the feature to destroy and stop production of buildings was planned, but i did not do it because of time. As for construction space, I wanted to make it symmetrical, with the rocket at the center, if i added 2 more rows and columns, it would have too much space, if you plan well, you can make it in less then 2 min 30 seconds easily
Thanks for the feedback!
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Really good one. The first tries, I just made the wrong choices because I was out of something. But I finally made it. 4min22 for the first all the way try. Keep moving forward.
@kthulhu1947 thank you