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Space Rover

By wdebowicz

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall4643.3022
Fun5492.9522
Innovation4523.0022
Theme894.0522
Humor4922.1818
Mood704.0021

Comments

theflyingkeyboard 2017-08-01 23:41

Nice looking game, but physics seems to be broken a little.

infinitycore 2017-08-03 00:54

ALL THE BLOOM!!!

quantumzen 2017-08-04 20:55

A beautiful game. Great graphics, even if simple. Great backgrounds, sounds. I've collected few samples, even if the rover sometimes struggled to go up hills. I guess this would be an intended difficulty factor, actually. Wasn't sure how the game ends, how does one fulfill the objective. So even if it didn't feel like a *game*, it was a great *experience*. Well done :)

wdebowicz 2017-08-04 21:22

@infinitycore There is a bug in Unity I wasn't aware of. Please lower the resolution if BLOOM is too big.

@QuantumZen Thank you for opinion. Every LD I try to focus on 1 goal for my entry. Sometimes it is fun, sometimes innovation. This time it was experience, to feel the mood of beeing in space. I'm glad you enjoy it. And about the sounds.. some of them are NASA public domain sounds from Discovery mission. And that's how the game ends "Great Ending to a New Beginning" http://articles.latimes.com/1988-10-03/news/mn-2616_1_great-ending

tbureck 2017-08-05 16:27

Although this game is very simplistic, I had quite some fun racing over that planet. I wish the landscape would've been a little easier to explore (some hills are pretty steep!), the atmosphere, however, was great. Finally, I managed to fall from the surface.

r3l0ad1 2017-08-05 18:21

I love this Game Although I Found It Hard To See Around And The Physics Are A Bit Broken, Keep Up The Good Work

thygrrr 2017-08-06 14:24

I discovered it on youtube and gave it a shot - really nice!

Likes: - Spirit and Opportunity were legendary. Thanks for this homage! - beautifully dark world - cool space samples and ambient sounds - great use of depth of field rendering, game looks gorgeous on 3440x1440, the rover is slightly out of focus though :)

Try differently: - consider leveling the camera follow a bit more, when going over rough terrain the screen really jumps a lot

Overall: - pretty little game about the challenges of being a legendary exploration rover - definitely deserves more plays :)

kpded 2017-08-06 15:55

Cool game with a good implementation of visual effects for game made in jam!

I like the sound and sun rising effects of this game. They give excellent sense of presence on a distant asteroid. The idea itself fits perfectly and could be easily scaled to something bigger.

The camera jumps around and makes navigation difficult.

It would be nice to see the places I've already been, for example by tracks on the asteroid's surface

thygrrr 2017-08-07 18:41

Now I want to build a rover in Kerbal Space Program again...

saramartins 2017-08-07 20:50

Wow that was amazing. Great fit in the theme, great idea, really interesting environment and so clever the use of the sound effects! Really liked the ambience, the exploration and everything really. Congratulations!

zenmumbler 2017-08-07 21:40

My progression: "Man, that's a lot of post-fx"… "cute robot" … "oooh, day and night cycle with solar charging!" … "hm, what do I do anyway?" "what's MRS-30?" … "I fell down a hole". Cool game. Good mood.

royoyo 2017-08-08 05:23

Great background! I wish foreground elements could get some love too.

Really love day and night cycle and sound effects.

Exceptional mood overall, but navigation's a bit unresponsive.

split82 2017-08-08 18:53

The mood was awesome. You really made feel like I was on some different planet, picking up samples. Good job :)

meta-link 2017-08-09 19:39

Fun game ! The physics is a little bit tricky, but the graphics and the whole atmosphere are nice.

Good job :)