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Satellites - Running out of Space!

By thor6136, barrier, theomelet, ziga-osolin, Dreyan12 and Sam_wise

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall2553.7153
Fun5313.2952
Innovation2773.5252
Theme934.1150
Graphics84.6853
Humor8182.0845
Mood4243.2949

Comments

rainysolar 2018-08-13 04:23

One mistake causes a cluster disaster. :laughing: Great concept. The space rubbish is so powerful, I want to hire a space cleaner. :rocket:

mike-inprinciple 2018-08-13 04:43

Really pretty. But other than that, barely a game, in my opinion.

alexkarate 2018-08-13 10:56

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sublustris 2018-08-13 11:08

Great GFX! One of the best in this Jam!

skyc 2018-08-13 11:21

It is fun at first but it doesn't last long. The space for design is very limited. I wonder if you made all the asset by yourself.

hungryhedgehog 2018-08-13 11:22

Really fun Idea. Also really nice rendering of the world. However I'd not use these explosions sound and sprites since we are in space xD but that is a minor nitpick

ravenflame 2018-08-13 11:27

Great idea, looks cool. Tends to have a cascade failure effect, does the debris disappear?

teekeks 2018-08-13 11:39

Quite unforgiving, since debree does not collide with other debree you have lost as soon as 2 collide and have no way to recover. But at least it looks awesome while going out.

memel06 2018-08-13 16:11

Really stunning graphics. It surely lacks some serious gameplay mechanic (things got repetitive after a little), but the idea is good and fits the jam theme.

Nice entry!

hi-irie 2018-08-13 16:14

The graphics look great and just from the screenshots it seems like a fun game to play. I unfortunately dont have PC to download the game.

mero 2018-08-13 16:17

this game takes more time to download than seeing whole gamemehanics in video

barrier 2018-08-13 17:14

Thanks for the comments guys! I think this was everyones first game jam so there was some inexperience. And yes there was too much focus on making things look great and not enough on gameplay. Choosing the latest Unreal engine was also a bad idea since lots of people report issues running it and the file size is huge.

Hopefully we can do better next time!

ashment 2018-08-13 18:24

Really pretty graphics, although there doesn't seem to really be a goal. If reaching 100% coverage was the goal I think the debris created is just a bit too much a penalty. Either way, great job for your first jam!

noxalus 2018-08-13 20:07

After +1000 debris, my PC started to slow down :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

Amazing visual and clever idea! But it's really hard to predict satellite collision :astonished:

ismael-rodriguez 2018-08-13 20:20

When theme was announced I googled "Running out of space", orbital debris was all over google images. I thought about using this idea, but would never have been able to execute like you did.

Game mechanics are functional, and fit the theme. Visuals are very good.

Could have done more to establish goals. Maybe have different types of satellites that have abilities like clearing debris, or being invincible.

Also, objects are not to scale. 1/10

lol jk

Overall good entry.

engyne 2018-08-13 20:44

Quite enjoying to see everything blow up. Nice job!

gilgusmaximus 2018-08-13 23:20

Finally i can feel like Elon Musk :D But maybe i should not become the person in charge for putting sattelites into the orbit xD

It definitely is a great game =)

madrededios 2018-08-14 10:26

This game looks so really really good it's impressive. Loved it overall

raogs 2018-08-14 16:28

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Got to 84% shortly before everything got destroyed :)

Great graphics and very interesting idea, good job!

kpded 2018-08-14 17:58

Wow, that graphics is amazing :scream: ! It is super awesome for a jam game

Very innovative way to implement the theme

lux77 2018-08-14 19:44

Really cool game, visually excellent with simple but fun gameplay. Good job! After 2000+debris its almost impossible to rotate camera and fps drop quite a lot :)

Pros:

Everything, good job guys!

Cons:

I want to destroy ISS too :)

Where is Sandra Bullock?

alexkishchinskiy 2018-08-14 19:55

Apart from great graph - good and tidy UI, fitting cosmos theme nicely. As others have mentioned - upgrading game mechanics (different types of satellites, trajectories etc), setting clear player goals would benefit game greatly. Very enjoyable experience!

landberglife 2018-08-14 20:19

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landberglife 2018-08-14 20:19

This was actually extremely similar to an idea that was pitched in our team, however we were worried that there would be to little to do. I think we were wrong. Just finding the patterns to get as high of a coverage as possible is interesting enough to get me to play for 10 minutes. I’ll probably come back if one of my friends manages to beat my record :) The art is great, I’m a sucker for nice globes. The SFX and UI was clean and great to!

colletto-gregory 2018-08-14 20:43

Hum I hope this game is not to realist ? Its a prety good game, the gameplay is basic but work very well. The physic motor since perfect.

I think is lake of feedback like pew pew from the satelite and Houston we have probleme . After all is more a puzzle game than other thnigs, I have just a problem with game controler, I though axis control with the mouse is a bit difficult. Great Jobs Guys

awix 2018-08-15 06:28

Good Gaming Idea, Music needs to be improved Graphics good

kimonoh 2018-08-15 10:34

It looks really cool and it works smootly, however, it feels like one crash and it's game over because of the ripple effect of the debris. It does fit with the theme and the graphics are beautiful!

alc0l 2018-08-15 12:38

very good game ! and fun too ! Could be improved too with a very good potential !

tannimun 2018-08-15 15:38

Beautiful game! Has a nice feel and everyhing comes together really nicely. I played the game for a decent amount of time, and felt like coming back and play again a few hours later! The gameplay lacked a little bit of depth. The highest score I managed was 88% coverage, and that was when I spammed satelites like a maniac. Wished there was a little bit more strategy to it. The debris was way too punishing. After the first satellites blew the run was over. There was no room for misstakes. But it's still one of the best games I playes so far. Would play it again.

epigramgames 2018-08-16 17:19

I was placing them in a line, got almost 30 of them. Accidentally placed one off a little bit, couldn't see anything, just heard the BOOM over and over. Killed a little piece of me. I liked it though, great looking game.

ryanjavanshir 2018-08-17 00:46

Cool game, fantastic visuals. Mood was quite relaxing which was nice.

the-vall 2018-08-18 09:51

Cool game. Max I could get was 70% coverage. Great visuals.

s-london-by 2018-08-20 12:00

Nice game!

renier 2018-08-27 18:21

real nice visuals and quite challenging gameplay well done!

larzan 2018-09-04 17:26

Stunning visuals, very polished! As for the game, it might be good to also add the possibility to collect the debris, otherwise the game is pretty much over after the first collision due to the chain-effect the debris has.