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Boltzmann

By Greon and hermitao

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall5713.4335
Fun6403.1633
Innovation4503.3434
Theme1463.9334
Graphics1774.1535
Audio1183.8934
Humor1.707
Mood2303.7834

Comments

neverix 2019-10-08 05:39

Could you build the game for web? It seems really polished and I would love to play it!

dob 2019-10-08 05:51

Beautiful game. I loved the motion trails, the solar explosions, the lens flare, the halo effects - just really stunning. The music is perfect also. I discovered several different kinds of stars, asteroids and planets, a black hole, and of course the nova/nebula stuff. Very neat.

microwerx 2019-10-08 06:12

Very nice game! I enjoyed the mood and atmosphere. I liked how ya'll implemented the supernova. Very nicely done! The only issues that I had was a crash, but generally everything felt smooth.

nisovin 2019-10-08 06:14

Gorgeous visuals. It was fun to just play around with stuff. Explosions really murdered my computer at times though.

iori-branford 2019-10-08 06:19

Crashed here after pumping way too much energy into one star and then detonating. But a lovely view to crash on. boltzmann.png

mad-brokli 2019-10-08 11:14

The audio is very calming. Graphics are awsome. Spend a good 20 minutes playing this :)

daniiln 2019-10-08 12:30

Unfortunately, I could not play a lot, the laptop could not stand it. But beautiful graphics, great music and good implementation. I will wait for optimization to play more)

hermitao 2019-10-08 13:49

@neverix thank you, will look into it!! @dob Thank you so much, that all means a lot, really. And I'm really, really happy to know that people are liking the soundtrack :D @microwerx Thank you!! Yes, that crash happens sometimes, we didn't have time to fix it unfortunately. @nisovin Thank you! Yeah, my computer suffered a lot also :sweat_smile: @iori-branford Sorry for the crash! But I'm so happy that you liked it <3 @mad-brokli Thank you so much!! means a lot! @daniiln Thank you! We know it's very resource intensive, I'm really sorry for that. Turns out simulating a small universe is quite intense for a computer, who would've known lol

pl4typus 2019-10-08 16:05

Hey, seems like a nice game but it crashed (and froze my computer for about 20 min but whatever). Liked the music, although simplistic. I wonder if it gets enhanced as the world gets enhanced. Cool idea overall

hermitao 2019-10-08 16:14

@pl4typus Sorry for that! That crash only happens sometimes, and we didn't have the time to fix it. Only a few computers seem to freeze when it happens, usually you can just Alt + F4. Thank your for the feedback!

nsadie 2019-10-08 19:03

Beautiful and very relaxing! Had one crash at ultra + 4k was pushing it ;) a drop in resolution solved it!

hermitao 2019-10-08 19:16

@nsadie Thank you!!

pandamnesik 2019-10-08 22:39

This music, very peacefull game, well done :)

hermitao 2019-10-08 22:54

@pandamnesik thank you, means a lot!! :hearts:

guardaro 2019-10-09 02:03

Satisfying and beautiful! I had a heck of a time getting a bomb to orbit a star though.

stuckne1 2019-10-09 02:21

I like the effects!

gasgiant 2019-10-09 15:51

This is beautiful!

hermitao 2019-10-09 23:02

@guardaro, @stuckne1, @gasgiant thank you so much, means a lot!

goldenglade 2019-10-11 07:10

Though it lacks in content, it is polished. The music is extremely pleasant to listen to, and the visual effects implemented are great, such as the use of moving cloud textures on the inside of the star. I experienced a crash, though to be fair, I was running the game on ultra and right-clicked straight into a blue supergiant. Overall, a fun and short experience. Very nice work.

daitse 2019-10-11 17:31

Very nice game, the graphics and music make it pretty soothing, great experience !

hermitao 2019-10-11 17:55

@goldenglade, @daitse thank you very much!

thatmalzan 2019-10-11 20:21

very pretty.

alexascher 2019-10-12 12:33

Very nice FX-es, and music. It was very relaxing to play.

croewens 2019-10-13 07:49

That was a relaxing combination of sound / gameplay. Felt a little laggy with a big resolution, but it stopped lagging afterwards. Great submission!!!

pixamentory 2019-10-13 09:15

"Impressive game, Very cool concepts. I left wishing that there is more. Had a lot of fun "

tommyflower 2019-10-13 09:59

I've created beautiful colorful galaxies during this very relaxing experience. I like the balance between charging up and destroying that you have to learn in order to give birth to your universe. Beautiful effects and music.

fiwon123 2019-10-13 12:23

The game is very good. You can add more features after the jam like create satelites, planets, and other things.

mharring 2019-10-13 15:49

A very soothing game! The music is great, really sets the mood. Even though there isn't a ton to do, it's enjoyable. I think you could really expand this into something big. The visuals were great, although I did get some slowdowns when exploding a large sun.

rroni 2019-10-13 16:24

Oh hell yeah! I loved the fact that I was like okay, now if I add more matter it shoooould turn into a dwarf of some sort AND IT ACTUALLY DID! Awesome game/simulation!

daria-toni 2019-10-13 19:11

It's not a game in the general sense, it's a visual toy, I would say :) I love space! You bought me outright. It's so cool how everything flies and planets are formed and particles merge. Done perfectly. The music is really suitable. I spent half an hour on this thing, thank you!

hermitao 2019-10-13 21:36

@thatmalzan @alexascher @croewens @pixamentory @fiwon123 thank you all so much!! Means a lot!! @tommyflower Thank you so much! For me personally, it's awesome to know that the game design worked and the music matched with the game. Thank you. @mharring Thank you!! Yeah, there isn't that much to do. I ended up spending most of the Jam time researching for the game and recreating the mechanics of our own universe, it was a lot of fun. @rroni YES!! It's amazing to know it was so intuitive, our game design worked! Thank you, means so freaking much! :D @daria-toni No, thank you! Means so much! So glad to know you not only played it to rate the game, but also enjoyed it. Thank you!

hermitao 2019-10-13 21:46

@neverix hi friend, sorry for the late response! We had some issues with the web build relating to the shaders. I did however upload Mac and Linux versions, if that helps you and you still want to play it.

morrilet 2019-10-15 03:31

This was a gorgeous entry. The effects were a bit much for my laptop to handle but I did put them on once in a while to have a gander. I'd say my only complaints are that it's a little tough to see the black hole that I (assume) I made, and that the camera seems to move around a bit strangely when things get too intense graphically.

On the whole though this is a really relaxing little entry. Great work!

mediyaz 2019-10-16 21:31

Great stuff! I really like this - I like how rather than having videogamey elements like score and enemies and lives and stuff, it's just about creating something cool and exploring the physics of the system you've created.

It reminds me a lot of a game I made at the GMTK game jam: https://lukenofurther.itch.io/singularity - it was also about bringing together little motes of matter to create a star ⭐ Hope you enjoy it!

hermitao 2019-12-26 01:07

@neverix @dob @nisovin @microwerx @iori-branford @mad-brokli @daniiln @pl4typus @nsadie @pandamnesik @guardaro @stuckne1 @gasgiant @goldenglade @daitse @thatmalzan @alexascher @croewens @pixamentory @tommyflower @fiwon123 @mharring @rroni @daria-toni @morrilet @mediyaz, Merry Christmas!! I want to show something to you people:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.AldebaranProject.Boltzmann

We're extremely thankful for your feedback during the competition. We ported the game to Android, developed it a little further and optimized **a LOT** for mobile, and so **the usernames of every one of you are on the Credits screen in our game**, for all the feedback given. If anyone plays the game and notices their username isn't there or wants it out of the game, please tell me. Also tell me if any one of you are interested in a free copy of the full game, I will send you one.

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dob 2020-01-10 22:51

Congratulations! That's really neat.

microwerx 2020-03-27 14:30

Congrats on publishing your game. Thank you for the mention in the credits. That was very kind of you to do that.