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Starts with nothing

By owngamesgamer

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall2.258
Fun2.258
Innovation2.008
Theme2.758
Graphics2.008
Audio1.407
Humor2.418
Mood2.668

Comments

pincushion 2019-10-07 15:35

This was a fun little mining and crafting game. The progression worked well. I built a rocket ship, and put my alien in the ship. Next stop, Area 51!

I found myself mashing the 'E' button at the mine without realizing that I was out of energy. Some hint that energy is needed to mine would help.

Also, 393.63MB is really big for this game.

owngamesgamer 2019-10-07 15:43

@pincushion yeah i know i wanted to make some hints but it was not posible for me to meak it in time(had some less time then i would normaly and i wanted to kame it compo) and i dont know how but i will try to make it a smaller game even tho is already out

gabrielgamedev 2019-10-07 15:47

It's a good idea and although it's simple, it does its job. 400 mb is too much for such a simple game. I believe you are more familiar with Unreal than other tools, but consider publishing the game on Itch or Gamejolt instead of Mediafire.

owngamesgamer 2019-10-07 15:51

@gabrielgamedev IDK why but itch.io didnt work but i will try with gamejolt

owngamesgamer 2019-10-07 16:13

@gabrielgamedev still i think the html file is broken or sth coz icant louch it in any way and i know what i did wrong makeing it but its not posible for me to make it smaller witout reexporting it so i dont think it will change soon

dqmhose 2019-10-07 17:12

Maybe provide a different link for the download. 400MB via mediafire took ages for me. Was a fun little playthrough, the main protagonist was a little glitchy. Somehow I figured everything out just by playing though.

gabrielgamedev 2019-10-07 17:24

@owngamesgamer you can publish this Windows version on Itch or Gamejolt. It does not have to be a web version. I think it looks more "professional" than publishing to mediafire, even though it's a game jam.

pranavftw 2019-10-07 17:30

Don't you call my planet 'shity' imma gonna establish civilizatoin on it!!!!!! gr8 concept that was executed well.. the only suggestion i can think of is using a simpler engine than UE4. the moment i booted up the game it asked me to install some prerequisites and TBH NGL i dont have a great PC so even in the game there was a slight latency between me pressing the key and the keystroke getting registered. The file size was a bit too much as well. maybe you can try godot, unity, game maker or a framework on top of a normal programming language next time!

owngamesgamer 2019-10-08 04:21

@pranavftw i cant C# so unity is not an option i can a little C++ but not enough for a game makeing I decided I will use UE couse it has the blueprints and it was easy to make sorry for the file size I shouldn't made the game with starter content in UE next time will be different

pranavftw 2019-10-08 08:33

@owngamesgamer If you are good at C++, just use SDL or SFML frameworks for c++ game dev!