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Drone Explorer

By thereal-infinite

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall2.859
Fun2.649
Innovation2.838
Theme3.219
Graphics2.509
Audio2.668
Humor2.003
Mood2.507

Comments

2020-04-20 13:48

Very awesome and addicting game! Keep up the good work!

squeg-inc 2020-04-20 19:56

The game is good, but it takes ages to get into it, as there is no tutorial on what you need to do to survive. Apart from that, this is a brilliant jam game and the idea is great! Just needs some polish.

thereal-infinite 2020-04-20 22:39

@squeg-inc Thanks for your input. Yeah, I unfortunately didn't get time to add a tutorial because I would've added one. Glad you enjoyed my game and idea!

thereal-infinite 2020-04-20 22:39

@i2002 Glad to hear that you liked my game. Thanks!

rich 2020-04-22 04:21

Excellent submission, good job!

thereal-infinite 2020-04-22 10:37

Thanks @rich. Glad you enjoyed it!

gentoogames 2020-04-22 21:34

I like that this was a little different than a standard "tower defense" game. I think the art needs some work, and some balancing on the cost of items to make them more usable. There was a lot of time in which i didnt feel like i could really do much of anything

thereal-infinite 2020-04-22 22:31

Thanks for your feedback @gentoogames I have to agree that, at the beginning, it's very slow paced. Over time, it starts to grow In pace. Also, I have to agree that the art needs a TON of work and that some balancing needs to be done. Thanks for the feedback!

joror 2020-04-23 21:52

Hmm I started the game a few times but the play field always seems to have no ore at all. Am I missing a UI thing somewhere to find ore?

randomnine 2020-04-23 22:41

Looked interesting, but I couldn't place miners at all. I tried selecting the Miner building and left clicking on the map, but nothing happens. Did I miss something?

thereal-infinite 2020-04-24 17:51

@joror restart the whole instance. The ore mechanic is made to spawn ores when the instance is opened and they're randomly placed around the map. So it's only luck on that

thereal-infinite 2020-04-24 17:52

@randomnine Miners can only be placed on ores, which you should be able to tell where's an ore and where's not. That's why

randomnine 2020-04-24 22:45

Sorry, I tried launching it a dozen times and panning around the map, but I haven't seen any ore patches. The whole map is always bare and the only thing is the dock in the middle, like this:droneexplorer.png

thereal-infinite 2020-04-27 05:58

@randomnine hmmm.... This shouldn't have happened. I'll check it out and upload a fix if I find the issue. Ok so there doesn't seem to be an issue at all. Don't know why you can't find any ore, but for me it always spawns them.

jason-woerner 2020-04-28 01:00

This looks like a fun game, but I haven't rated it yet, as I'm unable to get the miners to build, preventing me from progressing. Is that a bug with the current version, or am I doing something incorrectly? I'm able to build my initial turret by clicking it and clicking on the map, but no matter what combination of clicks I try to use for the miners, they do not place (I have 3 in my inventory, as far as I can tell). Are there specific nodes they must be placed atop, or should I be able to set them down anywhere?

thereal-infinite 2020-04-29 09:37

@jason-woerner there should be ores on the map. This are the only places miners can be placed

jason-woerner 2020-04-29 21:50

@thereal-infinite Scoured the entire map in a grid pattern and was not able to locate any ores =( I took a quick dig through your source code, and the ores and background tilemap are all on the same sorting layer and ID, which means Unity may magically decide to display one over another on any given machine (which seems to be happening for a few of us). You can fix that pretty easily by changing the sorting order of the ore to something larger than 0. You will then need to adjust some of the other sprites' sorting orders as well, but it will ensure that they display properly on all machines =)

elysiagriffin 2020-05-09 19:32

Thanks for submitting your game for me to play on my livestream!

If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/615928274?t=10h28m23s

Good luck on your ratings, see you next LD! :D

💜 Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady

https://www.twitch.tv/elysiagriffin