deathray 2021-04-27 03:27
~~Will you release a web build?~~ This looks really interesting.
Thanks for the web build! Unless I'm doing something wrong it seems to be bugged though: During diagnostics when I click on anything, nothing happens.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD48 → Voyager
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 787 | 3.58 | 25 | |
| Fun | 1538 | 2.88 | 24 | |
| Innovation | 337 | 3.75 | 24 | |
| Theme | 440 | 3.97 | 24 | |
| Graphics | 600 | 3.93 | 25 | |
| Audio | 978 | 3.09 | 24 | |
| Humor | 2 | |||
| Mood | 411 | 3.88 | 24 |
~~Will you release a web build?~~ This looks really interesting.
Thanks for the web build! Unless I'm doing something wrong it seems to be bugged though: During diagnostics when I click on anything, nothing happens.
woah cool aesthetic
The game had some UI issues for me so it was hard to progress. When there was a popup, there was no close button. I had to move my mouse around until I heard a click from the hover effect. My resolution is 3440x1440 @ 125% DPI scaling.
I disliked the popping sound, it was harsh on the ears, I think you were going for a Geiger counter effect? Past that, I feel the game would have been more pleasant with a smaller UI, namely the ability to see the Voyager. I didn't play too long because it felt like the same thing over and over, but I like the idea of controlling the Voyager through space, very FTL-like, just like you were going for. Nice thematic retro appearance, too. I hope to see you in LD49, cheers.
Nice bug catches @eryn and @celtico (UI and sound), thanks for playing!
@deathray Web version is now available if you want to try it.
I thought this was an interesting start. I particularly liked the spaceship UI, color palette, and sounds. I do have some more critical feedback. (disclaimer: I didn't finish 100%--you need a few more events, which you already know. :) ) All the critical feedback makes the assumption that you keep working on the game... I think you've got an interesting base to work off of.
- I thought the 3d view was completely unnecessary. I'd recommend either cutting it, or replacing it. Allowing the player to balance power management in-flight with different consequences to different powered modules would be pretty interesting. - You need more components. Figuring out how to path to the right components is trivially easy (which is fine, because building a game in 42hrs is very hard). There's interesting puzzle gameplay to be had in making it a little harder to path to the components.
The experience was good, and I hope you keep working on this game! I can see a lot of potential here.
I found the graphics to be stunning, I love anything that looks old school DOS. I had no issues with sound. I could see your inspiration was FTL and other types of games, but you had a unique take I haven't seen before. Excellent work.
Such a zen game. Love the art and the take on the theme. Kind of reminded me of Seedship. Awesome job! (And thanks for the HTML5 build!)
Dig the style/aesthetic, felt very retro like I was launching a probe in the 70s :ok_hand:
The peaceful cruising through space was quite relaxing as well.
I think the music is very cool, especially considering you did it in 15 minutes.
I don't have any criticism besides what you mentioned yourself in the description. It's ambitious to make ftl in 48 hours :) I think you did well.
I liked the 3d view actually and would like to see features from the random events appear in that viewport. I'm not 100% clear on what the red ball represents though...
Hi! really cool game, I love the idea and the graphics, however it did feel repetitive, although that may just be my very short attention spam :joy: Honestly great work though, you should be very proud :)
I love the style of the game and the idea of controlling a probe through deep space is great, I like how the stars started to move as you get faster.
I got stuck when I found some fuel but didn't have enough power to active the robotics to collect it. A slider to control the audio volume would be good, I could barely hear anything when I had the system volume on max.
I encountered UI issues (often the option I clicked wasn't the result) but I liked this! made it 78% before a lack of fuel got me stuck on the systems screen
An absolutely great game. The audio was great and help set the mood of travelling through such vast space. The 3D rendered objects were cool, but I feel they lack enough detail. There is also not enough different encounters, and that interacting the modules of the ship should also have a small puzzle element instead of simply clicking where you need to. Great game, hope you continue it!
@theg yes that happens! :( But I think it would be against the rules to fix that bug now. Thanks for playing for that long anyways.
Good idea but way to long and repetitive. Played for almost 20 minutes and got about 5% of the travel.
I adore the retro artstyle and the whole mood, but sadly i got stuck at the very start cause i couldn't press the buttons to power up the first system. Doesn't work on Web or Windows. Still rated in Graphics though.
This was a very relaxing game. I started one of my play and rate streams with this and it was great to set the mood. Evern though it was slow and kind of repetitive, I was surprised when new things happened, and the upgrades felt more rewarding than they would have if the game were faster paced, I think.
@johnryanaudio Thanks for playing! Is there any way to watch the stream?
@jesus-gonzalez Unfortunately my streaming platform does not have a recording feature yet, so there is no replay :slight_frown: sorry
I think it would be ideal if you could perhaps keep a record of which events have occurred recently so you can avoid presenting the same one twice in a row. Also, it would be neat if you had potential trade-offs when it came to performing UFO repairs, and it wasn't always a guarantee that they would succeed.
Very interesting take on the theme! Felt a bit like KSP :D
I got some speed, distance and improvements overall, until I hit a situation when I could not use the robotics because of not enough power/fuel, and I could not progress: voyager.png
Overall the game is great and unique!