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Astrolabing the Arctic

By sebbernery

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall3003.1021
Fun3112.8921
Innovation3152.8121
Theme1383.8421
Graphics2363.2621
Audio2073.0721
Humor1682.7321
Mood2413.1021

Comments

2023-10-02 11:55

Nice concept and very fitting for the theme. Not sure if there was some goal, like building the 2 science buildings in the less amount of trips possible. One thing I didn't like is that you can't choose what slot is going to be added to the boat, not sure if those are random or presets. Overall a nice idea.

germdog53 2023-10-03 03:20

I really like the concept but similar to the previous poster I didn't have a drive to do anything. Some type of unique challenges would have been fun to try.

nikolaj 2023-10-03 04:31

Neat concept, it was hard to get a sense of whether or not i was doing well. Maybe some ideas of visual feedback

luancarlo 2023-10-03 19:52

Good game. I like the fact you need to think to fit the stuff you need in the boat. With extra visual feedbacks, it will get there. Great Job !

cogcomp 2023-10-03 20:00

It's an interesting idea. I think the stacking is fun and it was good of you to point out how to complete the game when I was getting close. If the game hadn't done that I wouldn't have had any idea. So that was a nice touch. Well done!

simoncarter 2023-10-04 17:17

There was some strange flickering on the cases in the boath on the html version that made placing stuff a bit hard.

With more direction on what to do and some polish that could be a nice relaxing game.

And the secret solution to all our problem found in arctic is no secret!

roboimuri 2023-10-04 17:21

Concept is neat, but it gets pretty tedious quite soon, especially as the new boat spaces are not placed optimally. I like the sound design. Maybe add some sort of timer (turns?) during which you need to complete certain objectives?

mossgames 2023-10-04 17:24

Really interesting idea. Can defo see an amazing post-jam game coming from this! I felt like I had developed an "easy win" strategy until the next big item came along.

verttixpertti 2023-10-04 17:39

I got the science base but then stopped playing because I didn't know there was a goal

jepjoh2 2023-10-04 17:45

I think we can all get behind the discovered secret.

Although it didn't seem challenging to find I never got bored. The soundscape has a ton of "discovery" character. And who doesn't love exploration and logistics games. Very good and kept me powering through to get to the bottom of it.

That hint about number of science things was great too

freeworld 2023-10-06 22:56

I enjoyed transporting science stuff and will now proceed to destroy capitalism.

I quite liked the experience, it was very relaxing, it was great to have an end goal and the tetris-fitting the items on the ship & upgrading was fun! Good job!

martin-bousquet 2023-10-06 22:58

Chill concept, quite soothing.

bmacintosh 2023-10-09 16:36

I finished the game, it was reasonably fun. Nice job. One thing I noticed when filling all of the random single spots that nothing else would fit into with food was that the distance I had to drag each item to put it on the boat was relatively far. If the items were arranged horizontally above the boat rather than vertically on the edge of the screen, the amount of dragging required could be reduced.

dennis-magnusson 2023-10-09 20:54

Very simple, but it gets the job done. The music is... music. I wish there was more of a challenge to the game. I like the very subtly placed message at the end of the game

tal28 2023-10-10 14:26

Nice game concept :smile:

hakro 2023-10-15 14:51

Yeah ! We need to destroy the big C ! :) Nice little game, I liked the idea and mood. The graphics look cute, and the music works well with it. Might be missing a bit more challenge, but it's compo so ... ! Well done overall. GG.