Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD58 → ASTRODEFENSE
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 700 | 2.95 | 24 | |
| Fun | 652 | 2.86 | 24 | |
| Innovation | 520 | 3.04 | 23 | |
| Theme | 658 | 3.11 | 23 | |
| Graphics | 494 | 3.43 | 25 | |
| Audio | 454 | 2.83 | 23 | |
| Humor | 677 | 1.84 | 21 | |
| Mood | 733 | 2.72 | 24 |
I'm sure the is a complete game somewhere in that itchio page, but I just can not figure it out. The drone buzzes around for a bit then swaps to another location and loops without any indication what it is doing or what I am supposed to do. Also there is no audio and the cutscene doesn't take up the full window.
Not much idea what to do.
The most amount of drones I have been able to make is 4, but I can't figure out how to charge the cannon, so I keep losing. The animations are very helpful for identifying what each drone is doing, so it would definitely help to have all the sprites much larger on the screen. The sprite art is nicely done as well so it would be great to highlight it.
I have worked out that if I set the first drone to work between the assembly line (top right) and mining facility (top left) I can start generating drones. I then set my second drone to move between the battery machine (bottom left) and the solar energy plant (bottom right) to create batteries to recharge the other machines. But I can't figure out how to progress from there.
I feel like this game could be really fun. Please put an update if you are able to provide instructions so I can try again!
@6knowledge Sadly the jam version has a serious bug making in unplayable. We made fixed post-jam version. We also added tutorial to makes things easier to figure out. Thanks for your comment!
@jk5000 Sorry about that. Hope that post-jam version and added explanation helps. Thanks for trying!
@gyzra Thank you! Jam version is sadly bugged, we made post-jam version, if you want to give it a try.
That was very interesting! I like the idea with moving around the resources, mining and recharging batteries - this is a great foundation to start exploring ideas from, like more resources, buildings to build, some base defence etc! Sorry to hear that it was a struggle to get it to run as intended, but it works great now!
a good start. controls were simple and smooth, just needed to see the gameplay loop to really get it and I never quite saw it.
Looks nice, and I feel like there could be a good game in it, but its missing some core guts, couldn't wrap my head around what I was doing right or wrong. Feels like it could have used a lot better in-game feedback, even just a button to bring up a "what to do" type panel.
Looks promising, in the (post-jam) web version the problem is that shift + right click brings up a context menu and doesn't let me create routes :-( Looking at the other comments it doesn't seem to be super finished? The flying around and picking up/dropping off works well, and the factories seem to occasionally produce, but there's no indication of progress or anything. Ambitious and fun idea though!
An interesting game idea, there are ways to develop this game, for example, by adding new mechanics
Good entry, amazed that you managed to make all this in the time! Seemed a bit complex at first, but thanks to your screenshot it was more manageable :)
Took me a little moment to figure it out, but once I had all the pieces moving I was in. Great work with this!
From the name and thumbnail, I expected to defend a planet against incoming asteroids :D
@evil23 Thanks for the feedback :D You only defend against one asteroid so it's a fair point :smile:
I enjoyed the process of figuring out what each station did and the order of production. Also liked the animation when you win the game!
My drone stuck couple times on routes so I cant send him on other routes. After couple restarts I decide not move forward. Idea is good I love strategy games.