Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD59 → Aether Raiders
By aimozg
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 636 | 3.25 | 24 | |
| Fun | 549 | 3.20 | 24 | |
| Innovation | 615 | 3.04 | 24 | |
| Theme | 513 | 3.56 | 24 | |
| Graphics | 649 | 3.18 | 24 | |
| Audio | 518 | 2.81 | 24 | |
| Humor | 416 | 2.78 | 21 | |
| Mood | 708 | 3.04 | 23 |
Pretty cool, I like the radar and memory mechanic. It feels pretty hard though, it took me a restart or two to actually make good enough money to go shopping. I also went off the map, I'm guessing that's not intended, only the krakens followed me there, it was empty otherwise.
Died a couple of times not realizing the radar was a toggle. Once you figure it out the gameplay is fairly smooth. It wasn't obvious where I could spend my money, but I figured it out eventually.
Wow, the game turned out to be pretty engaging! I like the idea of traveling through space while being both a hunter and prey, it's fun. The teleportation and radar provide a nice balance between risk and reward. The graphics and sounds are minimalistic but pleasant. Great work!
Reminds me a lot of agar.io. The start can be a bit rough depending on what spawns around you. Very cool take on the theme!
Great game design, the game loop is easy to grasp and feels rewarding while growing in power, the radar system was also well implemented and useful, you need to rely on it but you can't spam it all the time (I would just made the Krakens track you a little bit after you stop using it and at very close range to increase their threat ).
agar.io in space with a radar twist love it just wish the krakens didnt follow me off the map felt like cheating lol
I like the mechanism of this gam. It would be much better if there could be some animations for teleporting, being hit, and collecting
The game is absolutely superb and everything feels very well put together! I really enjoyed the overall experience, but I’d suggest slightly lowering the master volume as it's a bit too loud. Other than that, fantastic job on this entry!
Cool game! The moving background was a little confusing at first, but aside from that, I enjoyed playing it!
It took me way too long time, but I cleared the map! (0/0 NPC) Aether_Raiders_LeReveur.png I would have used one or two more speed upgrades, and maybe any radar upgrade (like something to get targets directions), especially to get the last fireflies (?) ships hidden out left and bottom of the radar map, in less time than litteraly hours :rofl: but it was fun though
Thank you all for the reviews and feedback! It was our first jam and we didn't manage to polish and balance the game properly. Originally we planned to have more features - different starting classes, sending fake signals, disguising yourself as another ship, eldritch entities in the depths of cosmos etc.