Ok. Here is my entry. Basically it is kind of casual space exploration game with one session lasting approximately 3 minutes. In it you need to launch probes to explore near planets and then colonize them earning points in a process. You have 100 years or 3 minutes of time to colonize as much as you can. Good luck. Used Flash CS4, Photoshop CS2, SFXR Took me something like 12 hours of slow work ( :( dissatisfied with my performance and time I had)
Nice idea, and it works well. It feels quite complete in the state that it's in.
At first, I thought I was meant to hit planets with my probes, but I worked it out eventually.
Although it's a fast game with a time limit, I didn't feel a sense of urgency and I had to keep reminding myself to move quickly instead of thinking carefully.
This is a pretty fun little casual game, though on a laptop with a 'scroll zone' instead of a scroll wheel, zooming in and out was rather awkward. It'd be neat to see you take this to the level you discussed in your blog post, adding a Civ element to it.
I see what you're going for here. I would prefer more tactical possibilities. It also took me a long time to figure out what to do.. It would help if you highlighted the help more, or made it auto-change after 15 seconds on each slide or whatever. The sounds add a little, but the probe launch should have been shorter.
This was really interesting! I enjoyed the control scheme, though it seemed that my probes were able to leave the gravity field of my planet if I shot them at full power.
But seriously, you've created a nifty little game. With some work and polish, this could become very popular, I think. It would need tons more content, of course, but your basic idea is very addictive.
I really like the idea, didn't understand it at first, but loved it when I got the hang of it. Only gripe I had was once you've colonised about 8 planets I never had many more come into my view
Interesting, but it seems like it needs more to it, like some goals or other mechanics. So far I was just sending probes around toward planets. Good potential here.
At first, I thought I was meant to hit planets with my probes, but I worked it out eventually.
Although it's a fast game with a time limit, I didn't feel a sense of urgency and I had to keep reminding myself to move quickly instead of thinking carefully.