Alone in the universe

Overall★★★★★★★★★★1.67
Fun★★★★★★★★★★1.20
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.92
Theme★★★★★★★★★★1.58
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★1.42
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.43
Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.00
Mood★★★★★★★★★★1.38
Community★★★★★★★★★★1.43
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★14%
Let's find out if we are alone in the universe ... or not. (maybe you will find kitten, I do not respond to how my game will react to certain codes)

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Comments7

Goldendice20 Dec 2011, 07:31
I got the controls (up/down, left/right) and how to score points, but I feel a sense of loss on what I'm doing and why. What am /i? What are the expanding dots?
defiantburrito20 Dec 2011, 10:52
It seems like I can just leave the game running, and I will eventually get points on my own just by getting lucky. I kind of wonder what the point is.

The mechanic is a neat idea, but it's not that fun for me. Mostly, it's annoying to position the little things with the keyboard.

I like the music.
ddr2author20 Dec 2011, 22:47
Well, due to my lack of graphic skills, I didn't put any texture and / or images in this game (maybe next LD, I will do it with some friends :D ).

The fact is, it was the gameplay (having the ability to turn the "motors" and not the "ship" itself like in any other space game) that interested me.

When I finished that part, I did not find anything that would "suit" very well with this so I quickly coded a score engine and a "poping" star system (star = circle ... lol ) and posted the game because I still find that the gameplay would be pretty fun if there was something else behind it :) . (I will certainly work on a new game based on a similar gameplay in the upcoming days)
CaptainFresh
CaptainFresh31 Dec 2011, 03:36
Basic movement mechanics were interesting but annoying.
caranha
caranha3 Jan 2012, 05:16
Very interesting game mechanic, but ATM it is a bit of a pain to control. A suggestion that might make it a little better is to assign different pair of keys for each motor, so we don't have to keep switching among them all the time.
leedo
leedo7 Jan 2012, 09:28
chrome is telling me the connection is down.
if there only static content like flash or javascript, maybe hosting it on dropbox would have been a better idea.
ddr2author9 Jan 2012, 17:27
@CaptainFresh : I totally agree with you ... now :D

@caranha : yup, I thought about this gameplay but the thing is I wanted to have the possibility to "add" motors for better speed but harder gameplay :D ... but I did not implemented this behavior during the LD :(

@leedo : sorry for the down time, I had to make some changes on my server ... clearly, putting it on dropbox would have been a better idea. I will keep it in mind for next LD :)

thx a lot to all of you.

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