In The Beginning

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.86
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.30
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.04
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.71
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.49
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.71
Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.93
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.09
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★100%
Not the best gameplay but I think the sound is nice. The game ends whether you want it to or not after 5 minutes. Please send any feedback to [email protected].

How to play:
Build the earth as you see fit. No other goal than to make the planet you want.

Hold right mouse to pan
Middle mouse is zoom.
Click a segment of the world to build.
Pick up item drops to get more stuff to build.
You can change your currently selected item using the left menu.

Comments30

Jigxor23 Apr 2012, 16:09
The audio was really great! How many LD entries can say that they've got voice-acting!

I'm not sure if there was meant to be a 'message' behind this game, but I liked the way that I managed to get the world with only houses left.

Really nice work. I enjoyed it :)
BenWauthor23 Apr 2012, 16:29
There's no message behind it. I'm actually an atheist. I just thought that the creation story was a perfect match for the theme.
jeffz24 Apr 2012, 01:26
nice work, liked the music, gameplay could probably do with some progression... disaster or something
SpaceToaster24 Apr 2012, 03:31
@jeroenimooo - HAHA same, the human in me just wan't to wipe everything out and put a house on it. Strange when you think about it. Could just as easily gone for all trees...

This is just BEGGING for some sort of mechanic. I hope you take this prototype and expand it!
Them Games24 Apr 2012, 03:39
Interesting video toy but not really a game, too bad, it runs smoothly and is very niely put together, the audio especially!
VDOgamez24 Apr 2012, 04:14
I couldn't really figure out any gameplay to it. What was the goal, exactly?
BenWauthor24 Apr 2012, 17:40
There's no real goal. It's honestly more of a toy than a game at this point(Will Wright would be proud). I'm thinking of expanding it and doing a post compo version.
kibertoad
kibertoad24 Apr 2012, 23:47
The game could certainly use some additional features and actual gameplay, but as it is, it's a nice and relaxing experience, even though not a very long-lasting one.

Post-compo edition would be great :)
HeuGamer
HeuGamer25 Apr 2012, 01:14
I liked it. Wasn't a game althought, but still fun to mess around with.
omaha25 Apr 2012, 01:58
i listened to the music but couldn't get the game to run on my mac. soundtrack was excellent. wish i had something like that in my game.
uberneen
uberneen25 Apr 2012, 01:58
Neat idea here, it has a lot of potential.
robcozzens
robcozzens25 Apr 2012, 03:26
I would have played it if there was a Web or OSX version.
umwgmc25 Apr 2012, 03:31
Interesting gameplay. I like how it's very sandboxy. It's unfortunate in my opinion that there aren't any game goals except to make your own planet. Could be a plus for some, but I personally need some kind of goal to fuel me.
CherryNukaCola
CherryNukaCola25 Apr 2012, 03:39
Definitely more of a toy than a game, but it looks to be a great basis for an interesting game. There's something very soothing about 'growing' items on the planet and it has a clean, fresh look to it. ^_^
Dracir25 Apr 2012, 03:50
I like it :), it's fun.
I can see some potentials, it would be fun to have stuff that combines or life that used the world you created. Much much more :)
Fireblend
Fireblend25 Apr 2012, 04:38
Really liked the concept! Even though it might be a toy right now, I could see it evolving into a pretty fun game. I liked the simplicity of it, and the music was indeed pretty relaxing. Good job!
envy3d
envy3d25 Apr 2012, 05:25
Interesting demo. I took me a while to realize that there was no game to it. At least I got to enjoy the music!
Jezzamon
Jezzamon25 Apr 2012, 08:09
looks interesting... would've liked to play it except I have a mac. :C
Vic25 Apr 2012, 09:04
Hey BenW, I like your game a lot! Ok, maybe there is no win/lose condition, but you did everything really great. From the intro building up to the game, to the music and the graphics. It is a very relaxing experience, definitely worth expanding!
triplefox
triplefox26 Apr 2012, 05:20
Great presentation! I can imagine a few ways to add depth or strategy to this.
Jan Willem26 Apr 2012, 08:37
Good mood and sounds. Not very fun, but the concept is good.
rvmook
rvmook26 Apr 2012, 11:30
I liked the concept to bad there isn't much more to it then this. It would've been cool to be able to combine different building blocks to create a new one.
bitslap_26 Apr 2012, 20:52
Nice idea, no definit goal so i just played around and built as many houses as possible. =)
pighead1026 Apr 2012, 21:10
Shame there was no real gameplay. The audio and graphics were good.
BomberGames26 Apr 2012, 22:26
It would be cooler if the world could expand and maybe have people on it, cool idea though!
Muu? (lanoiadimuu)
Muu? (lanoiadimuu)27 Apr 2012, 19:35
The only bad note: no goal.
Otherwise good job. Clean graphics, charming audio (with nice voice acted intro) and the game is fun to toy with. :)
tcstyle28 Apr 2012, 16:04
It's a pity this game lacks a goal. The basic idea is very nice. So there is potential to make this a real game. The music is great.
deejorg
deejorg4 May 2012, 15:27
Very enjoyable :)
ChainedLupine
ChainedLupine14 May 2012, 00:19
Not really much of a game, but I agree, very nice audio and presentation values!

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