There are no resources left in the Universe, the only planets unharvested are the tiny worlds. Although untouched, because of their size they can only sustain life for a few hundred years. So you are at a constant threat and must keep jumping between planets to keep the human race alive and prevent us from becoming obsolete.
I put everything I have into this. I managed to finish in 24 hours and still get something I was really proud of. I was especially happy with the soundtrack which only took 2 hours but came out really good.
really, really cool. it would've been nice if i didn't have to launch a probe *again* to colonize a planet i'd found earlier. if that stuff had been saved, it'd have been a little less frustrating when i lost :)
As matthias_zarzecki says, the atmosphere in the game is just beautiful! The shadows, piano, drum beat, the receiving probe data sound effect...just perfect!
I wished the edges in the plants weren't as jagged but the game is great overall. Congratulations!
Very nice game, very atmospheric. I like how the buildings rise up over time. The gameplay could use something more though, or maybe it's a bit too easy.
What a wonderful entry! There's not much to the gameplay on this entry, which is a shame, but everything else about it is simply breathtaking.
Honestly, even though the gameplay is minimal I really can't think of anything you could add that would make it a better experience. You've somehow managed to make me give you a 5 overall without giving you 5 in "fun" which baffles me.
Nice game, but I had problems while playing: Mouse speed was very low, I could not turn more than 90° or so before resources were exhausted Text display speed was irregular, sometimes I had to wait more than 10 seconds to see the end of a message.
Great mood and atmosphere! Truly beautiful work, especially for such a short dev time, but as a game I found it lacking as there didn't seem to be any strategic depth. I just picked a direction at random and hoped my probe found a planet to colonize. Kinda sells our competence as a species a bit short, don't you think?
Beautiful game. Perhaps mechanics could be further expanded (like building some sort of galactic map with the probe data, with probability clouds and the like) but as it stands now is a truly simple but beautiful game.
Impressive graphics, was this really made in 24 hours and not in 48? It is incredibly beautiful and polished. Awesome mood and message too, probably the most meaningful game I've seen in the competition so far.
There's a big balancing issue in my opinion though, I gave up playing after 14000 years survived, because I felt I would never die unless I wanted to. The difficulty progression should be way, way steeper.
I think the game mechanic is fun by itself. If it was a way harder game, making the play attempts short and motivating people to play it more than one time to get high scores, it could be a perfect game.
But as I said before, this is an amazingly beautiful entry with a very strong message, congratulations!
I think the gameplay could have been better if there were tradeoffs to make. The style, music, and polish are amazing, but it doesn't feel like I'm doing much in the game.
The music and the atmosphere are incredible. Sending probes out only to have them come back empty when you're running out of resources captures a really great feeling of hopelessness.
Oh, how I hate you and your perfect game. Stop bragging about your 24 hour win and your beautiful graphics and perfect soundtrack and— yah. Just take all my stars.
Amazing work, very impressed that you got this made within 24 hours! The visuals and music were very good! The game was a bit simplistic, wasn't very hard to find the other planets, but really nice concept and very well presented!
Looks and sounds very nice! I wasn't really sure how to play well though, sometimes the probe would find things but rotating that many degrees came up empty.
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Nice work!
Cool idea too!
Great piece of art :)
I wished the edges in the plants weren't as jagged but the game is great overall. Congratulations!
Great music for the feel of the game. (lonely, and somehow sad)
Interesting mechanic used.
Concept .. is unsettling.
Though I though the theme of 'small world' was a bit to literal and overly blunt for the rest of what it was :P
Great game with under crunch. X}
Honestly, even though the gameplay is minimal I really can't think of anything you could add that would make it a better experience. You've somehow managed to make me give you a 5 overall without giving you 5 in "fun" which baffles me.
This is officially one of my favorite entries.
Mouse speed was very low, I could not turn more than 90° or so before resources were exhausted
Text display speed was irregular, sometimes I had to wait more than 10 seconds to see the end of a message.
There's a big balancing issue in my opinion though, I gave up playing after 14000 years survived, because I felt I would never die unless I wanted to. The difficulty progression should be way, way steeper.
I think the game mechanic is fun by itself. If it was a way harder game, making the play attempts short and motivating people to play it more than one time to get high scores, it could be a perfect game.
But as I said before, this is an amazingly beautiful entry with a very strong message, congratulations!
the rest of the game is very well done.
I really enjoyed playing your game. Thank you :)