Tiny (Growing) World

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.13
Fun★★★★★★★★★★1.71
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.14
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.20
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.64
Mood★★★★★★★★★★1.80
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★24%
The idea was to start as a tiny planet and build up your mass by collecting other celestial bodies, but we never finished scaling, so we have a sort of asteroid catching game.

There is no concrete objective. Asteroids (grey) detract from your atmosphere, but add more mass and Comets (blue) add to atmosphere and a little bit of mass.

Also, being close to the sun reduces your atmosphere.

Controls
WASD to move, space to stop

Issue List
Exit in Menu doesn't work
Player not centered
Hitbox slightly off for player
Player is as fast as every other object
Player can collide with sun.
Music doesn't play
(There are more)

screenshot

Comments12

Chtulhu24 Apr 2012, 01:18
non-QWERTY keyboards don't like WASD. Arrows are better.
azurenimbus
azurenimbus25 Apr 2012, 03:33
I second that. And you should keep on building the game, it has potential!
sythe
sythe29 Apr 2012, 02:52
Complete rip-off of Osmos, sadly, so zero in the innovation department.
CitrusPunchSamurai4 May 2012, 14:16
I got lost easily when there was nothing around me. Interesting Idea.
someone
someone4 May 2012, 14:24
I have no idea whats going on.
It really doesn't feel like you are moving at all.
Some visual feedback on the player would definitely help.
This does require a lot more work to be shaped into a decent game though but it has potential, and I disagree with sythe, this game is very different from Osmos.
homelinen
homelinenauthor4 May 2012, 14:53
CitrusPunchSamurai, we really did need to add a moving background or particle trails to show movement. Should have spent less time on bugs and more time on that
pbackx
pbackx4 May 2012, 15:58
Well, it isn't really a game yet, but take another weekend and try to build it out. The idea is pretty good.
dcolgan4 May 2012, 16:07
A solid start, the concept has potential if you flesh it out.
kddekadenz
kddekadenz4 May 2012, 16:13
Relatively good idea, but this didn't turned into a enjoyable game.
And I agree with the visual feedback on moving.
samwoakley4 May 2012, 16:26
Nice idea, but the actual gameplay was certainly lacking. Maybe some more time to flesh it out could have resulted in something more fun :)
robcozzens
robcozzens6 May 2012, 01:35
I'm not sure if it was buggy because I'm on a Mac or if everything was supposed to move almost randomly.
FredericRP
FredericRP11 May 2012, 21:36
totally unplayable on a azerty keyboard :( too bad, that was a promising idea but I encountered only some blue planets and have been lost after that. (tested on a Mac)

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