Atom That Matters is about controling a physic body in a 3D space, with a continuous velocity added by the forward direction of the camera. The only control you have in the game, is mouse motion input, that will orbit the camera around the ball. The rest, is just physic computation.
Take off all the garbage attached to you by hitting planets and go to the black hole.
About the Team:
Adrien Albertini, Developer Aurelia Binetti, 2D Artist Hannes Delbeke, 2D, 3D Artist and 'codeling' (hannesdelbeke.blogspot.com) Leon Denise, Developer, 3D Artist (poly.gonum.free.fr/)
Can you put this on Dropbox or a more reliable download host? Would love to try your game but when site has 5 links on a page of download now, can be confusing.
I love the art style and general graphics. It just looks really nice! Good job there.
A few things:
1) You aren't locking the mouse cursor to the center of the screen. This means that I can't run it in windowed mode, since my mouse will eventually move off the screen. I even had this problem in full-screen mode since I have 2 monitors. It let my mouse move over to my 2nd monitor, and then would move focus away from the game.
2) I still wasn't really sure what I was doing. I headed towards the black hole, but nothing happened?
Strange game, but frankly it is not that different from jeu de boules. I was actually expecting the blackhole to destroy me and not some kind of finish line.
A small hint: You might want to add explanation of the game controls and mechanics in game. Not everybody reads the page ;)
really cool visuals and concept. The controls are way too difficult imho. Because you usually fly past the tiny things you want to pick up at very high speed making it very difficult to pick up stuff. Nice work tough :)
This is probably my favourite so far. Lovely aesthetic, lovely ambiance, interesting gameplay. Floating space toilets :D
I did the first go trying to shed all the junk and had quite a bit of difficulty, then the second time I tried to collect as much junk as possible instead and had far more fun!
I really liked the idea of an anti-katamari game. Triggering things breaking off was a bit iffy, sometimes a collision would do nothing. Aside from that the game was pretty good. It looked quite nice, especially with all of the debris floating around.
Hi guys, thanks for these comments ! We'are actually polishing the game, this is a pre-release. The final version is coming out with mouse lock (more confortable). The explanations aren't implemented and we're realy sorry about that ! We're thinking to continue the game in post mortem and change a lot of things so stay awake for more informations !
New and final version updated! It's been a long week end! But so much fun to make one the most exciting activity of this 21st century, gaAaaAAAame jammmMmMMIIiIiinnN' !
AWESOME! The lighting and models are nearly perfect. This thing is gorgeous! Needs some sfx to tie the action together for satisfying impacts. That would be my only complaint. Great interpretation of the theme!
Yes you can won the game, it can seems hard but when you play a little and understand some mechanics (gravity between planets and sun to get more speed and avoiding garbage) it's easier. You can restart the game if you're stuck, some stuffs are totally random.
Looks so pretty both in visuals and animation. The ending was beautiful. At first I was trying to collect as much junk as possible. Reverse Katamari, neat!
Wow, I love this game planetary mechanics, I would like to have more levels to play with more destruction! hahaha :'D explosions ,sounds, particles, add those please!
WOW, you blew the doors off this Jam! The physics and graphics were fantastic! I like how you can hit the planets, slowing you down and knocking some junk off!
Really enjoyed the look and idea of this game, though found it very hard to get a sense of trajectory and control the collisions. Music was great, very 'Hawkwind'. If the controls and manouverability are tweaked this could be an enjoyable game. Graphics were good, was amused (trying to) drive a cluster of toilets and satellites around. Well Done =]
Woah I did not expect that! Pretty cool game though very unique!
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_Rilem8 May 2013, 13:18
Really loved swinging myself around to gain a lot of speed and then crashing into the planets :D It is quite easy to finish, but definitely also very enjoyable.
I found this rather difficult to play I'm afraid to say :-S the camera is behind the katamari so you can't actually see where you're going. This makes aiming at planets very difficult. Maybe make it slightly transparent? Nice looking and nice ambient music though :)
Very nice looking game, couldn't finish it though. I had a form, I guess, stuck with me and no matter what I did it just won't go. Music reminded me of EVE Online, I think there was a similar track, nice space music.
Funny idea :) The way garbage were or not thrown away was a bit strange. High velocity collisions didn't do much, while repeated small collisions did the job. Also, the "hero" is in front of the camera which was annoying while aiming.
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A few things:
1) You aren't locking the mouse cursor to the center of the screen. This means that I can't run it in windowed mode, since my mouse will eventually move off the screen. I even had this problem in full-screen mode since I have 2 monitors. It let my mouse move over to my 2nd monitor, and then would move focus away from the game.
2) I still wasn't really sure what I was doing. I headed towards the black hole, but nothing happened?
A small hint: You might want to add explanation of the game controls and mechanics in game. Not everybody reads the page ;)
I did the first go trying to shed all the junk and had quite a bit of difficulty, then the second time I tried to collect as much junk as possible instead and had far more fun!
It's been a long week end! But so much fun to make one the most exciting activity of this 21st century, gaAaaAAAame jammmMmMMIIiIiinnN' !
Nice job overall :3
explosions ,sounds, particles, add those please!
And the graphics are cool!
Nice job. :)
Reminds me of my own game, but with 100x better graphics and one more dimension :)
It is quite easy to finish, but definitely also very enjoyable.
The way garbage were or not thrown away was a bit strange. High velocity collisions didn't do much, while repeated small collisions did the job.
Also, the "hero" is in front of the camera which was annoying while aiming.
Good atmosphere!
Playing with gravity is a good idea however, it's not easy to control.
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