Backwater Rider
This game is from the old Ludum Dare platform. You can try viewing the original page on Web Archive
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The game tells about the captain stuck in the distant corner of the universe. To leave this outskirts, he is looking for a new parts of the new ship in the nearest planets. His only assistant and best friend in this difficult journey is the on-board computer GO-1.
- Explore space and fly from one system to another seeking adventures
- Interact with the planets and learn interesting details
- Communicate , share and trade with the locals.
- Run droids in mysterious labyrinth to get so valuable part of the ship or other bonuses.
Controls:
- Spacemap
Click on the star and you will see panel with description about it.
If you have enought fuel you will also see jump button.
- Planet interaction
You will get here after you will jump to a new star. You can receive credits, fuel or some other info during interaction. Also you can get into the maze from here.
After interaction you will go back - to the starmap
- the maze
here you're controlling your drone (wasd or click on buttons). you need to find a special block here to complete it. other instructions - in the dialog before this screen.
What's new in post-LD version
- Added saves
- Fixed trading
- Reduced number of bla-bla dialogs at start
- added help info at the bottom of the starmap screen
- button menu added :)
- each star can now be visited only once
- jump speed increased
- fixed error exitin maze with lack of fuel
- added new type of planets (with textures)
- added special offers while interacting with planets
- some of bug fixes
- Explore space and fly from one system to another seeking adventures
- Interact with the planets and learn interesting details
- Communicate , share and trade with the locals.
- Run droids in mysterious labyrinth to get so valuable part of the ship or other bonuses.
Controls:
- Spacemap
Click on the star and you will see panel with description about it.
If you have enought fuel you will also see jump button.
- Planet interaction
You will get here after you will jump to a new star. You can receive credits, fuel or some other info during interaction. Also you can get into the maze from here.
After interaction you will go back - to the starmap
- the maze
here you're controlling your drone (wasd or click on buttons). you need to find a special block here to complete it. other instructions - in the dialog before this screen.
What's new in post-LD version
- Added saves
- Fixed trading
- Reduced number of bla-bla dialogs at start
- added help info at the bottom of the starmap screen
- button menu added :)
- each star can now be visited only once
- jump speed increased
- fixed error exitin maze with lack of fuel
- added new type of planets (with textures)
- added special offers while interacting with planets
- some of bug fixes