Drain

by adonaac
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.67
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.77
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.86
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.32
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.27
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.25
Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.78
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.90
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★91%
The death of a planet caused by unbounded resource consumption.

This is a simple experimental/exploration game that tries to talk about the effects of population growth on an imaginary planet. You win by, at any point, having more than 50 beings alive.

Thanks for playing and happy holidays. Make sure you buy lots of gifts!

Comments46

Cherno
Cherno16 Dec 2013, 05:23
Awesome aesthetic! I love games like this. :)
doctorscientist16 Dec 2013, 05:26
Really nice intro tutorial. The animations are super cool. Very nice polish. Makes me want to try out love.
ViliX16 Dec 2013, 05:32
Good one :)
Chris Mondok16 Dec 2013, 05:34
Very slick looking. It would be nice, however, if it were more obvious when beings were being created / destroyed.
Danman9914
Danman991416 Dec 2013, 05:42
Excellent mood! The gameplay is simple and a little frustrating when trying to connect small beings and resources. Great graphics and game-feel.
pLaw
pLaw16 Dec 2013, 05:43
Very good. I like the idea and the problem it describes. It's the distribution not the scarcity of resources. Nice job!
funselektor16 Dec 2013, 05:48
This fits the theme very well. Got a little bit tired of micro-managing, but the audio and mood make up for it.
kunzbe16 Dec 2013, 05:51
I really like the minimalistic style, that's my cupe of tea
leafo
leafo16 Dec 2013, 06:49
great atmosphere, feels very polished. it was hard to make connections when the mouse wasn't in the center of the screen because of the viewport moving
Clavus
Clavus16 Dec 2013, 07:43
Great art style. Tutorial was nice. Camera controls were a bit annoying, which made it hard to click smaller beings.
adnzzzzZauthor16 Dec 2013, 08:24
Thanks everyone. For those having problems with the camera, try zooming in more to connect the smaller beings. But yea, I agree that it's frustrating/annoying to control it. Should have just made it so that you do it by holding right mouse button...
AlanZucconi16 Dec 2013, 13:32
I love these type of games. And I love these type of styles. Simple, unique and effective.
ittlebit16 Dec 2013, 16:35
This executed really well, very clean and stylish.
MRvanderPants16 Dec 2013, 17:08
Ow wow, this looks great! Realy stylish
gilborn16 Dec 2013, 17:12
Perfect intro, perfect sound, perfect graphics...
whiteknife16 Dec 2013, 17:12
Sweet aesthetics and an interesting premise!
X-0r16 Dec 2013, 19:17
This is really a great entry!
Cool graphics and sound, neat gameplay. The scrolling was a bit tedious, though... is there any way to zoom out? (similar to your screenshots)
adnzzzzZauthor16 Dec 2013, 19:28
@X-0r: mouse wheel up/down to zoom in/out.
voltorben16 Dec 2013, 19:33
Very interesting. And really awesome graphics! I had a hard time managing everything, and it seemed my beings died quicker than i could breed new ones. Maybe i'm just too slow.. Great entry
Zhrack16 Dec 2013, 19:44
Nice game and art! It's a bit difficult to connect beings when camera moves though.
TobiasNL16 Dec 2013, 20:43
Very athmospheric. I loved the sounds and the game idea. The game idea got presented in a very nice pace, with soothing sounds. I really like the camera system in your entry, it feels smooth and solid, as does the rest of the gameplay. Interesting entry!
Donutttt16 Dec 2013, 23:05
Great art style, and a fun game. Really interesting game.
phi616 Dec 2013, 23:35
Fantastic art direction and suitably ambient music. Great concept - to improve it, it would be great to zoom into a specific position rather than center of the screen.
Eric17 Dec 2013, 01:36
One of the best entries ive seen so far
Rscar17 Dec 2013, 02:04
Very very well done, love the visuals/theming. Would also like a better mechanic to move the camera around. Awesome work!
josefnpat
josefnpat17 Dec 2013, 03:56
Very nice game, I love the font and the quiet ambience.

Very interesting game.
tchem
tchem17 Dec 2013, 04:07
Excelent game!!! aesthetic and gameplay are awesome!!!
WojWorks17 Dec 2013, 04:41
This has an impeccable mood and style to it, but it honestly doesn't feel too fun to play. Maybe if I had a larger view of the planet I'm managing? The way the camera moves right now is just a bit weird.
adnzzzzZauthor17 Dec 2013, 05:00
@WojWorks you can zoom out with the mouse wheel. And yea, the camera work is bad/weird.
LatFoued
LatFoued17 Dec 2013, 09:34
The concept is very cool, and the mood was so awesome. Even though the camera is hard to get your hand on. Good job sir
wdebowicz
wdebowicz17 Dec 2013, 12:43
Love the style and concept.
Magdev17 Dec 2013, 22:52
this is impressive
Toureiro18 Dec 2013, 00:09
One of the most interesting looking games I've seen here so far!
ENDESGA
ENDESGA18 Dec 2013, 00:35
Features and graphics are pretty awesome!
psychomonster
psychomonster18 Dec 2013, 21:23
Wow that is cool! Amazing game of life interpretation. super good idea for the theme. Enjoyed it to play this experiment.
AMSmirnov
AMSmirnov18 Dec 2013, 23:06
Very interesting and unusual game. If you make tutorial shortly or may be separate to different parts, game will be better!
Anshul Goyal
Anshul Goyal19 Dec 2013, 05:34
Played the prequel of this game in the last ludum dare (if I am not mistaken). loved it then loved it now. However, couldn't figure out much difference from the last time. May be I havent played it enough.
adnzzzzZauthor19 Dec 2013, 06:50
I didn't participate in the last Ludum Dare nor have I ever made/played another game like this. Maybe you're mistaken?
Deity
Deity20 Dec 2013, 06:41
Excellent and very innovative game. Nice work with the simple clean graphics and sound effects.

The tutorial was also nice. The only improvement I could think of is maybe having difficulty settings as it seems I always don't have "enough beings" after some time.
Venks20 Dec 2013, 07:34
Not quite my kind of game, but it's definitely very innovative and the art style fits it perfectly.
cappelnord
cappelnord20 Dec 2013, 12:37
Very slick looking, great aesthetics, both audio and visual. Also a cool game idea but I had a hard time keeping enough beings alive. Extra Point for the great and slick tutorial!
loxo23 Dec 2013, 11:36
Visually interesting game. Sadly I have not much fun playing it with a touchpad. Also someone mentioned audio, but for me there is non. (OSX)
Binary Gambit26 Dec 2013, 11:10
Nice game. Wish i could make my simple graphics work so well in Love2d
postmodestie
postmodestie5 Jan 2014, 19:06
Kinda interesting, but too simple.. i'd like some stats at the end.
goerp6 Jan 2014, 19:25
Wow, what a stylistic masterpiece. Very smooth graphics. Very good tutorial which also looks nice.
Impressive what you can achieve with minimal colors and shapes.
For the game I found selecting sometimes a bit hard especially with small circles. It would have helped is I could navigate about the planet a bit quicker.
by the way: I saw other people reply about the sound, but at first I didn't hear the sound. It was very soft (but had also a nice mood).

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