Startrader

by nessic
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.08
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.91
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.17
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.00
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.38
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.57
Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.89
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.74
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★50%
This.. is not that great really, but Im still happy with it. The .exe is in the executable folder. Please forgive the larger then it normal file size, I couldn't figure out how to get it lower with pyinstaller.

Manage a trading empire across the vast reaches of space, and try and earn enough money to prolong your life as long as you can, you have to be quick to spot profitable planets and routes.

Edited for spelling!, and to add an actual discription

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Comments12

Arcantic16 Dec 2013, 05:21
Pretty cool! I was a little confused at first but then I understood. Nice job
tklovert
tklovert16 Dec 2013, 05:53
This game is very unforgiving lol.

I had fun either way, but I don't really see how this fits the theme.
deathray
deathray16 Dec 2013, 06:07
The space future is harsh! I only lived to 58. It's a pretty interesting concept. I'd like to see how old people can make it to. The one thing you might want to improve is the icons for each planet - when the planets are close together it can be confusing to figure out which icons are for which planet.
Darkcoder
Darkcoder16 Dec 2013, 15:59
The control scheme annoyed me the most. You should either add keyboard controls to move around, or allow click and drag. The concept was very nice though. Also, doesn't the 'Stave off Death' button just kill you?
X-0r16 Dec 2013, 16:22
Sending ships around the universe, yay :P

Took me a while to figure out the controls, eventually could play it "seriously", but I never managed to gain the 1000$ required for the big red button.
windwalkerranger17 Dec 2013, 16:22
Nice idea! I could live to 57 years and left 570 dollars to my heirs :)
jomomomo
jomomomo19 Dec 2013, 03:26
Can't play windows games, which is sad, because I love a good space trading game.
Nessicauthor19 Dec 2013, 03:52
This actually might work under linux as it was made with pygame, but I haven't been able to test it!
acp_ld19 Dec 2013, 21:28
excellent game, great idea, professional execution

only thing I see that is missing is the ability to zoom and either a minimap so you can see all of "known space" or make your level wrap so you can't go outside of the borders
dqmhose22 Dec 2013, 19:52
Didn't quite get it, the instructions were pretty short. But after playing for a while I *think* I got it now.. it's a fun concept! Keep it up :)
jarnik
jarnik22 Dec 2013, 22:33
Hey, really nice concept! Took me a few rounds to get familiar with the controls, but this is a solid base for interesting gameplay. Liked the music!
oskardevelopment3 Jan 2014, 10:23
Loved the gameplay! Would be nice if to allow full screen and some easier way to move around (minimap?) could had helped. Good luck! :)
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