Uno Terra is a planet defense game where you have to save the earth (you only get one planet, right? RIGHT?) from overpopulation, pollution and... aliens. Also, asteroids. Actually, mainly the last two.
Construct/upgrade 10 different kinds of buildings on earth/moon, collect resources, take care of your planet, fend off invasions and survive for as long as you can!
DO NOT play the game without familiarizing yourself with the play area first ("Familiarize" in the main menu) if you want to understand shit.
Explained in-game, but anyway, basic controls: >Space/MMB: Switch modes (Selection mode/Earth Build mode/Moon Build mode) >LMB: (During Build mode) Build / (During Selection mode) Select >RMB: (During Selection mode) Remove building >Mouse wheel/Q/E: (During Build mode) Switch buildings >0-9: Select building >Z/X/C: Start a civil/international/world war
Basic concepts: More population=More income=More pollution More pollution=Slower earth health regeneration Overpopulation/Too much pollution=Game Over More power plants=Faster energy generation More trees=Less pollution=Faster regeneration=Slower population growth War->Lowers population, increases income, increases pollution
All relevant costs are shown in-game.
[All graphics and programming were done in 72 hours by Diptoman Mukherjee and Pranjal Bisht. Music was taken from incompetech.com.]
@zzorn: There is no sound in the game, didn't get time for that, but there IS music. Maybe it didn't load or something, idk? I tried out the web version just now and it worked fine.
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X-0r17 Dec 2013, 17:17
Nice concept. Fitting the theme perfectly =) I'm just not sure, if I got this correctly, but trees seem to decrease population growth... which doesn't really make sense to me... but anyhow - great game!
The initial difficulty curve was a bit steep, but it was awesome once i got the hang of it. A pretty cool twist to the usual tower defense formula. Also loved the irony that a world war helps save the planet by generating cash :D
@X-Or: Trees do decrease growth rate in the game, isn't that natural? :S I mean, more forest area=less area to expand=less growth rate?
@Arkroth: No wonder! That's 80% of the population gone! D:
@Pickle: The moon does orbit the earth, just really really slowly, since I wanted to be precise. It takes 27 days to orbit, which is a loooong time in the game itself if you haven't noticed. :p You can move it manually though.
i saw your game and immediatly thought: if i put some time on this, it'll worth it. and worth it indeed. a very solid entry, well polished and great art. you did a very good job!
I like the game. At first it seems a bit complicated, because of the many "basic" controls you have to remember. But I think the Familiarize mode made it easy. The game itself is hard though. There are too many aliens and asteroids attacking in the beginning.
That was very impressive! I had a lot of fun! Great design, great balancing, visuals that did the job. One of the best entries, no doubt! Sound would've made it even better though!
Nice graphics and music. Also great controls, it's good idea to select building by scroll wheel. I wish I had a little bit more resources at start though.
Okay! Salvaged dinner, managed to play some more. 4 days 19 hours is my best. I think my previous comment speaks to the fun of the game, which I obviously enjoyed, but this was pretty good all-round. Liked the music, art, gameplay, and theme. Balance could use a bit of work (to be expected of a LD game), but this was probably the most fun game I have played so far.
Oh, one criticism I forgot to mention (sorry for the triple post), was that the learning curve was a little steep for an LD game, I felt like too much information was thrown at me at once, whereas I'd prefer to learn through playing. But it wasn't too bad though, I stuck with it past the curve and my patience is normally pretty poor!
I survived 6 days 9 hours. I had to retry a few times to find the right strategy.
The first building should be Hugeass Nuclear Plant and one more later. I went full of Chainshooters for the Earth and the Moon, built some trees when the pollution was high.
I don't know if I can survive longer. Other defense towers seem much less effective than Chainshooter.
@anvoz: Well there can be different strategies, it can be played mostly by using solar plants as well instead of nuclear ones (so less trees are required to control pollution, and hence more space). I know of a friend surviving 59 days, so it's possible. xD And trust me, fully upgraded lasercannons and nukelaunchers are much more powerful late-game. Glad you liked the game enough to work out different strategies though! :D
Huge amount of content for the time available, excellent crisp presentation and nice tutorial - the complete experience! Was a bit difficult to ascertain the longer term goals but I think I did ok ;)
Strega: Cool concept! There's so much content in this game. I feel like a more mouse driven interaction would have made the game more playable for me. My left hand was stumbling all over the keys at first.
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There was no music (or sound) in the game itself, only in the menu screen, was that intentional?
@zzorn: There is no sound in the game, didn't get time for that, but there IS music. Maybe it didn't load or something, idk? I tried out the web version just now and it worked fine.
I'm just not sure, if I got this correctly, but trees seem to decrease population growth... which doesn't really make sense to me... but anyhow - great game!
@X-Or: Trees do decrease growth rate in the game, isn't that natural? :S I mean, more forest area=less area to expand=less growth rate?
@Arkroth: No wonder! That's 80% of the population gone! D:
@Pickle: The moon does orbit the earth, just really really slowly, since I wanted to be precise. It takes 27 days to orbit, which is a loooong time in the game itself if you haven't noticed. :p You can move it manually though.
weird and fun!
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=31663
thanks for playing
@Mezzomatto: Uh huh, social commentary. :P
ANd yeah, sorry about the steep learning curve, had zero time to balance. :/
I survived 6 days 9 hours. I had to retry a few times to find the right strategy.
The first building should be Hugeass Nuclear Plant and one more later. I went full of Chainshooters for the Earth and the Moon, built some trees when the pollution was high.
I don't know if I can survive longer. Other defense towers seem much less effective than Chainshooter.
@anvoz: Well there can be different strategies, it can be played mostly by using solar plants as well instead of nuclear ones (so less trees are required to control pollution, and hence more space). I know of a friend surviving 59 days, so it's possible. xD
And trust me, fully upgraded lasercannons and nukelaunchers are much more powerful late-game. Glad you liked the game enough to work out different strategies though! :D
It's hard to believe making such a complex game in 48 hrs.
Good job! :D
Well done.
Cool concept! There's so much content in this game. I feel like a more mouse driven interaction would have made the game more playable for me. My left hand was stumbling all over the keys at first.
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@CosmicAdventureSquad: Everything apart from rotation/revolution can be done with the mouse, the keys are just extra. :S
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