Planet Corp has announced a revolutionary new approach to solve the world's resource problems. Thanks to their latest invention in spacecraft mining, they have discovered a method to extract valuable resources from beneath a planet's surface. Take control of the Planet Corp mining vessel and start extracting for mankind and a better future! But please, don't blow up too many planets in the process.
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Working in space is dangerous. Here are some tips from the secret Planet Corp Mining Manual..
* Firing torpedo-drills on the planet surface, will decrease stability. So use less torpedos if possible.
* Resources that are in the explosion range of a torpedo-drill are lost. The ideal approach to harvesting is to ignite the resource chambers without actually destroying them.
* Understand how different planet materials influence the drilling speed of your torpedos.
* Don't hit the planet core. Doing this will heavily increase the danger of planet destibilization.
* Yes, Venus can be successfully harvested.
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The game does not require any plugins and should run directly in your browser window.
Use Twitter for feedback and questions: @CuriousExped
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Credits:
Riad Djemili - Code & Idea Johannes Kristmann - Art & Idea
Lawrence Steele - Title Music Special Thanks to Shawn Frison
Awesome game with good humor. The Freddie Mercury joke actually made me laugh. :D Overall a nice and simple mechanic. Addicting as hell too! I think I'll be back to play this one again. :)
I have to say, though, Venus is WAY too hard. Even once I found a better approach (go for 2, not 3, and stay away from the core) it still took me a while. There were a couple times I hit every pocket but still didn't have enough resources.
But still, great overall. Especially the newscaster sound effects.
I'm bookmarking this game for later :) Too bad it's so hard, there should be an easy planet at the beginning to understand the mechanics step by step. Otherwise everything is perfectly polished.
Well, that was a lot of fun. Mercury was hard and I stopped after a few tries of Venus, but with an entry like mine, I can hardly complain about difficulty level, can I?
The audio effects are perfect (although some a little bit jarring) and the opening title music is great, so - why is there no music ingame? :(
Some notes: - Should be able to skip sections of the cutscenes with a click instead of the whole thing. Sometimes people just want th hear things FASTER instead of skipping totally. - I'd have loved to have some feedback when the explosions happened: How many points? How much of this did I collect? And also: Do I still have a chance of winning this level?
All in all, fantastic entry with an amazing level of polish!
Great idea!!! And great minds think alike :) I really like the simple fun of the firing mechanic :) And yours is better in-game explained than mine :))
Ahahahah, the audio made me laugh a lot! Thanks for that! The game is incredible, love it ! The concept is awesome, would have been great if the "fuel" was part of the game difficulty. I think it is one of the best compo of the LD. It is hard not to put 5/5 everywhere^^
Aw man, that intro screen with the newscaster is SWEET! Loving the gameplay, but when the planet destabilized and I didn't get to see is blow up I was SO DISAPPOINTED! Haha. I know it's not a good thing to blow up a planet (or ex-planet, since we're talking about Pluto), but still... a videogame about space mining can never have too many explosions in my book.
@TobiasW: Agree on all points. We just didn't manage to do more in the time given. Definitely something for the HD version :)
@Dooleus: Thanks, actually the whole point of the game is blowing up planets. If you didn't see the planet explode, you didn't beat the level. There are multiple levels and a small plot connecting them.
HOLY AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUGGHHHHH If you read this, a billion #$%#$%'s at you for the venus level. That took me an hour...but did feel so good once I beat it. The final earth level was a nice pause (at least you didn't make it even harder :)).
Loved the game, ended up spending most of an hour to beat it. Bravo!
This is one of my favorite games of the jam! Hilarious, innovative, and damn fun. I couldn't get past Mercury yet, but it is a really cool skill game. Love the newscaster and the humor throughout. Nice work!
I really liked this. I thought it was really well put together and very well polished. I think the gameplay is pretty repetitive - after a level I sort of "got it" - but that's okay. I could definitely see this being a full game and the mechanics are interesting and original as far as I know.
This entry is just awesome. Great mechanics, controls that feel good, sounds that are not a pain to the ears, a nice touch of humor, nice transitions screens... 5 star all around
Poor Pluto. Very nice game though. I included it in part 16 of my Ludum Dare compilation video series, if you'd like to take a look :) http://youtu.be/ruvs0qoO4zU
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Overall a nice and simple mechanic. Addicting as hell too! I think I'll be back to play this one again. :)
P.S.: Venus is ridiculous!!!
Beautiful and gameplay-friendly art , check.
Well written and fitting theme, check.
Well done mate. Well done.
I have to say, though, Venus is WAY too hard. Even once I found a better approach (go for 2, not 3, and stay away from the core) it still took me a while. There were a couple times I hit every pocket but still didn't have enough resources.
But still, great overall. Especially the newscaster sound effects.
love the style!
@tschery: The vine is here: https://vine.co/v/MrKZ6ApTOH0 . We also tweeted it from our game account @curiousexped :)
The audio effects are perfect (although some a little bit jarring) and the opening title music is great, so - why is there no music ingame? :(
Some notes:
- Should be able to skip sections of the cutscenes with a click instead of the whole thing. Sometimes people just want th hear things FASTER instead of skipping totally.
- I'd have loved to have some feedback when the explosions happened: How many points? How much of this did I collect? And also: Do I still have a chance of winning this level?
All in all, fantastic entry with an amazing level of polish!
The game is incredible, love it !
The concept is awesome, would have been great if the "fuel" was part of the game difficulty.
I think it is one of the best compo of the LD.
It is hard not to put 5/5 everywhere^^
Complete and full of interesting details.
I had fun playing and I think it's perfect as it is ^ ^
@Dooleus: Thanks, actually the whole point of the game is blowing up planets. If you didn't see the planet explode, you didn't beat the level. There are multiple levels and a small plot connecting them.
The steering and gameplay is so simple and easy to understand.
The pixel style and premise with the news caster is really fantastic.
Good (no genius) game!
If you read this, a billion #$%#$%'s at you for the venus level. That took me an hour...but did feel so good once I beat it. The final earth level was a nice pause (at least you didn't make it even harder :)).
Loved the game, ended up spending most of an hour to beat it. Bravo!
This is really nice :)
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2014/05/04/my-favorite-ld29-games/
Well done. Thanks for sharing! :D
5 star all around
"Earth: Don't do it."
It could do with some more rock types maybe, put 'em on the moons of Saturn and Jupiter? The best LD game so far.
And I don't think Venus is possible ;)
Screw venus!!! >_<
But this game is still awesome! That intro song... wow!
And nice graphics!