A Vendor from Venus

by rossrox
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.41
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.38
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.75
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.60
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★26%
Controls:
Mouse - Direction
W - Thrust
F - Dock
LMB - Mine
Space - Fire

Story:

You are a vendor from Venus in a time where the planet has long been colonised. You left your home in search of riches but now your stranded, millions of miles away with a broken warp drive and your entrepreneurial pursuits have almost left you without a credit to your name.

Buy and trade resources with planets, fend off pirates and mine deposits in an effort to be able to afford the costly warp drive repair.

I will continue to develop this in my own time, I intend to add more planets & resources as well as a crafting system.

This is my first time using GameMaker, the jam was an excuse for me to try it out properly, I'm pretty pleased with what I came out with even though I lost about 12 hours of work.

Features I want to add:
Crafting
Sell All
Improved AI + Spawning Mechanic
Map

Comments10

jpcote26 Aug 2014, 01:56
Good twist on Asteroid-like game. For a first time using an engine, that's pretty good !
Freudian
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Freudian
Freudian26 Aug 2014, 02:38
Jokes aside a great game, with a real determinative feel to it. Great job and keep up the good work.
chompr26 Aug 2014, 17:27
Good job on the game Ross!
Vytheros
Vytheros26 Aug 2014, 19:21
A lot of fun so far, got killed a few times at explored a little. The controls could use some work, maybe mouse firing or something to make it better. Overall good game
MechanicMoon
MechanicMoon27 Aug 2014, 21:13
controls of the ship are good and I liked the design of the asteroids
BMacIntosh
BMacIntosh30 Aug 2014, 16:18
Great start, I'd love to see it worked on more. My only gripes are that the camera doesn't move until the ship is near the edge of the screen, which means that if you are travelling somewhere you have a very short time to react to anything that gets in your way. And also, that there is no option to buy or sell a quantity (more than 1) of an item.

"jinglejinglejinglejinglejinglejinglejinglejinglejinglejinglejinglejingle"
KrisDevelopment3 Sep 2014, 00:10
It is legit, but I would love to see it developed further :)
radmars
radmars15 Sep 2014, 00:24
Nice work! The audio in this is really great, I like the ambient music. The controls felt pretty awkward though, especially on a laptop. Would love to see this expanded.
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