Start your career as a Space Trucker today! It's a tough job, but someone has to do it. Travel from space station to space station, transporting cargo to make a profit. Avoid hitting asteroids and other ships, and remember to keep your fuel tank full.
Downloadable version only, sorry. I cannot compile for the web until I purchase the professional version of GameMaker. Download size is less than 3 megabytes.
Cool concept. :) Was hoping there'd be more resource-management dimensions or risk/reward dimensions. The pixel art had this great early-90's American feel.
@Stepwise I had planned to include police ships, and allow the player to carry contraband items that would be more profitable with higher risk, but I just did not have enough time to implement it.
Nice game! I really like the art and the concept. I think if you shortened the game loop by having shorter trips and less hull life it would be a bit more engaging. Also, music next time :)
This was a pleasant surprise. I wasn't sure what to expect. Thought it might be a generic space shooter, but it exceeded my expectations. Really like the concept of transporting goods for cash and having to repair the ship etc. Only issue for me was the long stretch between stations, which was a little tedious, and the absence of music. Otherwise, great work, man!
Thank you for all the feedback guys! Really really happy that the game is at least fun, even though I didn't get to do half of the features I wanted to.
@I had very little time to test the "pacing" and distance between stations. I'm glad I did make a last-minute change that offered more shorter trips, but it sounds like I need to tweak it even more. Had planned on recording some really simple music too, but I just didn't find the time.
Again, thanks for the feedback and the kind comments about my game everyone. I'm seriously considering working on it for a few more months and seeing if I can actually make a $5 or $10 game out of it. :O
Great game. I like the different jobs to do and the simplicity of the concept. Nice controls too. What a mess up there. Maybe a lack of features, but with 48h deadlines... Good job !
Well made game. Funny things happened when undocking without accepting job. Ship went to outside space and stopped. Then I could select job. It arrived to a dock station but when tried to dock it crashed causing damage. Ship continued and then I did the mission.
@thecolorhacker Thank you for the bug report! I believe the issue is with a testing function that I forgot to remove before uploading. If you press Enter, the docking mechanics get messed up. It was for an early version of the undocking code that I wanted to test quickly, and forgot to take out, heh.
Incredible concept! The game looks like a shoot 'em up but plays very different, quite a neat idea! It's a 'management 'em up' !!! (sorry my bad joke xD)
I love the graphics too, kinda remember the pixel-art of 2D DOS games, really cool! =D
Very nice graphics and mechanics (with the transportation part). A galactic map would be lovely, where I decide where do i drop my goods (like in FTL). Some upgrade options would be nice.
But considering that this game was created in such a short time its great! Its actually a playable game with the feeling of finished product. Congrats.
Really solid compo entry! I think you did a great job with the parallaxing of different game elements to create a sense of depth in the space. Most of my feedback would be about polishy things or extra feedback (like sound or different color flames on speed boost, ramp up in pacing, etc). Nice work!
Really nice story! I included it in part 17 of my Ludum Dare 30 Compilation video series, if you’d like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/02vIiZyi3-c
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@Stepwise I had planned to include police ships, and allow the player to carry contraband items that would be more profitable with higher risk, but I just did not have enough time to implement it.
I wish there were some music and other missions than just travel.
@I had very little time to test the "pacing" and distance between stations. I'm glad I did make a last-minute change that offered more shorter trips, but it sounds like I need to tweak it even more. Had planned on recording some really simple music too, but I just didn't find the time.
Again, thanks for the feedback and the kind comments about my game everyone. I'm seriously considering working on it for a few more months and seeing if I can actually make a $5 or $10 game out of it. :O
Maybe a lack of features, but with 48h deadlines... Good job !
I love the graphics too, kinda remember the pixel-art of 2D DOS games, really cool! =D
good job and sorry my bad english! ^^'
But considering that this game was created in such a short time its great! Its actually a playable game with the feeling of finished product. Congrats.