Connecting Worlds

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.59
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.71
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.71
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.88
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.82
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.08
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.50
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.28
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★52%
Jam:
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Connect the worlds by making sure the workers can finish the bridge that will gap the space in-between the planets.

You can play solo (hard) or with a friend.

Controls:
Press F1 to get a reminder of all keys.
Left power-keys are your regular numbers, right one are the numpad.
You can navigate the menu with mouse or arrow keys.
Click to confirm or hit enter.
Power and buy items can also be used via mouse.

Left planet keys:
- AD to rotate turret
- W to shoot
- Z to buy workers
- X to upgrade your money income
- C to upgrade your shield
- V to upgrade your turret
- Numbers 1 to 6 to use your powers

Right planet keys:
- Left/Right arrow to rotate turret
- Up arrow to shoot
- U to buy workers
- I to upgrade your money income
- O to upgrade your shield
- P to upgrade your turret
- Numbers 8, 7, 5, 4, 2 and 1 on the numpad to use your powers

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I tried to finish this for the Compo but I needed the extra time to finish up the interface.
I did not have had the time to balance the game out so it might be a real challenge to win this thing. Let me know what's hard and how it could be improved.

Post Jam!
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You can now battle your friends in local VERSUS mode!
Destroy the other player before it destroys you!!!

v1.1
- VERSUS MODE.
- Muzzle flash.
- Escape to exit to menu.
- Improved balance

screenshot

Comments36

SojaBird
SojaBirdauthor26 Aug 2014, 01:59
Lol I am so sleepy didn't notice the spellings error in "conNect"
porglezomp
porglezomp26 Aug 2014, 02:24
THIS IS SO HARD. I liked it but MAN.
deathray
deathray26 Aug 2014, 02:58
For some reason the "Play" button doesn't work all the time. Once it randomly did, but I was too confused about what all the buttons were, and I died. You should provide a graphic that explains what each button does, some introduction, etc. The graphics are really good and I like the concept though.
moomoo112
moomoo11226 Aug 2014, 03:59
I think there's an error in the purchases, it let me buy upgrades with the mouse even when I went into the negatives, but not to fear, it's still really hard to win..
ClownAround26 Aug 2014, 05:43
Great idea. Works well. Would make an awesome co-op game.
alpha_rat26 Aug 2014, 12:40
It's hard but fun! The graphics are really good. It would make a really nice 2 payer game
SojaBird
SojaBirdauthor26 Aug 2014, 12:40
I updated the description with the controls ;)
imaginarymonsters
imaginarymonsters26 Aug 2014, 13:12
Solo is indeed hard! : ] I can see this being a cool competitive lobbing game too where both pod cities are competing / blasting each other. Nice work!
RFMTeam26 Aug 2014, 13:42
Very nice concept and execution, really needs a friend to enjoy
akymos
akymos26 Aug 2014, 13:45
Very hard but fun..
mechabit
mechabit26 Aug 2014, 13:45
wow your own bullets kill you? that's harsh.
love the game and the graphics. well done.
akymos
akymos26 Aug 2014, 13:46
Very hard but fun..
Aske26 Aug 2014, 13:46
Wow. really fun !
mrspeaker
mrspeaker26 Aug 2014, 13:52
Ha, great! I feel like one-player mode is do-able, but there should be more shields then, so you can concentrate on protecting the bridge, without worrying too much about the shields (because that's hard enough ;)
Reverend Speed26 Aug 2014, 15:01
Lovely little game to play with a friend! Looks great. I enjoy the strategic elements as well. Great work for the Jam!
AdventureIslands
AdventureIslands26 Aug 2014, 20:59
Very hard, but pretty fun. Great job on this, single player was indeed hard, I'm sure the game would be blast in multiplayer, it feels really polished.
nolife-team27 Aug 2014, 09:12
Really nice game:) Congrats!
Simplexcity27 Aug 2014, 10:06
excellent!
was a good tug of war too, almost thought he had it for a while... then the sheilds came back online.
Razoric
Razoric27 Aug 2014, 17:55
Nice graphics, cool gameplay
ponk
ponk27 Aug 2014, 18:23
Beautiful pixels and fun game
John Drury27 Aug 2014, 20:03
Great idea! Was super fun. Needed someone else to play with me though.
ViliX30 Aug 2014, 18:30
I am really glad that it's a jam entry. My game wouldn't stand a chance :D
damrem30 Aug 2014, 19:29
Very original! Only misses a solo mode.
havana24
havana2430 Aug 2014, 19:41
Single player it's nearly impossible, but in coop it works! Good game! :)
LandoSystems
LandoSystems30 Aug 2014, 20:04
Very cool idea, but crazy hard solo... It would be great if the other side was AI controlled in solo mode. I really like the art style too. Needs some sound too. Really nice work though!
Alexandre Szybiak
Alexandre Szybiak30 Aug 2014, 20:25
Love it, it must be really fun with a friend. Or maybe with 3 players, one is managing the buyings with the mouse and the others use the cannons :D
OrangeeZ30 Aug 2014, 20:47
Hm, a pretty tricky game, especially if you play it alone :P
SojaBird
SojaBirdauthor30 Aug 2014, 23:25
Thanks for all the responses :D It's truely inspiring and I will continue to work on it for a little while.

I will add the AI as well, thanks for the suggestion
andrewkennedy
andrewkennedy30 Aug 2014, 23:54
Ok, I was too bad to actually beat it, but it had a lot of polish and I had a blast playing it. Some sound would really be the icing on this cake!
Adam Thompson30 Aug 2014, 23:56
This is really well thought out. I appreciate the local coop nature, even though I didn't get to try it. For a post compo version, I would consider slowly unlocking each power + upgrade over time while introducing what they do, similar to something like Diablo 3. Thanks, and keep making awesome games!
SteveSalmond
SteveSalmond31 Aug 2014, 07:42
Really neat! Will have to grab an office buddy to try it out properly :D
Capitals
Capitals31 Aug 2014, 08:08
Damn this is difficult, however REALLY fun!
egor-idiot31 Aug 2014, 11:02
Nice little game. Very hard, but interesting.
MSaul
MSaul31 Aug 2014, 18:23
awesome game, got ton of fun !
commodoreKid
commodoreKid3 Sep 2014, 08:40
It's really hard to actually succeed at this but it's quite fun. Wish you would write what are the controls for, like in a word or two, next to them. Good entry.

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