Generation Ship

by shide
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.94
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.56
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.50
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.12
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.72
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.69
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.90
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★60%
We made a game about managing different functions of the ship in order to fix it and eventually reach your final destination.
We came up with an idea to make a game about mixing eco-systems of different spaceships' of a giant forsaken fleet by connecting them, which is a bit more related with LDs theme this year. It should've been a rather simple puzzle-game, but than we decided to make it more complex and smaller at the same time. So we ended up with this kind of decision-adventure about Engineer#34 and a bit crazy AI. And rabbits.
~20 endings, only 2 of them are positive

Controls:
Movement: WASD / arrows
Activate terminal: E
Select option in terminal: 1 / 2 / 3

Post Mortem: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2014/08/28/generation-ship-post-mortem/

Comments25

tmpxyz
tmpxyz26 Aug 2014, 08:19
The link is empty now?
Hairein
Hairein26 Aug 2014, 15:18
Sadly, clicking on the web link produced the following error in the browser:
Not Found
The resource could not be found.
Shide
Shideauthor26 Aug 2014, 16:32
Sadly Dropbox doesn't work correctly, we'll fix it.
Shide
Shideauthor26 Aug 2014, 19:09
Everything works fine now, still to add voice-over
kibertoad
kibertoad27 Aug 2014, 11:44
Well thought-out and with a great sense of exploration. Good job with the voice-over, it's no GLaDOS, but it has it's moments. Cool sci-fi thriller, kinda reminded me of Leviathan Wakes. I wonder why.
Oxeren27 Aug 2014, 15:06
Good game! Nice graphics and interesting gameplay.
Nuclear Napalm27 Aug 2014, 16:32
Really nice entry! Love voice acting!
mechabit
mechabit27 Aug 2014, 16:36
Nice AI voice, amazing amount of content you did manage to do but as you say, not much connection to the theme.
jthistle
jthistle27 Aug 2014, 16:56
The only game I have rated so far that I gave more than 4 5-star ratings :)
Amazing sound, ambience, graphics and gameplay. One of the best games I've played so far :)
Hairein
Hairein27 Aug 2014, 20:03
I liked this very much. The graphics and audio fit very well and there is lots of potential in this idea. I enjoyed the playthrough and the controls were easy to learn. The dialogue and ingame choices seemed to fit the environment. Good job!
udo
udo28 Aug 2014, 10:30
The amount of work and craftsmanship that went into this is absolutely amazing. The only thing "missing" would be a graphical ending, as opposed to just scrolling text. But otherwise, this is damn near perfect.
ViliX28 Aug 2014, 11:30
Great game with interesting gameplay! Keep it up!
liquidminduk28 Aug 2014, 12:51
great visuals and tight gameplay, I love it!
commodoreKid
commodoreKid28 Aug 2014, 16:20
I liked the AI voice and that player is free to choose when he is able to.
RawboSaurX28 Aug 2014, 19:31
Awesome entry. I epecially like the personality of the computers voice. Very much to like in here, indeed. The 3D environments looks great, and so does the character model and animations. Looks like a lot of work was put into this. Great job!
mihaivdev28 Aug 2014, 20:02
Good entry. I really liked the game mechanic and the interpretation of the Connected Worlds theme. What I wasn't really keen on was the AI voice. I can see that you tried to make it like Portal with the robotic voice effect with human-like personality, making puns and using sarcasm, but that requires considerably more work to get right, and I'd recommend that you try and find your own unique AI personality, rather than mimic an existing one.
Nevertheless, great gameplay and original idea. Best of luck!
Dietrich Epp29 Aug 2014, 06:52
Amazing. The voice is just great. It took me a while to figure out, with each playthrough I could get a little farther. Great dialogue.
MJ Mantis29 Aug 2014, 19:50
The "Groundhog Day"-like mechanics is where the game shines best as it offers a lot of replayability. However, the execution a bit rough due to being rushed (AI is more rude than SS2's SHODAN let alone GLaDOS)... it could use more work, but I feel that the concept has a lot of potential.
Good job on the entry!
paps30 Aug 2014, 09:33
Good game. After many tries the AI makes me want to shut it down. It doesn't do anything to help. Good graphics, and sfx.
Are you sure there are 2 way to win this? I think there is only one :o
danidre14
danidre1430 Aug 2014, 18:01
Not a bad ending though, for a negative one, but damn she was annoying! XD
Dohan
Dohan31 Aug 2014, 15:39
Very good entry! I was unable to find a way to increase the power, but I get a good ammount of bad endings. Having voice acting for the AI was really good to set the mood.
sbarrio
sbarrio31 Aug 2014, 19:07
Really well crafted experience. The mood is nice and the voice overs are really cool. I managed to die in a wide array of ways which was also nice :D
Xanjos1 Sep 2014, 23:35
I actually like how you've managed to put in 20 endings based on the actions you do (encouraging replayability) and I really love how there's so much to explore in the spaceship. The voice acting seems pretty top notch too.
mcapraro
mcapraro5 Sep 2014, 05:39
wow, what a deep and polished game for the jam, congrats on the awesome entry!
kaarefc1 Aug 2017, 06:29
I wanted to try this oldie, but the download links are dead (and my system doesn't support the Unity plugin).
Any chance of a re-upload of the data?
Thanks!

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