Good News everyone! I've coated the ship in an experimental adamantine coating - It's pretty much indestructible!
You've got 3 minutes to ship as much cargo as possible. Grab it up from nearby planets and deliver it safely to its destination! There's a bonus if you manage to carry loads of cargo at once, but don't think hauling that around the solar system'll be easy! There's Pirates and Gravity Wells to avoid, and each destroyed cargo will result in a penalty!
How much money can you make? (Or at least, how little can you lose? :p)
(Best played in 1024 x 768 with a gamepad) (Apologies in advance for the ridiculous difficulty!)
HINTS - Start off ferrying single crates, then try carrying lots of cargo at once for a delivery combo bonus. - If in doubt, follow the arrow. It'll direct you to the nearest cargo or your current destination. - Try stay away from the surface of plents. Physics & controlling the ship gets a bit tricky :p - Having trouble dropping cargo off quickly? Try slingshotting it to the surface by releasing the cargo while turning, but watch your aim! - Pirates will destroy your cargo - Avoid them at all cost! They're pretty dumb though, so lure them into crashing into planets! - Your ship is invincible! Your cargo is not!
CREDITS/TOOLS: - Code, Art, Sound, etc. - Malcolm Brown - Inspired rather obviously by Futurama. (And maybe a little bit of Kerbal Space Program. And maybe Inner Space too if anyone remembers that) - Unity 4.3 (Free) - Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Pro - FL Studio 10 Pro - Audacity - Paint.net
Not as awesome as Hot Diggity, but the best game I've rated so far out of this LD. I like the randomly combined (?) item descriptions. Audio is top notch. Nice particle effects, too. Feels more polished than a typical LD entry. Something about this makes me feel like I'm playing an old Amiga game (that's a good thing).
This game got my attention immediately and kept it throughout. Fun gameplay and it definitely poses a challenge. The music just makes it that much more exciting. Great work!
Very fun! I managed to get to $1500 on my third try and then progressively got worse. The graphics and audio are fantastic, even if it's relentlessly difficult to turn a profit.
Re: Difficulty: yeah, I've had several attempts where I've ended up with negative score :p I think I should've introduced pirates over time so you get a minute of freedom first.
Right now the best strategy seems to be loading up on as much cargo as possible and trying to make at least one delivery to get the combo bonus :P
Any chance of getting a timeless version so I can dodge and make pirates crash into the sun for ever and ever and ever and eveeerr? Loved the way the ship controlled o/
Extremely well polished game. Already added to my favorites for LD30. It was a tad difficult and my packages kept getting destroyed. But alas, that is the risk of space delivery.
My best score is $-800 so far. It's tough but really fun to play. The only thing that annoys me a bit is the pump effect in the text during the tutorial, but its all personal taste. :)
Awsome graphics, music and gameplay. Had some trouble with control, but they are responsive enough. And I think the difficulty is too hard, always end with negative score)
This is just pure awesomeness and complete it with 48 hours is even more cooler. It's quite difficult and needs some practicing Graphics, audio, visuals 5+
Right. This game is absolutely awesome. Sure it's a bit difficult and feels even unfairly so at times but you had 48 hours and balancing is not something that I'd expect from just that time. I really want to see this as a full game for PC and Android (since you're using Unity I'm guessing porting should be quite easy), and don't even think about not doing so or I will nag you for life to do it! Good luck :)
If I've time in the next few days, I might release a post-jam tweaked version for anyone interested. Main fixes would be:
- Removing speed limit when delivering cargo to its destination (i.e. Cargo no longer explodes if it hits its destination too fast) so you can just slam dunk it home. - No pirates in first minute, then more pirates as time increases. - Fix ship collisions with planets as it gets stuck sometimes too easily. - Maybe reducing one-hit kills for Pirates shooting cargo/giving Cargo 'Health'. - Maybe reducing penalty to $50.
Then at least you still get the challenge of moving stuff about & dropping it off before everything goes horribly wrong :p Will see what I can get in the coming week or so.
Excellent! I made the tremendous profit of -$800! This is by far my favorite game this LD so far, and since it's the first one I'm rating, that's not really saying anything!
In all seriousness though, it was excellent, good job.
Your game is awesome. I think the gameplay shoul be more explained though. Didn't know I could take crate so far away. One of the best games I've played so far in this jam. The music and graphics is top!
Great game! Very polished and well executed. However, the difficulty is pretty high, even at the beginning. Perhaps not let any enemies come until the user has delivered at least package (just to get used to the game?)
The controls are a little hard to grasp, though. But that might be intentional as part of the difficulty. Well done!
Nice game! It reminds me of my own, but without gravity. Which is good, as I lost almost all cargo anyway :D. It seems I'm not good at this! Great music, graphics and use of the theme. I like it.
Good news everyone! This game is great! Really splendid job Malcolm, impressed that this was all made in just 48 hours!
Particularly enjoyed the music along with the overall space setting. I could imagine this being released with multiple levels, co-op, versus - all sorts!
Excellent game, and really well-done for a compo entry!
I get a crazy taxi vibe from it... probably the one thing I'd like to see is some tweak to dropping cargo off, I'd love to be able to toss it out at planets and boost off for my next cargo. Maybe I just need to practice more.
Great presentation, end very fun! I don't know why E-R or Z-X is so pupular for controls, but I'd like some keys that are a little farther away from AWD for picking up and dropping off.
Incredible hard but fun. Awesome graphics and music. I really would have liked a reverse button, I often got stuck on the surface of planets and destroyed all my cargo trying to get away. Sometimes the drop button would not work, and dropping off pakets carefully is generally difficult.
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Right now the best strategy seems to be loading up on as much cargo as possible and trying to make at least one delivery to get the combo bonus :P
You weren't kidding about the difficulty. :P
The only thing that annoys me a bit is the pump effect in the text during the tutorial, but its all personal taste. :)
I really want to see this as a full game for PC and Android (since you're using Unity I'm guessing porting should be quite easy), and don't even think about not doing so or I will nag you for life to do it! Good luck :)
- Removing speed limit when delivering cargo to its destination (i.e. Cargo no longer explodes if it hits its destination too fast) so you can just slam dunk it home.
- No pirates in first minute, then more pirates as time increases.
- Fix ship collisions with planets as it gets stuck sometimes too easily.
- Maybe reducing one-hit kills for Pirates shooting cargo/giving Cargo 'Health'.
- Maybe reducing penalty to $50.
Then at least you still get the challenge of moving stuff about & dropping it off before everything goes horribly wrong :p Will see what I can get in the coming week or so.
And thanks everyone so far for playing! :D
In all seriousness though, it was excellent, good job.
One of the best games I've played so far in this jam.
The music and graphics is top!
The controls are a little hard to grasp, though. But that might be intentional as part of the difficulty. Well done!
Really splendid job Malcolm, impressed that this was all made in just 48 hours!
Particularly enjoyed the music along with the overall space setting. I could imagine this being released with multiple levels, co-op, versus - all sorts!
Love the visuals and audio, and the gameplay is really well balanced
I get a crazy taxi vibe from it... probably the one thing I'd like to see is some tweak to dropping cargo off, I'd love to be able to toss it out at planets and boost off for my next cargo. Maybe I just need to practice more.
I really would have liked a reverse button, I often got stuck on the surface of planets and destroyed all my cargo trying to get away.
Sometimes the drop button would not work, and dropping off pakets carefully is generally difficult.
Hopefully next time I won't make something so ridiculously hard to play :p Thanks to everyone who played and voted! See ya'll next time!