You are a member of the IPM (Interplanetary Messengers) and you must deliver people and cargo to other planets. If the planets do not receive their goods in a certain amount of time, they will get mad and stop trading with you.
The area around planets are a safe zone. You can't get hurt while in them and they will heal you completely. You can only access the job and shop windows from inside a safe zone.
To close a window, press the same button you used to open it.
Controls: W: Move forward S: Move backward A: Rotate left D: Rotate right L-Shift: Slows down ship and rotation Space: Opens job window Y: Opens show window Q: Opens planet status window Mouse: Aim your gun and fire with the left mouse button Escape: Frees your mouse click on the screen to capture it again
I gave this a few tries, because I really like the idea, but I found it too unforgiving. I got to planet 2 once but the job to that planet doesn't pay you enough to buy anything. I then set off for planet 4 and died about 1cm away from it.
I think it's a problem that your bullets stop at the edge of planets, because it means you can't shoot obstacles that are coming at you through a planet.
I also found the distance between planets a little far — after dying right at the edge of planet 4, the idea of starting that journey again was a little off-putting.
With a couple of tweaks this would be really cool, but as it is I found it quite frustrating.
I really liked the concept as well but... I found the controls really cumbersome. It's hard to get around! I never made it to the next planet. The stylization of the graphics and the chiptuney sound effects give the game a great mood, but the gameplay is just too tough. Nice music.
Couldn't get it to launch after the start screen! Tutorial worked, but in hitting play it'd crash. It's an old mid-2009 13'' MacBook Pro running Mavericks ^^
Why must it take so long to get to another planet? I guess it's kind of realistic, but not so fun... after I got to a different planet I quit, but now i see there are upgrades... well I'm not doing that again :P
The idea of the game is really good, but the game itself is way too boring. It takes too much time to travel from a planet to another, and the ship controls really badly, making it hard to stop on planets(once I passed near planet 3, but wasn't able to turn fast enough to reach it). The musi is really good.
Liked the graphics and audio, but the controls were too cumbersome, and I could not even make it to another planet! Also, the ship controls glitched a lot, and no the game was not sticking, because all the other planes moved freely!
uberhardcore gameplay :) i couldn't achieve any planet until they became mad on me... Or stupid ships destroy all my health :) anyway, i've spent about hour in this game :)
I had quite a few goes at this but gave up in frustration before achieving anything significant - the travel and rotation are WAY... TOO... SLOW... :( *ragequit*
However, the graphics and audio are very good and its a nice fit for the theme so I scored you highly for those anyway :)
Worked for me on OS X. I think the idea is good with a lot of potential, but the game is far too slow. I managed to get to planet 4 to sell a couple things (took me a long time to get there, though) but that still wasn't enough to buy any upgrades. Since the ship was so slow to maneuver, I then got killed en route to the next planet by an asteroid that I couldn't avoid. That led to me not having enough time to get to another planet before they got mad and I got a game over. I think all of this could be fixed by simply making the ship faster - both in turning speed and thrust.
Other than that, I think the graphics and audio were really good - I especially liked the particle effects on the destroyed ships.
I think it's a problem that your bullets stop at the edge of planets, because it means you can't shoot obstacles that are coming at you through a planet.
I also found the distance between planets a little far — after dying right at the edge of planet 4, the idea of starting that journey again was a little off-putting.
With a couple of tweaks this would be really cool, but as it is I found it quite frustrating.