TL;DR: Left click to try and find planets. It's a bit like Minesweeper meets Battleships in space.
You are a member of the elite Planet Sweeper team, tasked with discovering new planets throughout the galaxy. Fire anti-graviton bursts to detect gravity wells and discover new worlds - but don't delay - there are other entities within the galaxy also searching for planets to colonize.
= How to play =
* Click the left mouse button to fire anti-graviton particle bursts. * Try to click on a planet to discover it. * Watch the flow of particles to detect the location of planets - anti-gravitons are repelled by mass and take a path around or away from gravity wells. * You may fire one anti-graviton burst each turn, after which your turn ends. * Turns last a maximum of 15 seconds before the opposing players turn automatically starts. * Anti-graviton bursts leave a zone of depletion that prevents another burst being fired in the vicinity for the next turn. * The first player to discover 16 planets wins.
[Minor bug note: It looks like if you miss your turn, the AI (and UI popups) go a bit haywire .. so don't miss your turn :) -- thx MarekkPie for uncovering this]
= Notes =
The AI cheats a little, but I've also tried to make its moves somewhat plausible.
There are two game modes - Human vs. AI, and a local Human vs. Human mode. For the local two player game, each player needs to pass the mouse to the other player when their turn is done. This is a bit of a dumb way to do a two player game, but the ultimate intention is for players to take turns when sharing a tablet device (or use gamepads and/or network play).
= Credits & tools =
All code from scratch, except for generic stuff from my base code repo (SoundManager, MusicManager, SiteLock, Autoscreenshot from https://github.com/omgwtfgames/unity-bowerbird) and libraries (NGUI, GoKit, LeanTween, TouchScript [unused], Chevy Ray's great little ObjectPool, CSharpMessengerExtended).
Music made with NodeBeat, extra synth tone sfx made with Abelton Live 8 (Pad-Sweet Meditation).
I basically followed compo rules except for two sound effects that I couldn't be bothered making new versions of in bfxr ... oh, and having a relaxed jam by taking 72 hours.
One of my favorite game of this LD, what an incredible game this is! The graphics is really nice and the idea is fresh and interesting. It is a bit hard in the beginning but I was slowly catching up with the AI. The only issue is that it does not reflect the theme too much (a little but not too much I think). But yea wow that was a great game, well done!
Oh one suggestion, I wish I can place down markers for future reference like what you do in mine sweeper because I can spot multiple planets at once but I have to use my fingers to mark the locations on the screen right now.
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Cake&Code27 Aug 2014, 06:56
Wow, I love everything about this game! It has space, it has physics, it has cool graphics... this is amazing, well done!
The AI might be cheating a bit, but I still managed to win! Hooray for the human race :D
Very pretty, nice concept. Unfortunately mouse clicks are mirrored on the x axis for me, so it was very difficult to play. I don't know if this was to strengthen ties to battleship, or if it's a bug, but it doesn't seem to add anything to me.
Hi there. Lovely graphics. Players might need to switch Tabs in browser and back to get the start menu to work... Like the sound, played a couple of games. Love the motion of the purple particles. Good job!
Neat! I enjoyed playing against the AI, even if it was tricky to click exactly on some of the smaller planets. It looks really pretty with the little particle trails, and the music is nice and calming.
(same poster as dtruby) Web player or download? I think I was on Windows, so probably the web player? The linux download seems to behave itself :) This game is a lot more fun when it works! I think it might be the best game I've played this LD. Nice work!
Thanks for your suggestions on our game! I'm getting around to working on a post-compo version. I've already implemented green planet depletion, but I hadn't thought of red planets killing you instantly - thanks :)
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The AI might be cheating a bit, but I still managed to win! Hooray for the human race :D
It's almost like meditating ;)
This game is a lot more fun when it works! I think it might be the best game I've played this LD. Nice work!
Thanks for your suggestions on our game! I'm getting around to working on a post-compo version. I've already implemented green planet depletion, but I hadn't thought of red planets killing you instantly - thanks :)
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