I worked solo on this, but the game was too ambitious for 48 hours, especially with having to work on Saturday, so here is my Jam Entry - Space Gate Command!
Space Gate Command is an X-Com style game based on the Stargate movie/TV show. The game takes place in two stages, first you manage your base, hire soldiers, do research, equip your troops, and secondly, you can dial through the starg- SPACE gate, and send your troops through to an alien world to retrieve alien artefacts that can make you rich. The second part takes the form of a simple turn based tactical RPG style combat.
There is no end goal, the game just goes on forever until either your commander dies, or you run out of money. The closest thing to an end goal is creating 'Power Armour' - as that is the most advanced thing you can create and requires the most research, but you'll get the gist of the game long before you unlock that. To make money, you have to acquire goods, and research them. Once sufficiently researched, you are able to sell the technology for profit.
Game uses mouse only.
There is an issue I encountered sometimes where, occasionally if the AI gets first move, it sometimes doesn't know what to do and freezes up - I wasn't able to fix this, but I did put in a patchwork fix that makes it so if the game freezes like that for more than a couple of seconds, the enemy will just forfeit their turn and should be fine next round. So if the enemy freezes, just leave it a second and it should be ok, hopefully :)
I like Stargate and I like X-Com so I am just about your target audience! All the ingredients are here for a very enjoyable turn-based game - stats, upgrades, tech, varied soldier and opponent types, random levels etc. I really enjoyed the missions I played (the little Jaffa and Goauld sprites are very cute, by the way!). The only thing needed now is polish - a few sounds in particular would have gone a long way.
Awesome, another stargate inspired entry! The majority of the game mechanics seem to be working pretty well, which is pretty impressive for a game of this scope. I liked interacting with the different areas of the base. I also enjoyed the firefly references in the naming of the units.
Tactical turn-based strategy? Now that's already a good game in my book. You don't really see many of these, and yours actually looks like a solid enough game. Nice. Also, Firefly references are the best references.
@malf: odd, it should only send you back to the start screen if you run out of funds or your commander dies, neither was happening when this happened to you?
Great idea, solid execution! The game works well, and is very enjoyable! Needs polish but is overall a very nice entry and I would love to see more of this in the future!
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