We're a company which specializes in connectivity. In this age of space travel and colonization, it's our job to keep the colonies connected . . .
Worldco is a frustratingly addictive game of trying to connect worlds and keep them connected as asteroids threaten the links between planets. Each level has 3 different difficulty levels so there's a challenge for everyone (seriously, I can't beat some levels though it IS possible). Aside from the campaign part of the game, complete with scores to try to beat, I've also included a random level generator to mix things up.
Made from scratch in Java, did all the graphics myself with my own art tool (also made from scratch).
Also, * I HIGHLY RECOMMEND DOING THE TUTORIAL FIRST *
First, the game is really fun. Second, do not play on the hard difficulty unless you are alone and can drop some F-Bombs without any consequences. Great job!
The tutorial was great and I really like the game concept - it's an interesting mix of timing and strategic thinking. However I felt that at least with Hard difficulty I didn't have much problems defending a level 1 line at all times, so the two more powerful line types saw less use. Maybe some lines transfer different goods, and certain planets prefer certain goods? Also it'd be nice if you could see the cost of a line between two planets by hovering over them. :)
The gameplay is really well thought through, except for one thing: there's nothing preventing you from waiting for hours before starting, collecting tons of money, then building 5 links everywhere. You can say "but the high scores!" but I don't think that works. There are the highscores, but I don't think that's enough. In a game like that, you shouldn't have to worry about highscores until you've beaten a level at least once. Here, if you don't care about highscores, the game becomes almost trivial. This could be fixed easily with a time limit for instance.
Apart from this flaw, it's a really solid game, congrats!
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After that you realize how simple the gameplay is but awesome!!
@theCoder15: I used the java.awt and javax.swing libraries.
I played in "GRAAARGH" difficulty and now I hate asteroids.
The gameplay is really well thought through, except for one thing: there's nothing preventing you from waiting for hours before starting, collecting tons of money, then building 5 links everywhere. You can say "but the high scores!" but I don't think that works. There are the highscores, but I don't think that's enough. In a game like that, you shouldn't have to worry about highscores until you've beaten a level at least once. Here, if you don't care about highscores, the game becomes almost trivial. This could be fixed easily with a time limit for instance.
Apart from this flaw, it's a really solid game, congrats!