A space ship crafting survival game. Basically. The theme application is kind of inspired by FTL: You can always see your and the enemy ship on the screen.
ATTENTION: The web version is very glitchy. I recommend the Windows version if you are a Windows user.
TIP: You can move the camera by click-dragging and you can zoom in and out using the mouse wheel
Cool voxel art/particle effects. Neat idea to build the ship while its fighting. I find it hard to zoom more than anything. The mouse wheel is pretty sensitive.
Interesting game, kept me playing with it for a while! Ships look great, the voxel style works nicely and provides a nice level of detail. Ship construction is compelling, but you get to engage with it so rarely because actually knocking another ship down is completely down to a roll of the dice. If there was something compelling I could do between build session to improve my chances or play to the strengths of my design that would improve it immensely.
This was a wonderful idea, but I found the execution a bit... off. Every time, I seemed to go up against a ship that was way overpowered, and my shots didn't seem to be hitting the enemy at all, no matter how many guns I had. That said, the decision to incorporate ship building and fighting into one was a great idea, and the voxel-based ships and attachments did look great. The FTL-inspired gameplay was nice too, but I'd like to see it a bit more balanced, and perhaps make it clearer to know what I'm supposed to be doing from the start. The camera wasn't too great either, but this is a good entry considering the time frame. Great work.
Amazing! Well done. I would love to see you continue on this. The simple building your ship mechanic is awesome. The graphics are good and the gameplay is fun. Things I would improve: camera controls, better enemy progression (It gets very hard too quickly)
Very nice graphics. Even has a tutorial. Gameplay is fun!
Felt that the fixed camera prevents you from getting a feel for the space in the game, though. Some means of better identifying where enemies are located around you would help.
I had a great time playing this game, and it was really fun experimenting with which combinations worked best to survive for a longer time. Didn't manage to get further than defeating three ships at most though. I'll probably get back to this game later on and see if I can get any further! Love the graphics.
My complains: - The game is clearly un-balanced (or at least, most newbies like me are getting trashed on enemy #3). - The fact you can move the camera kind of defeat the point, but how would we admire our beautiful ship otherwise? - Maybe the UI could be slightly improved, but given the timeframe that's honestly cosmetic.
@mrexcessive it *should* work on Chrome/Windows 8.1, I tested it. I admit it takes quite some time when the loading bar finishes until the actual game starts. Maybe it just looked like it's stuck?
Wow. Really cool concept. I'm not sure whether I like not controlling the ship directly, but this way feels a bit more like an tower defense game. Nicely done!
Very impressive work. They're not so many 3D games in Ludum Dare that manage to achieve that level of quality. So congrats for the realization and concept! The only thing that bothered me is that I had troubles setting the camera zoom in a way that fit the building mode (either to close or to far)
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Otherwise, fun game and interesting graphics.
Cool game, I really like that you can see the enemy ship on the screen as well!
The simple building your ship mechanic is awesome. The graphics are good and the gameplay is fun.
Things I would improve: camera controls, better enemy progression (It gets very hard too quickly)
Felt that the fixed camera prevents you from getting a feel for the space in the game, though. Some means of better identifying where enemies are located around you would help.
Anyway, great game!
A bit confusing at first, and very challenging. However that makes me more determined to play harder!
My complains:
- The game is clearly un-balanced (or at least, most newbies like me are getting trashed on enemy #3).
- The fact you can move the camera kind of defeat the point, but how would we admire our beautiful ship otherwise?
- Maybe the UI could be slightly improved, but given the timeframe that's honestly cosmetic.
Great job!
If you tightened up the camera a bit and added some more modules and enemy types, and a story, this could make a great post-LD game.