Ludum Dare #37compo

Journey to Mars

by brainchewer

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.27

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.47

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.73

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.87

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.27

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★24%

A group of 4 intrepid astronauts make their journey to Mars in a very small, and completely safe capsule! Can you make it to Mars in one piece? Blast off from Earth in the Lynx and work with Mission Control to reach the furthest man has ever gotten! Beware the dreaded natural 1...

Coded in HTML 5 and CSS 3, using:
* jQuery 1.11.3
* bootstrap 3.3.6
* Google Fonts

Comments10

Attrition12 Dec 2016, 06:31

Unique concept. I never really felt like I knew what was going to happen on any given choice, maybe it would be nice to know ahead of time what stats will be rolled against, but it's okay to discover it yourself over time. Also liked the scenarios you wrote. Nice work!

conradte313 Dec 2016, 06:08

Interesting and funny, but would have liked for it to last a bit longer and have more story to experience.

Protrance15 Dec 2016, 01:30

Nice and funny little game. It could have been a little longer but other than that good job!

Zgragselus15 Dec 2016, 01:37

Interesting, although seemed quite random to me.

The writing is interesting there, but it was indeed quite short.

stupidmindlessf15 Dec 2016, 21:08

Good writing, good humor. I am not a big fan of the roll-die-to-die-haha gameplay though.
Would love to play a version that lasts a little longer, because I really enjoyed the writing and the premise.

Schrunkin17 Dec 2016, 16:34

Nice idea with a role-playing-experience, but the UI and instructions made it hard to grasp at first. Good humor :)

kd7uiy1 Jan 2017, 21:11

Interesting, but quite difficult!

abcdef65g2 Jan 2017, 00:52

Quite enjoyed the writing and the humor! I personally would prefer knowing in advance the stat to roll against, but all in all, I like the game and would want to play a longer version.

Piscythe2 Jan 2017, 03:53

Okay that was funny. The trial-and-error trying to guess what stats to use was fun. Telling us the consequences beforehand would just make the game even more random.

Jelinib2 Jan 2017, 04:20

Died four times (one of those times was insta-death on the launch pad, haha), and survived once. Very humorous! I wasn't sure if I saw a scenario where STR came into play... A longer adventure would've been nice, but overall this was enjoyable for what it was. Good job!