War in the Sky

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*"Rival countries have repeatedly provoked us! We must make sure our great nation is prepared for war!"*

Set up your nation's base with the help of your airships. Optimize resource production and airship task priorities. Build the Ministry of War to win the game.

This is an idle game. Feel free to let it run in the background and go do something else.

Low FPS Problems

If you are experiencing a low frame rate: Try to play the game in Firefox. For some reason I get the highest frame rate in Firefox.

Controls

* `Left mouse button`: interact with buildings and airships
* `Left`/`Right` or `A`/`D` or `Q`/`D`: rotate world
* `P`: pause game
* `Z`: zoom in / zoom out

Time-Lapse Videos


About the Game

I had two goals for Ludum Dare 38:
* Graphics made of simple shapes with a limited color palette.
* Implementing a job queue system allowing for agent-specific priorities.

Did I achieve my goals?
* Did I make a game with simple graphics and a limited color palette?
*Yes, I did!*
* Did I make a game with a job queue system?
*Yes, I did!*
* Did I make a fun game?
*No, not really...*

I ran out of time and wasn't able to implement some major gameplay elements. Obviously you should have been able to build your own airships. The other continents on the planet were meant for AI enemy nations against which you could have fought.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the graphics and have fun playing around with the job queue system! :)

Fun Facts

The game has:
* 4 nations
* 16 airship hull types
* 16 airship balloon types
* 71 airship icons
* 230 airship names (taken from real ships that were used 1850 - 1920)
* 4,180,480 possible airship combinations

Post-Jam Changes

* I added the tutorial pop-ups in the top right corner for players that don't read this description.
* I adjusted the airship's animations to make them a bit more physically correct.
* I made the Ministry of War cheaper.

Links

* Web : http://www.zyxer.net/ld38