Exodus: Fleet Commander
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Your fleet is pretty much stranded in a remote sector of space with your fuel resources running low. You’re the commander, how will you proceed? Will you move on regardless, leaving the ships that don't have enough fuel behind? Or will you try to scout the current sector for fuel, trying to save as many of your fleet's passengers as you can?
How will your fleet survive?
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As this is my first completed LD entry, I haven't been able to put everything what I wanted into the game. I haven't really planned out the weekend around Ludum Dare, so I've had some interruptions (both internal and external). Things that are missing and I might put in a new version after LD finishes:
- Enemies. Currently the game doesn't have any, and it might introduce more tension if it did. It does need whole lot of new systems to have a space fleet battle work properly, and that had to be cut early on.
- Music. While I can draw and I can figure out bfxr enough to produce some sounds, making music is just something I cannot try doing and expect the result not to summon Cthulhu if played.
- Ship actions. This was the hardest thing for me to cut, because I still think it should be included, but there's only so much time I have. The player was supposed to be able to transfer fuel and passengers between ships in the fleet, which would enable to abandon ships with as less damage as possible, which would make for much more interesting gameplay.
Unfortunately for the Central Europe timezone, Ludum Dare is not a very good fit - it starts and ends at 3 in the morning, and I have to go to work on Monday, so I can't stay up that long. This already shaves half a day, and I still need to sleep, code, eat, and try to have a life if possible. Oh well, what can you do.
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Your fleet is pretty much stranded in a remote sector of space with your fuel resources running low. You’re the commander, how will you proceed? Will you move on regardless, leaving the ships that don't have enough fuel behind? Or will you try to scout the current sector for fuel, trying to save as many of your fleet's passengers as you can?
How will your fleet survive?
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Saithir: Twitter | Homepage | Itch
Some words from the author
As this is my first completed LD entry, I haven't been able to put everything what I wanted into the game. I haven't really planned out the weekend around Ludum Dare, so I've had some interruptions (both internal and external). Things that are missing and I might put in a new version after LD finishes:
- Enemies. Currently the game doesn't have any, and it might introduce more tension if it did. It does need whole lot of new systems to have a space fleet battle work properly, and that had to be cut early on.
- Music. While I can draw and I can figure out bfxr enough to produce some sounds, making music is just something I cannot try doing and expect the result not to summon Cthulhu if played.
- Ship actions. This was the hardest thing for me to cut, because I still think it should be included, but there's only so much time I have. The player was supposed to be able to transfer fuel and passengers between ships in the fleet, which would enable to abandon ships with as less damage as possible, which would make for much more interesting gameplay.
Unfortunately for the Central Europe timezone, Ludum Dare is not a very good fit - it starts and ends at 3 in the morning, and I have to go to work on Monday, so I can't stay up that long. This already shaves half a day, and I still need to sleep, code, eat, and try to have a life if possible. Oh well, what can you do.