Earth is running out of space. You, a robot, have been sent to Mars (which is teeming with life) to document the plants. However, you have limited data storage, so will have to be careful.
Game Engine: -Unity
-Programming through Visual Studio
Graphics: -www.piskelapp.com & Inkscape
Music & Sounds: -BoscaCeoil
SourceCode found within the .zip.
-Change Log- -Fixed issue where deposited data would not be removed from the inventory. -Fixed issue where the new plant image would be hidden behind the mission objective text. -Removed alien den that had been placed next to the pod for testing (rushed pushing out the game). -Fixed a certain plant which would not disappear when scanned. -Changed the increase multiplier for the shield.
Woah! The art was telling me to smile and laugh, but the music was telling me that I was about to get jump-scared by squid creatures! I didn't even feel safe in my bubble thingy! Okay, I'm calm. Great atmosphere, lots of content, but the game almost seems anti-theme, which is totally cool. Good work :)
Cool game, i got to 106GB! Great audio asswel. The game was very relaxing. Only thing i would change is the difficulty ramp. It felt a bit to easy the first few minutes. Great game man!
Very cool idea to use the theme. No only do you have to watch out for the batteries running low, but you need to watch how much info you can store. Love it! Music was a good fit as well and the characters were very charming. Like the idea of surveying the life around you.
@laytanl The difficulty is definitely one of those things I was planning on fine tuning, but it was just down to time really. I would like it to be a much more gradual thing, instead of staying at 0 for a while then hopping all the way up 100!
The overall game is great. Not sure if the game would be more interesting if there were varying enemies. There were multiple things to track and it was great.
@dk5000p I completely agree. Ideally, I wanted a number of different enemy variants that you would be able to spot and document, similarly to the plants. Anyway, thanks for the feedback!
This is a very nice game! I love how the music slows down and gets a little creepy when you leave the safe area. A death animation is also always welcome. Great job, love it.
I liked this game and the cute character. I collect almost 250GB =) Think that you could make more upgrades and enemies like others say. It would be even more fun.
I thought the adaptive music, being slower outside of the shield, was a neat idea! I wish there were more enemy types, like maybe one that shot at you instead of just running at you. I noticed a few times where the enemies would sometimes spawn inside of my shield when returning to my base, which lead to some close calls.
I'm a big fan of the death animation as well, with it showing your score on the little robot.
@fakefirefly Thanks for the feedback! I was aware of the issue with the enemies and just didn't have enough time to change anything. Different enemy type and a bit more variety in what you're doing would also be nice.
Cute game, also fitting backgound music. I did notice that you allow screen ratios in which not everythig fits perfectly you might want to think about that next time.
Nice project! I would have liked a gradual difficulty curve though, as these "locals" are extremely fast and aggressive. Seems like the sort of game where I wouldn't mind it being easy and relaxing.
@radical-dog The aliens are something that I'd like to improve! Unfortunately at the moment, spawn placement is randomised for the alien dens, meaning that some games start much more difficult than others. They do move too quickly and it would be nice if their speed, damage and size was relative to how far away from the base they spawned. Thanks anyway for the response!
Nice game, Love how everything is balanced! Good luck, Don't forget to take a look at ours if you don't mind and see what it's like when we just focused on graphics in this game jam! Game Link: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/spacelab-42a
Pros: - Nice assets (adaptive music!) - Fun mechanics
Cons: - As people already said, it was tough avoiding the aliens. Specially by the end game, they are all stack close to you and near the points of interest, since I guess when you enter the shield they don't just go away randomly, but stay near where you were. Either nerfing them or giving more options to avoid the them would solve this, I reckon.
@doey Hi there, thanks for rating my game. I would like to play your game but I have a Linux OS so I can't. If you export to Web or Linux, let me know to play it :)
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I'm a big fan of the death animation as well, with it showing your score on the little robot.
Overall, enjoyable, if a bit repetitive.
Keep it up!
Thanks anyway for the response!
Good luck, Don't forget to take a look at ours if you don't mind and see what it's like when we just focused on graphics in this game jam!
Game Link: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/spacelab-42a
Pros:
- Nice assets (adaptive music!)
- Fun mechanics
Cons:
- As people already said, it was tough avoiding the aliens. Specially by the end game, they are all stack close to you and near the points of interest, since I guess when you enter the shield they don't just go away randomly, but stay near where you were. Either nerfing them or giving more options to avoid the them would solve this, I reckon.
Cheers!