Ten Cubes are locked inside the Escape Pod. They trying to survive and hold until they'll be evacuated and rescued. Sadly, the Escape Pod life support system isn't working very well. You must try to keep at least a few Cubes alive by managing Heat, Power and Oxygen supply.
- Use WASD to move came - Use the mouse to interact with objects - You can highlight interactive objects with TAB key - You can move Cubes between slots (click to select the cube, then click on an empty slot to place him there)
There is an interesting concept but it took me a while to figure out the rules (and I'm still not 100% sure I understand everything). To me it feels like management game and I'm sure with an introductory tutorial (with 1-2 cubes) there would be easier to get in.
Sounds and ambient works well with the style as well!
Wow it is kind of the concept I had at the beggining of creating my game for this LD. Although in the end I find the result projects very distinct. You did a good job! The game is responsive and fun to play)
Very nice game, quite polished, cool concept... I had fun :)
The only complaint I'd have is that it's a bit hard to parse the 3 needs with their 3 levels, over 10 cubes. That's a looot of info for the player. I know time is tight, but if you consider expanding this I'd go for much easier levels at the start (1 cube with 1 need to explain the mechanics).
I don't really understand everything, especially because the UI is very complicated and I couldn't get myself to play it for long because I can't understand what's happening. But that's probably because of me. You definitely hit the theme, the style is very simple but works and I didn't find any bugs. Pretty solid for 48 hours. Great job
Took a while to figure out what to do and how it works, however once i got a hang of it was pretty enjoyable to play as well as looked pretty cool. The UI above each capsule was a little confusing to understand how it works but still, good job
The graphics look really nice! The sfx sound cool, by the way. I think that the rules are a little complicated to understand at first, though. Anyway, congrats on finishing this nice game! (PS: oh, and finally an Unreal game! we're playing almost 90% Unity games here haha)
I love puzzle games! While I was only able to save 5 cubes this is a game I'll be coming back to play again until I'm able to save all 10 :smile:. Mechanically this is a sound game, and the appearance combined with the music really set the mood.
I do agree that some type of a tutorial might have been a good option to have. Something as simple as a tool tip that briefly explained what each clickable's function was before starting the game.
Took me a while to figure it out, but finally I managed to save 5 out of 10 cubes. Nice game and nice connection to the theme. Also the music was really cool, even though really simple it fit the game perfectly. Great job!
Once I got the hang of it, it was really skillful to juggle with the different modules, well done ! The only downside is I didn't understand if green was less consumption or more consumption, it's still unclear to me.
Overall this is a really solid entry, gameplay wise !
Your game was played on my stream ( https://www.twitch.tv/ursagames/videos ) on the third day of Ludum Dare streams. Thank you for sharing your game with us! You can find the timestamp of when your game was played here: https://goo.gl/N2rkr8
@ursagames Thank you! 7 cubes is a very good result :-) Random is tough right now and I think it's almost impossible to save all 10 cubes (but that's what the main menu says! :-)).
Nice game! I like the setting and the randomness in ship design.
The time pressure worked well for me, it seemed fitting with the escape pod theme to have to decide quickly who to vent into space :)
Some couple of tweaks I would suggest for next time: * Make the click hitbox for plates larger than their 3D model (I missed a lot of clicks with the time pressure). * Add more contrast between the alive and dead state of the cubes (the eyes change colors, but because losing a cube is quite significant, this could have much stronger feedback).
Other than that, everything felt very polished and readable to me, well done!
Good game, maybe a bit difficult because it seems things start to fall apart pretty quickly, but it's an interesting concept and it's challenging to understand what's the best thing to do to save a maximum of person. The camera may be the only thing that bother me, it doesn't seem to have a real utility to make it moveable, a static camera work well in this case. But aside from that it's a good game, I like the simple 3D presentation, it's pretty nice.
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Is it possible to save all 10 in any game, or it's just a random stuff?
Sounds and ambient works well with the style as well!
The only complaint I'd have is that it's a bit hard to parse the 3 needs with their 3 levels, over 10 cubes. That's a looot of info for the player. I know time is tight, but if you consider expanding this I'd go for much easier levels at the start (1 cube with 1 need to explain the mechanics).
I do agree that some type of a tutorial might have been a good option to have. Something as simple as a tool tip that briefly explained what each clickable's function was before starting the game.
Also the music was really cool, even though really simple it fit the game perfectly. Great job!
Overall this is a really solid entry, gameplay wise !
I have rated your game, but all of my feedback was captured in the stream.
You can hear my comments in the archive at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/345723905
Random is tough right now and I think it's almost impossible to save all 10 cubes (but that's what the main menu says! :-)).
The time pressure worked well for me, it seemed fitting with the escape pod theme to have to decide quickly who to vent into space :)
Some couple of tweaks I would suggest for next time:
* Make the click hitbox for plates larger than their 3D model (I missed a lot of clicks with the time pressure).
* Add more contrast between the alive and dead state of the cubes (the eyes change colors, but because losing a cube is quite significant, this could have much stronger feedback).
Other than that, everything felt very polished and readable to me, well done!
The camera may be the only thing that bother me, it doesn't seem to have a real utility to make it moveable, a static camera work well in this case.
But aside from that it's a good game, I like the simple 3D presentation, it's pretty nice.
If you'd like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/346058131?t=04h15m36s
Good luck on your ratings, see you next LD! :D
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