Earth Wars

co-authored: @ricardo-lozano
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.69
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.38
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.67
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.09
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.31
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.14
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.20
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.77
A world overrun by machines and factories, on the border of ecological destruction, has finally found a solution to its inevitable doom: a portal to another dimension, which leads to a near identical planet.


The method is simple: just send all the junk through the portal, and let the others deal with it. There is no way your factories are gonna stop, how would you get all that big money without them! We all know that recycling is just a hack to lose money. But there is one problem… they have also mastered the portal technology!

It is a kill or be killed situation in this real-time, resource management strategy game! You gotta save your home from total annihilation. There is no time for that ethics nonsense, just do what you need to do.

THE CONTROL

Because of lake of time we couldn't do a tutorial, please read if you want to play :) :

Player 1

W and S: Opens and closes menu
A and D: Moves through the menu/Rotates planet
Space: Selects option from the menu

Player 2

Up and Down Arrow: Opens and closes menu
Left and Right Arrow: Moves through the menu/Rotates planet
Enter: Selects option from the menu

-Game mechanics-

1) Building:
Build sites that have different functions

-Factory: Generates money, but also waste
-Dumping site: Stores waste
-Incinerator: Reduces waste
-Portal: Sends waste to the other planet

2)Upgrade
Improves characteristics from each building site

3)Activate
Turns on and off each building

4)Sell
Sells the building to recover some money

screenshot

Comments21

Rodi21 Apr 2020, 10:39
What are the keys/button for you game ?
I can't really play
LloydCorfex21 Apr 2020, 11:06
No player guidance...
No menu to close the application.
Duskel21 Apr 2020, 11:25
No indication, nothing to explain how to play :/
the_martijn
the_martijn21 Apr 2020, 11:27
Figured out the controls really quickly, but next time give an instruction in the description or in the game itself.

Winning was pretty easy, because you get much money when you fill your planet with a few factories.

So fun game, but could've been made a bit harder.
BlueCalx
BlueCalx21 Apr 2020, 11:28
Not bad for a first entry ! Took me some time to figured out controls though. For the next players : WASD + SPACE to manage left planet and arrows + enter to manage right planet. Anyway, spawned Midgar and Sauron Eye, so I'm happy with that :smile:
Magic_mikeauthor21 Apr 2020, 12:33
@rodi WASD and SPACE for the left player, arrows and enter for the right player. We add more detailed info in the description!

Thanks for feedback :)
Magic_mikeauthor21 Apr 2020, 12:34
@lloydcorfex

It's our first entry and didn't think about the menu to close the app.. We only realised when it was too late.

We just add a description of the controls and mecanics of the game in the game descriptions for player guidance, but it's still not enough.

Thanks for feedback!
Magic_mikeauthor21 Apr 2020, 12:35
@the-martijn Yeah you right everyone is saying the same thing, we need to have some guidance in our game, thanks for the feedback and we're glad you enjoyed it!
Magic_mikeauthor21 Apr 2020, 12:36
@bluecalx A lot of mistakes were made but we learned a lot! Thanks for the feedback! There is also the portal gun and wall-e trash buildings :)!
5imon21 Apr 2020, 17:33
Nice!
some hints would be great for starting.
Well done
Magic_mikeauthor21 Apr 2020, 20:00
@5imon Yeah we agree! Thank you for the feedback :) !
zollmaniac22 Apr 2020, 14:29
I like the concept! I think there's some fun potential with this idea. I didn't have two people to play with, but could see how it could be a lot of fun when playing against another player. Of course, I had trouble keeping my earth alive without someone else sending me their trash!

As many others have said, a tutorial would be great and a single player mode would be a nice addition. A little more polish and you've got a solid game. Good job, y'all!
John Snyder
John Snyder22 Apr 2020, 15:04
I can see it being fun for two people but it's hard to fairly judge the game as a single player. The graphics are nice and I like how you made a more competitive game from the theme. I do feel the controls are a bit confusing at first. Overall though good job!
Lerg
Lerg24 Apr 2020, 12:28
Can you make an HTML5 or mac version? Or at least a video playtrough?
Magic_mikeauthor24 Apr 2020, 14:28
@zollmaniac Thank you for the feedback! We're currently working on a better UI and a tutorial to had more clarity! A single player mod with a basic AI could be cool!
Magic_mikeauthor24 Apr 2020, 14:30
@john-snyder Thank you! Yes that's a problem, even for us it was hard to test it, i don't think next time we'll on a versus game because of that :)! Thanks for feedback!
Magic_mikeauthor24 Apr 2020, 14:34
@lerg We wanted it on HTML5 but we couldn't make it work back then.. I'll try to put it online tonight if you want to give a try :)
Ecrush1198924 Apr 2020, 14:46
Great game I just think that the contrules are a little hard to find but the gamplay,music,and art was super nice.
Zalop28 Apr 2020, 18:40
Interesting game! Controls are weird, but I love the overall game!
belowzerogames
belowzerogames29 Apr 2020, 03:11
Very original idea , pretty cool little game just have to find someone to play against to really test it :)

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