Space Oddities

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.74
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.66
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.86
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.18
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.58
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.25

About


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You are diving deeper and deeper into deep space in search of a new home.

Watch the amount of food and the operation of the engines.

Your current count of food and distance to target is dispaying in left corner.

More engines is working - you have faster speed.

Clone your minions in cloning machine to use them to produce resources.

Food generator converts 1 minion to 50 food.

Fuel generator converts 1 minion to fuel bag and you need move it to engine.

You win, if you reach destination and have one or more minions.

Controls


*WSAD* - move camera

*Q-E* - zoom camera

*mouse left* - click on minions for select and click on place for choose target for active minion.

Gameplay video



Attention!


Balance doesn't exist)) Pay attention for *generation* property on minions - it's have effect to cloning. Any cloning have corruption of gens.

Comments18

Thiradil
Thiradil26 Apr 2021, 14:50
I'm on Google Chrome on Windows and it seems that left click doesn't work :(
Seems like my minions didn't feel like working at all ! Joke apart, the theme deeper & deeper is respected.
Ben Yazi
Ben Yaziauthor26 Apr 2021, 15:06
@thiradil sounds sad. I use Chrome too, but dont have problem. Did you select any minion before choose the work?
zachhof27 Apr 2021, 02:36
I really enjoyed the game! Good job!
Fearawl28 Apr 2021, 19:27
A complete game with interesting graphics, cool feed, clear gameplay and pleasant nuances. Top development for jam from one person.
asdehielo29 Apr 2021, 22:11
Fun, simple game, I enjoyed it from beginning to end. I can't believe my minions are cannibals.

Good job!
Pincushion29 Apr 2021, 22:19
Nicely done. It took a few tries to get the hang of it. It was challenging until I found a good rhythm.

I saw your note about the minion's "generation property". It's not clear exactly what that number means.
LDJam user 246128
LDJam user 24612829 Apr 2021, 22:20
Well that was dark, clone yourself to eat yourself. Still a nice game!
LMB
LMB29 Apr 2021, 22:29
That was a crazy one :smile:

Interesting idea with graphics that are nice on their own way (not an euphemism!).

Random comments:

* I didn't understand how the "generation" affects the minions.
* Controls felt strange sometimes. I couldn't pinpoint exactly why, but felt as if sometimes I would click on a minion and it would not be selected. (And I would not notice that, because the marker that identifies the selected one is not much flashy.)
* I reached the end, yay!
Tiago Cruz29 Apr 2021, 22:54
It is a fun game with a neat concept, nice job. I was able to make the minions skip some squares by spamming the left mouse button on the destination. I don't know if it is a intended behaviour but it makes the game a little easier.
PiJaMar
PiJaMar30 Apr 2021, 01:30
Super cool concept, very funny, I laughed out loud many times! It gave me Lemmings vibes. I love the art style as well, minimalist ultra charming pixel art is probably my favorite kind of game art. Are you planning on expanding it?
Scrawach
Scrawach30 Apr 2021, 18:00
The mechanics of cloning and recycling clones are just awesome! Both in a technical, gameplay and philosophical sense. I was directly imbued with the atmosphere of science fiction of the distant future.
Dudelesha
Dudelesha1 May 2021, 11:46
I think this game is hard to understanding, but it is very simple and interesting.
NuclearRedeye
NuclearRedeye1 May 2021, 11:48
Fun and short little experience. Took me a little while to realise that you have to use to mouse to select and move the minions. Found the whole clone/scarifice mechanic humorous.
IAAndrei
IAAndrei1 May 2021, 14:50
Quite a fun little game. Very good work!
CaptAndrey
CaptAndrey2 May 2021, 18:40
+необычные механики

+приятная графика и звуки

+юмор как в концепции, так и в именах юнитов

-применение темы не заметно

-стоило разбить на несколько уровней - поначалу сложно сразу все понять

-механику клонирования стоит сделать попонятнее
Ben Yazi
Ben Yaziauthor2 May 2021, 18:53
@captandrey Да, согласен с минусами.

- Тему хотелось через обыгрывание погружение в глубокий космос, чем глубже тем все больше проблема с ресурсами.

- И да, в планах было сделать разбивку на уровни. Перемещение от системы к системе в поисках подходящего мира.

- В механике клонирования много факторов, которые не видны вообще никак в игре. Что клон хуже оригинала, и если клонировать клонов - то может вообще получится очень испорченный экземпляр)))

Много на что времени не хватило))
quackBehavior
quackBehavior4 May 2021, 00:38
Good idea with clones! Very cool concept!

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