Space Alert

co-authored: @gabriel-petkov
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.76
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.97
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.55
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.13
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.60
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.91
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.71
A simple 2d game!

A fire breaks out on the spaceship 'SHIP'. You are the last survivor of the crew, and you have limited time to load the escape pod with the most important resources. Launch the ship before it explodes but be careful what you choose because space is limited and time is short.

To Win you need some percentage of the max cargo capcity.(around 30 kg in the capsule zone)

Comments14

acousticAnalyst2 Oct 2023, 22:53
Short and sweet, could do with some audio, or indication as to what objects cause a win not a loss
NChalakov
NChalakovauthor2 Oct 2023, 22:57
To Win you need some percentage of the max cargo capcity.
LazySeal2 Oct 2023, 23:04
That was pretty fun but I didn't get how to win С: Feels like the first part of the 60 seconds game.
Good job!
BuyMyBeard
BuyMyBeard3 Oct 2023, 00:20
You were seved! Mission failed!
I win, but I still lose in the end lol.
I found it so hilarious that I decided to replay the game, and that's when I understood the game was broken.
The big issue with the game is that it's luck based. You win only if a bunch of heavy items spawn (fire extinguisher). If only sandwiches spawned, you are basically screwed, and no matter how well you play you still lose.

If you can take one lesson from making this game, it should be that you should be careful how you implement randomness in a game. I'd advice watching this video from GMTK.


Congrats on submitting. Hope I didn't come off too mean!
NChalakov
NChalakovauthor3 Oct 2023, 07:39
Thank you for the feedback. I see the problem with the randomness.We did not have the time to test it enough and tweak it, but probably will provide a fixed version with this today.
NChalakov
NChalakovauthor3 Oct 2023, 08:50
Second Version is uploaded
Utopia
Utopia5 Oct 2023, 04:20
Okay... Curious about how to win, oh I see the reply, so it doesn't matter how many food I take LOL. Anyway, the game is simple but interesting.
NChalakov
NChalakovauthor5 Oct 2023, 13:44
I had to take into account the amount of food in the capsule, but we didn't have time to implement the algorithm
asfdfdfd5 Oct 2023, 20:06
I fell it likfe "Space Eating Simulator", ha-ha. Keep going!
AdamG7 Oct 2023, 02:29
I liked that the camera wasn't just moving with the player 1:1 immediately, most game jam games go the lazy way there. I think it would have been nice if there was a way to know how much weight you needed to succeed though
ffffchai
ffffchai9 Oct 2023, 04:01
I've experienced it many times, and it's a simple and light game. I think it would be amusing if it was designed so that you could win no matter what but have different endings, something like "ate a lot on the journey", "built propulsion with all the fire extinguishers", "became the last gaming nerd of the human race! "...
fatEmperor11 Oct 2023, 13:10
Good idea. Minimalistic graphics and pleasant controls.
EgorMnc14 Oct 2023, 14:12
The game is interesting, it was quite nice to play it, keep working on it and everything will be cool
jandourek
jandourek18 Oct 2023, 23:16
Very simple, but it was fun to move around (the character is very fast). There's definitely potential with this idea. I like @ffffchai's suggestion about having different endings depending on what items you took with you on the ship. I also didn't understand why there were keys for selecting items, since you couldn't use them, and there was never a situation where I had to drop a specific item to pick up a new one. Still it was pretty interesting!

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