Solar Tycoon by Arowx

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made by Arowx for LD32 (COMPO)
You had the nightmare again. The disaster happens and the power goes out then in a matter of days the entire city has turned into an angry hungry mob.

But this time it was different as you realised that with renewable energy everywhere the lights would stay on and civilisation would prevail over a collapse into anarchy.

And your destiny is to be the Solar Energy Tycoon who will thrust back the darkness and anarchy with the unconventional weapons of solar panels, wind turbines and wave generators!

But where to start...

Mouse controls.

WASD to move camera.
Mouse Wheel zoom in out (buggy in webgl version)

Hints and tips

1. Hire Crew - Minimum Crew 1 of each staff + Car + Van
2. Buy panels 100+
3. Select a field or building and choose the build solar icon.
4. Repeat 2,3,4 as necessary to build up your power base.

OK You need fitters and electricians to set up the panels, vans to deliver the planes and cars for the electricians and managers.

More fitters and electricians speed up the build times.
Managers and admin staff reduce the the build times.

Additional Note: I did not get a lot of time to playtest so let me know if anyone figures out how to win the game.

Will continue to work on this as my entry in the Indie Dev Mix Tape #2 Jam.
http://en.reddit.com/r/IndieDev/comments/337m4m/mixtape_2_halftime_highfives/

Ratings

Coolness 65% 3
Overall 2.97 730
Fun 2.67 855
Graphics 3.71 197
Humor 2.14 835
Innovation 2.70 823
Mood 2.63 793
Theme 2.29 1067

Feedback

scorched
20. Apr 2015 路 17:34 UTC
I catch an null pointer exception at the beginning in both versions (either in log or in popup messagebox). Mozilla Firefox here
馃帳 Arowx
20. Apr 2015 路 17:43 UTC
Seems fine for me, latest version of firefox, chrome, webplayer and webgl both fine. Anyone else having problems?
DrPrettyPatty
20. Apr 2015 路 17:53 UTC
I had no problems with the webplayer (also using Firefox). Man this game looks great and I love tycoon games, but extra help text would be really useful. I think I created a bunch of solar panels? I wasn't sure how the "jobs" work or what sliding the green bars did, and I just bought one of everything.

Anyway, I'm curious where this is going so I'm saving your mix tape link for later :)
zwartraider
21. Apr 2015 路 19:40 UTC
Quite an elaborate game for the given timeframe! I also like the crisp graphics of the world and the UI!
monkeedude1212
21. Apr 2015 路 19:41 UTC
Graphics were good, audio appears to be missing?

Some of the buttons didn't seem to work, I couldn't seem to get it to a point where I'm generating income. Not sure if incomplete or not functioning?
OrangeSpikyGames
21. Apr 2015 路 19:52 UTC
Seems like a neat idea, the interface is very confusing at first, I spent a lot of time clicking around trying to figure out what I was doing.
paulfysh
21. Apr 2015 路 19:53 UTC
I couldnt really figure out how to build anything, none of the buttons appear to do anything (except for buying stores and hiring staff)
Jerre
21. Apr 2015 路 19:53 UTC
Hey, sadly I could not find out how to do any thing, I bought some stuff and tried to build solar panels, at the right jobs came in to view, but nothing seemed to happen. It's a shame because probably there is some interesting stuff in a tycoon game. Visuals are very good tho.
ProjectX593
21. Apr 2015 路 19:54 UTC
I haven't the faintest idea of how to play this game :x
pema99
21. Apr 2015 路 19:56 UTC
Quite neat, I love the UI design.
rplnt
21. Apr 2015 路 20:02 UTC
I had no idea what I was doing, maybe it didn't work because of the exception... so I'll only rate graphics, which I like :)
bpvelloso
21. Apr 2015 路 20:04 UTC
Nice sim, little problens but still a very good job. Congratulations!
Kevlanche
21. Apr 2015 路 20:08 UTC
This game looks like it's really good but I'm sad to say I really can't figure it out. I installed solar panels on ~half the houses and then ran out of money. How do you earn money?

The game looks great and I love these types of games, but some sort of tutorial is sorely needed because currently it is just confusing.
Pix3M
21. Apr 2015 路 20:18 UTC
This looks like a game I could easily enjoy but a strategy game of this kind needs some pretty solid tutorials to explain the game. I click around and almost nothing is responsive - I can get info on a plot of land, but I can't do anything more than this

How do I build something? How do I get money? Can I do something with the houses? Do I need staff?
wilsk
21. Apr 2015 路 20:18 UTC
I'm terribly at Solar Tycooning, every business I run can only afford a bunch of solar panels and then makes virtually no money :) Great concept, will be interested to see what you make of it.
Mathieu Muller
22. Apr 2015 路 11:00 UTC
Very complex game for the time-frame of a LD compo. However, like other said, a small text tutorial to get people started would help. I'm currently stuck without being able to build more solar panels (I've bought enough of them) and the game don't tell me what I'm missing to build more. Electricians? Fitters? Cars? Vans?
馃帳 Arowx
22. Apr 2015 路 11:54 UTC
OK You need fitters and electricians to set up the panels, vans to deliver the planes and cars for the electricians and managers.

More fitters and electricians speed up the build times.
Managers and admin staff reduce the the build times.
thomz12
23. Apr 2015 路 13:44 UTC
Hard to find out what to do. I like the graphics!
resty
23. Apr 2015 路 13:54 UTC
Nice graphics, and the UI is really incredible for a game in 48h.
It's a pity that it doesn't have any audio.

And the Fire button seems not work, when I click it: sometimes no response, sometimes increase the employees.
Frozenfire92
25. Apr 2015 路 16:51 UTC
Really cool concept. Pretty buggy and unclear what to do. Would like to see more of this game! Also no OS builds? the WebGL build broke for me, webplayer worked in Firefox though, also got the null pointer exception
hadesfury
26. Apr 2015 路 18:28 UTC
Good game ... but need a little more feedback
Langouste
28. Apr 2015 路 15:54 UTC
Super game! I love it, thanks ;)
Malakat
28. Apr 2015 路 16:28 UTC
I like what you're trying to do here, but the game does a very poor job explaining itself.
rishal
30. Apr 2015 路 13:09 UTC
Nice engine you have there.
vikpek
30. Apr 2015 路 13:44 UTC
Hard to get at first - but it's a good idea. Solid UI work!
plams
30. Apr 2015 路 16:15 UTC
The game lacks some financial overview. By experimentation I figured out that only staff requires continuous funds, so the only way I could get income was by installing some things and then firing everybody :) It's very unfinished, yet promising! Also amazing you managed all this in 48h.