Orbitrade by Ragepyro

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made by Ragepyro for LD30 (JAM)
A game about simplistic trading between lots of little various coloured aliens.

Made by
@Ragepyro
@genderTruckery
And an amazing artist who doesn't use twitter.

Controls:
Right click and drag to spin galaxy/systems

Click on stars to zoom into them

Click on planets to select them, then use the resource boxes at the side to form trade routes and perform trades of various resources by clicking on another planet in the same system.

Trade routes are only one way, so pay attention to which end is tapered.

The little buttons near the bottom will let you zoom out again, or hide the UI.

And Escape will drop you out of the game with very little warning, so beware.

A WEB BUILD WILL BE COMING TOMORROW SOMETIME HOPEFULLY!
We encountered a bug with an animation system when we tried to build out to webplayer, so we'll be looking into that once we've been asleep for a bit.

Known Bugs:
You may have to reselect planets after trading or establishing trade routes, as the UI hasn't updated to show they're not selected any more.

It's possible there could be some animation glitches with the coloured shroud, though this has only been encountered in the non-existent web-build.

Ratings

Coolness 28% 1836
Overall(Jam) 3.16 424
Audio(Jam) 3.25 298
Fun(Jam) 2.81 511
Graphics(Jam) 4.24 78
Innovation(Jam) 3.39 200
Mood(Jam) 3.38 222
Theme(Jam) 3.59 178

Feedback

Xentira
26. Aug 2014 路 06:07 UTC
The game looks really nice but its not easy to connect the planets nor tell what the benefits/loss will be from doing so. Some more information or maybe some different way to connect the planets would help. Its a very interesting concept and the UI looks really good.
Caliber_Project
26. Aug 2014 路 19:48 UTC
Unique game, but found it difficult to see the results of creating trade routes with planets. But this looks promising!
Chaoseiro
27. Aug 2014 路 02:08 UTC
You could pause the system planet's rotation while it is selected, maybe, or use arrows to select a planet, and it is not clear what those routes affect.
Nice graphics and audio btw ;)
blurryroots
27. Aug 2014 路 02:20 UTC
Do you guys plan on a linux build? It looks interesting.
馃帳 Ragepyro
27. Aug 2014 路 02:24 UTC
@blurryroots I'll go throw one together now :)
Lasty
27. Aug 2014 路 04:06 UTC
Very cool idea, but you really need some kind of visual cue or instructions for creating the trade routes. Mouse over feedback or buttons would have done the trick.

Otherwise, very nice graphics, music and aesthetic :)
aeveis
27. Aug 2014 路 04:17 UTC
Pretty game! I had a hard time understanding how to perform trades. Do I click on a different planet when it's zoomed in? I couldn't form any lines between any planets. What does trading resources do?
ViliX
28. Aug 2014 路 10:50 UTC
Well polished game :)
43iscoding
28. Aug 2014 路 22:33 UTC
Very cool graphics! Some sort of tutorial is needed here tho
Cryunreal
30. Aug 2014 路 16:13 UTC
really nice game! like its visual style )
Sam Oates Games
30. Aug 2014 路 21:58 UTC
Great work!