Supernova by Robert

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made by Robert for LD30 (JAM)
A Simple Strategy game made in 73 Hours (Jam).



The Goal of this game is to build Thuster Engines to your HomePLanet and escape the Laser "Supernova".

Thrusters costs 500 Wood, 500 Water, 500 Sand to build.Simply click on your Homeplanet to build them !

Ratings

Coolness 59% 3
Overall(Jam) 2.94 565
Audio(Jam) 2.26 580
Fun(Jam) 2.80 520
Graphics(Jam) 2.53 680
Innovation(Jam) 2.80 512
Mood(Jam) 2.65 602
Theme(Jam) 3.20 364

Feedback

deadpixelsociety
25. Aug 2014 路 23:09 UTC
Well the UI worked well and I enjoyed the planet's textures. However I wasn't able to discern a goal for the game or anything to do other than assign resource generation to each planet and wait for the red wave of death (the supernova?) to eat my planets.
馃帳 Robert
26. Aug 2014 路 00:06 UTC
Did you read the description on the gamejolt page ?
ZYXer
27. Aug 2014 路 01:51 UTC
This was surprisingly fun! :D I thought I had understood the game when suddenly the red supernova started to rise from the bottom and I started to lose my planets.

I really like the way the supernova makes the planets smaller. it would be nice though, if the player could see how far away the supernova is before it appears on the screen.

I think you should give impatient players a bit more information, like: You need to build the thrusters in three steps (each costing 500/500/500).

The "x/5 sec" format in the top left is a bit confusing. At first I thought if meant "x of 5 per second" and not "x per 5 seconds", so I only built 5 woodcutters, waterfillers and sanddiggers.

But overall, well done!
bushmango
27. Aug 2014 路 02:55 UTC
What I don't get is why do my resources keep resetting to 99?
nerd burglars
27. Aug 2014 路 02:57 UTC
Solid entry! Graphics are not the best, but who cares? It's all about the game play!At first I was just like ZYXer and was misinterpreting things, but once I figured it out, it was easy. Good luck to you :)
Chaoseiro
27. Aug 2014 路 03:02 UTC
Nice game :D
I lost and won once yay
馃帳 Robert
27. Aug 2014 路 03:19 UTC
When the nova hits you planets it drains your resscourses
TehSkull
27. Aug 2014 路 03:28 UTC
Took three tries, but I got it! Decent game. Needs a little more warning on the lasers.
CoolIron
27. Aug 2014 路 03:51 UTC
This was quite fun, but I wasn't able to win :( Each time nove burned my planet my resources droped to 99 and didn't increase for some time.
Loved random window title :D
Great job!
馃帳 Robert
27. Aug 2014 路 11:43 UTC
Thank you CoolIron !
Ted Brown
30. Aug 2014 路 03:35 UTC
Good, solid concept: utilizing system worlds for their resources to build stuff. Needs better UI to show long-term (i.e. game winning) goals. Consider making the super nova not flat-shaped, maybe encroaching from the outside, or a giant sun. Or, possibly, putting the sun at the center of the system.... :)
vividhelix
01. Sep 2014 路 16:50 UTC
Cool take on the theme, managed to get to the end...Good job!
malf
01. Sep 2014 路 17:06 UTC
Coould not run I suposse it requires Java 7 instead of 6 :?
Lvyn
01. Sep 2014 路 17:25 UTC
Nice game :)
馃帳 Robert
01. Sep 2014 路 19:36 UTC
@malf yes you need Java 7
Tex Killer
03. Sep 2014 路 03:34 UTC
Very nice, but gets boring quickly. There should be other objectives and gameplay possibilities for catching the players attention.
Xanjos
05. Sep 2014 路 15:59 UTC
Took a while to work out what to actually do in this game but this was a pretty interesting entry to play. I like how each resource is dependent on the other two and how you need to find some sort of balance to maximise production of all three resources.
Jupiter_Hadley
06. Sep 2014 路 21:29 UTC
Interesting game! I included it in part 17 of my Ludum Dare 30 Compilation video series, if you鈥檇 like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/02vIiZyi3-c
cstudios
07. Sep 2014 路 08:50 UTC
Its a well made puzzle game with simple mechanics but realy deep requirements on resource management. First i did not understood what to do, so i connected all the planets to my home planet, later on I discovered that i can assign resource gathering, and later on the supernova came... and it was fun. Failing few time in the beginning then i figured it out.