Tin Can Internet by fserb

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made by fserb for LD30 (COMPO)
Pass cables through all planets before the time is up.
Leave the quadrant when you are done.

arrows : Move around
space: Skip intro

The games is done in Haxe/OpenFL and is submitted in both HTML5 and a Flash fallback.

Ratings

Coolness 75% 2
Overall 3.89 52
Audio 2.56 636
Fun 3.81 72
Graphics 3.52 293
Humor 3.38 92
Innovation 3.93 87
Mood 3.38 242
Theme 4.24 19

Feedback

Jupitron
25. Aug 2014 · 04:56 UTC
Nice game! It has leaderboards! Mmmm! I love leaderboards, every game should have leaderboards. Even sudoku.
sharpcoder
25. Aug 2014 · 04:57 UTC
Heh, this is hilarious! It's pretty fun too, nice job! I think your game is actually pretty well balanced.
juakob
25. Aug 2014 · 04:59 UTC
Interesting idea, It was a little difficult to understand what I was doing at the beginning, but I really the concept
Lyszie
25. Aug 2014 · 05:10 UTC
Such a fun game! :DD
ClutchNachos
25. Aug 2014 · 05:12 UTC
That intro is hilarious xD and the game itself is addicting
khahem
25. Aug 2014 · 05:31 UTC
Very fun game :)

There is a small bug with the end game screen if you press space at the wrong time but nothing game breaking.
haveric
25. Aug 2014 · 05:44 UTC
Pretty solid game. Live leaderboards is a great feature and keeps it competitive across users. Some of the planets were frustrating to swing between and the last level I got to, I was just bouncing around like a crazy madman trying to deliver cat videos to people, but I enjoyed getting to the top of leaderboard in the process.
pa3kc
25. Aug 2014 · 05:59 UTC
I like the "connection" of the story to the game and how cables sticks!
Roknsk
25. Aug 2014 · 06:00 UTC
Html version not working for me. Cool game thou
sanojian
25. Aug 2014 · 06:07 UTC
I like this. I only wish you could click away the intro text to try again after a mess up. Nice with a leaderboard. You other guys are way too good at this.
invi
25. Aug 2014 · 06:27 UTC
Very solid game mechanic. This has a lot of potential. Awesome game.
🎤 fserb
25. Aug 2014 · 06:30 UTC
@sanojian. I thought I had added a key to skip the intro text, but there was a small bug. Fixed it. :)
🎤 fserb
25. Aug 2014 · 06:30 UTC
@Roknsk, can you tell me the browser/os you tried?
🎤 fserb
25. Aug 2014 · 06:30 UTC
@khahem fixed that! :) thanks.
vinhuman
25. Aug 2014 · 07:10 UTC
I had a lot of fun. Grabbed the second spot on the leaderboards and was apparently blown out by the game's creator, but I would expect that much. I bet someone will pass me soon though :P.
tmpxyz
25. Aug 2014 · 07:13 UTC
Nice game!
Lars Faust
25. Aug 2014 · 07:16 UTC
Holy shit that is a cool idea.
And so smoothly excecuted.

Plays absolutely fantastic. Great job!
MrTedders
25. Aug 2014 · 07:22 UTC
Very literal take on the theme :D solid game!
royvanrijn
25. Aug 2014 · 07:23 UTC
Very nice game, nice thinking, great physics.. and a leaderboard, hell yeah!
shashwat
25. Aug 2014 · 07:27 UTC
I love it!
nonetheless
25. Aug 2014 · 08:41 UTC
Love it, great presentation, very nice idea, mechanics are almost perfect, solid entry :)
ahmedmohi
25. Aug 2014 · 09:52 UTC
Good game , like the concept and very simple maybe abit difficult but like it .
egdob
25. Aug 2014 · 12:56 UTC
Awesomely simple mechanic with lots of room for replay, and leaderboards! Good job!
ninjascript
25. Aug 2014 · 13:41 UTC
Great entry! Unique mechanics that are still pretty easy to pick up. I wish there were more levels!
malf
25. Aug 2014 · 13:45 UTC
Very fun game! I have a difficult time with the mechanics but I think it was my fault for not reading the introduction :D
ittlebit
25. Aug 2014 · 13:48 UTC
Fun concept, interesting premise, well done!
Jupiter_Hadley
25. Aug 2014 · 13:54 UTC
Simple looking, but really well done. I included it in part 3 of my Ludum Dare 30 compilation video series :) http://youtu.be/WU8AB6IzBac
McFood
25. Aug 2014 · 15:41 UTC
Great gameplay, It seemed a bit glitchy if I came close to connecting 2 planets at once.
Lots of fun, challenging but fair, looks great and funny.
Really good job =)
kidanger
25. Aug 2014 · 15:55 UTC
Simple but fun! I like the graphics and the effects. The difficulty curve is a bit high though.
Jake Coxon
25. Aug 2014 · 17:42 UTC
Great game, took the theme very literally, leader boards always a plus, and the graphics are nice too.
Tanner
25. Aug 2014 · 18:39 UTC
Nice idea, nice graphics.
hypp
26. Aug 2014 · 06:40 UTC
Nicely done. I like it!
IHateATMFees
26. Aug 2014 · 12:24 UTC
nice job! clean graphics, good controlling gameplay.
dunin
26. Aug 2014 · 14:21 UTC
Really nice idea and good for the theme. Fun.

(works on chrome but doesn't work on Firefox/win for me, here's the console log:
"Lib.hx:114: Warning: Graphics.drawRoundRect is not implemented" LD30.js:3600
TypeError: this.__sourceImageData is undefined LD30.js:5093" )
🎤 fserb
26. Aug 2014 · 16:17 UTC
@dunin thanks for feedback. I'll check this out.
Makio64
26. Aug 2014 · 16:38 UTC
Very cool physical concept, i love the feeling we get to control it !
BadgerPriest
26. Aug 2014 · 16:45 UTC
Wow, what a fun original game concept!

I really enjoyed the way the game mechanics work: penalizing speed based on cable length encourages the player to make more interesting paths, and I like how you get bounced but not killed when you hit a planet.

Top score so far: 141.
Otrora
26. Aug 2014 · 21:46 UTC
It gets a bit repetive after a wild. But overall very good
korigame
27. Aug 2014 · 01:16 UTC
Great little game, the cables are really well done - I laughed when the score screen popped up :)
Eduardo
27. Aug 2014 · 01:58 UTC
Really cool! I liked of the cables, really juicy!
Empyrealhell
27. Aug 2014 · 03:26 UTC
Can't click to start the game on Firefox.
Navarckyx
27. Aug 2014 · 12:15 UTC
Really fun game to play, although your wrist hurts after a while :) I really like how your speed slows down the longer you try to move away without attaching it to a planet, it's like it's stretching like a real physical thing - things like that do not go unnoticed. It's also nice how your ship swings around.

1,486 points. Take that fserb! :D
markusfisch
27. Aug 2014 · 17:33 UTC
Simple idea, good game! And very well done. I like the colors and the simplicity. It's quite addictive once you get the hang of it!
Two Scoop Games
29. Aug 2014 · 16:19 UTC
Hey great game, nice job. unique concept of roping the planets, I would play this on mobile for sure. Keep going with it! Thanks for making it browser friendly also!
Colapsydo
01. Sep 2014 · 08:55 UTC
The rocket moves are smooth, it's pleasant to fly around planets.
If you planned to continue working on the game, a mode with a limited length cable could be fun.
AdamHarte
03. Sep 2014 · 01:45 UTC
Very nice gameplay, and a great idea.
mrspeaker
03. Sep 2014 · 13:55 UTC
Wow - that is fun... I played the first level and thought, eh, you just loop around the edge and that's it... by level 3 I was hooked. I love the concept too - would be great to meme-ify it 20% ;)
Teejay5
04. Sep 2014 · 00:36 UTC
excellent premise haha!
ncannasse
04. Sep 2014 · 11:40 UTC
I quite enjoyed playing it :) Would have been better with a nice music
phi
07. Sep 2014 · 08:17 UTC
This is great! It's very polished, it looks awesome, it's fun to play and easy to grasp. I love the way you explain the concept and the way you implemented the theme. But I found the time limit rather annoying than challenging, but I guess the leaderboards make more sense this way.
Mike Mezhenin
10. Sep 2014 · 17:43 UTC
Awesome! 228 planets now have cats, I'm proud of myself.
Posva
14. Sep 2014 · 12:13 UTC
I really enjoyed that one!
mcapraro
15. Sep 2014 · 01:13 UTC
very nice and simple. the controls feel really good , well done