The Verse by simplesmiler
Explore and colonize the Verse!
There are many worlds to conquer. Some of them are connected by series of mysterious ancient gates, which drastically speed up moving through the space.
But beware, you are not the only one who wants to take over the Verse!
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Controls:
Left and right mouse button will rotate your camera.
When you highlight a world with mouse cursor, you can grab a part of your fleet from there and drop it to other world. Moving through space takes time, but gates between worlds (visualized as lines) will speed up your fleet significantly.
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Post-compo:
I'm working on post-compo version, with better balance and AI.
Read more: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2014/08/25/the-verse-aftereffects-day-1/
Please, don't take post-compo into consideration when ranking the game.
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Backup links:
Windows binary: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6JJfKNsTguMLTA2YWRwVEpSVk0
Platform agnostic [requires love2d]: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6JJfKNsTguMb0pvdFJ2N1NEa0U
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Love:
You can get love2d at: https://love2d.org/
Game is tested against love2d v0.9.1, and may not work with another version. This doesn't apply to the windows binary, because it's shipped with all the necessary stuff.
There are many worlds to conquer. Some of them are connected by series of mysterious ancient gates, which drastically speed up moving through the space.
But beware, you are not the only one who wants to take over the Verse!
---
Controls:
Left and right mouse button will rotate your camera.
When you highlight a world with mouse cursor, you can grab a part of your fleet from there and drop it to other world. Moving through space takes time, but gates between worlds (visualized as lines) will speed up your fleet significantly.
---
Post-compo:
I'm working on post-compo version, with better balance and AI.
Read more: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2014/08/25/the-verse-aftereffects-day-1/
Please, don't take post-compo into consideration when ranking the game.
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Backup links:
Windows binary: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6JJfKNsTguMLTA2YWRwVEpSVk0
Platform agnostic [requires love2d]: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6JJfKNsTguMb0pvdFJ2N1NEa0U
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Love:
You can get love2d at: https://love2d.org/
Game is tested against love2d v0.9.1, and may not work with another version. This doesn't apply to the windows binary, because it's shipped with all the necessary stuff.
Ratings
| Coolness | 93% | 2 |
| Overall | 3.63 | 175 |
| Audio | 3.27 | 241 |
| Fun | 3.39 | 284 |
| Graphics | 3.50 | 301 |
| Humor | 2.47 | 463 |
| Innovation | 3.26 | 479 |
| Mood | 3.71 | 83 |
| Theme | 3.73 | 206 |
My only problem is that it was a little too much for me to concentrate on. I couldn't quite keep track of what was going on! But that could just be me :P
Fantastic game!
In the end it could go a bit faster. I have more than 12000 units in one place figthing against 300 and it is still taking ages to finish them. I would love to see a post compo!
cheers ~ keddelzz
Reminds me of some of the old PSN games like Flow. Great mood and feel of the whole game.
I'm definitely looking forward to the post-dare version of this :D
Sorry :D
I don't think I'm allowed to modify entry now, but here's a link to a version with adjusted colors:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/36132745/14-08/simplesmiler-ld30-compo-colors.zip.
Other than colors there's no changes. Hope this will be better :)
I'm working on post-compo version, and I will definitely add an option for adjusting colors.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/36132745/14-08/simplesmiler-ld30-compo-colors.zip
Extra credit for using SuperCollider! I'd love to be able to make music with it some day.
A few criticisms:
1. The window is too small. This would be more immersive if I could resize the window or go fullscreen. This is a huge factor.
2. The Verse constantly shifting makes it hard to gather and send off precise amounts of a fleet.
Nitpicks:
- I can't press escape at the menu to quit the game, and there is no exit button. Minor.
- There are are multitude of empty lines emitted to stdout. Bothersome and unexpected in a terminal. (This is caused by a strangely placed print("") in your love.update() function.)