Outer Threat by ypr

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made by ypr for LD30 (JAM)
A game where you need to connect worlds to withstand increasing alien threat

Click on planets and drag to make connections
Click again to remove the connection.

When you connect planets, they share their resources. Icy planet produces shields. Arid planet makes weapons. Jungle planet produces food which increases regeneration speed and Urban planet trains skill fighters who can shooot longer.

How long can you sustain the hoards of aliens?

Ratings

Coolness 58% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.18 414
Audio(Jam) 2.44 554
Fun(Jam) 3.03 384
Graphics(Jam) 2.83 604
Humor(Jam) 2.22 463
Innovation(Jam) 3.55 134
Mood(Jam) 2.92 481
Theme(Jam) 3.77 95

Feedback

Fanatrick
25. Aug 2014 路 14:50 UTC
Good concept, however there's not much to do that really affects the gameplay.
HoboMechanistic
25. Aug 2014 路 15:44 UTC
Haha nooo I got swarmed :D Pretty good idea and neat execution. It might be better if planets buffed each other a bit more. For example if the jungle planets regeneration buffed faster you could keep going for longer if you could micro properly? As it stands now you have to assign the jungle planets buff and then leave it for quite some time, meaning you don't have anything to do (apart from stare in horror as your other planets get ravaged :P). Still pretty fun game though.
馃帳 ypr
25. Aug 2014 路 16:56 UTC
well, making healing planet heal is actually a good idea. I think I can update that one.
馃帳 ypr
25. Aug 2014 路 22:19 UTC
Added tutorial screen. I hope now it makes at least some sense
Maek
27. Aug 2014 路 11:02 UTC
Too much text for me... but good game.
JoshuaBurr
27. Aug 2014 路 11:06 UTC
Loved the concept.
Almax27
29. Aug 2014 路 21:18 UTC
2349, great fun! I found the click areas for the planets to be a bit off sometimes and it was very frustrating that all connections broke when a planet died. But seriously good work, props on the sound effects, made be feel I was 20 years younger :P
Nooner Bear
31. Aug 2014 路 07:02 UTC
I really like games like this. Something about setting things up like this and just letting them take their course. Well done.
Zambini
03. Sep 2014 路 16:32 UTC
A great resource game. Very well designed. My one gripe is I felt like I needed to be able to do more than just connect the planets, even if it was a simple timed action i could do, like a bomb that I could deploy once every 500 ship kills or something.

Overall, though, very fun! Great pew effect :)
馃帳 ypr
03. Sep 2014 路 17:11 UTC
wow, thanks guys, for your reviews. it's my first-time on ludum dare.

I'm still working on this, and hope to publish a post-compo version soon.
moi93101
03. Sep 2014 路 17:58 UTC
Simple, fast and good good gameplay ! Just the sound can hurt my sens ;)
AmberStorm
03. Sep 2014 路 18:05 UTC
Wow! Pretty tricky at beginning, but really fun :)
kyru
03. Sep 2014 路 18:34 UTC
Interesting game, might need a bit more to keep people interested for a long time, but it was fun for a while.
Lvyn
03. Sep 2014 路 19:04 UTC
Did not understand at first, but then was very entertaining ^^
Great !
jukimv1986
03. Sep 2014 路 19:28 UTC
Excellent! 1760 points! When one planet went down the others were quick to follow. Very good metaphor on what happens with interconnected systems. As some said, adding new mechanics or a way to level planets up that also made use of the connections would be good to keep up some more time from being swarmed. I had lots of fun playing your game. Great job!
swich
04. Sep 2014 路 15:01 UTC
Not bad :) My complaint would be that you can't see/feel very well how the numbers affect anything.
doomista
04. Sep 2014 路 17:15 UTC
3370.. with more and more ships on screen the connection system got somehow buggy. I was unable to make a path from one planet to another, it constantly tracked another planets as triggered.