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Generation Ship by Shide

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made by Shide for LD30 (JAM)
We made a game about managing different functions of the ship in order to fix it and eventually reach your final destination.
We came up with an idea to make a game about mixing eco-systems of different spaceships' of a giant forsaken fleet by connecting them, which is a bit more related with LDs theme this year. It should've been a rather simple puzzle-game, but than we decided to make it more complex and smaller at the same time. So we ended up with this kind of decision-adventure about Engineer#34 and a bit crazy AI. And rabbits.
~20 endings, only 2 of them are positive

Controls:
Movement: WASD / arrows
Activate terminal: E
Select option in terminal: 1 / 2 / 3

Post Mortem: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2014/08/28/generation-ship-post-mortem/
Web http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/645024?updated=1
Walkthrough http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xMcROv6iaI&list=UUBHYWVMfouIcSiTxZOTW1AA
Win(post-compo) https://www.dropbox.com/s/51wdcl659fdbyww/win.rar?dl=0
Linux(post-compo) https://www.dropbox.com/s/cn6759tsb0mbb8k/linux.rar?dl=0
Mac(post-compo) https://www.dropbox.com/s/g5e9bbe5baxll8b/mac.rar?dl=0
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=29081

Ratings

Coolness 60% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.94 47
Audio(Jam) 3.72 103
Fun(Jam) 3.56 115
Graphics(Jam) 4.12 115
Humor(Jam) 3.69 55
Innovation(Jam) 3.50 151
Mood(Jam) 3.90 56
Theme(Jam) 2.50 615

Feedback

tmpxyz
26. Aug 2014 路 08:14 UTC
The link is empty now?
Hairein
26. Aug 2014 路 15:13 UTC
Sadly, clicking on the web link produced the following error in the browser:
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The resource could not be found.
馃帳 Shide
26. Aug 2014 路 16:27 UTC
Sadly Dropbox doesn't work correctly, we'll fix it.
馃帳 Shide
26. Aug 2014 路 19:04 UTC
Everything works fine now, still to add voice-over
kibertoad
27. Aug 2014 路 11:39 UTC
Well thought-out and with a great sense of exploration. Good job with the voice-over, it's no GLaDOS, but it has it's moments. Cool sci-fi thriller, kinda reminded me of Leviathan Wakes. I wonder why.
Oxeren
27. Aug 2014 路 15:01 UTC
Good game! Nice graphics and interesting gameplay.
Nuclear Napalm
27. Aug 2014 路 16:27 UTC
Really nice entry! Love voice acting!
mechabit
27. Aug 2014 路 16:31 UTC
Nice AI voice, amazing amount of content you did manage to do but as you say, not much connection to the theme.
jthistle
27. Aug 2014 路 16:51 UTC
The only game I have rated so far that I gave more than 4 5-star ratings :)
Amazing sound, ambience, graphics and gameplay. One of the best games I've played so far :)
Hairein
27. Aug 2014 路 19:58 UTC
I liked this very much. The graphics and audio fit very well and there is lots of potential in this idea. I enjoyed the playthrough and the controls were easy to learn. The dialogue and ingame choices seemed to fit the environment. Good job!
udo
28. Aug 2014 路 10:25 UTC
The amount of work and craftsmanship that went into this is absolutely amazing. The only thing "missing" would be a graphical ending, as opposed to just scrolling text. But otherwise, this is damn near perfect.
ViliX
28. Aug 2014 路 11:25 UTC
Great game with interesting gameplay! Keep it up!
liquidminduk
28. Aug 2014 路 12:46 UTC
great visuals and tight gameplay, I love it!
commodoreKid
28. Aug 2014 路 16:15 UTC
I liked the AI voice and that player is free to choose when he is able to.
RawboSaurX
28. Aug 2014 路 19:26 UTC
Awesome entry. I epecially like the personality of the computers voice. Very much to like in here, indeed. The 3D environments looks great, and so does the character model and animations. Looks like a lot of work was put into this. Great job!
mihaivdev
28. Aug 2014 路 19:57 UTC
Good entry. I really liked the game mechanic and the interpretation of the Connected Worlds theme. What I wasn't really keen on was the AI voice. I can see that you tried to make it like Portal with the robotic voice effect with human-like personality, making puns and using sarcasm, but that requires considerably more work to get right, and I'd recommend that you try and find your own unique AI personality, rather than mimic an existing one.
Nevertheless, great gameplay and original idea. Best of luck!
Dietrich Epp
29. Aug 2014 路 06:47 UTC
Amazing. The voice is just great. It took me a while to figure out, with each playthrough I could get a little farther. Great dialogue.
MJ Mantis
29. Aug 2014 路 19:45 UTC
The "Groundhog Day"-like mechanics is where the game shines best as it offers a lot of replayability. However, the execution a bit rough due to being rushed (AI is more rude than SS2's SHODAN let alone GLaDOS)... it could use more work, but I feel that the concept has a lot of potential.
Good job on the entry!
paps
30. Aug 2014 路 09:28 UTC
Good game. After many tries the AI makes me want to shut it down. It doesn't do anything to help. Good graphics, and sfx.
Are you sure there are 2 way to win this? I think there is only one :o
danidre14
30. Aug 2014 路 17:56 UTC
Not a bad ending though, for a negative one, but damn she was annoying! XD
Dohan
31. Aug 2014 路 15:34 UTC
Very good entry! I was unable to find a way to increase the power, but I get a good ammount of bad endings. Having voice acting for the AI was really good to set the mood.
sbarrio
31. Aug 2014 路 19:02 UTC
Really well crafted experience. The mood is nice and the voice overs are really cool. I managed to die in a wide array of ways which was also nice :D
Xanjos
01. Sep 2014 路 23:30 UTC
I actually like how you've managed to put in 20 endings based on the actions you do (encouraging replayability) and I really love how there's so much to explore in the spaceship. The voice acting seems pretty top notch too.
mcapraro
05. Sep 2014 路 05:34 UTC
wow, what a deep and polished game for the jam, congrats on the awesome entry!
kaarefc
01. Aug 2017 路 06:24 UTC
I wanted to try this oldie, but the download links are dead (and my system doesn't support the Unity plugin).
Any chance of a re-upload of the data?
Thanks!