Extinction by loxo
It's sunday evening as a global disaster happened. Nobody really knows what happened, but one thing is clear, only beneath the surface is life still possible. The sole survivors are the 5000 participants of the first cave game jam. The catastrophe happened only a few minutes after the submission for the game jam ended. Now the survivors have one task besides rating each others games: prevent the extinction of mankind.
Mine coal, iron and water to sustain the survivors and extend the existing buildings.
The game is far from finished, not every mechanics is working, a tutorial isn't included and mostly placeholder graphics are in the game. In the beginning the concept seemed really simple, but in time I realized I was too ambitious again. Maybe I will eventually learn to make smaller games.
Tools:
11" MacBook Air
GIMP
TextWrangler
Technology:
HTML
Javascript
Mine coal, iron and water to sustain the survivors and extend the existing buildings.
The game is far from finished, not every mechanics is working, a tutorial isn't included and mostly placeholder graphics are in the game. In the beginning the concept seemed really simple, but in time I realized I was too ambitious again. Maybe I will eventually learn to make smaller games.
Tools:
11" MacBook Air
GIMP
TextWrangler
Technology:
HTML
Javascript
Ratings
| Coolness | 100% | 1 |
| Overall | 2.83 | 895 |
| Audio | 1.59 | 1010 |
| Fun | 2.43 | 1029 |
| Graphics | 2.62 | 902 |
| Humor | 2.12 | 793 |
| Innovation | 2.98 | 608 |
| Mood | 2.57 | 926 |
| Theme | 3.19 | 623 |
I really understand what you mean when you say you're being too ambitious. I do this all the time. Great job on the game, its fun even unfinished.
The name is well chosen ^^'
I hope that you take the time to polish and improve - I think one of the most important things right now is to show clearly what are the needs of the colony - you have bars over the menu, but a more colorful and explanatory HUD would be great.
Cheers!
In the end I found myself spamming mine clicks around the frontier borders of my cave town.
I have to admit that I'm not really sure what I was doing. I started digging and mining stuff, but there is no indicator of how much I have or need, and I just build some of everything, and for a while that worked out until it didn't. I'm sure you had a lot of cool stuff planned there, it's a pity you didn't finish it!
I also like your setting a lot! I wish there was actually a separate panel where I have to vote on things! :D
and nice story!
on Chrome/Windows, the text of items are barely readable (font issue?) but it seems fine in your screenshot.