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Startrader by Nessic

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made by Nessic for LD28 (COMPO)
This.. is not that great really, but Im still happy with it. The .exe is in the executable folder. Please forgive the larger then it normal file size, I couldn't figure out how to get it lower with pyinstaller.

Manage a trading empire across the vast reaches of space, and try and earn enough money to prolong your life as long as you can, you have to be quick to spot profitable planets and routes.

Edited for spelling!, and to add an actual discription
Windows https://www.dropbox.com/s/xvlj6se9mf33x8h/startrader.zip
Source https://www.dropbox.com/s/n9llnr1y7iw7f7o/source.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=30447

Ratings

Coolness 50% 3
Overall 3.08 436
Audio 2.57 469
Fun 2.91 459
Graphics 2.38 760
Humor 1.89 659
Innovation 3.17 317
Mood 2.74 506
Theme 2.00 909

Feedback

Arcantic
16. Dec 2013 · 05:16 UTC
Pretty cool! I was a little confused at first but then I understood. Nice job
tklovert
16. Dec 2013 · 05:48 UTC
This game is very unforgiving lol.

I had fun either way, but I don't really see how this fits the theme.
deathray
16. Dec 2013 · 06:02 UTC
The space future is harsh! I only lived to 58. It's a pretty interesting concept. I'd like to see how old people can make it to. The one thing you might want to improve is the icons for each planet - when the planets are close together it can be confusing to figure out which icons are for which planet.
Darkcoder
16. Dec 2013 · 15:54 UTC
The control scheme annoyed me the most. You should either add keyboard controls to move around, or allow click and drag. The concept was very nice though. Also, doesn't the 'Stave off Death' button just kill you?
X-0r
16. Dec 2013 · 16:17 UTC
Sending ships around the universe, yay :P

Took me a while to figure out the controls, eventually could play it "seriously", but I never managed to gain the 1000$ required for the big red button.
windwalkerranger
17. Dec 2013 · 16:17 UTC
Nice idea! I could live to 57 years and left 570 dollars to my heirs :)
jomomomo
19. Dec 2013 · 03:21 UTC
Can't play windows games, which is sad, because I love a good space trading game.
🎤 Nessic
19. Dec 2013 · 03:47 UTC
This actually might work under linux as it was made with pygame, but I haven't been able to test it!
acp_ld
19. Dec 2013 · 21:23 UTC
excellent game, great idea, professional execution

only thing I see that is missing is the ability to zoom and either a minimap so you can see all of "known space" or make your level wrap so you can't go outside of the borders
dqmhose
22. Dec 2013 · 19:47 UTC
Didn't quite get it, the instructions were pretty short. But after playing for a while I *think* I got it now.. it's a fun concept! Keep it up :)
jarnik
22. Dec 2013 · 22:28 UTC
Hey, really nice concept! Took me a few rounds to get familiar with the controls, but this is a solid base for interesting gameplay. Liked the music!
oskardevelopment
03. Jan 2014 · 10:18 UTC
Loved the gameplay! Would be nice if to allow full screen and some easier way to move around (minimap?) could had helped. Good luck! :)