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Only One World by Calahagus

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made by Calahagus for LD28 (COMPO)
This is a simple decision making game where you take on the role of the head of a corporation trying to be a pioneer of interstellar travel before the earth is taken by pollution. Each turn, you only get one of each of four resources, which can be taken away one-by-one if your investors aren't interested in your project. Furthermore, financial hardships and the ever increasing threat of pollution keep the game exciting, and difficult.

I hope you enjoy the game, and maybe even win! I do hope it isn't too hard, and I'd appreciate feedback in that regard. This is my first game in LOVE2D, and I'm super happy with what I've got done!

Music and sounds taken from freesound.org
Windows https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22198269/LD28/_OnlyOneWorldWindows.zip
OS/X https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22198269/LD28/_Only%20One%20World%20-%20Mac.zip
Source https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22198269/LD28/LD28%20Source.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=18103

Ratings

Coolness 48% 998
Overall 3.29 268
Audio 3.35 117
Fun 2.75 577
Graphics 3.29 309
Innovation 3.04 399
Mood 3.27 198
Theme 3.46 192

Feedback

Cosrnos
16. Dec 2013 · 03:25 UTC
I would love to see more! I feel like this is worth polishing a bit :)
sknoslo
16. Dec 2013 · 03:40 UTC
What version of LOVE is this targeting? I extracted the .love file from the source package and couldn't get it to run on Linux. From line 346 of main.lua, I get "bad argument #5 to printf1 (string expected, got nil)"
ENDESGA
16. Dec 2013 · 03:51 UTC
Art is pretty cool, despite it being so simple.
Very nice :)
Bogden
16. Dec 2013 · 04:02 UTC
Love the aesthetic. Couldn't get it to run unfortunately. My antivirus seems to be taking out LOVE.dll
whiteknife
16. Dec 2013 · 19:41 UTC
Interesting game, and I feel like it could definitely be worth expanding! Thought the mechanics worked well and the visuals were cool. But my favorite part was the soundtrack - it totally captured the theme for me. Great job!
bttf
17. Dec 2013 · 03:57 UTC
Aesthetics are well done in this game. Difficulty was a little hard for me though ... Took me a couple tries to get the hang of it (realizing I needed to keep investors to make progress) ... Haven't beat it yet. But I do find the mechanics interesting though; kind of has a turn-based feel to it. Nice job!
code-11
17. Dec 2013 · 03:57 UTC
I really liked this game. I was a little shaky on what each choice did but I finally made it to another world! There isn't just one!
ZXeno
17. Dec 2013 · 04:01 UTC
I think this sends a pretty clear message, and was very well done. The theme is extremely well interpreted and executed here. I absolutely loved it. This is a game that begs for more polish and a full release. :) Very, very well done!
Seigeengine
17. Dec 2013 · 04:52 UTC
I loved the idea, but really didn't care for the implementation of the gameplay. I felt I had little idea what was a good thing to be doing when, or what order to do it in. The random events basically ruin any ability to prepare one thing, and then focus on others, as they can easily wipe out several days of work.

I may have developed a greater understanding of how to do well in the game if I played longer, but I didn't feel compelled to, and the extreme random effects make it feel to me like the game is out to get me.

Still, it has a nice premise, and I liked the simple yet pleasing graphics (apt for a game of this sort) and controls.
🎤 Calahagus
17. Dec 2013 · 12:29 UTC
@sknoslo Built for 0.9.0, do you have a different version than that?
🎤 Calahagus
17. Dec 2013 · 22:08 UTC
Dec. 17, 5:00pm est: Fixed the fact that the game was un-lose-able to pollution, and a typo in the random pollution check.
TheWhiteLlama
18. Dec 2013 · 00:46 UTC
Can't start it:

Error

main.lua:14: Could not open file sprites/noFunding.png. Does not exist.

Traceback

[C]: in function 'newimage'
main.lua:14: in function 'load'
[C] in function 'xpcall'
🎤 Calahagus
18. Dec 2013 · 01:50 UTC
@TheWhiteLlama Should be actually fixed now.
honestcritic
18. Dec 2013 · 06:21 UTC
1. i have no idea what any of the stats do
2. i did tech 10 turns in a row and got hit with -30% tech twice so what the fuck was the point?
VAMflax
21. Dec 2013 · 18:33 UTC
I liked the art. The UI needed an unavailable state for the choices though as I never knew which ones were available.
PEBKAC
23. Dec 2013 · 10:00 UTC
Nice game, but (currently) a bit unbalanced. I lost the 'eye' thingie really early and had no way to regain it...
jonask
25. Dec 2013 · 11:33 UTC
Nice
Ashedragon
31. Dec 2013 · 00:53 UTC
Now this... was truly enjoyable. You've definitely caught my attention, the music was positively lovely.
epb9000
06. Jan 2014 · 18:57 UTC
Despite the difficulty, I actually liked this quite a bit. Some of it isn't immediately intuitive and I doomed our people many times. The art was good, and the music was a nice piece for it.