Drain by adnzzzzZ

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made by adnzzzzZ for LD28 (COMPO)
The death of a planet caused by unbounded resource consumption.

This is a simple experimental/exploration game that tries to talk about the effects of population growth on an imaginary planet. You win by, at any point, having more than 50 beings alive.

Thanks for playing and happy holidays. Make sure you buy lots of gifts!

Ratings

Coolness 91% 2
Overall 3.67 97
Audio 3.25 149
Fun 2.77 564
Graphics 4.27 28
Humor 1.78 713
Innovation 3.86 46
Mood 3.90 27
Theme 3.32 254

Feedback

Cherno
16. Dec 2013 · 05:18 UTC
Awesome aesthetic! I love games like this. :)
doctorscientist
16. Dec 2013 · 05:21 UTC
Really nice intro tutorial. The animations are super cool. Very nice polish. Makes me want to try out love.
ViliX
16. Dec 2013 · 05:27 UTC
Good one :)
Chris Mondok
16. Dec 2013 · 05:29 UTC
Very slick looking. It would be nice, however, if it were more obvious when beings were being created / destroyed.
Danman9914
16. Dec 2013 · 05:37 UTC
Excellent mood! The gameplay is simple and a little frustrating when trying to connect small beings and resources. Great graphics and game-feel.
pLaw
16. Dec 2013 · 05:38 UTC
Very good. I like the idea and the problem it describes. It's the distribution not the scarcity of resources. Nice job!
funselektor
16. Dec 2013 · 05:43 UTC
This fits the theme very well. Got a little bit tired of micro-managing, but the audio and mood make up for it.
kunzbe
16. Dec 2013 · 05:46 UTC
I really like the minimalistic style, that's my cupe of tea
leafo
16. Dec 2013 · 06:44 UTC
great atmosphere, feels very polished. it was hard to make connections when the mouse wasn't in the center of the screen because of the viewport moving
Clavus
16. Dec 2013 · 07:38 UTC
Great art style. Tutorial was nice. Camera controls were a bit annoying, which made it hard to click smaller beings.
🎤 adnzzzzZ
16. Dec 2013 · 08:19 UTC
Thanks everyone. For those having problems with the camera, try zooming in more to connect the smaller beings. But yea, I agree that it's frustrating/annoying to control it. Should have just made it so that you do it by holding right mouse button...
AlanZucconi
16. Dec 2013 · 13:27 UTC
I love these type of games. And I love these type of styles. Simple, unique and effective.
ittlebit
16. Dec 2013 · 16:30 UTC
This executed really well, very clean and stylish.
MRvanderPants
16. Dec 2013 · 17:03 UTC
Ow wow, this looks great! Realy stylish
gilborn
16. Dec 2013 · 17:07 UTC
Perfect intro, perfect sound, perfect graphics...
whiteknife
16. Dec 2013 · 17:07 UTC
Sweet aesthetics and an interesting premise!
X-0r
16. Dec 2013 · 19:12 UTC
This is really a great entry!
Cool graphics and sound, neat gameplay. The scrolling was a bit tedious, though... is there any way to zoom out? (similar to your screenshots)
🎤 adnzzzzZ
16. Dec 2013 · 19:23 UTC
@X-0r: mouse wheel up/down to zoom in/out.
voltorben
16. Dec 2013 · 19:28 UTC
Very interesting. And really awesome graphics! I had a hard time managing everything, and it seemed my beings died quicker than i could breed new ones. Maybe i'm just too slow.. Great entry
Zhrack
16. Dec 2013 · 19:39 UTC
Nice game and art! It's a bit difficult to connect beings when camera moves though.
TobiasNL
16. Dec 2013 · 20:38 UTC
Very athmospheric. I loved the sounds and the game idea. The game idea got presented in a very nice pace, with soothing sounds. I really like the camera system in your entry, it feels smooth and solid, as does the rest of the gameplay. Interesting entry!
Donutttt
16. Dec 2013 · 23:00 UTC
Great art style, and a fun game. Really interesting game.
phi6
16. Dec 2013 · 23:30 UTC
Fantastic art direction and suitably ambient music. Great concept - to improve it, it would be great to zoom into a specific position rather than center of the screen.
Eric
17. Dec 2013 · 01:31 UTC
One of the best entries ive seen so far
Rscar
17. Dec 2013 · 01:59 UTC
Very very well done, love the visuals/theming. Would also like a better mechanic to move the camera around. Awesome work!
josefnpat
17. Dec 2013 · 03:51 UTC
Very nice game, I love the font and the quiet ambience.

Very interesting game.
tchem
17. Dec 2013 · 04:02 UTC
Excelent game!!! aesthetic and gameplay are awesome!!!
WojWorks
17. Dec 2013 · 04:36 UTC
This has an impeccable mood and style to it, but it honestly doesn't feel too fun to play. Maybe if I had a larger view of the planet I'm managing? The way the camera moves right now is just a bit weird.
🎤 adnzzzzZ
17. Dec 2013 · 04:55 UTC
@WojWorks you can zoom out with the mouse wheel. And yea, the camera work is bad/weird.
LatFoued
17. Dec 2013 · 09:29 UTC
The concept is very cool, and the mood was so awesome. Even though the camera is hard to get your hand on. Good job sir
wdebowicz
17. Dec 2013 · 12:38 UTC
Love the style and concept.
howieV (binarygirl)
17. Dec 2013 · 22:20 UTC
loved the tutorial .. great art style/dynamic/mood :)
Magdev
17. Dec 2013 · 22:47 UTC
this is impressive
Toureiro
18. Dec 2013 · 00:04 UTC
One of the most interesting looking games I've seen here so far!
ENDESGA
18. Dec 2013 · 00:30 UTC
Features and graphics are pretty awesome!
psychomonster
18. Dec 2013 · 21:18 UTC
Wow that is cool! Amazing game of life interpretation. super good idea for the theme. Enjoyed it to play this experiment.
AMSmirnov
18. Dec 2013 · 23:01 UTC
Very interesting and unusual game. If you make tutorial shortly or may be separate to different parts, game will be better!
Anshul Goyal
19. Dec 2013 · 05:29 UTC
Played the prequel of this game in the last ludum dare (if I am not mistaken). loved it then loved it now. However, couldn't figure out much difference from the last time. May be I havent played it enough.
🎤 adnzzzzZ
19. Dec 2013 · 06:45 UTC
I didn't participate in the last Ludum Dare nor have I ever made/played another game like this. Maybe you're mistaken?
Deity
20. Dec 2013 · 06:36 UTC
Excellent and very innovative game. Nice work with the simple clean graphics and sound effects.

The tutorial was also nice. The only improvement I could think of is maybe having difficulty settings as it seems I always don't have "enough beings" after some time.
Venks
20. Dec 2013 · 07:29 UTC
Not quite my kind of game, but it's definitely very innovative and the art style fits it perfectly.
cappelnord
20. Dec 2013 · 12:32 UTC
Very slick looking, great aesthetics, both audio and visual. Also a cool game idea but I had a hard time keeping enough beings alive. Extra Point for the great and slick tutorial!
loxo
23. Dec 2013 · 11:31 UTC
Visually interesting game. Sadly I have not much fun playing it with a touchpad. Also someone mentioned audio, but for me there is non. (OSX)
Binary Gambit
26. Dec 2013 · 11:05 UTC
Nice game. Wish i could make my simple graphics work so well in Love2d
postmodestie
05. Jan 2014 · 19:01 UTC
Kinda interesting, but too simple.. i'd like some stats at the end.
goerp
06. Jan 2014 · 19:20 UTC
Wow, what a stylistic masterpiece. Very smooth graphics. Very good tutorial which also looks nice.
Impressive what you can achieve with minimal colors and shapes.
For the game I found selecting sometimes a bit hard especially with small circles. It would have helped is I could navigate about the planet a bit quicker.
by the way: I saw other people reply about the sound, but at first I didn't hear the sound. It was very soft (but had also a nice mood).