1.863 million miles by netmute
This is an unfinished entry :(
You are a new crew member onboard the spaceship Ludumia. The upcoming 1.863 million mile journey should be a piece of cake. The ship is equipped with light engines and will travel the distance in about 10 seconds. If nothing goes wrong...
Unfortunately something has gone wrong before something could go wrong. I didn't finish the game :( But I'm kind of proud of the little world I build, so I decided to submit anyway.
There's not much to do. But maybe you'll find it an interesting experience anyway.
I still see potential for an epic Space Opera, so I think I'll continue working on this one.
You are a new crew member onboard the spaceship Ludumia. The upcoming 1.863 million mile journey should be a piece of cake. The ship is equipped with light engines and will travel the distance in about 10 seconds. If nothing goes wrong...
Unfortunately something has gone wrong before something could go wrong. I didn't finish the game :( But I'm kind of proud of the little world I build, so I decided to submit anyway.
There's not much to do. But maybe you'll find it an interesting experience anyway.
I still see potential for an epic Space Opera, so I think I'll continue working on this one.
| Web | http://ld27.simonernst.com/ |
| Source | https://github.com/netmute/ld27 |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-27/?action=preview&uid=11213 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 45% | 1281 |
| Overall | 2.82 | 792 |
| Fun | 2.70 | 737 |
| Graphics | 3.77 | 129 |
| Humor | 3.89 | 33 |
| Innovation | 2.46 | 916 |
| Mood | 3.46 | 118 |
| Theme | 1.96 | 1149 |
reduce the fluff talk, and
make the text advance by pressing space, instead of waiting,
and actually give that poor mechanic something to do.
Your art is very nice.
The text could've been faster at the beginning or better, totally controled by the player (I read pretty fast), also that sudden now-you-see-me-now-you-dont teleportation felt pretty awkward.
But besides that the pixel art is great and it has potential for an amazing full game, hope to see some progress in the future ;D
I'd feel kinda stupid point out potential enhancements cause I'm sure you already got them in your to-do's list (and I'm honestly hoping you have a to-do's list for this game and plans to finish it!), but I'll do that anyway cause I think interacting with fellow devs and having constructive feedback is always the greatest takeaway from Ludum Dare. So, here it goes:
-Moving around is a little too slow and he feels too 'slipery'
-It should be possible to press a button to advance text
-I think some lines of text were not necessary. Usually players want to get into the game quickly, so they don't value information as much as they would later on in the same game! However I know this is an unfinished entry that ended up being about text, so I do understand the reasoning :)
But you know what? If I didn't know this was an unfinished LD game, this begining and all that is in it would have me totally in the mood to start a long, story based space game!
Please let me know if you keep developing it, I really liked it and would be very glad to play, or playtest, or give feedback, or all! :D
And congratulations for your participation. As Linusson said, you're already ahead of the 90% of game dev aspirants who always end up finding excuses for NOT making games. You started one, and it's turning out quite interesting. Keep going, man!
Cheers from Brazil,
Gabriel and JP
Guess I'll just enjoy the view then. ;)