Oh Boy, Oh Boy by Tom

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made by Tom for LD23 (JAM)
Oh Boy, Oh Boy is a game about cultivating boys in space.
Rotate your planet and watch your boys flourish.

Controls
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Rotate Left: Left Arrow
Rotate Right: Right Arrow

Credits
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Tom Harris
Rhys van der Waerden
Kalonica Quigley
Kim d'Amazing

Ratings

Coolness 36% 809
Overall(Jam) 3.23 94
Audio(Jam) 1.00 216
Fun(Jam) 2.75 129
Graphics(Jam) 4.12 34
Humor(Jam) 2.27 132
Innovation(Jam) 3.59 41
Mood(Jam) 3.13 77
Theme(Jam) 3.90 12

Feedback

matthias_zarzecki
24. Apr 2012 · 19:25 UTC
This is beautiful. Seriously. Trying to figure out what to do and cultivating a a habitable planet is fun. Nice work!
CaptainIcy
24. Apr 2012 · 19:34 UTC
Nice game! I really like the style and the idea. But I must ask, is this endless or is there a way to "win"? I played it for a while and never did understand what I was really… doing in the long run.

Anyway, really nice job with the animations and the art, coding, etc. Great job for 72 hours. :)
🎤 Tom
25. Apr 2012 · 03:03 UTC
@matthias_zarzecki
Thanks very much.

@CaptainIcy
Thanks for the feedback, at this stage we have not implemented a win condition, we will post a link to the updated version when its available.
Gremlin
25. Apr 2012 · 16:55 UTC
Looks gorgeous. Would love to see the systems expanded and a win condition...the interaction felt a little sparse, but growing a planet like this seems fun.
BubuIIC
25. Apr 2012 · 19:05 UTC
Nice, this is really fun to play, almost got everything grown, but not quite :-)
leafo
26. Apr 2012 · 04:54 UTC
It's a cool concept but it doesn't really go anywhere. I'd love to see more
rvmook
26. Apr 2012 · 16:23 UTC
To bad there's not really much going on besides the cool idea. Really nice graphics and concept though
tequibo
26. Apr 2012 · 17:52 UTC
Very cool mechanics. Needs balancing, progression, win condition and it will be a very interesting game.
chinchang
26. Apr 2012 · 18:22 UTC
marvelous...sets a nice mood. just that it was much of simulation kind of. Anyways...i liked it :)
AirRider3
26. Apr 2012 · 19:51 UTC
Interesting! AI is an inspiring field!
spooks
26. Apr 2012 · 21:19 UTC
I love it, one of my favourites! I'm guessing everything here is 2D models (except for the animal)? Really nice work, you should definitely keep adding to this!
Gabriel
26. Apr 2012 · 22:13 UTC
Beautiful! One more entry that reminds me Flow, for the slow rhythm and contemplative nature. Very calm and good to look at, even though it lacks actual game mechanics and is more of a simulator / pretty toy - but nothing wrong with that! I'd love to see this game expanded, congratulations!
desmarkie
27. Apr 2012 · 00:22 UTC
Looks great! Beginnings of a nice game idea here.
eigenbom
27. Apr 2012 · 07:10 UTC
Looks great and I like the (mating?) dance..
Jigxor
27. Apr 2012 · 15:13 UTC
Cool mechanic, awesome graphics and nice presentation. I really liked the concept, it would be cool if there was a win condition!

Overall, very nice polished game :)
jason.bakker
29. Apr 2012 · 07:09 UTC
This was very cool! Loved the systemic nature of it :) Can't wait to see a more fleshed out version.
ghRibacki
30. Apr 2012 · 00:49 UTC
Nice idea, awesome graphics, too bad there is no sound.
Want to try out the updated version later! =)
R3ason
30. Apr 2012 · 01:43 UTC
Fun! Beautiful game with simple mechanics! Really enjoyed this one (wish it had a nice ambient sound track to go with it!) Thanks!
ilo
30. Apr 2012 · 18:29 UTC
Quite the curio you have here. Some LD games of a similar style are very straightforward to make progress in, so I liked how you have to constantly deal with the weather and asteroids here.
MrBarnslig
03. May 2012 · 06:16 UTC
Putting together planets is fun, if anything this LD has determined that! I wish I had a little more agency in the process though - I didn't feel like me moving around the planet did a whole lot - things kind of moved forward on their own, albeit a bit slower. Also the meteorites come in a bit too fast to do much about it. That said, graphics were great, has a nice feel to it. Thanks!
Zillix
03. May 2012 · 08:15 UTC
really neat idea, would love to see it taken further!
ilikescifi
03. May 2012 · 13:40 UTC
Great idea! Please make a full game out of it!
ragnister
03. May 2012 · 18:19 UTC
It's easy and funny, you can make a full game, port to mobile and sell it!
Niavlys
03. May 2012 · 20:43 UTC
As already said, gorgeous graphics, nice idea, but limited gameplay. I'd love to see this updated.
mooosh
04. May 2012 · 01:46 UTC
this is so neat. great job! I'd love to see this expanding with civilizations and such
Shadow
04. May 2012 · 02:52 UTC
Amazing but simple concept. Would love to see this idea evolve into a complete game (currently lacking win condition and music mainly)
AD-Edge
04. May 2012 · 06:02 UTC
Lacking a soundtrack or sfx unfortunately, but this is one nice game to look at!
ratking
04. May 2012 · 08:02 UTC
This is sooo beautiful!
Pierrec
04. May 2012 · 12:22 UTC
Interesting concept! It deserves to be developed further!
deejorg
04. May 2012 · 13:08 UTC
Gorgeous looking. I reaaally wanted to keep playing, the idea is pretty fun. You should look more into this and continue developing =D
blob
04. May 2012 · 19:03 UTC
Beautiful game. Would love to see an updated version with an ending and or extra levels.
chambers
04. May 2012 · 23:34 UTC
I like the core mechanic a lot and the graphics are amazing. I'm not sure if I did everything there is to do, though.
azurenimbus
05. May 2012 · 00:57 UTC
Really nice take on a type of game that I normally don't like too much. Made it quite interesting to play by reducing the controls to a beautiful minimalism. Very well implemented, great job! Will be playing more of this in the future.
Digitalis
05. May 2012 · 09:07 UTC
Hey everyone, thanks for all the positive feedback.

We're definitely putting some more work into this game, including devising some sort of goal for the player and making the gameplay a bit more interesting.

We've got someone doing music too. Hopefully we wont take too long getting you the new version!

-Rhys
Thief
10. May 2012 · 11:59 UTC
Pity there's no way to win, but it's pretty good.
Thotep
10. May 2012 · 13:44 UTC
Figuring it out is fun; impressive what you can accomplish by just rotating the planet.
JonathanG
12. May 2012 · 08:03 UTC
It's a nice idea but it does get to the point where the whole planet is covered in trees and you just end up repairing the patches where the meteors land with rain. Looks very nice, and there's a good mood to it which would have been helped even further with some music!