Spaceways by roundcrisis
Spaceways our first Ludum Dare entry :).
Protect your tiny world from the tyranny of bureaucracy in this space-based protect em' up. All the larger worlds want to build super spaceways through your little planet. Stop them using any means necessary.
How to play
Use the arrow keys to move your ship around the universe. Press space bar when in range of asteroids to anchor them to your ship. Bring them back to your planet and press space again to release them in orbit. Asteroids increase your resources, which increase your military might.
Be alert for the corrupt larger worlds trying to build roads through your tiny world. Follow the dotted lines back to their worlds and set up trade agreements to stop the roads, or attack with the full force of your tiny worlds military might.
You can also drag space hippies from your planets orbit using the space key and place them within range of planets building spaceways to delay the building of a road while you build up your trade or military numbers.
Update : We have an installer but it doesn't seem to work for everyone, we tried a bunch of things and it works here, not sure what else to do.
Protect your tiny world from the tyranny of bureaucracy in this space-based protect em' up. All the larger worlds want to build super spaceways through your little planet. Stop them using any means necessary.
How to play
Use the arrow keys to move your ship around the universe. Press space bar when in range of asteroids to anchor them to your ship. Bring them back to your planet and press space again to release them in orbit. Asteroids increase your resources, which increase your military might.
Be alert for the corrupt larger worlds trying to build roads through your tiny world. Follow the dotted lines back to their worlds and set up trade agreements to stop the roads, or attack with the full force of your tiny worlds military might.
You can also drag space hippies from your planets orbit using the space key and place them within range of planets building spaceways to delay the building of a road while you build up your trade or military numbers.
Update : We have an installer but it doesn't seem to work for everyone, we tried a bunch of things and it works here, not sure what else to do.
| Windows(zip) | http://bit.ly/spacewaysBuild |
| Windows (installer) | https://www.dropbox.com/s/f161ftcly0e72po/setup.exe |
| Xna Redistributable (if using Zip) | https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=20914 |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=11692 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 50% | 3 |
| Overall(Jam) | 3.54 | 53 |
| Audio(Jam) | 3.72 | 35 |
| Fun(Jam) | 3.08 | 77 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 3.88 | 62 |
| Humor(Jam) | 2.95 | 61 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 3.40 | 65 |
| Mood(Jam) | 3.42 | 44 |
| Theme(Jam) | 3.19 | 92 |
http://imgur.com/Nz5Uj
For anyone wondering many friends of ours with "virgin" machines with en-ie locale have tried the new install and it works for them.
It could probably do with some kind of tutorial/in-game explanation though. At first I thought the goal was to block the roads by dropping the hippies/asteroids in their way.
I can hit play, then i see a ?flying bus? in the top left corner and it crash. :(
Definitely dig the planets, the music and where I think you guys were going with this. I had a bit of trouble dealing the the Space Highway, but it was fun to explore!