Astro Gardener by HeyChinaski
Requires java. Will perform better if you download and run the jar file rather than play in the applet. Another reason to download is that the aliens are pretty mean so it plays better in full screen as you can see them coming earlier.
Instructions:
Use w,s,a and d to move around. Use the left mouse button to shoot and throw things. The red rock (follow the red arrow) is your seed rock. Throw other rocks at it to create your planet. You can get rocks by destroying meteors (follow the brown arrow). Be careful not to let any meteors hit your planet when it is small as it will break apart. Once a planet is finished you can start another one. A planet is finished by adding five clouds to it. Clouds are added by finding ice blocks (follow the blue arrows, they are only available once your planet is a certain size) and throwing them at your planet. Clouds will cause grass to grow which will earn you more points. The is no end game so the aim is just to get a high score.
Instructions:
Use w,s,a and d to move around. Use the left mouse button to shoot and throw things. The red rock (follow the red arrow) is your seed rock. Throw other rocks at it to create your planet. You can get rocks by destroying meteors (follow the brown arrow). Be careful not to let any meteors hit your planet when it is small as it will break apart. Once a planet is finished you can start another one. A planet is finished by adding five clouds to it. Clouds are added by finding ice blocks (follow the blue arrows, they are only available once your planet is a certain size) and throwing them at your planet. Clouds will cause grass to grow which will earn you more points. The is no end game so the aim is just to get a high score.
Ratings
| Coolness | 50% | 3 |
| Overall | 3.24 | 273 |
| Audio | 1.92 | 630 |
| Fun | 2.83 | 422 |
| Graphics | 3.41 | 207 |
| Humor | 1.86 | 625 |
| Innovation | 3.59 | 135 |
| Mood | 2.69 | 424 |
| Theme | 3.66 | 119 |
The idea is great and I really enjoyed tossing chunks of asteroid at my planet and seeing it grow. I felt like I spent too much time zooming through space and not enough time growing my asteroid. The aliens didn't help, of course.
The art works for the game, although I think it might work better if it were a bit smaller. The enemies are sometimes hard to see with the dark red on black, so adding a white outline or something on them would help too.
The theme is spot on.
Overall, I enjoyed it. Good job!
It would help to make the beginning a bit faster to build, it takes quite a while to fly about.