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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Graphics | #115 | 3.876 | 3.876 |
| Game Design | #140 | 3.573 | 3.573 |
| Audio | #202 | 3.303 | 3.303 |
| Fun | #206 | 3.348 | 3.348 |
| Overall | #216 | 3.360 | 3.360 |
| Innovation | #347 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Theme | #441 | 3.056 | 3.056 |
Ranked from 89 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does you game fit the theme?
the player is not alone in circumstances that would make him believe he is. the game forces the player to interact with other alien species that may or may not be friendly
Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
All code was made by us but some assets were made using generators.
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Loved the game! I like the art style and the gameplay felt great! Sad though that you can't destroy friendly planets... :D Good Job!
Glad to hear you enjoyed!
Yes as fun as it would be lol, we wanted an easy way for the player to tell that theyre friendly in that case being the only enemy to not fight as well as always being yellow.
Thank you for the review!
Overall, I thought this was a fun game with a cool idea behind it and also fit with the theme nicely. I liked the mix of combat, exploration, collection and trading which made the gameplay quite interesting. Also, the art is fantastic (especially with the planets).
The one thing I'll point out is some portions of the text blending in with the colour of the planet depending on where you approach it from which made it a little bit difficult to read.
Other than that, great game!
Thank you for the kind review!
agreed we do wish we changed the font before the end of the jam lol.
Glad to hear you enjoyed!
Great game! Planets look amazing, so do the ships. It was very interesting to explore this world, and the game has a lot of potential!
Shooting and moving is not an easy maneuver in this game, so it was hard to try to avoid enemy projectiles while shooting at them. I guess it would be nice to change the movement somehow (I like when the movement is more inertial in space games and you can release buttons and still move for some time), or to add shields to sustain some counter attacks from enemies.
Also, I think black holes should start to attract your ship from a greater distance but slower.
Thank you for the kind words! we also think it has a lot of potential and are most likely going to keep working on it after the jam. Agreed with the shooting. we had a few plans to try spice it up but unfortunately the time limit stopped us. Shields were one of those ideas.
And yes there is inertia however its reduced a decent amount to what it should be in a space game due to us wanting easy controls for everyone as well as trying to manage the fuel count is a big part of the game so we dont want the player to be able to travel too far with little boost.
Thats a good suggestion for the black holes will definitely consider that!
Glad to hear you enjoyed the game!
Very fun game, i like how we can explore while we battle and trade along the way, it's an interesting idea. The graphic and sounds make a good atmosphere, but the text was a bit confusing.
The gameplay is good. Combat is nice too, but i feel that it's not very dynamic.
Overall i really enjoyed it, great work!
Thank you for the review and the critcism. glad to hear you enjoyed!
Amazing looking Earth. I really enjoyed exploring this world. I like that the indicator tells me the general direction of my goal, but I feel like I was able to get to it without any interaction with the alien planets. And once I'm facing the big guy it's hard to move out of the way while aiming at it, so I just end up spam clicking and hoping that it dies without me taking too much damage. Overall I think it's a fun game and I really appreciate just being able to move around without much hassle unlike a lot of space games.
Thank you for the kind review! agreed that is something we would like to improve upon after the jam but glad to here you enjoyed the game!
Very cool game! I liked the idea of going around trading/battling in space! Also, the menu was mad nice, I didn't understand at first and pressed mouse to check, and hit the Start asteroid.
Managed to get to my planet on the third try, I guess the damage upgrade one planet can give really makes it easier to just go around blasting everyone.
The combat was alright, though due to aiming with the mouse to move I felt like I had to always become an easy target in order to engage other ships, so combat felt less dynamic, we'd just face each other shooting and hoping the other one dies first. Might have been by design, but I think a more action paced combat would suit the game!
I felt some of the sound effects could have been more "powerful", like the planet explosion and the other ships firing. The music when you engage into trading with a planet though was neat!
Regarding the visuals, the background and planets are very nice, though I found the font a bit confusing when it explained your backstory, some words seemed to close to others. Also, on some of the clearer planets, if the merchant text appeared above the planet it become nearly unreadable.
Really cool game and it feels like it has a lot of room for expansion!
Thank you for the review! glad to hear you enjoyed the game! agreed on your points. we wanted to add a shield ability to help with giving the player time to aim and not getting hit but unfortunately we didnt have the time. and we do wish we changed the font before the end of the jam lol.
Space games are always amazing but this one really stands out! The visuals and sound design create an immersive atmosphere and make the game well polished.
I also like that most stuff is randomised so you can replay it multiple times with a new experience.
Thank you so much for the kind review! so glad to hear u enjoyed the experience!
Impressive work for a game jam! Graphics were great, despite being made using generators. Music and sound effects were nice. Overall atmosphere was excellent and seemed quite polished. Game play was good, although the control was a little bit tricky. Fuel forces the player to keep exploring.
One minor thing was the ship was a little jittery, especially when the mouse was close to it.
Thank you for the review! Glad to hear you enjoyed the game! and sorry to hear you had that minor problem hopefully it didnt affect the gameplay experience too muc
Not at all. It was highly enjoyable. I just felt I needed to provide some criticism, however minor. I wouldn't want people to think I'm just trying to suck up to others in return for good ratings. ;)
interesting take on the theme going for a more narrative approach.
Great game! good job.
I thought this was a really cool game and I kept having to make sure I had enough fuel, finding it before I ran out, it was fun :)
Thank you for the review! glad to hear you enjoyed!
I always wanted to make a game like this, flying to space and visiting other planets in 2D. It was too much work and you did it in one week. Impressive.
Great work and art. With some more polishing this could go in the direction of Black Skylands or a 2D Elite clone (with trade and stuff). Very entertaining!
Thank you for the review! Yeah this survival type of game is something we have always wanted to make and with this space adventure game we tried to perfect the basic minimum before the end of the week to give a good exeperience and we are most likely going to continue after and turn it into a full survival space exploration game. Glad to hear you enjoyed! =D
very satisfying space shooter. Your art of each planet is great. is there any planet for power up? cos i never found one
Thanks for the kind words and for playing. The planets with yellow ships are vendor planets and if u go up to them u can trade for upgrades etc. everything in the game is random so u may have gotten unlucky . nonetheless thanks for playing
Amazing game, really polished, black hole ate me, I thought it would give me something ;)
Lol gotta watch out in that dangerous universe. glad u enjoyed the game and thanks for the kind words my friend
Always awesome seeing a fellow space game in the jam! This game felt really polished and smooth. It really felt liked the throw back to classic arcade titles and had I a great time playing!
Always awesome seeing a fellow space game in the jam! This game felt really polished and smooth. It really felt liked the throw back to classic arcade titles and had I a great time playing!
Thankyou for the kind words and yeah we drew inspiration from the old games like asteroids and space invader like titles. thanks for playing appreciate the kind words
Cool game! Me personally I got closer to a dark howl no see it and get trap in it hahahah.
I didn't understand the main goal for the game but I had a good time. Good game!
love it. Cool graphics and solid mechanics.
Glad u enjoyed our game and thanks for the kind words
Very fun to play, managing the fuel is a good challenge!
Thanks we are glad u enjoyed playing and yeah we are happy that the managing fuel was a good challenge and appreciated
The menu was so cool! The game gives off this super serene athmosphere which is really a treat :) Good job.
Thanks we are really glad u enjoyed the game and the menu which was our baby as we wanted something cool. And yeah we tried to create a really nice atmosphere with the sounds and music we made and used along with overall art and aesthetic we are happy u liked it