Great job! This game has a lot of mechanics, and it surely wasn't easy to make :) Just out of curiosity: are there any features you had to cut due to time constraints or other limitations? I opened a topic called "The Features Cemetery," and I would love to have your input. Anyway, excellent work!
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Nebula's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #151 | 3.300 | 3.300 |
| Innovation | #158 | 3.100 | 3.100 |
| Audio | #180 | 3.050 | 3.050 |
| Gameplay | #212 | 2.900 | 2.900 |
| Graphics | #254 | 2.950 | 2.950 |
| Theme interpretation | #272 | 2.700 | 2.700 |
Ranked from 20 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
GitHub repository URL
https://github.com/Wolfenrahd/nebula-game-off
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Wow, thank you so much for your kind words and encouragement! We really want to keep working on it, I have already implemented some new content such as different kinds of ore veins on planets as well as a new projectile type. The character controller has been worked on making it a little more responsive and less floaty but planets now have unique gravity that can affect you. Some time after the jam ends I will update the itch page. Thank you again!! Comments like this really help me stay motivated!
1 year ago (+1)
Thank you so much for your feedback!
I have been doing game jams since 2020 my first ever jam was Miz Jam 1. I have tried to do at least 3 per year, if i can id do more than that. I would say the most difficult part is scope. just learning what you are capable of in a short time is difficult and we often overscope and assume we can get more that possible. This game is a great example of that. for Nebula we started a week late and for week 2 and 3 we coded without communication. we only started combining during week 4.
My advice just keep joining jams and striving to complete a project. You will get better at planning and your skills will improve immensely each time. Even if you dont 100% complete the game or get ranked #1 all that matters is that you made a game and you can always be proud of that! Plus you will get great feedback from the community and that alone is priceless.
Keep it up and I hope to see you again in future jams!
Thank you for your reply. I'm a little late in replying to you, sorry for it.
Yeah, you're right, when I conceptualized the game, there was always more that I imagined we could do than what actually happened, but contrary to what I hoped for, a lot of stuff couldn't be done with my limited abilities (abilities, in turn, being related to experience and time), and even if I had the ability, there wasn't enough time.
Although I started focusing on it a few days before the game, the two weeks since the game started have been wasted by doing nothing. There's a lot of ineffective communication. I suddenly realized that it's too late when you've thought of everything, and often the motivation to do something is just "go for it".
Many thanks for your encouragement, yeah, while developing more games, practicing planning and organizing is a good way to trade off that "scope" as you advised.
Same here, see you again in future jams!!
1 year ago(+1)
Thank you so much for the review and the video! I really enjoyed watching you play! I agree I really needed to add more directions and more objectives. It was overscoped for sure and we made jokes about it being as empty as No mans sky so it was hilarious to hear you say that. I had more upgrades and mining and bosses and tutorials planned but just didnt plan well for time. Thank you again for all the feedback and playing, I really appreciate it!
1 year ago(+1)
Thank you! I hope we can differentiate the environments in the future. Thank you for the feedback!
Yeah the controls are more of a fps style with jump being space, but in the future i want to add key bindings so it can be customized. The scale idea was initially going from planet to space and vise versa. we also were attempting to add more scale with political intrigue between systems but unfortunately the game jam was only one month and not 1 year XD.
The parts that were procedurally generated were the planet designs in space as well as size and location. Once you land on a planet each world is proceduarally generated as well. On world itself i did by custom making chunks and the chunks are generated based on an walking algorithm i wrote. if you are interested in the source code since you are a fellow godot dev the on world generation is done in the "planet_generation.gd" located in the test_remove_before_export folder (i forgot to move it to a permanent place)and space generation is done in "stats.gd" located in the singleton folder.
Also thank you so much for playing and your feedback! I really appreciate it since Wolf (the other dev) and I want to keep working on it and improving it XD i know everyone says that but based on the positive feedback everyone has given it really motivates me to make it a full game. So thank you again!!
The map is HUGE!! Never seen a combination of Space Invaders + Platformer where you land on the the planets. Great idea which can be further improved with a tighter platforming. It feels a little floaty/slippery thus a bit hard to control.
EDIT: Managed to run in Windows VM.
Could not play this game since the screen blacked out after clicking on “New Game” with an error on MacOS :(
In the below image, if I dismiss the popup, the screen goes black but seems like the game is still running (music, controls).
1 year ago(+1)
WOW thank you so much for playing! I really appreciate you finding a way to play despite it not working initially! Seriously i cannot thank you enough. I had so much extra in the code that didnt get implemented fully and a few things that i just forgot to turn on. I planned on having different gravity levels based on atmosphere and terrain manipulation is actually already in the code i just forgot to change a value to true. I am really glad you your feedback! Thanks again!
Hey, no problem! The cool splash screen and save mechanics did point out that it’s a must-play so I had to give it a chance at the very least.
You should polish up the screenshots and game page, this idea alone DESERVES more attention!
I’d love to see a continuation in the form of a polished game down the line with all the great ideas and tighter controls. Good luck!
P.S. You should be able to push a build with those ‘fixes’ probably, since they are already developed right.
1 year ago(+1)
thank you for the advice i will update the page! and yes it is done so ill see what i can do to get a quick patch in.
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