A lot of good things in this game, and before I continue I need to ask about the dog(s) what, how and why.
The game is really cool but I feel a few things are dragging it down, for starters the music from the jukebox doesn't transition to the outside of the ship making it very quiet. I also couldn't get two machines to work on the ship I think one was to pilot the ship and i'm not sure what the machine next to the jukebox was. I felt this was going to be a narrative game game but I couldn't find anyone that wasn't trapped in a crystal and I don't know if I can even spend the points you earn.
That said the game is really nice, though I personally wouldn't agree with the tile map choice for floating debris it was cool the idea of going through space collecting trash and then turning it into something has a nice green feel to it but with the endlessness of space it makes the journey feel endless, like our character struggles against all odds in a task that is far greater than they are. The game is also very pretty the background and the ship look stunning. Overall good job to all of you.
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Thank you so much for your feedback!
Well, I think is quite obvious that we might have aimed for a few things far greater then we could actually achieve in so little time, which, ironically, somewhat reflects that narrative aspect you just mentioned. We had some ideas for the narrative, unfortunately, we didn't have time to properly work any of them into the game, which also can be said about shopping and going to new areas with the ship, and that's why the printer-shop and the cockpit aren't working.
As for the floating debris, I'm not sure if you are talking about the visuals or the design of it, so I'll answer both.
They were made to give some amount of direction to the player, just so you don't go place to place aimlessly, but since we were in a bit of a rush, I ended up failing on giving it enough of purpose, shape, or challenge. I did want to give it some variation rather than "Another rock, but this time, blue", as well as tweaking the sprites to better fit the tilemap. We ran out of time...
We plan on continuing to work on this project, so we will definitely take critiques into account.
Thanks again.