This was a really nice game! It has a sort of “Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy” sort of feel to it. A few things did get me, though…
- A small gripe to start… the instructions say to “Follow the Directions in the TAB on the Right” (or something to that effect), but this tab is actually on the left. Because the instructions mentioned something on the right, I spent a few minutes thinking some mission dialog or something was supposed to appear on the right and it never did, so I got a little nervous that the game broke on me.
- Took me a little while to figure out how to move the sun. I think maybe a pop-up telling me to press space when I have everything in place would have been nice. I could have sworn there were times I moved the sled in place, pressed the space bar, and nothing happened.
- I really like that there’s a mini-map, but the grid on the mini-map does not move at all, and that bothers my mind a lot… couldn’t explain why. It might be because there’s a grid in the main game space that does move, but the one in the mini-map doesn’t and my mind is screaming that something isn’t right. Perhaps removing the grid in the mini-map and just putting a little border around the map would be better? Not sure.
- After coming to grips with the actual mechanics… there wasn’t much challenge to the game (to be fair, I only played the first three missions, so, if the challenges show up at mission 4+, the disregard this). Maybe some space monster or something that could come and gobble up the planets or bump the star or something could add a little extra kick to the game?
Over all, though, I really think this is a very nicely made game! Excellent work!