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Aurum by Ralkarin

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made by Ralkarin for LD30 (COMPO)
Aurum is a game about 2 different views of the same world where interaction in 1 player's world impacts the other player's world. Some elements are only visible to the player (houses and flowers), but are still affected by the other player's actions.

Consider Hosting and waiting if there are no available games! Or simply play solo, but you won't experience the "connected worlds" theme in solo mode.

Objective: Plant 3 golden trees
1) Plant flowers
2) Push ground next to flowers to grow trees
3) 6 trees around flower = golden tree

Controls
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LMB - Plant, Push, Build
1/2/3 - Change Action
A/D - Rotate Planet


Update! I just enabled the solo mode in case you don't want to wait for a game to join, just so you can get a feel for the mechanics.
Web http://www.redclovergames.com/projects/aurum/
Source https://github.com/Ralkarin/AurumGame
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=8856

Ratings

Coolness 50% 3
Overall 3.42 339
Audio 2.00 868
Fun 2.93 651
Graphics 3.47 329
Humor 2.41 498
Innovation 4.03 50
Mood 2.96 582
Theme 3.53 348

Feedback

lonewookie
25. Aug 2014 路 20:09 UTC
Awesome idea. Once I figured out what was going on, it was a lot of fun to try and defeat the other player!
fallingBear
25. Aug 2014 路 21:12 UTC
Cool little game, I haven't play multiplayer yet, but one thing that you could add is ability to move the planet more freerly maybe even zoom on things. Overall a very solid game.
馃帳 Ralkarin
26. Aug 2014 路 01:41 UTC
Thanks for the feedback!

@lonewookie! Conveying rules in these kind of games can be challenging, especially with the time constraint. Glad you like the idea! :)

@fallingBear! I'm glad I re-enabled local test mode! Multiplayer games in a compo like this are hard to coordinate, but it adds some fun and new mechanics (like popping trees out)! I totally have the script in game to orbit and zoom on the planet, but I disabled it at the last minute because the controls just weren't quite there. Needed more time. :)
mramaizng
26. Aug 2014 路 02:30 UTC
This is a really fun game! Great idea! Took me a minute to figure it out but once I did it was a lot of fun.
CRAZEERUSKEE
26. Aug 2014 路 19:03 UTC
WOW, now that's innovation! Incredibly huge in scope for a Ludum Dare game and not bad execution! :D
EndingChaos
27. Aug 2014 路 01:55 UTC
Haha all it needs now is little gnomes to walk around and explore the planet!
bushmango
27. Aug 2014 路 01:57 UTC
sad it isn't working for me :(
Ossi
27. Aug 2014 路 02:05 UTC
That was really well executed! It would be cool if I could rotate the planet in all directions though. Very innovative and this can definitely be expanded to have many more things to build! Great job!
smizmeal
27. Aug 2014 路 02:06 UTC
Hey, I won! I like the incremental nature of the game. Nice idea.
SteveSalmond
27. Aug 2014 路 10:52 UTC
Really neat idea! I'm a sucker for anything pertaining to planets, so you've got my vote. :) Was unable to host a game for some reason, and waited around for someone else to host - no luck. Definitely got a sense of the how the gameplay would work from the solo mode though, good idea oputting that in.
Hempuli
29. Aug 2014 路 14:02 UTC
A cool take on the theme! Playing at a place where I can't play online, but it was fun to terraform the planet to look pretty :)
hoyt hoy
29. Aug 2014 路 14:04 UTC
YEAH! I arrived on Aurum! (it's a metaphor to Autumn?)
For what matter the house?
And a sound would be great!
The puzzle is really simple :/
danidre14
29. Aug 2014 路 14:34 UTC
Loved the physics, and mechanics, but I only had to play solo though, at least I could have played solo with a cpu/npc? D:
havana24
30. Aug 2014 路 10:28 UTC
I can't test the multiplayer part, but even the solo part is fun! :)