Protoplanetary Disk by ianh

made by ianh for LD30 (COMPO)

In Protoplanetary Disk, you play as a cosmic entity trying to form planetary systems. There are three levels with increasing difficulty.

Drag to move planets around, and try not to get too mad when your planets kick each other out of their carefully-planned orbits. You can use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out.

Web	http://ianhenderson.org/protoplanetary/
Source	http://ianhenderson.org/protoplanetary/source.zip
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=1496

Ratings

Coolness	62%	3
Overall	3.42	339

Audio	3.41	176
Fun	3.14	464
Graphics	3.14	524
Humor	2.24	611
Innovation	4.06	45
Mood	3.41	229
Theme	3.65	266

Feedback

Bendix

25. Aug 2014 · 03:27 UTC

Very cool idea and implementation! It's really hard though from the beginning on (at least to me). Would be a little easier if the planets were moving a little slower

Joseph

25. Aug 2014 · 04:22 UTC

Very cool! You and I went for kind of similar ideas. I like this a lot though.

Kate Kligman

25. Aug 2014 · 04:41 UTC

Awesome idea! Love the concept and the music. I appear to be very bad at this, but I love playing it.

Healthire

25. Aug 2014 · 04:43 UTC

I liked it a lot. Nice graphics, nice atmosphere. Very hard though!

Cheshyr

25. Aug 2014 · 04:44 UTC

I agree with the other comments. Excellent idea, and a cool use of the theme. A little more time and/or control over the planets would make it engaging for longer.

@TeddyNashor

25. Aug 2014 · 04:47 UTC

I seemed to win by not doing anything? heh, just let the time run out? or maybe that means I lost?

I did enjoy flinging those planets around though, also music was quite good, as it matches the game well. I feel like i'm in space and for the graphic level that quite good.

Jupitron

25. Aug 2014 · 04:47 UTC

One of the best games that ive played so far, really an amazing idea! I´ll keep playing! Please add your twitter account so i can follow you.

hyouko

25. Aug 2014 · 04:55 UTC

I'd love a 'visualize how everything is interacting' button. Very cool - would be fun to use in a physics class to demonstrate the concept of gravity, too.

ViliX

25. Aug 2014 · 05:28 UTC

It's hard to control it, but it's innovative :)

phasebeta

25. Aug 2014 · 05:29 UTC

Cool concept.

gwa

25. Aug 2014 · 05:30 UTC

Cool idea and nice grafic style.

kyru

25. Aug 2014 · 05:31 UTC

Interesting simulation. The music fit nicely.

Ervin

25. Aug 2014 · 05:31 UTC

So difficult - not really sure what I'm supposed to do. Cool stuff anyway :).

Vallar

25. Aug 2014 · 11:50 UTC

That is a very interesting idea and I liked the gameplay although it was really hard to keep the planets around the sun.

The music was really cool and it was fun trying to make these planets not escape.

Well done :D

sputnik

26. Aug 2014 · 14:59 UTC

Very cool. Love the simplicity. But not really sure how to make it happen though.

TeamQuadratic

28. Aug 2014 · 01:29 UTC

Hard to get the hang of, but an interesting physics simulation.

JNyknn

29. Aug 2014 · 05:39 UTC

I like the personal concept. Audio is also nice.

mrexcessive

01. Sep 2014 · 08:35 UTC

Hi there. Love the music. Grand scale idea. More of a toy than a game, but fun to play with nonetheless. Would have been nice to have more than one entity type with which to play. Very Cosmos. Good job!

MunkeeBacon

04. Sep 2014 · 19:09 UTC

This is radical as heck, great presentation.

xrm0

12. Sep 2014 · 14:14 UTC

Nice concept.