APOLLO by graebor

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made by graebor for LD30 (JAM)
// Controls //
-- Click to interact with things.
-- Click and drag space to pan the camera.
-- Scroll or use the +/- keys to zoom.

// Objectives //
-- Collect all 4 artifacts
-- maintain energy cells
-- maintain shield battery

Ratings

Coolness 85% 2
Overall(Jam) 4.29 8
Audio(Jam) 4.33 9
Fun(Jam) 3.71 65
Graphics(Jam) 4.48 30
Humor(Jam) 2.46 364
Innovation(Jam) 3.74 72
Mood(Jam) 4.27 8
Theme(Jam) 4.01 36

Feedback

TeamOnBack
25. Aug 2014 · 15:22 UTC
Saw this game on the twitter feed for Ludum Dare , was pretty fun once you got the controls down. I like that even the simple capsules still work with the trail renderer behind it :P
datacr4sh
25. Aug 2014 · 15:23 UTC
amazing! beautiful game with great music and gameplay
bobrocks
25. Aug 2014 · 15:51 UTC
Wow, this looks great! Interesting gameplay, I'll definitely be playing more!
highlyinteractive
25. Aug 2014 · 16:02 UTC
Hard but compelling. I had to have a few goes to get the hang of it & still only got 2 artefacts. It's a beautiful piece of work!
Lars Faust
25. Aug 2014 · 16:27 UTC
Wow, this is really cool.

Extremely moody, and does not get boring because of the attention to details (quickly stating which solar systems were already scanned, nicely visualizing the distance to a scanned artifact, energy and shields being cheaper at liberated planets).
Very well crafted. And visually excellent as well.
Great entry.
holgk
25. Aug 2014 · 16:28 UTC
Great graphic and sound work.
Tomker
25. Aug 2014 · 16:29 UTC
Love this graphic. Hard but awesome.
matthias_zarzecki
25. Aug 2014 · 16:29 UTC
Wow. This is impressive. Love the mood and the graphics and the sciFi-universe :)
CryoGenesis
25. Aug 2014 · 16:31 UTC
Insane, really great work!
Headmade
25. Aug 2014 · 16:39 UTC
Interesting concept and stylish graphics. Well done.
Hyoga-3D
25. Aug 2014 · 17:05 UTC
Very nice game, really good, with some more finishing touches on hud could be very even better.
Xgor
25. Aug 2014 · 19:12 UTC
Amazing game, really relaxing yet engaging.
sP0CkEr2
25. Aug 2014 · 20:00 UTC
Graphics and sound are spectacular. Will be playing this one again for sure. Great job.
nonetheless
25. Aug 2014 · 20:21 UTC
So climatic, great soundtrack. Visually it's not my style but it has this si-fi vibe to it which I consider perfect in this place. Very nice entry!
uvwar
25. Aug 2014 · 20:45 UTC
Didn't really understand how to liberate planets, (I guess by coming and going while repairing my shield) but really cool game regardless! Maybe some kind of planet artwork could pop up when the planet is highlighted to give each one its own flavor.
🎤 graebor
25. Aug 2014 · 20:53 UTC
@uvwar - When you're on a besieged planet you have an option for [COMBAT]. Clicking it destroys the hostile, using up some of your energy, and the planet becomes liberated. Thanks for trying out the game :)
lkr
25. Aug 2014 · 21:24 UTC
Wow - that was an amazing game!

Really loved the mood of the galaxy. It felt cold, harsh and unforgiving. Especially when travelling far, just barely having enough energy, only to not find an artifact thre.

But I did win in the end :)
ryguydavis
25. Aug 2014 · 21:36 UTC
This was absolutely phenomenal. I loved the polish and mood you were able to squeeze into the 72 hour limit. Great intro and ending as well. Some controls felt vaguely clunky, but that is to be expected for a LD game. Great, great work.
Matt Hartley
25. Aug 2014 · 22:45 UTC
Very pretty!
hirsch
25. Aug 2014 · 22:53 UTC
From the screenshots your game looks pretty, but unfortuanently Unity Web Player does not work with Linux. As far as i know Unity supports building for Linux. Maybe you want to provide one. I would definetly play your game ;)
🎤 graebor
25. Aug 2014 · 23:00 UTC
@hirsch - Didn't know that about the web player. I've added a linux standalone build but have no way to test it. Let me know if it works ok!
Mali
26. Aug 2014 · 00:07 UTC
Game is really good! Solid feels nice, tight controls. Lots of polish and love has been put into it I can tell. I'm not too fond of the voice telling me that I'm low on energy, but its a tiny complaint. The rest was really good.
Romko Pidstryhach
26. Aug 2014 · 06:31 UTC
Wow! This is sooo cool *_*
Great mood, great audio and visuals. Awesome.
rogueNoodle
26. Aug 2014 · 11:32 UTC
Wow - incredible entry. Almost makes me wish Bioware would steal this for future Mass Effect titles - or y'know, pay you for it ;)
Techblogogy
26. Aug 2014 · 13:05 UTC
This game is absolutely AMAZING!
0x0961h
26. Aug 2014 · 17:20 UTC
I'm re-e-eally diggin' the graphics of this. Few simple shaders give awesome hi-tech/futuristic vibe. The gameplay is pretty awesome too (and well-balanced for the jam game!) Good job!

(I can confirm, that Linux version works. Tested on Ubuntu 14.04)
blurryroots
26. Aug 2014 · 17:44 UTC
I find the atmosphere, especially the sound effects and music to be very immersive. I like the simple yet satisfying mechanics. Very enjoyable!
I had a hard time identifying the planets i visited though, because the grey and transparent font is hard to read with such a dark background.
orbitantlers
26. Aug 2014 · 18:04 UTC
Pretty enjoyable, nice work!

I would like to see a version with more graphic elements in place of text in the GUI. The sheer amount of text on screen at once makes navigation much less intuitive than it could be.
sputnik
26. Aug 2014 · 19:40 UTC
Very nice atmosphere. Superb UI and fluid control.
Mike Mezhenin
26. Aug 2014 · 23:24 UTC
This is SO cool. I'd probably buy this for a tablet!
Geckoo1337
27. Aug 2014 · 04:36 UTC
Well done. Cool mood and gameplay is pleasant ++
Split82
27. Aug 2014 · 11:04 UTC
Hell yes! My most favourite game from all I played so far. Just two thing which bothered me. I would love to see what I can do on a planet I visited already and the sound was a little bit distorted few times.
Lokiman
27. Aug 2014 · 11:35 UTC
Fuuuu.... this is amazing! It reminds me this one cool game - Nexus The Jupiter Incident which I played a lot :D
DragonXVI
27. Aug 2014 · 20:02 UTC
Bah, ran out of everything looking for the last artifact. Nifty game! Good cycle of mechanics and excellent visuals! Like a sped up space adventure :D
TD5
28. Aug 2014 · 08:59 UTC
Extremely good audio, graphics and mood. Found it quite hard to balance all of the resources I needed, but I really enjoyed the game.
runvs
28. Aug 2014 · 09:33 UTC
Great Mood and nice gameplay! Sounds are really awesome
Colapsydo
28. Aug 2014 · 10:23 UTC
The audio atmosphere is perfect, it really contributes to this oppressive feeling which, I felt, was coherent with space travel.

I found a bit destabilizing that systems rotate after each action even if it seems to be a fair solution for not loosing the players position each time.
ponk
28. Aug 2014 · 12:52 UTC
Super nice game!
Cool blur effect on UI.
Great job !
Nuclear Napalm
29. Aug 2014 · 06:34 UTC
Best space sim so far! Visuals and sounds are amazing!
Hypnohustla
29. Aug 2014 · 07:50 UTC
So cool. Beautiful game. Everything you do gives nice feedback. And it's so addictive! Best I've played, really really awesome!
jpcote
29. Aug 2014 · 22:34 UTC
Good game, graphics are perfect ! Well done !
Jishenaz
30. Aug 2014 · 21:13 UTC
It's amazing that a nicely polished strategy game was done in so little time. Amazing work!
stasss
31. Aug 2014 · 01:23 UTC
Graphics is really really amazing amazing,currently the best i saw on ld30.
mrexcessive
31. Aug 2014 · 13:25 UTC
Hi there. Awesome looking game, plays really nicely. Particularly like the "wait" after travelling a long distance, then your ship flies into scanner... good scale setting there! Bookmarked for another look later. Very good job!
Ted Brown
01. Sep 2014 · 20:34 UTC
Beautiful, extremely atmospheric. Thank you for keeping the rules simple. I definitely enjoyed my time with this game.
Traumendes_Madchen
03. Sep 2014 · 15:35 UTC
Great atmosphere (art and music are beautiful) ! Figuring out what to do is a bit tedious though...
ButtonMasherBros
03. Sep 2014 · 17:00 UTC
You are in today's episode of Ludum Dare to Believe! Check it out at - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhipFfkMzPI
jwin
04. Sep 2014 · 05:52 UTC
Very well done! It took me a while to understand how everything works, but it was quite fun after that.
AncientAvocado
04. Sep 2014 · 18:15 UTC
A true piece of art. Though one thing I say is that I found it a bit easy, being able to find all the artifacts with my first try. So if this gets developed further (and I sure hope so!) a little bit more complexity could be added. But for a Ludum Dare entry the amount of polish is mindblowing!
Jupiter_Hadley
07. Sep 2014 · 18:41 UTC
Cool game. I included it in part 19 of my Ludum Dare 30 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :) http://youtu.be/ljAqElzAd_Q
defacid
07. Sep 2014 · 19:29 UTC
Fits the theme perfectly and was extremely satisfying to play. Great job!
defacid
07. Sep 2014 · 19:30 UTC
Actually, I do have one major critique: Flesh this out and put it on Android or iOS so I can play more!
Jedi
08. Sep 2014 · 06:13 UTC
Wow! Excellent mood, audio, graphics and use of the theme! Gameplay got a little repetitive but I'm super impressed by how complete and polished this is!
recursor
09. Sep 2014 · 23:51 UTC
Wow this is really nice! From the graphics to the lovely mood-inducing music, you have something really cool going on here.
spartangeek
10. Sep 2014 · 20:51 UTC
great game! I especially love the original and challenging gameplay
Jod
10. Sep 2014 · 21:44 UTC
So.... pretty.....

Lovely and smooth gameplay.
oscarmbp
16. Sep 2014 · 21:50 UTC
Awesome game for just 72 hours...